Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Assam Gulai, Ban San, Cecil Street, Cecil Street Market, Cecil Street Market Food Court, Char Koay Kak, Char Koay Teow, Chee Cheong Fun, Cheong Fun, Chinese Pasembur, Ck Lam, Coconut Jam, Curry Mee, Duck Meat, Economy Rice, Food Court, Fried Sago Cake, Fuzhou Fishball Noodle, Gulai, Hawker Food, Hawker Stalls, Jawa Mee, Koay Teow Th'ng, Lorbak, Lunch Crowd, Market Food Court, Mc Nair Street, Mild Chili, Nyonya Kuih, Otak Otak, Penang Hawker Food, Perut Ikan, Pork Roll, Prawn Paste, Pulut, Serving Dishes, Staples, Talam, Tasty Soup, Th Road, Thng, What2seeonline.Com
BY CK Lam
The Cecil Street Market Food Court in Penang has wafting aromas of food emanating from its rows of hawker stalls. You can find just about any hawker food in the large food court, commonly known as “chit teow lor ban san” (7th road market), named after the well-known market located right beside it. The last few years saw the upgrading of this food court that gave it its more polished eating environment, but the price and serving portion remain reasonable.
A firm favourite is the koay teow thng from Lum Lai, flat rice noodle served in a bowl of clear and flavourful soup. Toppings include pieces of fish cakes, springy fish balls, blood jelly and shredded duck meat. Add-ons, such as a whole duck drumstick, its liver or gizzard, are also available.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Assam Laksa, Cendul, Char Koay Teow, Chinese Chives, Ck Lam, Cucur Udang, Culinary Choices, Curry Paste, Dumpling, Fancy Food, Fillings, Food Court, Food Courts, Food In Penang, Food of Yesteryear, Food Stalls, Hawker Centre, Ice Kacang, Lady Owner, Lor Bak, Makansutra, New World Park Food Court, Oomph, Pasembur, Penang Curry Mee, Penang Hawker Food, Penang Street Food, Red Bean Soup, Shrimps, Street Food, Sweet Dessert, Sweet Potatoes, Teochew FIshball, Thick Coconut Milk, What2seeonline, Yam Cake
BY CK Lam
Street food in Penang is simply irresistible with multitude delightful culinary choices. Food stalls are set up by the road side while others are located in food courts.
But food courts are gaining popularity in recent years, unlike in Singapore, where fancy food courts dot the island. Locals find them convenient, with all their favourite hawker food under one roof and its cleaner environment.
By far the largest food court for Penang is the New World Park Food Court. In total, there are twenty over stalls serving a good mix of Penang’s street food.
Unlike any food court or hawker centre, this food court is design with exceptionally high roof for ventilation. The sitting area is brightly lit both from the natural light and the overhead spot lights. The stalls are well ventilated so much so that the smoke from the cooking does not travel into the dining area. The washing of plates and cutlery is carried out in a centralised wash area to ensure cleanness.
Like any food court, there are some stalls that are particularly popular as compared to others. One such stall is curry noodle. The lady owner is generous with the topping of mint leaves which gives the stock and noodle a green and fresh taste. The stock is not overwhelmed with thick coconut milk but rather on the lighter side. The appealing homemade curry paste has a strong spice aroma.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Cantonese Style, Cantonese Style Dessert, Cantonese style tong-sui, Charcoal Fire, Charming Surroundings, Chicken Porridge, Coconut Milk, Cooking Stoves, Creamy Texture, Entrance C, Front Yard, Generation Owner, George Town, Google, Google Map, Green Mung Bean, Makansutra, Monda, Mung Beans, Old Ginger, Orange Peel, Palm Sugar, Pandan, Pandan Leaves, Penang, Penang Dessert, Plastic Chairs, Rare Place, Red Bean Soup, Right In The Heart, Sago, Savory Dish, Savory Dishes, Slow Fire, Street Entrance, Sweet Cravings, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato with Ginger, Sweet Tooth, Tong-sui, Victoria Street, Wood Fire, Wooden Chairs, Wooden Tables
BY CK Lam
There is a rare place serving piping hot bowls of Cantonese style dessert or tong-sui in Penang. The desserts not only satisfy your sweet cravings, its charming surroundings will also amaze you.
