Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 10400 Penang, Asam Pedas, Asam Pedas Fish, Assam Laksa, Bean Sprouts, Chinese Black Mushroom, Ck Lam, Coffee House, Crunchy Texture, Daun Kesum, Fish Dish, Fish Flakes, Fresh Herbs, Generous Sprinkling, Grated Coconut, Jalan Macalister, Lemon Grass, Limau, Makansutra, Mimi Nyonya Laksa, Nasi Ulam, Nyonya Delights, Nyonya Food, Oyster Mushroom, Oyster Porridge, Plenty Of Fish, Raw Ingredients, Rice Dish, SL Coffee House, Spicy Taste, Torch Ginger, Wisma Central
BY CK Lam
Mimi Nyonya Laksa is a popular little eatery in Penang for many office workers lunching around the area. The eatery, located on the ground floor of Wisma Central, was named after the owner.
Many are obviously drawn to their Nyonya delights. The daily specials are available on a rotating basis. The nasi ulam cooked with generous sprinkling of fresh herbs, garnished with daun pudina (mint leaves) and red chillies, is a firm favourite among the customers. The combination of carrots, onions, daun limau purut (chopped lime leaves), serai (lemon grass), daun kaduk (wild pepper leaves), daun kesum (laksa leaves), daun cekur (sand ginger leaves) and grated coconut layers the complex flavours of this rice dish.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: A Nyonya Inheritance, Assam Laksa, Book Launching, Chili Padi, China Tiger, Chun Pneah, Clarity Publishing, Cookbook, Cup Mint, Curry Kapitan, Dato Lim, Flower 4, Fresh Turmeric, George Town, Glutinous Rice Ball, Glutinous Rice Balls, Herbs And Spices, Laksa Recipe, Leaf Stalks, Nasi Ulam, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Nyonya Cuisine, Nyonya Recipes, Otak Otak, Penang Peranakan Dishes, Peranakan Dishes, Prawn Paste, Red Chilli, Sambal Udang, Savory Dishes, Savoury Dishes, Savoury Recipes, Shrimp Paste, Small Cubes, Tang Yuan, Tang Yuen, Tau Eu Bak, Torch Ginger, Types Of Herbs And Spices, Udang, Yam Family
BY CK Lam
Pearly Kee, a fifth generation Penang Nyonya has just launched her first cook book entitled A Nyonya Inheritance at China Tiger, here. Also present were the writer’s mentor, master chef Datuk Lim Bian Yam, family members and friends.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Aik Hoe Restaurant, Ais Tingkap, Assam Laksa Air Itam Market, Bamboo Baskets, Batu Ferringhi, Carnavon, Cheese Omelette, Chin's Stylish Chinese Cuisine, China House, Chinese Cabbage, Chinese Water Chestnut, Coconut Jam, Coffee Garden, Coffee Lane, Da Ban Chinese Restaurant, DeHappy Seafood Restaurant, Espresso Coffee, Ferringhi Coffee Garden, Focaccia Bread, Food Tour, Free Range Eggs, Half Boiled Eggs, Hawker Stalls, Hock Seng Rojak, Homemade Bread, Ikan Bakar Teluk Tempoyak, Kuih Nyonya Moh Teng Pheow, Lebuh Campbell, Lemak, Light Breakfast, Main Street Cafe, Miraku Japanese Restaurant, Mozzarella Cheese, New Lane Hawker Food, Old Green House Restaurant, Ong Cheng Huat Seafood, Pandan Leaves, Penang 24-hour Food Tour, Penang 24-hour Food Tour Guide, Penang Food Guide, Pork Roll, Restaurant Kapitan, Roti Canai, Selera Sri Tambang Mee Udang, Shing Kheang Aun, Skype, Special Famous Roti Canai, Sup Hameed, Tho Yuen Chicken Rice Restaurant, TimeOut Penang 2012, Tin Drum, Toast Bread, Toh Soon Cafe
By CK Lam
Spending your weekend in Penang? Do check out this 24-hour guide to eating on the island non-stop, written by me for TimeOut Penang 2012. Hope everyone have a great time indulging in all the flavourful food, rich in spices and herbs from the many restaurants and hawker stalls in Penang.
