Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Authentic Italian Cuisine, Celebrity Chef, Celebrity Chef John Burton-Race, Celebrity Chefs, Chef John, Chef Kevin, Chef Kevin Cape, Chef Stephen, Culinary Event, Culinary Scene, Culinary Team, Delectable Assortment, Delicious Cuisines, Enak, Fabulous Cuisine, Fisherman’s Cove, French Cuisine, Gonbei, Invaluable Tips, Jake’s Charboil Steaks, Jogoya, John Burton, KoRyo-Won, Luk Yu Tea House, Massimo Martina, Master Chef, Master Chef Massimo Martina, Master Chef Stephen Mercer, Midsummer Nights, Midsummer Nights Feast, MyThai, Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant, Sentidos Tapas, Shook!, Star Chef, Starhill Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Stephen Mercer, Tarbush Restaurant, Village Bar
Things will be spicing up at Starhill Gallery with the launch of its coming annual Midsummer Nights Feast on the 2nd July 2010. The eight day festival promises the presence of top celebrity chefs featuring special menus of fine food paired with great wine, accompanied by music and fashion shows.
The tagline for this year’s event is Experience the Fine Art of Flavours, and it will definitely live up to its name with vibrant delicious cuisines forming delightful artistry created by the celebrity chefs. I was invited to the press conference and food samplings. Well, there are plenty of tasty delights and I sampled plenty of fabulous cuisine that will be offered at this year’s culinary event.
Experience the fine art of flavors at Starhill Gallery!
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 3pm, Abalone, Amp, Array, Bean Curd, Bitter Gourd, Bitter Groud, Business Hours, Cashew Nuts, Chao, Chao Zhou, Chili Sauce, Chives, Cuisine, Cuisines, Customer Choices, Delicacies, Delicious Dessert, Delicious Dish, Dim Sum, Dining Hall, Dinner Restaurant, Dishes, Dumpling, Fillings, Fine Cuisine, Fried Vegetables, Ginkgo, Ginkgo Nuts, Hong Kong, Inlaws, Kailan, Ku, Kueh, Kurau, Leng, Leng Chai, Location Restaurant, Lunch, Mainland, Mash, Menu Restaurant, New Taste, Orh Nee, Parking Space, Penang, Penang Food, Prawns, Pumpk, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Dessert, Restaurant In Penang, Shark, Small Pieces, Style Restaurant, Sweet Dessert, Tender Pieces, Teochew Cuisine, Thin Layer, Traditional Dish, Vegetable Dishes, Websi, Website Www, Wel, White Rice, Yam, Yam Paste, Yoke, Yummy Dessert
This time around our Penang food outing in the Mainland continue with Teochew cuisines at the popular Restaurant Chao Zhou. This Teochew style restaurant also serves a wide selection of dim sum for breakfast and numerous cuisines for lunch and dinner. I chanced upon it through its restaurant website. Heard that their dim sum is very popular too. Together with my In-laws, we made the trip to this restaurant which is located in Chai Leng Park, Penang Mainland. The restaurant has a large air-conditioned dining hall and a pleasant outdoor sitting area.
Straight to the dishes we indulged that evening!
We started with the superb deep fried items. There is a good variety to choose from and varies based on the customer choices. We had three different types of items, with the fried cho, ku chye kueh and prawns wrap with crisp vermicelli. All the deep fried items were served hot and crispy…very fragrant. Excellent appetizer to kick off the meal.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Armp, Array, Bowl Of Porridge, Braised, Buan, Business Hour, Cartilage, Chai, Chewy, Chili Sauce, Clay Bowl, Comfort Food, Dishes, Duck Liver, Duck Meat, Food Canister, Fried Egg, Fried Eggs, Homemade Chili, Hubby, Innards, Liking, Many Different Types, Meat Taste, Old School, Penang, Penang Food, Pork Belly, Porridge, Porridge Ingredients, Rice Dishes, Rice Porridge, Side Dishes, Soft Bone, Softness, Sour Taste, Soy Sauce, Spicy Chili, Stomach, Sweet Chili Sauce, Tai Buan Porridge, Teochew Porridge, Timers, Tofu Dish, Youngster
Penang has a number of stall selling porridge and one particular stall that is worth mentioning is the Tai Buan Porridge. It is housed in a shoplot on Muntri Street serving good rice porridge and side dishes. This Teochew style porridge is very popular and most of the customers are back for return visits.
