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: Apom, Apom Manis, Banana Pancake, Bean Curd, Bee Hoon, Black Coffee, Burmah Road, Cake Stall, Charcoal Fire, Chili Paste, Ck Lam, Clay Pots, Coagulated Blood, Coconut Milk, Coffee Shop, Crispy Edges, Culinary Culture, Curry Mee, Decent Places, Duck Meat, Flat Rice Noodles, Flavors, Food Features, Food Stall, Half Boiled Eggs, Hawker Food, Indian Style, Koay Chiap, Leafy Vegetable, Local Delight, Makansutra, New Cathay Coffee Shop, Pan Cake, Penang Curry Mee, Penang Hawker Food, Pulau Tikus, Rice Vermicelli, Rm3, Roadside Stall, Street Hawker, Toast Bread, Toasty Flavor, Wantan Mee
BY CK Lam
Hawker food features prominently in the culinary culture in the state of Penang. Across the industry there are always places that constantly make headlines while others tend to be excellent but underrated, and the New Cathay Coffee Shop is classified as the latter.
Located along Lorong Kuching right off the ever bustling Burmah Road, this coffee shop is one of the decent places to sample a plethora of Penang’s street hawker fare. A favorite mostly with the locals, it begins to fill up as early as 7.30 in the morning and is absolutely packed during the peak hours of ten in the morning right through two in the afternoon.
For those opting for a lighter snack, the apom manis (Indian style pan cake) stall right beside the shop is an excellent alternative. Interestingly, the owner still maintains the tradition of using charcoal stoves and clay pots.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 78 Cafe, Audee Cheah, Axian, Bilis, C K Lam, Char Koay Teow, Cheong Hun Meng, Chili Paste, Chin Ho, Chin Ho Plaza, Ck Lam, Curry Mee, Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai, Drive Food, Food Court, Food Lovers, Foodsion Magazine, Fried Shallots, Golden Chef Culinary Academy, Gurney Drive, Har, Hashim, Hashim Ismail, Hawker, Hawkers, Helen Ong, Hokkien Mee, Homemade Chili, Ivory Properties Group Bhd, Jason Yeoh, Khoon, Lai Khoon Seong, Maga Restaurant, Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Marigold, Nasi Lemak, Nasi Lemak Cili Bilis, Palm Oil, Pasembur, Penang Chefs Association, Penang Food Blogger C K Lam, Penang Road, Penang Times Square, Penang Times Square Food Gallery, Penny Pooh Bee Har, Perak Road Curry Mee, Properties Group, Rojak, Santan, Shahul Hameed, Shrimp Paste, Swee, Syed Mohamed Shahul Hameed, Tan Swee Hoe, The Battle of Penang Hawker Masters 2012, The Star, Three Participants, Vincent Lee
BY CK Lam
Chin Ho Plaza in Penang Times Square was the site of The Battle of Penang Hawker Masters 2012 competition finale, where 18 shortlisted hawkers compete in dishing out the best Penang hawker dishes. The event organised by Ivory Properties Group Bhd for the second year was packed with a crowd of 500 food lovers who came and watched the participants in action.
The competition comprising six categories, saw three participants from each category showcasing their skills. The six categories were Hokkien mee, curry mee, nasi lemak, char koay teow, pasembur and rojak, prepared with Khalis santan sawit, Carotino red palm oil and minyak Cap Buruh.
Rojak
Char Koay Teow
Nasi Lemak
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Black Glutinous Rice, Bubur Kacang Hijau, Bubur Pulut Hitam, Business Hour, Coconut Milk, Datuk Koyah Bubur Kacang, Fridays, Gps Coordinates, Jalan Dato, Kacang Hijau, Lam, Menu Changes, Milk And Sugar, Palm Sugar, Penang Road, Public Holidays, Rice Porridge, Subtle Sweetness, Sweet Dessert, Taste Buds, Tea Time, Texture, Thursdays, Wednesdays, Weekdays, Wheat
BY CK Lam
Kambli’s Bubur Corner is one of the few Indian-style sweet dessert stalls in Penang. Tucked away on Jalan Datuk Koyah, off Penang Road, the stall offers several choices to suit different taste buds.
Customers will be able to enjoy bubur kacang hijau (mung bean porridge), bubur gandum (wheat porridge) and bubur pulut hitam (black glutinous rice porridge).
