New Cathay Cafe

New Cathay Cafe has been a breakfast venue of choice for locals for decades.

Famous for its unique Penang Pan Cakes, Indian Apoms and the Curry Mee, this Kopitiam operates only for breakfast only. Of late, locals tend to also like the Mee Jawa and Sar Hor Fun stalls.

New Cathay is usually packed and you have to wait to snatch a seat. Recommended 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

kopi ais good
indian couple selling pancake delicious.
chee cheong fun good.
curry mee good.
ckt okok. because my wife say no mee.
fried meehoon with fried fish. something special.
didnt try the hokien mee heard it was famous.
come early or weekdays to avoid the huge crowds.

Always like this place for breakfast! All stalls are handled by the owner for many many years and everything is good. Highly recommend the pancake, char kuey teow, prawn mee, apom and many more. This place is always packed, so you will need to wait for seats.

Highly recommended place for breakfast. Located near our hotel and we went for breakfast at 8 am before our trip to Escape Penang. We had Wan Tan Mee, Kuew Teow Soup, Char Kuey Teow, Hokkien Prawn Mee and Apom. The food is nice but would recommend the Kuew Teow Soup, Apom and Prawn Mee. Service is prompt. Parking could be difficult.

delicious place for breakfast. bakpao is very good and cheap, veggie and tausa very good. kwetiau soup 7 myr was great, lam mee only 6 myr also good, wantan mee, wantan soup was awesome. overall everything was great, the portion, taste, and cleanliness

Have tried Char Koay Teow, Hokkien Mee, Curry Mee, Mee Jawa, Roti Babi and Apam.
All are delicious particularly Hokkien & Curry mee is a must to try. Char Koay Teow got the “Wok Hei”…yummilicious.
I find Roti Babi not to my taste or tasteless.

We went there for breakfast, the food there were great. We ordered jawa mee, curry mee, banana pancake, pork pancake (猪肉馅饼), fish mee hoon and 淋面. All of it was nice, it may not be the best but very delicious and quite a lot of locals there

Prices are cheaper than New Lane, but this is breakfast. The food was very nice. It is difficult to find a seat here, though.

New Cathay Cafe is one of my favorite breakfast in Penang.
Glad to be back here in July 2023 after 3 years of pandemic and lockdown periods.

Already know this place for years but ended up having the same favorite dish : Wantan Mee Soup or Kweetiau Soup.
Its really good having the tasty and warm noodle soup in the morning before any activities. It will boost your mood.
Glad to know that after a while the taste of wantan mee is still as delicious as before.
They have also good coffee, black and sweet to make my tummy happier.
Happy tummy happy me 😁😁

Good local food. Delicious experience...

It’s a busy hawker centre known for its breakfast crowd. We barely found a parking spot around and also just a table enough for the 5 of us. We enjoyed our breakfast there, most notably the Apom manis!

🔵Hokkien (prawn) mee - Fantastic
🔵Curry noodle - Delicious
🔵 Sai Ram Apom - Fluffy and fragrant
🔵 Meat pancake - Aromatic but nothing too special

Wantan mee and jawa mee looks appetising as well but my stomach can only take so much food 😂😂😂. Will definitely come back again next time.

Parking is limited so it's better to park further away and walk over here.

Best curry mee in Penang. Char Kuew Teow is also very good. The Ah Pong cart outside the shop is also very delicious.

Probably the best hawker I have been to in Penang, for the variety of food and most importantly for the taste. I haven't tried all but the white curry mee, the dry pan mee, the roti babi, the prawn mee and the CKT (not in the photos) were delicious.

Best place ever in town to get your breakfast fast with local people. Food is really good and lot of choice. This a must to do in town.

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Humble stall selling one of the best mee goreng here! Will come back here to try more foods again.

One of my go to places in Penang. Loads of variety to choose from and food are great there.
Don’t recommend the coffee there though, quite hard to find good coffee in Penang. Parking might be an issue if you drive.

I like the Jawa Mee very much! It's safe to say maybe u wouldn't find it in any reguler hawker center. It's kinda similar to Hokkian Emie with peanutty flavor in the umami gravy. I thought the broth is really delicious, and has a depth of flavor. Served on top of wet noodle, rice vermicelli, potatoes, taukua (tofu), and half an egg. I would like to ask for a whole egg (since it has no meat) but uncle and aunty couldn't understand me 😂

The Sai Ram Sweet Apom is maybe one of the best apom in Penang! It has this subtle sweetness and crispy edges. So nice to pair it with coffee 😍

Added : I've found another Jawa Mee at Lebuh Cecil Morning Hawker. I would like to try it next time cuz it also looks very appetizing!

Famous hokkien Mee and apom here are must tries! The soup of the hokkien Mee is very flavourful. The apom, is served on banana leaf, when freshly made is fluffy in the centre and crispy on the side and smells heavenly.

Not easy to get a table, esp for bfast and lunch hrs. Parking is also tough. But the food is worth the effort.

Verdict: this goes into my Penang to eat list

Great find during our trip to Penang. Good choices. Curry mee is wonderful