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Siam Road, and the queue I finally joined
Forty minutes for a plate of noodles cooked over charcoal by one man.
↑ the verdict
dish
Char kway teow
stall
Siam Road Char Kway Teow
price
RM 12.00
rating
█████ 4.5
spice
🌶 ███░░
rm / joy
2.67
would return
YES ✓
order this: Char kway teow, extra prawn · Iced kopi from the stall next door
↑ on the ground
- ◆Siam Road Char Kway Teow5.4187°N 100.3168°E9 AUG 2026
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Charcoal is the whole argument. Gas is faster, cleaner, and produces a plate that is merely good.
The queue is the price and it is priced correctly. Forty minutes, one wok, one man who has been doing this longer than I have been alive.
spoiler — was it worth it · tap to reveal
Yes. Obviously yes. I would have said yes at sixty minutes.
↑ was it any good?
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