Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Ah Lai Kopitiam, Air Car, Big Tree, Brine, Church Street Ghaut, Coffee And Tea, Comfort Food, Eateries, Favourable, Flavours, Glass Jars, Hot Beverages, Instant Noodle, Keat, Keat La Drink, Kopitiam, Kumquats, Lai, Lemak, Lunch Hour, Maggi Mee, Parking Spaces, Penang, Penang Food, Public Holidays, Roti Bakar, Toast Bread, Tom Yam, Under the Big Tree
BY CK Lam
Instant noodle has come a long way for many of us. It is simple to make and inexpensive. This kind of comfort food seems to suit today’s lifestyle, and is gaining popularity in many eateries in town. And since we swear by this instant comforting fix at home, eateries out there are now offering this in their menu.
Stop by the small shed on Church Street Ghaut. Owner Ah Lai and his wife have been serving up this ‘comfort food’ for 30 over years from an unbelievably small kitchen. Popularly known as Under the Big Tree, the eatery is patronised by workers from the surrounding offices.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bengali Bread, Black Pomfret Curry, Brinjal, Chicken Curry, Chicken Meat, Dalca, Distinct Taste, Egg Custard, Fish Head, Flavo, Fragrant Rice, Half Boiled Eggs, Hutton Lane, Mustard Seeds, Nasi Dalca, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Penang Famous Roti Bengali, Roti Bakar, Roti Bengali, Roti Canai, Scrumptious Meal, Side Dishes, Soggy Toast, Sour Flavor, Star Anise, Street Food, Tables And Chairs, Tender Chicken, Toast Bread, Tong Aik Emporium, Wholesome Meal
BY CK Lam
In Penang there are many alleys and walking down a right one gives the opportunity of finding delicious street food. Located in a short alley on Hutton Lane, Penang is a cosy stall that wowed customers with its simple breakfast menu and nasi dalca.
We popped into the stall owned by M.M. Abdul Jaafar which has been operating before 1957.
Abdul Jaafar serving the breakfast crowd
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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: Ah Wang Cafe, Black Coffee, Coconut Milk, Coffee And Tea, Cup Of Coffee, Egg Yolk, Electric Toaster, Half Boiled Egg, Homemade Kaya, Kaya, Kopi O Peng, Kopi Peng, Lime Juice, Lime Zest, Milk Sugar, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), O Peng, Pepper Powder, Rapid Modernization, Red Sugar, Roti Bakar, S Cafe, Secret Recipe, Sirap, Sirap Limau, Sweet Flavor, Tanjung Tokong, Teatime, Toast, UDA Flats
* This article was published in the New Straits Times (Northern Streets) on 8th October 2011
Operating for more than 30 years, Ah Wang Cafe serves the standard fare of coffee and toast with home-made Kaya. The name is synonymous with the owner who runs the business with his wife and several helpers.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Argyll, Argyll Road, Boiled Egg, Bread And Coffee, Catfish Fish Head Curry, Ck Lam, Coffee Powder, Coffee Shop, Deen Nasi Kandar, Delicious Fish, Egg Yolk, Enang, Fish Curry, Fish Head Curry, Flavors, Half Boiled Egg, Hawker Food, Heritage Shop, Ikan Keli, Kand, Kedai Kopi, Kedai Kopi Toon Leong, Kopitiam, Lightings, Magarine, Mid Morning, Nasi Kandar, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Penang, Quality Coffee, Rm5, Signa, Spicy Dishes, Tiled Flooring, Toast Bread, Transfer Road, Wooden Chairs
BY CK Lam
Penang is left with a handful of places serving simple breakfast of local coffee, toasts as well as hearty nasi kandar. One such place is Kedai Kopi Toon Leong, an old-style kopitiam located in a heritage shop house at the corner of Transfer Road and Argyll Road.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Breakfast Fare, Brunch, Ceiling Fan, Chicken Chop, Coconut Milk, Coffee Shop, Coffeeshop, Cold Butter, Dang, Dangi, Foreigners, Friendly Service, Hainanese Chicken Chop, Hainanese Cuisine, Hainanese Pork Chop, Jalan Dang Wangi, Jalan Wang Dangi, Kaya, Kaya Roll, Koe, Kopitiam, Kuala Lumpur, Lai, Lai Foong coffeeshop, Lea & Perrins Worcestershire, Matter Of Minutes, Old Photos, Pepper Powder, Plenty Of Times, Potato Wedges, Rm8, Roast Pork, Soft Boiled Egg, Soft Boiled Eggs, Soy Sauce, Spongy Cake, Takeaway, Thick Texture, Toast Bread, Yut Kee Restaurant
Yut Kee Restaurant, located in Jalan Dang Wangi Kuala Lumpur, is an old school Hainanese restaurant that has been operating since 1928. The place offering traditional kopitiam fare and variety of Hainanese food is a hit with locals and foreigners alike.
