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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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Amp, Array, Bakery, Beef Brisket, Beef Broth, Beef Noodle, Beef Noodles, Beef Soup, Beef Soup Noodle, Beef Stew, Braised Beef, Business Hour, Carnarvon, Carnarvon Street, Carnavon, Char Siew, Charcoal Fire, Chilli Sauce, Chinese Style, Choices, Chulia Street, Closing Time, Coffee Shop, Coffeeshop, Commo, Creamy Sauce, Cucumber And Onions, Dry Noodles, Egg Noodles, Father And Son, Flat Rice Noodles, Flavorful Beef, Generous Portion, Green Onions, Handful, Hor Fun, Kampung, Lai, Malabar, Old Haunt, Peanut Sauce, Peddler, Penang, Penang Food, Pho, Pork Satay, Rainforest, Sai Lam Coffee Shop, Satay, Side Dish, Side Dishes, Soup Base, Soup Broth, Soup Noodles, Sour Plum, Stew Beef, Tan Tan, Tea Time, Tender Beef, Tender Pieces, Third Generation, Toast Bread, Variations, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Language, Wanton Noodle, Wanton Noodles, Wanton Soup, Wantons, Wet Version
There are several variations of beef noodles in Penang with the all time favorite beef ball noodles and the Hakka beef ball noodles.
This time the focus is on the Ngau Larm Mee stall (Chinese style braised beef brisket noodle) at Sai Lam, an old coffee shop at the corner of Chulia Street and Carnarvon Street. This delicious braised beef can be served with variation of noodles: springy thin or the broad wanton noodles or better still with hor fun. Whatever the choice is, it comes with generous portion of flavorful beef pieces.
Dry Ngau Larm Mee with broad noodles
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 14inch, Afternoon Snack, Air Itam, Array, Avai, Black Coffee, Black Soya Bean, Business Hour, Busy At Work, Chinese Crullers, Cina, Cintra Street, Coffee Shop, Cooking Oil, Criz, Cruller, Delicious Pieces, East Coast, Fillings, Floss, Flour Dough, Foo, Fryer, Honey Butter, Hot Dog, Hot Oil, Hot Sausage, Kek Lok Si, Kek Lok Si Temple, Kong Ming, Kopi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Perlis, Kwai, Lao, Lintang, Lok, Mayonnaise, Original Version, Passerby, Paya, Peanut Butter, Penang, Rm1, Sarawak, Savoury, Seafood Restaurant, Seafood Restaurants, Sesame Seed, Sjk, Soya Bean Milk, Tea Time, Three Pieces, Tiao, Traff, Traffic Lights
Passerby from town to Paya Terubong area will sure to bypass this stall located on the right side of the road, selling You Tiao or more commonly known as Yau Char Kwai. This deep fried Chinese crullers which originated from Kuala Perlis, are similar to the normal crullers except they are extremely long, around 14″. It comes with variety of fillings, indeed a great innovation from the original version. At times, the place which is operated by Mr Tan, would be crowded with customers dropping by for the orders. We had fun visiting the stall while watching the making of the deep fried You Tiao.
Golden brown deep fried Te Chang You Tiao Wang @ RM1
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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, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), Nyonya Cuisine, Nyonya Cuisine, 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
* This article was also published in the New Straits Times on 9th April 2010.
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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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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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Agar Agar Jelly, Array, Assam Laksa, Booths, Business Hour, Chicken Rice, Chocolate Ice Cream, Coffee Shop, Coffeeshop, Colourful, Creamy Corn, Durian, Durians, Georgetown, Gps, Gps Coordinates, Grainy Texture, Homemade Ice Cream, Ice Kacang, Ice Machine, Jagung, Kek, Lorbak, Many Different Types, Matter Of Time, Penang Hawker Food, Penang Road, Red Beans, Scoops, Shaved Ice, Styrofoam Box, Sugar Syrup, Sweet Sugar, Thng, Two Choices, Variations
There are plenty of ice kacang (shaved ice) with many variations in town but there is one ice kacang that really stands through time and it is found in Kek Seng coffee shop. It is located along Penang Road in Georgetown and has been in business for many years.
