🔥Char Kuey Teow

#6 Char Kuey Teow in Malaysia · 2026

Larut Matang Hawker Centre

🌶️🌶️🌶️ Wajib Cuba · Must Try

🐖 Non-halalRM6–RM15

Taiping's biggest and busiest hawker hall, split into a Chinese wing and a Muslim wing, with well over a hundred stalls feeding the town from dawn. Go hungry and order across several stalls: smoky fried koay teow, the town's own fishball noodle soup, roti and a cold hor ka sai.

What to order
Smoky koay teow goreng (stall 63), fishball koay teow soup, popiah and apam balik
Address
Jalan Panggung Wayang, 34000 Taiping, Perak
Area
Jalan Panggung Wayang, Taiping, Perak
Hours
Daily 5am–9pm (stalls vary) (check before you go)
Price
RM6–RM15 per person
Halal status
🐖 Non-halal
🧭 Directions

Also in Taiping

🍧Cendol
🌶️🌶️🌶️Legenda

Ansari Famous Cendol

🍧 Cendol · Jalan Barrack, Taiping, Perak

☪︎ Muslim-friendlyRM4–RM8Since 1940

Order: Cendol pulut with gula Melaka

Taiping's great cendol institution, running since around 1940 and now in its third generation. The cendol with glutinous rice and thick palm-sugar syrup is the reason people detour off the highway on a hot afternoon.

🍞Kopitiam Breakfast
🌶️🌶️🌶️Wajib Cuba

Antong Coffee Factory

🍞 Kopitiam Breakfast · Jalan Asam Kumbang, Taiping, Perak

☪︎ Muslim-friendlyFree entry; coffee from RM10Since 1933

factory tourfree tastingsouvenirs

Order: Wood-fire-roasted kopi, free tastings and bags of house-roast coffee powder

One of the country's oldest working coffee mills, still roasting beans over firewood in a building with ties to Sun Yat-sen's stay in Taiping. Walk through the roasting floor, sample the brews for free and leave with a bag of proper old-school kopi.

🥐Bakery & Pastry
🌶️🌶️🌶️Wajib Cuba

Aulong Kaya Kok (Chok Kee Confectionary)

🥐 Bakery & Pastry · Kampung Baru Aulong, Taiping, Perak

🐖 Non-halalRM10–RM25 per boxSince 1947

takeawayhome businessbuy-to-gift

Order: Kaya kok (kaya puffs) stuffed with house-made kaya

A family kitchen in Aulong new village that has been folding kaya puffs since 1947, sold from the side door of the house. The puffs are packed with kaya, and Taiping folk buy them by the box for relatives.

← Full Char Kuey Teow ranking

📬 Get the weekly makan list

New Top 10s, fresh openings and food news, every Monday. Free, no spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime.

🍽️Launching a new restaurant? Invite us for a complimentary visit. You get an independent, honest review, and you may be featured in our monthly "Top 10 new restaurants".Invite us →