Tittle-tattling on my ever-beloved (Part I)

I have always dream of to share some of my ever-favorite lovers in my lovely hometown… Ladies and gentlemens, present the hawker foodies in Penang…

Penang is still known as the Food Paradise in Malaysia where you can find lots of affordable and double thumbs up foodies….as far as I knew… LOL
Well, affordable is where the range of RM1.2 till RM15….is that acceptable??
Double thumbs up, I believe EVERYONE will stand by me for sure….
Right guys??

Let’s cut the crap and move on to some of my favorite Darlings in Penang…

1st to stop was the Kopitiam nearby Farlim. From Sunshine Farlim, go straight until the main traffic light. Turn to the right and on the 1st junction, turn to the left. Go straight. You will see the Anakku shop on your right. Go straight and follow the way where there’s a half roundabout and pls keep on going…. Until you reached the 1st junction on the left, turn into it. You will spot the Kedai Kopi Teoh Guan Hup on your left.

In this crowded neighborhood Kopitiam, the hawker food there’s really not bad at all, but my all-time-sweetheart will be the Chee Cheong Fun and Fried Bihun and Mee. And this is how it looks.This is vermicelli paste was made of rice and steamed for perfection. Then this cooked vermicelli paste will be rolled up and shapes like the colon-alike and this explained why it was called ‘Cheong Fun’. The secret recipe to the mouth-watering Chee Cheong Fun was in the sauce.
Over here, the sauce was specially made where they blended the shrimp paste and some sweet sauce and some peanut butter sauce, which makes this plate of Cheong Fun sooo marvelous… RM1.7 for 2pieces of Cheong Fun. This plate of Bihun was fried and I believe they do add some cubes of fried pork fats when into it. The pork fat really enhances the taste of the fried bihun… Yummy!! Only RM1.2 per plate.

The next to come was this Loh Mee in Perak Rd. See, the workers even have uniform to serve professionally…From Gelugor, go straight. You will passed through this Y-junction where on the left is to Jalan Perak. On the right is Jalan Jelutong. Take the turning to Jalan Perak. Go straight and keep to the left and and look carefully where you will see Joo Huat Kopitiam Loh Mee is a bowl of mihun and yellow mee with thick gravy served as the soup. The soups were stewed from chicken and thicken with some starch made of corn flour. To garnish, they served the mee with some slices of meat, halves of egos, and some stewed chicken feets. Add more chili paste and some onion paste and here goes the a good bowl of Loh Mee…Only RM2.3 per bowlIf you would like to have non-spicy food as breakfast to go, do drop by to this Wan Tan Mee at Chowrasta Market. RM2.5 for dried or soup version.

From Penang Road, you will pass by the traffic lights where on the right will be the Hutton Lane and on the left is the Lebuh Campell. Go straight whereon the next junction, turn to the left to Jalan Chowrasta where the Chowrasta Market was. From there, go straight and turn to the left T-junction. The Coffee shop is just on your right.

Wan Tan Mee is the noodle made of eggs. And this is the soupy version of Wan Tan Mee.

These noodles was cooked in the boiled water and put back on the big bowl of cold water to keep the springiness’ of the noodle. Then, the cooked noodles were served in the soup and some dumplings a.k.a Wan Tan. Wan Tan was the minced pork wrapped in the dumpling skin. Some sliced BBQ pork or Char Siew and some poached green vegetables were garnished on the serving of mee. My Mum’s favorite.

As for me, I always opt for my lovely darling of the dried version of the Wan Tan Mee. The same method of cooking the noodles, but instead of the soup, they mixed the noodles with some dark soya sauce, sesame oil some fried pork fats and tossed well. Same goes as the Wan Tan and the BBQ pork as the garnished buddies. YumYum…If you just can’t defy the bread and the butter in the morning, you may as well opt to Roti Bakar (toasted bread) where it was nearby the Chowrasta Market. From Penang Road, go straight till the traffic light as below in the picture. When you reached the traffic lights, turn into the Lebuh Campell. This Kopitiam is just on the left located on the small ‘lorong’.
Pic of map 4 – roti bakar They served excellent local Kopi Ais with the very ‘Kau’ feeling.Roti bakar was the bread toasted on the burning charcoal. They even hired a worker specially to take care of the bread…sorry guys…I was so fond of my darling until I forgotten to snap picture of that… they served the toasted bread by spreading with butter richly and sprinkle with some crystal sugar…Of course, the toasted bread is very deadly without the other darling….the half boiled eggs…
Remember, those two should always go hand-in-hand. Eggs were served half cooked. You should start by jabbing the egg yolks and egg white and mix well with lots of soy sauce and lots of pepper…
Wallaaaaahhhhhhhh…..If you can’t help it to have some rice in the morning, they do have some ready ready-packed Nasi Lemak, coconut rice with curry sambal and a fried fish wrapped in the banana leaf. So much about the breakfast and now we moving on with my others dearest for my lunch…
Located in the Batu Lancang Market, let’s have a look on how to get there..

