Malaysian soups and sides for under US$12 at Prawn Noodle Shop in Causeway Bay
- Prawn Noodle Shop serves a variety of Malaysian noodle soups, including curry laksa and Hokkien-style creamy
- The popular chain’s latest outlet is in a busy food court, so it’s no place to linger
When the popular Prawn Noodle Shop in Wan Chai was about to close a couple of years ago, its fans (including me) queued up to get a final bowl. Rumour had it that the owner wanted to retire, but in the nick of time, somebody stepped up to buy the place.
In addition to the shop in Wan Chai, they also have branches in Tsuen Wan and Quarry Bay, and recently expanded to open a stall in the 11th-floor food court of the Hysan Place mall in Causeway Bay, so we visited for a weekday lunch.
We tried the Penang set prawn and sliced meat noodles (HK$81) with the spicy prawn soup base, which was neither spicy nor very prawny. It looked like what I remembered from the Wan Chai original, but the flavour was mild. The noodles – a combination of yellow noodles and rice vermicelli – were not overcooked, and the prawns and pork slices were good, although the pieces of chicken were chewy.