Braised duck, liver and gizzard
Comfort food – Porridge served in clay bowl
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 6pm, Array, Bukit Mertajam, Business Hour, Chili Padi, Chinese Chives, Chinese Clogs, Chives, Chunks, Click Clack, Closing Time, Curry Powder, Fah, Fish, Goh, Gps Coordinates, Gravy, Koe, Kuai, Leng, Lunch Hour, Morning Business, Outer Rim, Prawns, Section Business, Signature Dish, Simplicity, Soy Sauce, Spare Rib, Spare Ribs, Squid, Stingray, Teng, Teochew Food, Teochew Restaurant, Tofu, Tomatoes, Vegetable Chili, White Rice, Wooden Clothes
There are many chu char stall in Bukit Mertajam and one such shop that serves simple and robust Teochew food is Yoong Kee Eating Shop. This shop among one of the oldest Teochew restaurant around town is located in Jalan Pasar (Market Street) and has been operating for over 60 years.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: 3pm, Arp, Array, Basic Ingredients, Braised Duck, Business Hours, Chicken Pieces, Chicken Soup, Chien, Chim, Chinese Cabbage, Choice One, Deep Fried Fish, Delicacies, Favourite Place, Fifty Years, Fish Ball, Fish Maw, Flavorful Taste, Food Outlets, Fried Fish, Goh, Goh Huat Seng, Hot Pot, Jelly Fish, Kimberley, Lor, Mini Fan, Oyster Omelette, Penang Restaurant, Prawn, Restaurant In Penang, Restaurants, Restaurants In Penang, Signature, Soup Base, Soup Ingredients, Steamboat, Teochew Restaurant, Teochew Restaurants, White Fish
Just mention Goh Huat Seng Restaurant and usually one word come to mind… Steamboat! Having been around for more than 50 years, it is one of the oldest Teochew restaurants in Penang. Situated in the folds of Kimberley Street, many things have changed since the old days but one thing’s for sure… the traditional steamboat still comes lighted up with charcoal.
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Eating Teochew braised duck can be quite pricey in a restaurant. If you like to have this delicacy at a reasonable price, then head over to Carnovan Street. This delicacy is sold during lunch hour at a koay chiap stall run by two brothers who also sells koay teow th’ng in the morning.
The braised duck is very popular and usually sold out quite early. The duck is braised in a variety of herbs and spices till dark brown; its texture soft and tender while the soy sauce brings out the best of its flavour. Like all these similar line of dishes, it is sprinkled with garlic and spring onion.
Braised foodstuff in this stall is not only limited to duck meat, it also includes beancurd, intestines, egg and blood! You can have them served together with your choice of rice, porridge or koay chiap.
One of the highlights of the meal is the porridge. Unlike normal watery porridge found in Penang, this place offers a different type of porridge. The rice is firstly cooked in the gravy of the braised duck…imagine it as having porridge with loads of gravy, which is not too salty yet so aromatically herballish with a hint of five spices. Slurp! :p
The shopkeepers of this braised duck stall are actually sons of the old man selling koay teow th’ng in the morning at the same place! I reckon most Penangnites would have known this shop anyway since the father has been selling there since the 80′s, however please take note that the entire business is shifting to a new location in June. Not to worry, it is just a stone’s throw away, and for anyone looking for a map, we are throwing in a map of the new location.
Happy Braise-Duck-ing!
