THE NEARLY HALF DECADE (45 YEARS) “INDERAWASIH KOAY TEOW SOUP” CARRIED BY OI FAMILY INTO 2-GENERATIONS
“Koay Teow Soup” is a kind of chinese local traditional authentic noodles soup which been practised and taken since decade all the while favourite by the religious all presented on respective recipes. Also nowadays can be easily found everywhere on our nation. Here in the northern, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended “Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup” carried by Oi family in Pulau Pinang, running nearly half decade into their 2nd generation in town.
The Pulau Pinang (Tasek Gelugor) local originated Mr. Oi Lai Oo (born 1957) was the initial founder, together with his wife Madam Heng Sooi Choo (born 1966) are the immediate owners. Also being fully assisted by their next generation eldest son Kelven Oi Wah Meng (born 1985), second-son Oi Teik Koon (born 1988) and youngest daughter Connie Oi Ker Sin (born 1992) all are the recent owners of this best recommended “Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup” eating place in Pulau Pinang serving their authentic home recipe koay teow soup and other signature menus to the locals and visitors in better manner.
The founder Oi Lai Oo, who at his age of 62 years old currently, all the while having great interest in eatery/culinary initially touched the f&b industry since his age of 17th worked as kopikia (kopitiam helper) and restaurant trainee in Kuala Lumpur. Then fully stepped into the field in year 1983 began his very first owned noodle stall in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur (with partners) introducing his very home recipe koay teow soup spent about 6 years there, where his wife Sooi Choo joined and helping in the career before they returned to hometown Pulau Pinang.
In early-1990s, Lai Oo (with wife) been running their very own couple koay teow soup noodle stall at Taman Chai Leng for about few years, later-on began their stayed noodle stall at Taman Inderawasih in year 1993, still on-going. Also another outlet stall again at Chai Leng Park since year 2010, being now running by youngest daughter Connie Oi. With their vision to have a family noodle house locally, added with their family’s home recipes on hand and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry enabled Oi family (2-generations) bodied-up and successfully established their very first owned noodles eating house officially named the “Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup” in year 2016 at Taman Bayu Mutiara, Bukit Mertajam.
In this Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their Oi family’s 45 years home recipes on “Koay Teow Soup” which only prepared on order (cook on order) that most wanted by their regular customers. Soup base boiled at least an hour with pork bones, served with local flat rice-made noodles (koay teow) mixed into home marinated minced pork & fresh prawns, finally topped onto a chicken egg, chopped spring onions and garlic shredded will be a complete wonderful bowl of their Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup noodles eatery that you should have a try when reached Pulau Pinang. Especially the tasty sweet salty soup freshness swallowed into mouth that you cannot aside here.
Secondly will be their signature “Dry Koay Teow Noodles”, which also among the noodle house’s daily top seller like by the locals. Boil-cooked koay teow (flat rice-made noodles) served with their home-mixed black soya sauce broth topped with chopped spring onions and garlic shredded, sided with a bowl of their hot boiled soup base insided with minced pork, prawns & chicken egg will brings another excellent noodles and soup combination of eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their famous “Mee Sua Soup”, which among the customer’s favourite from the beginning. In-house soup base served with local made Mee Sua (fine round noodles), mixed into their home recipe minced pork, prawns and topped onto chopped springs onions & garlic shredded will also brings different delicious noodles selection and exotic taste of eatery that you neither found the same nor better elsewhere in town.
Moreover, for those who do not take noodles should try their famous authentic Teochew “Pork Porridge” which prepared in traditional recipes. Boiled rice served mixed into their home soup base, also mixed into minced pork, fresh prawns and chicken egg will too brings unbelievable porridge smoothness into mouth.
While in their side order corner, the owners also introduced their signature selections such like “Lobak”, “Shrimp Cutlet”, “Siu Mai Dumpling” (Deep fried or Steamed), “Shrimp & Chicken Cutlet”, “Original & BBQ Pork”, “Seafood Veggie Cutlet” and Boiled Vegetables with Oyster Sauce to serve their visitors in better options taken sided with their noodles selection that you really cannot missed when stepped towards this best recognised noodles (koay teow) eating place “Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup” in the northern nation, at Pulau Pinang.
INDERAWASIH KOAY TEOW SOUP
Address: No. 40,
Jalan Bayu Mutiara 1,
Taman Bayu Mutiara,
14000 Bukit Mertajam,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 8:00am to 6:00pm (Daily)