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Jul

Penang Hawker Food & Nyonya Cuisine @ The Wok Cafe, Kota Damansara

Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Array, Bean Paste, Beautiful Antiques, Brinjal, Bubur Cha Cha, Burma Road, Burmah Road, Business Hours, Chairs, Chee Cheong Fun, Cheong Fun, Chili Paste, Chili Sauce, Chunks Of Meat, Cinnamon Stick, Coconut Milk, Cold Dessert, Commercial Address, Creamy Soup, Cuisines, Curry Fish Head, Dining Hall, Dinning Hall, Dipping Sauces, Dish, Dishes, Distinct Flavor, Fareast, Father And Son, Flavorful Fish, Font Definitions, Font Format, Fried Shallots, Hawker Fare, Hokkien, Hot Wok, Inche, Inchi, Invitation, Kantan, Kota Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Lobak, Meat Dishes, Mervyn, Mso, Nyonya Cuisine, Nyonya Food, Original Recipe, Palm Sugar, Pan Fried, Panose, Penang, Penang Hawker Food, Perut, Petaling Jaya, Photographs, Pickled Fish, Piquancy, Prawn, Prawn Paste, Pulut Hitam, Recommended Choice, Refreshing Drinks, Robert Yeoh, Sago Gula Melaka, Sesame Seed, Shrimp Soup, Signature Dish, Spice Powder, Spicy Shrimp, Strand, Style Definitions, Style Type, Sweet Potatoes, Tasty Dishes, Tau, Times New Roman, White Rice, Wok Cafe, Worcester Sauce, Yeoh, Yue

The Wok Cafe may sound familiar to many Penangites as this restaurant is the outlet to the Hot Wok Restaurant along Burma Road in Penang. It is housed in a corner shoplot situated in the bustling Kota Damansara township, a new residential and commercial address. Together with a few friends, we went there to savor their Penang Hawker Food and Nyonya cuisine, courtesy of Uncle Robert Yeoh and his son Mervyn (the chef).

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Jun

Malaysian Kueh – Penang Nyonya Kuih

Posted by: CK Lam Tags: All Occasions, Array, Banana Leaves, Bottom Layer, Chulia Street, Chulia Street Penang, Coconut Jam, Coconut Milk, Curry Puff, Deserts, Electric Mixer, Finished Product, Glutinous Rice, Green Pea, Heavy Stone, Hotels, Inti, Kueh, Kuih, Kuih Lapis, Kuih Nyonya, Kuih Talam, Lapis, Layers Of Skin, Liquid Mixture, Little Cakes, Mesjid, Metal Tin, Moh, Mook, Nyonya Kuih, Orange Co, Orange Color, Pandan, Pea Flour, Penang, Period Of Time, Poh, Privilige, Pulut, Pulut Inti, Rice Cake, Rice Flour, Sago, Talam, Tekan, Teng, Wet Market

Nyonya Kuih can be found in most of the wet market around Georgetown. They come in many different texture, shapes and multi colored. They are mostly steamed with some deep fried and baked.

I got to enjoy some freshly made kuih at Kuih Nyonya Moh Teng Pheow located in Jalan Mesjid, Off Chulia Street. The owner, Mr Mook and his family has been making the Nyonya Kuihs and supplying them to kuih peddlers for many years in Penang but nowadays they just cater to the hotels and directly walk-in customers.

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Jun

Penang Food Bloggers Tasting Session at Ivy’s Kitchen

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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Jun

Peranakan Nyonya Restaurant – Hot Wok, Penang

Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Aerial View, Amp, Antiques Collectibles, Array, Art And Craft, Artifacts, Assam, Assam Laksa, Bean Curd, Beautiful Antiques, Belacan, Boiled Rice, Burma, Burma Road, Cendol, Chai, Chicken Curry, Chili Paste, Chili Sauce, Chinese Food, Chives, Coconut Cream, Coconut Milk, Cuisines, Curry Chicken, Curry Kapitan, Delicacy, Delicious Flavours, Dessert, Dining Area, Dining Hall, Dining Table, Dipping Sauce, Distinctive Taste, Divider, Fish, Flavors, Food Eateries, Food Menu, Food Outlets, Gps Coordinates, Green Pea, Gurney Plaza, Hard Boiled Egg, Hawker, Heart Of The City, Herbs And Spices, Herbs Spices, Hokkien, Honeydew Sago, Hot Wok, Hot Wok Restaurant, Ice Kacang, Jackfruit, Kangkung, Loh, Mango, Nangka, Noodle Dishes, Northern Border, Nyonya Food, P, Penang, Penang Food, Peranakan, Peranakan Restaurant, Prawn, Prawn Paste, Prawns, Premier Restaurant, Red Kidney Beans, Restaurant In Penang, Roast Pork, Sago Gula Melaka, Sametime, Savoury, Shrimp Paste, Spring Roll, Staircase, Style Meat, Sweet Sauce, Taste Bud, Taste Buds, Tau, Time Patrons, Tumis, Wok, Yam Cake