6am – 7am: Special Famous Roti Canai
56 Jalan Transfer
Open daily, 6.30am-1pm, 3.30pm-7pm
Soak in the slow pace of life in Penang with breakfast at this road side stall, which is famous for its crispy roti canai. There are several varieties of curries to complement the roti canai – mutton, beef, chicken, fish and dhall. The place is usually packed with customers waiting for a table.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Attractive Variety, Char Koay Teow, Chicken Porridge, Chicken Rice, Chili Paste, Coffee Shop, Consistent Crowd, Fried Noodles, Fried Shrimps, Hokkien Mee, Jalan Bawasah, Lunch Crowd, Mid Afternoon, One Corner Cafe, Penang Hawker Food, Penang Plaza, Prawns, Reading Material, Sambal Sotong, Spring Onions, Super Hokkien Mee, Sweet Sauce, Tea Time, Waiting Time, Western Cuisine, Western Cuisine, Yam Cake
By CK Lam
Located on Jalan Bawasah directly behind the iconic Penang Plaza, diners begin filling One Corner Café as early as eight in the morning to savor the Super Hokkien Mee. The proprietor has been dishing out this noodle for decades, and this place remains a favorite for many.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Air Itam, Air Itam Assam Laksa, Assam Laksa, Balik Pulau Assam Laksa, Business Hour, CNNGo, Cuisines, Delicious Foods, Dustin Roasa, Eagerness, Emas, Fish Base, Fish Smell, Fishy Taste, Flavour, Food Journalists, Food Survey, Forefathers, Great Testament, Hawkers, International Food, Mouthful, Penang, Penang Assam Laksa, Shrimp Paste, Tamarind, World's Most Delicious Foods
Penang’s Assam Laksa has been voted No. 7 under CNNGo International Food Survey as “foods worth traveling the world to gorge on”. This is indeed a great testament to the hawkers who work hard to make sure Penang Assam Laksa is not only delicious but as authentic as to what their forefathers did.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 1st February, Afternoon Snack, Ah Meng, Assam Laksa, Bukit Mertajam, Bunga Raya, Chili Paste, Chili Sauce, Chilli Paste, Coffee Shop, Coffeeshop, Eateries, Fried Bean Curd, Fried Egg, Fruit Juices, Garlic Oil, Jalan Bunga Raya, Jalan Pasar, Kedai Kopi, Kedai Kopi Ah Meng, Kopi, Li Guang, Li Guang Popiah, Mouthful, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), Penang, Penang Hawker Food, Prawn, Rm3, Rojak, Rojak Orang Hitam Putih, Sour Plum, Sweet Sauce, Tea Time, Teatime Treats, Upmost
* This article was published in the New Straits Times (Northern Streets) on 1st February 2011.
Bukit Mertajam houses plenty of eateries, and Ah Meng Coffee Shop is one ideal eatery where one can find cheap and good teatime snacks. Located along Jalan Pasar, this coffee shop is famous for its Rojak Orang Hitam Putih and the Li Guang Popiah.
The ingredients of the popiah include fried bean curd, fried egg, prawn, bean sprout, crunchy lettuce and turnip. The popiah is dressed with chili and hoisin sweet sauce and topped with fried garlic oil, chili sauce and turnip-based gravy.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 2pm, Appetizer, Bean Curd, Bean Sprouts, Chili Sauce, Distinctive Choices, Distinctive Taste, General Hospital, Gravy, Hawker, Indian Popiah, Indian Spring, Indian Spring Roll, Jalan Bawasah, Laksa Soup, Lettuce, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), Onions, Penang, Penang General Hospital, Penang Hawker Food, Penang Plaza, Popiah, Snack Check, Spring Roll, Spring Rolls, Sweet Sauce, Tofu, Turmeric, Yellowish Color
BY CK Lam
Popiah are relatively popular in Penang with each hawker using their own distinctive choices of ingredients. The popiah sold by the Chinese comes laid with the basic sweet and chili sauce, fresh lettuce, stewed yambean, blanched bean sprouts and minced tofu (bean curd). Most of the fresh popiah are served with steaming gravy.
