Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bean Curd, Belacan, Black Fungus, Cantonese Food, Cantonese Name, Cantonese Style, Chicken Feet, Coffee Shop, Deep Fried Fish, Economy Rice, Food Counter, Food Stall, Google, Google Map, Granite Panels, Home Cooked Food, Lunch Hour, Lunch Time, Makansutra, Many A Time, Moey She Temple, Nutty Flavor, Penang Street, Plastic Tables, Pulau Pinang, Rice Dishes, Sheet Glass, Small Plates, Takeout Orders, Temple in George Town, Tiffin Carrier, Vegetarian Dish
BY CK Lam
Occupying a site in inner George Town, the Moey She Temple is a Cantonese-style clan temple for the Chinese with the surname of “Moey”. Located on Penang Street, the temple is also where you can dine in – how about that?
Table in front of the main altar
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bordeaux Rendez Vous 2013, Bordeaux Rendezvous, Bordeaux Wine, Buffet Style, Château Haut Bailly-Pessac-Léognan, Château Lagrange, ChâTeau Lascombes, Château Lascombes-Margaux, Chateau Leoville, Chateau Leoville Poyferre, Ck Lam, Conti Neri, Conti Neri-Prosecco, EASTERN & ORIENTAL HOTEL PENANG, Eastern And Oriental, Executive Chef Petr Feher, French Wine, French Wines, Hospitality Professionals, Lables, Master Class of 2010 Vintages, New Victory, Oriental Hotel Penang, Pessac LéOgnan, Prestigious Labels, Red Wines, The Wine Shop, Victory Annex, Vintages, What2seeonline.Com, White Wine, Wine Connoisseurs, Wine Dinner, Wine Merchants, Wine Producers, Wine Shop, Wine With Food, Yum Seng
BY CK Lam
‘Bordeaux Rendezvous’ 2013 is a wine dinner organized by French wine merchants Barriere Freres in conjunction with their local importer The Wine Shop. Held at E&O Hotel’s brand new Victory Annex, the event attended by wine connoisseurs, hospitality professionals and media started with the Master Class of 2010 vintages, followed by a Wine Dinner.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bacon And Egg, Bacon and Egg Bagel, Bagel, Black Coffee, Bread Product, Budget Hotel, Chulia Street Penang, Ck Lam, Corned Beef, Corned Beef and Rocket Bagel, Cranberry Sauce, Cream Cheese, Cream Cheese and Smoked Salmon Bagel, Creamy Yogurt, Croissants, Crunchy Walnuts, Google, Google Map, Heritage Shop, Open Kitchen, Penang Cafe, Poppy Seeds, Rainforest Bakery, Seafood Lovers, Sesame Seeds, Soft Drinks, Tea Coffee, The Mugshot Cafe, Turkey Ham Cranberry Sauce Bagel, What2seeonline.Com, Wood Fired Oven, Yogurts
BY CK Lam
Bagels are a popular bread product in western countries. Shaped by hand into the form of a ring, the bagel is first boiled and then baked. Sesame seeds and poppy seeds are the most common toppings.
Many enjoy this “O” shaped bread fresh or toasted with a spread of butter or cream cheese and fillings of seafood, meat or egg.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 4th April, Bak Moi, Brown Colour, Coffee Shop, Double Storey, Food Business, Glutamate, Hawker Food, Hawkers, Health Reasons, Heart Pig, Ho Ping, Ho Ping Coffeeshop, Hot Soup, Kampung Malabar, Makansutra, Malabar, Natural Pork, Offal, Penang, Penang Road, Pork Porridge, Porky, Porridge, Preserved Tianjin Vegetable, Raw Egg, Signboard, Smooth Texture, Spring Onions, Tang Chai
BY CK Lam
Ho Ping in Penang is arguably a good place to head for hawker food. This double-storey coffee shop located at the junction of Penang Road and Kampung Malabar is popular with the locals and also tourists staying at the nearby hotels.
The coffee shop has rented the space to several hawkers. One popular stall is the bak moi stall serving warming, comforting bak moi (pork porridge). There is no signboard to indicate the stall which is run by Y.C. Lai, owner of this third generation hawker food business.
