Home Café Seow Fong Lye

Name: Home Café Seow Fong Lye
Address: 94c, Lorong Macalister, George Town, 10450 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, George Town, Penang, MY
Telephone: +60 4-229 7390
Price range: $
Rating: 4.1

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4.1 Google Stars 325 reviews

94c, Lorong Macalister, George Town, 10450 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

$ per person

+60 4-229 7390

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Smartdory smartdory.com 14 Apr 2025

Many still refer to it as Seow Fong Lye or Macalister Road Chee Cheong Fun, a nod to its Burma Road origins. This humble business has been around since 1955. Possibly one of the oldest in town—and still drawing a loyal weekend crowd.
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Thokohmakan thokohmakan.com 12 Feb 2023

One of the oldest kopitiams in Penang, Seow Fong Lye Cafe features two of the more popular stalls on the island – the chee cheong fun stall run by Madam Lee Lai Fong, and char koay kak stall run by the Eoh sisters.
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Hungryonion hungryonion.org 05 Oct 2019

But Seow Fong Lye kopitiam here boasts of not one, but two famous stalls: The six decade-old (and counting) chee cheong fun stall is run by Mdm
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Malaymail malaymail.com 01 Oct 2017

Lee Fook Loon started a stall selling the Penang-style chee cheong fun at a corner coffee shop along Macalister Lane and Burmah Road back in 1955.
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Chiefeater chiefeater.com

At Sin Seow Fong Lye. RM3.20 for pig intestines powder (chee cheong fun) siap terbuka and RM1.50 for black hainanese kopi-O cukup for breakfast bo?
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thehapi8wanderer Nic · Mar 2026

Where's that smell of good food coming from? My nose led me to Macalister Road and you're allowed to sit inside this Cafe while you enjoy the soft and thin Chee Cheong Fun, Fried Carrot Cake.
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MNG · May 2026

A non-descript roadside stall selling CCF. It was served with sweet black bean paste, chili and prawn paste; the latter which is a common addition in Penang.
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HL · Sep 2025

Another excellent kopitiam in penang with not 1 but 2 stalls boasting good breakfast dishes. The chee cheong fun here is silky smooth and I really like the sauce. The char koay has really good wok hei.
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