Many people will agree that Kek Seng is the best place for ice kacang with its signature homemade colorful agar-agar jelly and durian ice cream besides other toppings of red bean and jagung (creamy corn). The bowl of ice kacang is drenched with colorful sweet sugar syrup and dose with evaporated milk.
Plate of ice kacang with two choices of ice cream @ RM3.50
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Amp, Appe, Appetizer, Array, Bacon, Bar Food, Beef Stroganov, Black Truffle, Boiled Egg, Borsch, Borsh Soup, Brulee, Bulgarian Cuisine, Bulgarian Food, Business Hour, Cabbage, Capsicum, Cheddar Cheese, Chicken Flavor, Chocolate Creme, Chocolate Soup, Cod Fish, Colorful Salad, Creamy Mushroom Sauce, Creamy Mushroom Soup, Creme Brulee, Creme Burlee, Cucumber, Cucumber Soup, Dear Son, Delicious Chicken, Delicious Pickle, Egg, Feta Cheese, Fish Fillet, Friday Night, Garlic Bread, Grilled Pork, Ground Meat, Homemade Soup, Jalan Sungai, Mixed Salad, Mushroom Soup, Night Snack, Olives, Orley, Pumpkin Soup, Rm10, Sausage, Shopska Salad, Shredded Cheese, Side Dish, Skewer, Snack Menu, Sour Sauce, Stone Walls, Sungai Kelian, Sweet Pumpkin, Tanjong Bungah, Tasty Dish, Tenderloin Steak, Tomato, Tomato Soup, Vegetable Soup, Wild Mushrooms, Wooden Furniture
I remember visiting Vintage Bulgaria Restaurant and Bar for the first time when it opens its door last year in Tanjung Bungah. Recently my family was invited to savor selections of Bulgarian cuisines in their recently revamped menu. The restaurant now has an additional dining floor space and is complete with wooden furniture, stone walls and great mural.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Amp, Array, Bean Curd, Business Hour, Chopped Garlic, Chuk, Compliment, Cuts Of Meat, Dark Soy Sauce, Different Cuts Of Meat, Different Style, Fats, Garlic, Hot, Hubby, Kut, Lean Meat, Lettuce, Oyster Sauce, Penang, Penang Food, Pi, Pig Intestines, Pig Stomach, Pig Trotter, Plain Rice, Pulau Pinang, Red Chili, Red Chilli, Side Dish, Side Dishes, Signature Dish, Smooth, Soy Sauce, Spare Parts, Spare Ribs, Spice Powder, Taste Buds, Terengganu, Vege, Vegetables
Looking back at the post, it seems like it has been a while since I blogged about Bak Kut Teh in Penang. I was recommended to try out a Bak Kut Teh stall in the folds of Jalan Terengganu recently. It was indeed a different style from the Penang local version. It is the Klang Bak Kut Teh!
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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, Penang Restaurant, Peranakan Cuisine, 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
***The restaurant has since closed down.
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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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 10400 Penang, Amp, Array, Bottled Mineral Water, Boxes, Creamy Texture, Crunchy, Different Shape, Duku Langsat, Durian, Durian King Of Fruits, Durian Season, Durians, Feast, Fresh Fruits, Good Time, Great Durian, Kidney, King Of Fruits, Kitchen Floor, Langsat, Longkong, Mangosteen, Penang Food, Preference, Purplish Fruit, Rambutan, Singapore, Spikes, Sun Yat Sen, Susu, Sweet Flavor, Thick Flesh, Variation, Yar
Taking a break from all the food for once, and indulging in some of the best fruits Penang has to offer!
It is always a good time to visit Penang and especially now when the great durian season is on. Just imagine going on a makan trip in Penang to feast on the King of Fruits, Durian! Our family just loves the thorny spikes durian with its strong pungent aromatic flesh. There are numerous stalls in town. Recently I took my aunt and uncle who came for a visit from Singapore to try out the durian at one of the popular stall, Penang Ah Teik Durian Stall. This stall is located right beside the Sun Yat Sen building in Lorong Susu/Mccalister Road.
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