Many of you would definitely be familiar with Hot Wok! The name is associated with the abundant of Nyonya food coupled with beautiful decorations and authentic Peranakan ambiance.

Customers who have frequented the restaurant in Penang knows that Hot Wok Nyonya & Local Cuisine has established itself as the premier restaurant in serving authentic Peranakan or commonly known as Nyonya food from its earlier years in Gurney Plaza and later shifted to Tanjung Tokong. Now they still continue serving their customers in a double storey pre-war house along Jalan Burma, near to the many food eateries of Nagore Road and New World Park.

Welcome to a gastronomic food journey at Hot Wok

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Jan

Chinese New Year @New World Park

Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Acrobatic Troupe, Arcades, Array, Buffet Style, Burma Road, Burmah Road, Chinese Dishes, Chinese New Year, Chinese Orchestra, Claypot, Cup Of Coffee, Cusine, Cyber Cafe, Cyber Shopping, Dim Sum, Diners, Dry Meat, Entertainment Outlet, Favourite Place, First Food, Food Court, Food Drop, Food Outlet, Franchise Eateries, Free Flow, Fried Pork, Good Cup Of Coffee, Gordon Bleu, Hangout Place, Hawker Center, Hawker Food, Hawkers, Hygenic, Ice Cream, Ice Kacang, Kueh, Kut, Lion Dance, Memory Lane, Nasi Lemak, Nasi Ulam, New World Park, Nwp, Oomph, Orchestra Performances, Oriental Cuisines, Outing Place, Pearl Of The Orient, Penang, Penang Food, Performance Pavilion, Pork Liver, Restaurants, Reunion Dinner, Road Houses, Rou Gu Cha, Sandwiches, Set Lunch, Shopping, Snacks, Spacious Area, Spices And Herbs, Street Food, Swatow, Teriyaki Chicken, Tokong, Tourist Attraction, Wembley Park, White Coffee, Year Of The Ox, Yyy

New World Park located in the heart of Georgetown has been billed as a everything-under-one-roof project. It currently houses a number of restaurants, a couple of franchise eateries, a performance pavilion, boutiques and last but not least, the Hawker Center! Food crawling is a good idea as there are plenty of dining options and you can move from one outlet to the other sampling the food Penang has to offer. With the Chinese New Year around the corner, this entertainment outlet, decorated in red has a number of exciting events all lined-up.

The events to usher in the Year of the Ox :

1) Lion Dance – 17th, 31st January & 3rd February (2pm, 8.30pm & 2pm)
2) China Acrobatic Troupe Show – 23rd, 24th, 29th January & 6th February (9pm)
3) Traditional Chinese Orchestra Performances – 21st & 23rd January (8.30pm)

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Aug

Penang Bloggers Gathering at Hai Nan Town Restaurant

Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Beautiful View, Birthday Girl, Criz, Delicacies, Floggers, Fruit Tarts, Green Tea, Inchi, Jetty, New Friendship, Penang, Physical Image, Pui, Seaside Place, Spring Roll, Stunning View, Tea Cake, Tummies, Virtual Faces, Worcester Sauce

2nd August 2008 marked a very special day for all floggers in Penang! We collectively decided that this was the time to meet up and put a physical image on those virtual faces.

The dinner gathering was at Hai Nan Town Restaurant which offers “Nyonya and Hainanese” delicacies in town. Located by the jetty at Weld Quay with a stunning view of the marina, Church Street Pier and QEII, I reckon this beautiful seaside place needs not much introduction as many bloggers have reviewed about it. However, just briefly, this restaurant opened its doors in 2006 after their first outlet in Sungai Nibong . I arrived there earlier, taking the opportunity to go snap-snap before makan-makan.