Breakfast fare
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Breakfast, Chai Kuih, Char Koay Teow, Chewy Texture, Chili Sauce, Church Street, Coffee Shop, Dumpling, Eng Loh, French Toast, Gereja, Grated Coconut, Jalan Gereja, Kuih, Kuih Kosui, Kuih Koswee, Loh, Lunch Hour, Palm Sugar, Pandan, Penang, Penang Food, Roti, Roti Taiwan, Shop Operator, Smooth Peanut Butter, Soft Dough, Sugar Version, Taiwan Version, Toast Bread, Wanton Mee
*** Updated on 1/5/2011 – The coffee shop has since been taken over by a new owner.
One of my favorite breakfast joints in Penang is Eng Loh Coffee Shop in the heart of Georgetown. It is located at the end of Church Street, diagonally across the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and is exceptionally crowded during lunch hour.
Besides serving good coffee, the coffee shop operator also serves choices of Western breakfast of sausages and egg together with toast bread. There are ten over choices of bread and my favorite is the Roti Taiwan.
Delicious Roti Taiwan
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Aa, Amp, Atmosphere, Bakery, Bottom Width, Campbell Street, Canon, Canon Singapore, Charcoal, Charcoal Toast Bread, Chocolate Bread, Counterparts, Decades, Gas Stove, Gps Coordinates, Half Boiled Eggs, Kampung, Kopi, Lemak, Locals, Malabar, Ooi, Parking Spaces, Peanut Butter, Penang Food, Photography, Roti Bakar, Singapore Food, Steam, Tea Time, Thumb, Time One, Toh, Toh Soon, Toh Soon Cafe, Water Boiler
Toh Soon is a small side street cafe situated in the folds of Campbell street. This cafe which is run by Mr and Mrs Ooi has always been a hit with the locals all this while, especially their varieties served for breakfast and tea time. One of our pit stops for breakfast during the Canon Singapore Photography & Food Trip was at this joint which has an alley atmosphere.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Black Current, Chunky Version, Coffee Shop, Cream Cracker, First Bite, Gums, Hubby, Jalan Gereja, Jaws, Kopi, Loh, Margarine, P Eng, Peanut Butter, Peanuts, Penang, Rm3, Roti, Skippy, Smucker, Stickiness, Strawberry, Thick Pieces, Thick Slice, Warm Crusty Bread, White Bread
Peanut Butter !!! There are many varieties of peanut butter. I have been using peanut butter as a spreader since ……can’t even remember when. I loved the Skippy creamy ones although I sometimes have the extra chunky version too. Another favourite of mine is Smucker’s black current and strawberry. They make a tasty spread for bread as well as cream cracker.
Besides making peanut butter toast at home, my hubby and myself like to eat those sold at Eng Loh coffee shop located at Church Street. The bread is known as Taiwan Roti and the thick slice is sold for RM3.50. The main ingredients is margarine, peanut butter and crushed peanuts. The bread is the ordinary fresh white bread which is sliced into very thick pieces. It is toasted with a layer of margarine. Peanut butter is then spread on to the melted margarine with crushed peanuts sprinkled on top.
The warm crusty bread and the stickiness of the peanut butter is delicious. On the first bite, it tends to stick to the gums…. and glue the jaws together for few seconds.
And not forgetting a hot cup of kopi-o kau that goes hand in hand with the toast. Super breakfast 
Eng Loh Coffee Shop
Church Street (Jalan Gereja)
Penang
Opening Hours : 8am – 3pm
Closed : Sunday
GPS Coordinate : N 05 25.106 E 100 20.457