The owner busy preparing the bak moi
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bean Curd, Black Fungus, Chilli Powder, Chinese Parsley, Ck Lam, Drunken Style, Drunken Style Udang Galah, Giant River, Green Vegetables, Heritage Shop, House of Udang Galah, HUG, Hutton Lane, Lime Sauce, Little Fortune, Makansutra, Many Different Ways, Oyster Sauce, Peking Duck, Powder Mixture, River Prawn, Shop Houses, Soft Shell Crabs, Spring Onions, Udang Galah, Udang Galah in Chef Specialty Lime Sauce, Udang Galah Rice Soup in Casserole
BY CK Lam
Penang’s latest eatery serving giant river prawn is House of Udang Galah (HUG). Located on Hutton Lane, the restaurant housed in two renovated heritage shop houses offers fresh udang galah (giant river prawn) cooked in many different ways. Italian, Western, Malay, Indian and Chinese method of cooking is offered. The prawns are cut into halves and cooked with the head and shell intact.
One of HUG specialties is the Udang Galah in Chef Specialty Lime Sauce. The prawns steamed with garlic, chilli and ginger, made up a perky and appetising dish. Garnished with Chinese parsley, the dish costs a little fortune at RM109 (730g at RM15/100g).
Udang Galah in Chef Specialty Lime Sauce
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Cantonese Style, Cantonese Style Dessert, Cantonese style tong-sui, Charcoal Fire, Charming Surroundings, Chicken Porridge, Coconut Milk, Cooking Stoves, Creamy Texture, Entrance C, Front Yard, Generation Owner, George Town, Google, Google Map, Green Mung Bean, Makansutra, Monda, Mung Beans, Old Ginger, Orange Peel, Palm Sugar, Pandan, Pandan Leaves, Penang, Penang Dessert, Plastic Chairs, Rare Place, Red Bean Soup, Right In The Heart, Sago, Savory Dish, Savory Dishes, Slow Fire, Street Entrance, Sweet Cravings, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato with Ginger, Sweet Tooth, Tong-sui, Victoria Street, Wood Fire, Wooden Chairs, Wooden Tables
BY CK Lam
There is a rare place serving piping hot bowls of Cantonese style dessert or tong-sui in Penang. The desserts not only satisfy your sweet cravings, its charming surroundings will also amaze you.
This nameless stall is located right in the heart of George Town. The business which started many years ago is now run by the second generation owner from the yard of his house on Victoria Street.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Alencon France, Almond Rochers, Assorted Pralines, Bachelor Programs, Bonbonnière Au Chocolat, Certificate Award, Certificate Courses, Chef Thierry Lerallu, Chocolate Box, Chocolatier, Cooking Demo, Cooking Demonstration, Cream Milk, Culinary Training, Diplome, Education Modules, Education Seminar, French Traditions, Fresh Cream, Hospitality Management Students, Indian Cuisine, Institute Of Culinary Arts, Jaya Selangor, Le Cordon Bleu, Le Cordon Bleu Malaysia, Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand, Local Produce, Malaysian Chinese, Marketing Manager, Milk Product, Pastry Chef Instructor, Patisserie, Patissier, Penang, Seminar Attendees, Seminar Participants, Sherlyn, Sunway, Sunway Institute of Culinary Arts, Sunway Le Cordon Bleu, Traders Hotel Penang, Wine Education, World Class Restaurants, World Innovation, Wset
BY CK Lam
Le Cordon Bleu Malaysia – Sunway Institute of Culinary Arts has brought culinary education to Malaysia in their school located in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Representatives from the school and Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand was up in Traders Hotel Penang recently to conduct a seminar.
Attendees at the seminar had an educational afternoon experiencing ‘campus life’. Besides gaining more info on the culinary programmes from both campuses, they also enjoyed a cooking demonstration on the recipe Bonbonnière Au Chocolat – Chocolate Box and Assorted Pralines.
