Fabulous Five Penang Street Food: Hameed ‘Pata’ Mee Sotong

Done by: Nurhasimah aka Shima
22/03/2018

The signboard 😉

The Padang Kota Lama aka Esplanade is next to the famous Fort Cornwallis in Penang.
Just opposite is the sidewalk by the sea where you can enjoy both the refreshing breeze and view.
As with all food courts there are many stalls sharing the business and dining space.
In the afternoons, Hameed ‘Pata’ Mee Sotong reign supreme as almost 90% of the people in the food court are his customers.

While the stall is acceptably clean the rest of the food court is a bit decrepit but that obviously doesn’t affect his business at all.
The cook doesn’t prepare each order individually but dishes out the noodles quicker by cooking in big batches.

Your option here is either the wet mee rebus that comes with gravy or the dry mee goreng.
The noodles are beautifully coated with the gravy and cuttlefish; a tad heavy, salty, sweet and spicy.
Almost everyone chows down on it fast. There are two versions of the mee, a mee rebus that comes with gravy or the dry mee goreng.
The crowd mostly orders the mee goreng topped with a saucy sambal sotong, with soft and chewy (dried) squids cooked in a sweetly spicy sauce.
A small plate is RM5 while a bigger portion is RM7.
It’s totally worth the wait because Hameed Pata Mee Sotong is one of the faboulous street food in Penang.