I have reviewed Mee Manja when I first started on food blogging but I guessed not many would have known about its existence except those regular customers. Manja is the Malay word for “Pampered”. You would have asked why the name “Pampered Noodles”? You might have interpreted it wrongly as that’s the family name for the cook cum owner Encik Aman Manja. He had followed his father and uncle as early as 13 years old when they were located just opposite the recently relocated premise at Jalan Hutton. For over 40 years and 3 generations, Encik Aman has served thousands of loyal customers with his delicious Mee Goreng and Mee Soup. Encik Aman is in fact the elder brother of the famous CRC Mee Goreng stall located in a coffee shop next to Dorsett Hotel, Jalan Larut, Penang.
While most of the Mee Goreng stalls in Penang are using the modern technology to blend their ingredients, Encik Aman believed in using the traditional way to grind his ingredients with the old fashion Batu Giling (Metate Millstone). According to him, that would preserve the original taste of the blended items. Mee Manja’s style of cooking the noodles is totally different compared to the rest. Their noodles (Mee, Bee Hoon or Koay Teow) are more towards the salty chicken bones soup based flavor, whether fried or soup. You can opt for plain, chicken, beef or mixed meat too. If you do not want spiciness, you would have to inform him.
The Chicken/Beef Mee Soup (RM4) is the most popular in his stall as you can taste the sweetness from the chicken stock. This is really good for eat in. Takeaway would make it soggy.
Name: MEE MANJA
Address: 1F Jalan Hutton, 10050 Penang, Malaysia.
Opening Hours: 6.00pm – 11.00pm (Closed on Tuesday)
Contact: 016-480 3568 (Encik Aman)
GPS: 5.419022, 100.331483
RATING:
Ambience: 6/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 classy)
Food Choices: 6/10 (1-4 limited, 5-7 average, 8-10 many choices)
Taste: 9/10 (1-4 tasteless, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)
Pricing: 7/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 expensive)
Service: 8/10 (1-4 bad, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)
as usual, find one day bring me go. but hor, u posted b4 one i dont want to post la. i need to find some other place already. hahaha.
i prefer mee goreng than mee rebus.
looks nice!!!
Mee manja, sounds very very cute:)
Both looks good but my preference would be the mee goreng…
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The food pictures look delicious. Sure wanna try if got the chance.
Never had a chance to try this out after reading your first review.
ya, you said that this stall is similar to the Mee CRC and they are brother? RM4 is still very reasonable in town area. However, the operation time are a bit odd, he just focus on dinner session? 5pm-11pm? Think he already earn enough, LOL.
I think I have brought Gill there b4 when we just started dating. But then it was still located in the alleyway just opposite the current shop.
Got to go back and revisit them. As for the Mee CRC, it is now run by the younger generation. Trust me! Do not go there!
Well, they have shifted from two kopitiam along Jalan Clarke (the alley you had mentioned) for the past 8-10 years before staying put in the current one. The quality here still maintained good. The Mee CRC is handled by his younger brother… quality wise as you had mentioned… world of a different from the original taste 😛