BONBONNIÈRE AU CHOCOLAT
Chocolate box and assorted praline
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Baked Pineapple, Business Hours, Cake Maker, Cake Makers, Fillings, Flour, Fresh Pineapples, Freshness, Gartien, George Town, Georgetown Penang, Hot Cakes, Japanese Washi Paper, Lam, Lorong Macalister, Macalister, Page Nbsp, Paper Bags, Parcels, Pastry, Pineapple Cake, Piping, Preservatives, Scratch, Shelf Life, Six Weeks, Strict Quality Control, Weekdays, Zing
BY CK Lam
If you are looking for good pineapple cakes, you cannot pass up visiting Gartien. Located on Lorong Macalister in Penang, Gartien is possibly one of the most well-known pineapple cake makers.
Gartien version of pineapple cake is rolled up in a rectangular pillow of buttery crumbly dough encasing a ball of tangy pineapple filling. Each piece is individually packed in Japanese washi paper to preserve its freshness.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Anglo Chinese Terraces House, Antique Wooden Doors, Baba Bar, Baba Nonya, Banh Xeo, Chinese Antique Furniture, Chinese Granite, Christopher Ong, Ck Lam, Contemporary Design, Course Greens, Course Menu, Degustation Menu, Frangipani, Georgian Church, Grilled Chicken Kapitan, Hong Bak Lamb, Hotel Experience, Indo Chine, Indo-Chine Cuisine, Jalan Kapitan Keling, Karl Steinberg, Keba, Kebaya, Kuan Yin Temple, Lap Pool, Lor Ark, Mantou, Pai Tee, Panna Cotta, Penang Boutique Hotel, Penang Chinese Town Hall, Peranakan Cuisine, Prawn Geng, Reception Lobby, Seven Terraces, Stewart Lane, The Kebaya, Tub Tim Krob, World Charm, World Heritage Site
BY CK Lam
The newly opened Seven Terraces in the heart of World Heritage Site is Penang’s newest boutique hotel. Sitting on Stewart Lane, this hotel by hoteliers Christopher Ong and Karl Steinberg is converted from a row of seven C19th Anglo Chinese terraces houses.
Seven Terraces offers guests a boutique hotel experience with its Peranakan and contemporary design and its many Baba Nonya and Chinese antique furniture and collectibles. The hotel comprises a restaurant, bar and 18 air-conditioned suites with modern amenities.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 23 Love Lane, Abbey Road, Agua Mediterranean Cuisine, Australian Beef, Bayview Hotel Georgetown, Berlin's Bier Houz, Bistro Restaurant, Blue Reef Fish & Chips Straits Quay, Bora Bora By Sunset Bistro, Cassis Restaurant, Chin's Stylish Chinese Cuisine, China House, Chocolate Passion, Christmas Buffet Dinner, Christmas Dining Guide, Christmas Promotion, Cititel Penang, Ck Lam, Complimentary Glass, Course Menu, David Brown's Restaurant & Tea Terrace, Dinner Menus, EASTERN & ORIENTAL HOTEL, EASTIN HOTEL PENANG, EVERGREEN LAUREL HOTEL, Ferringhi Garden Restaurant, G Hotel, Golden Sands Resort, Happy New Year, HARD ROCK HOTEL PENANG, Hot Dishes, Hotel Equatorial Penang, HYDRO HOTEL PENANG, Il Bacaro Venetian Restaurant, Jammin, Julbord, Lamb Roast, Macalister Mansion, MARICOSA PACIFIC RIM & HAWAIIAN CUISINE, Mediterranean Cuisine, New Year Eve, Pulau Pinang, RAINBOW PARADISE BEACH RESORT, Sesame and Soy, Smoked Salmon, Spanish Sausage, Steak Frites, Steak Frites at 23 Love Lane, Sunway Seberang Jaya, Swedish Christmas, SWEET FOREST PASTRY AND SANDWICH CAFE, Tanjung Tokong, Tenggiri, THE LIBRARY AT STRAITS QUAY, The Sire Museum Restaurant, Tom Turkey, Via Pre
BY CK Lam
For this Christmas and New Year Eve, I have compiled a list of tantalizing offering of lunch and dinner menus from the many dining places in Penang. There is something for everyone and I hope it will help you plan for this holiday dining. And don’t forget to have your reservations made well in advance…
I would like to wish you all A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 2013!
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