From Jalan Masjid Negeri, where heading to Tesco, turn to the left into Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lin. You will see the Lam Wah Ee Hospital on your right. Go straight until you reach the junction, turn to the right into Lintang Batu Lancang. Go straight and turn to the left where you will see the Batu Lancang market.Over here in the market, you will find all sorts of goodies for snack or heavy meal as well. One of the favorite will be the Mee Goreng.Mee Goreng was the yellow noodles stirred fried in the Indian way. They used some sauce made from stewed squid. The put lots chili paste and other ingredient like the stewed squid, boiled potato, some taukua (beancurd) and some cucur (deep fried flour fritters). To garnish, they put some crushed peanut, some lettuce, some fried shallots and a half serving lime for the kick to go… RM2.7 per plate.The next darling will be this Pasembur or also known as Gado-Gado or Rojak. This pasembur is very much different with those served by the Malays. Over here, they add some Jelly fish on top for the extra crunchiness. As usual, they do have others ingredients like the poached potatoes, some shredded Mengkuang and cucumber, taukua, some cucur and also some crispy prawn fritters. These ingredients were served with some peanut gravy with some chili paste on it…

There’s some snack to goes too... There’s a stall selling all sorts of fried food such as mini curry puffs, mini bread with sardine and as well as this Kuih Kodok or better known Banana fritters. They smashed the ripped banana with some flour, and some shredded coconuts bits. Then, these mixtures were deep fried. My darling on the left is the Kuih Kodok. RM1 per stick.Those left was the potato balls. They smashed the sweet potato with some flour and deep fried the potatoes balls. 20cents for each ball.

Then we moved on to the town, where we can find the Kway Teow Soup. From the famous signature of the temple of the Goddess of Kuan Yin, go straight and keep to the right. Turn to the right into Pitt Street where you will find the AIA center on your left. Go straight and turn to the left of the 1st junction into the King Street. There’s a kopitiam located just opposite to the Hwang DBS where they served yummy Kway Teow Soup.Kway Teow was the noodles made of rice flour as well. They do have other option such as the yellow noodles, the Lo Shu Fen or Mee Suah. My choice for that day was this Lo Shu Fen. These smooth Lo Shu Fen were cooked and served with the chicken soup. They garnished with some green lettuce, some fish ball, and some minced pork and of course some spring onion to tag along.
Hubby choice was this dried Kway Teow thng. Instead of soup, they mixed the yellow noodles with some dark soy sauce and some soy sauce. They served the mee with a bowl of fish ball soup. And now it’s time for some afternoon break. From Pragin Mall, heads straight where you will reach to the traffic lights. If you were to follow the traffic lights, it will leads you to this Jelutong Express Highway. Turn to the left into Carnavon Street and go straight. The Kedai Kopi Seng Thor is just next to the Lebuh Campell. Here’s where you will find the fried oyster. Firstly, poured the beaten eggs and some corn flour mixture onto the boiling pan. Add some chives and chili paste. When the mixture is almost done, put the oyster as they do not want to overcook the princess. The fried oyster was served with some special chili sauce made of chili, garlic and some vinegar. Price range from RM8-RM15Next, we head to the other side of Penang, Balik Pulau. From Relau, follow the path up to the hill. If go straight, you will be going to Paya Terubung. As you arrived at the junction, turn to the left into another series of hills before we can reach to Balik Pulau. Don’t forget to have a look at the surrounding and you will eventually overlook the dizziness. As you finish the curvy roads, you will reach the traffic lights… Turn into the right and you will find the new market of Balik Pulau.And here comes everybody's honey pie…. Laksa is our Penang signature dish. If you do not have them, then your journey is not completed. This thick vermicelli flour was served with spicy and sour soup. They used chunks of sardine fish as the soup base. Lastly, they garnished with some shredded onions, cucumber and pineapple and spoonful of shrimp paste.

For me, I prefer for Laksa Lemak. The same ingredients used, but the difference was they added a touch of coconut gravy for the double sensation.Balik Pulau is famous for its nutmeg. Over here, they blended the nutmeg in whole and served with crushed ice. And this is how nutmeg looks like...And here’s the nutmeg juice served with a sour plum.Over here, you can’t miss their Pasembur as well. The preparation and the ingredients are almost the same just that they mixed some peanut butter in the gravy.

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