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Ah Seng, Almond Milk, Bean Curd, Best Hawker Food, Chinese Dessert, Chinese Desserts, Ck Lam, Dried Longan, Duck Meat, Economy Char Beehoon, Fried Crullers, Fried Noodles, Gingko Nuts, Kimberley Street Duck Koay Chiap, Kway Teow Th'ng, Leng Chee Kang, Light Snack, Lok Lok, Lotus Seeds, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Noodle Dish, Oil Paper, Penang Street Food, Red Bean Soup, Rice Noodle, Rice Noodles, Rice Vermicelli, Salted Fish, Soya Sauce, Street Food, Sungai Ujong, Sweet Bean, Sweet Dessert, Traditional Home of Desserts
BY CK Lam
Penang is bursting with restaurants and hawker food stalls but some of the most outstanding are those in inner George Town, particularly along Kimberley Street. It is where the crowds go for a variety of flavours and indulgences.
The area is overwhelming with hawker delights. With most stalls and eateries beginning operation at night, just a walk up and down this historical street will bring you face to face with some of the best hawker food! Enjoy such fare as koay chiap, economy fried beehoon, char kway teow, sweet boiled Chinese desserts, lok-lok and kway teow th’ng.
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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: ABC Seafood stall, Airasia, Bean Sprouts, Beef Noodle, Belacan, Bidayuh, Cat Statues, Chicken Slices, Coconut Milk Soup, Half Day Tour, Iban, International Performances, Kuching Sarawak, Laksa Sarawak, Longhouses, Madam Tang Restaurant, Manok Pansoh, Media FAM Trip, Melanau, Midin, Mount Santubong, Orang Ulu, Rainforest World Music Festival, Restaurant Budaya, Santubong Sarawak, Sarawak Cultural Village, Sarawak Tourism Board, Signature Dish, Tebaloi, Top Spot Foodcourt, Traditional Dish, Umai, World Harvest Festival, World Music Festival
By CK Lam
It is exciting to hit the road again, this time on the Media FAM Trip to Kuching, Sarawak. The trip to the city of cats is organized by Sarawak Tourism Board in collaboration with Air Asia. Besides the orang utan and the different ethnic groups of Sarawak, there are other attractions, such as the many cat statues.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Aromatic Spices, Arp Tui Mee, Battered Fish, Carnarvon Street, Carnavon Street, Char Koay Teow, Chicken Drumstick, Chili Padi, Chili Sauce, Chinese Herbs, Chinese Sausages, Chopped Chives, Coffee Shop, Corner Coffee Shop, Distinctive Fragrance, Duck Drumstick Noodle Soup, Freshly Cut, Fried Meat, Hawker Food, Juicy Meat, Malay Street, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Noodle Soup, Nutritious Soup, Penang Hawker Food, Pickled Ginger, Ping Hooi Coffee Shop, Pork Ribs, Pork Roll, Prawn Fritters, Red Dates, Street Hawker, Three Generations
By CK Lam
Ping Hooi coffee shop is the place where visitors get to enjoy a plethora of noodles and snacks for breakfast and lunch. This old-style coffee shop with several food stalls has its frontage facing the bustling Carnarvon Street and its side facing Malay Street.
Hawker stalls lined up the side of this corner coffee shop while the other side of the wall is lined with wooden cubicles. This coffee shop is one of the places to sample duck drumstick noodle, also known as Arp Tui Mee.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Aroma, Ayam, Business Hour, Chicken Curry, Crispy Edges, Curries, Dishes, Egg, Flat Pan, Flatbread, Gravy, Indulgence, Kuah Banjir, Kucing, Mutton Curry, Nbs, Nbsp, Pan Service, Penang, Poached Eggs, Ramadan, Roti Canai, Roti Prata, Roti Sardin, Roti Telur, Slow Pace, Special Famous Roti Canai, Spices, Teh Tarik, Telur, Tender Pieces, Torn Pieces, Transfer Road, Variations
Roti canai is available in numerous stalls around Penang and each stall has its own variations such as the roti sardin, roti telur and the paper-thin roti tissue. They serve it with their own curry dishes, from the simple dall curry to the meaty curry.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Apom, Apom Balik, Ayam Golek, Bayan Lepas Penang, Beef Rendang, Betawi, Coconut Shrimp, Crispy Edges, Deep Fried Tofu, Egg Batter, Fish Crackers, Food Bazaar, Glutinous Rice, Hard Boiled Egg, Keropok Lekor, Lemang, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), Pantai Jerjak, Pantai Timur, Pasar Malam, Prawn Crackers, Pulut, Pulut Udang, Ramadan Food Bazaar, Red Bean Paste, Rempah, Roti John, Satay Chicken
* This article was published in the New Straits Times (Life & Times) on 13th August 2011.
When looking for food to break fast, the pasar malam bazaars can be a change from the traditional food bazaar. The one at Pantai Jerjak, Penang, opens every Wednesday from early afternoon. There is a good crowd of all races.
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