The popiah sold by Indians are also relatively different. Just like those prepared by the Chinese, they have the fresh popiah and those deep-fried spring roll. My personal favorite is from an Indian hawker whose motorcycle is his makeshift ‘stall’ parked inside One Corner Cafe and the mamak popiah seller beside the Penang General Hospital. Both stalls have its own distinctive taste.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Air Itam, Air Itam Market, Array, Assam Laksa, Big Fish, Bui, Bunga Kantan, Business Hour, Classic Dish, Coffee Shop, Corner Coffee Shop, Cucumber, Delicacy, Favorite Place, Fish Ball, Fish Balls, Fish Flakes, Fish Meat, Fish Soup, Flower Bud, Fresh Fish, Frontage, Galangal, Going All The Way, Gottlieb, Gps, Hae, Hae Kor, Herbs, Johor, Lai, Laksa, Laksa Penang, Laksa Perak, Lemongrass, Lengkuas, Lettuce, Light Colour, Mint, Mint Leaves, Noodles, Onions, Penang, Penang Assam Laksa, Penang Food, Penang Hawker Food, Penang Laksa, Penang Restaurant, Perak, Perak Road, Pineapple, Prawn Paste, Red Chili, Restaurant Coffee, Rice Noodles, Rm2, Spicy Soup, Sum San Primary School, Sweetness, Tamarind
Love Penang Assam Laksa topped with the pungent hae kor (prawn paste)? I am sure many Penangites and tourist alike love this Penang classic dish for its tangy and sourish taste. My crave for Assam Laksa would have me going all the way out to the Air Itam Market and at times visiting the stall in Gottlieb Road and Johor Road.
All the ingredients for Assam Laksa
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Air Itam, Aroma, Array, Assam Laksa, Burma Road, Business Hour, Chili Padi, Condiment, Cucumber, Dish, Distinctive Flavor, Drizzle, Fish Soup, Fish Stock, Flake, Flower Bud, Galangal, Ginger, Hae, Herbs, Itam, Kek Lok Si, Kek Lok Si Temple, Lemongrass, Lengkuas, Lettuce, Lunch Hour, Makan Makan, Mint, Mint Leaves, Onion, Penang Hawker Food, Penang Laksa, Penang Restaurant, Photography, Plenty Of Fish, Pot, Pots, Prawn Paste, Red Chili, Rice Noodles, Tamarind, Taste Buds
The strong aroma of the herbs, the sourness of the soup and the quality of our Penang prawn paste makes our Penang hawker food, the Assam Laksa so different from the others. There are many places around town that sells this noodle and the more well known Assam Laksa is from the stall beside the Ayer Itam Market.
A dish that tantalizes the taste buds
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 1914, 6pm, Amp, Array, Assam Laksa, Beef Rendang, Business Hours 9am, Chow, Coconut Milk, Colorful Fruit, Combo Meals, Creamy Richness, Criz, Curry Rendang, Deep Fried Chicken, Dory Fish, Fish Curry, Fish Fillet, Flavorful Taste, Fragrant Coconut Rice, Fresh Fruit Juice, Fresh Juice, Fried Chicken Wing, Fruit Juices, Gps, Gps Coordinates, Gravy, Groundnuts, Grouper Fish, Hard Boiled Egg, Hardboiled Egg, Home Cooked Food, Husband And Wife, Ikan Bilis, Jelly Dessert, Juices, Kaffir, Kaffir Leaves, Lemak, Lily Bud, Lobak, Longan, Lorbak, Many Thanks, Minangkabau, Nasi Lemak, Penang Food, Pineapple Juice, Poh Piah, Prawn, Prawn Curry, Red Bean Soup, Rice Porridge, Rm3, Rm7, Rm8, Road Houses, Sago, Sambal, Sardine Fish, Side Dish, Side Dishes, Spicy Beef, Spicy Dish, Spicy Dishes, Spring Roll, Tasty Combo, Tender Pieces, Tong, Watermelon Juice, White Fungus, White Rice, Wife Team
If you are looking for varieties of Nasi Lemak, Nyonya cuisines and home cooked food, you might want to drop by Ivy’s Kitchen located on Chow Thye Road, Penang. This pork free restaurant with very basic deco is just beside Isaribi Japanese Restaurant and Jemputree.
A group of Penang Food Bloggers gathered there recently for a food tasting session.
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