Beautiful view of Church Street Pier, QEII and the marina from the restaurant.

marina ferry marina yatch

Ten of us turned up that day looking splendid, and it was such a joy seeing everyone in person! Here are among the floggers who made it…

Buzzingbee and Lingzie

Me and Carrie of Cariso – the birthday girl in pink

Gill Gill and Jason – the loving and friendly couple

The rest of the gang included Penang Tua Pui and Criz Lai – unfortunately they turned up that night with “photo shyness”.

Well, time was ticking and our tummies were growling already! Thus, time for dinner! After much deliberation, we made our choices and it wasn’t long before we were served. Dishes that we had were typical Nyonya and Hainanese cuisines – Fried Spring Roll, Asam Curry Fish, Mangkuang Char, Fried Mixed Vegetable and Inchi Kabin (fried chicken served with Worcester sauce).

These adorable floggers took some extra effort to share some sweets and desserts. Criz brought some mini-tarts while Buzzingbee shared her home-made fruit tarts with us. I have to say that it was absolutely delicious! We also celebrated Carrie’s birthday with this absolutely scrumptious green tea cake.

It was indeed a fun-filled night. I am really happy getting to know this new group of friends. To our new friendship, cheers! Really enjoyed myself. Here is a little token that I have made to commemorate this very first gathering for all you guys who attended this little party.

I was slightly disappointed to see that the other floggers could not make it; with commitments here and there as well. No matter, hope we can see each other on the coming gathering arrangement on the 20th of September! Lastly, a big thanks to Lingzie for organizing this event and making all this possible! Hope the semangat makan-makan among the floggers in Penang will continue on!

Hai Nan Town was indeed a great place for entertaining friends and guest. For those interested, the details are listed as follows:

Hai Nan Town Restaurant
Address: 8A, Pengkalan Weld, Penang.
Tel : 263 8633

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The Lone Pine Hotel is located along Batu Ferringhi and it is within walking distance to restaurants, shopping outlets and Penang’s famous ‘Ferringhi Night Bazaar’. It is a cozy place with its rooms facing the sea and the beautiful garden shaded by Casuarina trees.

There are two dining places in this hotel and we had our dinner at The Bungalow which offers local, international and also Hainanese cuisine. The restaurant has simple furnishing and decor. It offers outdoor and indoor sitting areas.

We requested for the outdoor sitting area under a big canopy so as to get a clearer picturesque view of the sunset and watch the on-going activities on the beach front. People were having fun riding up and down the stretch of beach on four wheelers and horses. This activities is hardly seen down town.

Enough of the scenery, now for what we came here for. Dinner!

When glancing through the menu, the first item that caught my attention was ‘The Bungalow Duet’. This uniquely named dish (RM19.80) is made up of deep-fried Hainanese Spring Rolls and Batu Maung satays. This dish is accompanied with a delicious spicy sauce, onions and cucumber pieces. I strongly recommend this appetizer dish.

I would like to emphasis on our next dish; the Chicken Macaroni Pie (RM24.00). The younger generations may not be well versed with this dish. Just ask anyone who have eaten it before, this dish might very well put a smile on their face.

How is this dish prepared? Well, this dish can be declared a true fusion between eastern and western culinary. Macaroni, carrots, button mushroom and chicken slices are cooked in a special sauce, and then baked with a layer of crust on top. The picture below may give you a better description. I find it not very original because as far as I know, tomato sauce was never use in making the gravy. Still my son love it and heard him saying “I wish I could have it every day!”.

Mouth Watering Curry Chicken Kapitan (RM24.00). This curry dish goes superbly well with rice. You can really taste the spices and herbs used to cook it.

Deep fried Inche Kabin (RM19.80), an all time favourite. No questions asked

Fried Ju Hu Char (RM17.80). This Nyonya dish was the vegetable that we had alongside our meaty dishes.

We were entertained by some live music performed by a triplet during the later part of the night. This was truly an enjoyable and relaxing outing for us, savoring delicious food and watching sunset at this charming place! The night scenery is equally as serene as the daytime.

The following is the location of the hotel, especially for those who are not too familiar with the Batu Ferringhi area.

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