This nameless stall is located right in the heart of George Town. The business which started many years ago is now run by the second generation owner from the yard of his house on Victoria Street.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Acat Hu, Bird Nest, Charming Restaurant, Ck Lam, Delicious Gravy, Distinctive Heritage, Dried Prawns, Fish Stomach, Flavors, Fresh Seafood, Ginger Tea, Gravy, Hangings, Heritage Area, Kaduk, Kua, Laksa, Lebuh Noordin, Lightings, Little Kitchen, Little Kitchen @Nyonya, Lor, Masak Titik, Nutmeg Juice, Nyonya Baba, Nyonya Cuisine, Nyonya Peranakan Cuisine, Penang, Penang Nyonya Food, Pengat, Peranakan Dishes, Perut Ikan, Pickled Fish In Tumeric VInegar, Pig Liver, Proprietor, Pungent Flavors, Rempah Hae, Rm10, Shophouse, Shrimp Paste, Stomachs, Three Generations, Titik, Tu Kua Lor Bak, Ulam, Unesco Heritage, White Radish
BY CK Lam
Tucked in the heart of George Town’s Noordin Street is Little Kitchen @ Nyonya. The charming restaurant housed in an old two storey shophouse with a distinctive heritage façade, serves home-cooked Nyonya dishes.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bee Hoon, Bike Rentals, Burger Combo, Butterfly Pea, Cantonese Sweet Soup, Chinese Chestnut, Ck Lam, Classic Burger, Fried Tomyam, Healthy Vegetarian Dishes, Homemade Pasta, Kerabu Bihun, Kew Ong Yeah, Mustard Seed, Nasi Lemak, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Nine Emperor Gods, Nine Emperor Gods Festival, Pea Flower, Penang Street, Penang Vegetarian Restaurant, Pine Nut, Pumpkin Rice, Rice Dumpling, Rice Lovers, Rm7, Seed Rice, Sesame Seeds, Side Dishes, Spicy Burger, The Leaf Healthy House, Three Main Dishes, Types Of Beans, Variety Of Rice, Vegetarian Dishes, Vegetarian Meat, Vietnamese Style
BY CK Lam
Opened in January last year, The Leaf Healthy House on Penang Street serves vegetarian dishes that have been prepared using organic seasonings and natural ingredients. It has a short menu that includes a la carte dishes and rice sets.
A rice set comes with three main dishes, a soup and rice. The dishes are changed daily. Patrons can choose from a variety of rice, including brown rice, butterfly pea flower rice and mustard seed rice.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bird’s Nest with Harsmar, Cantaloupe, Cheese Flavor, Coconut Milk, Crystal Jeli, Fragrant Smell, Fruit Balls, Fruitties Sweetie Ball, Ganoderma Herbal Jelly, Glass Bowls, Glutinous Rice Ball, Glutinous Rice Balls, Golden Water, Gurney Drive, Gurney Plaza Penang, Hls, Honey Dew, Hong Kong Dessert Chain, Hui Lau Shan, Jelly Dessert, Juicy Fruits, Light Cheese Cake, Mango Dessert, Mango Feast, Mango Mania, Mango Mochi, Mango Papaya, Mangoes, Natural Sweetness, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Penang Island, Philippines Mango, Pomelo, Strawberry Kiwi, Sweet Desserts, Water Lily, Water Lily Mango, Zimi
BY CK Lam
Many dessert outlets are sprouting across Penang Island and one popular one is Hui Lau Shan. This Hong Kong’s dessert chain journeyed to Penang with its first location in Gurney Plaza. The healthy dessert outlet has since been attracting stream of customers.
The attraction at Hui Lau Shan (HLS) is mango and its menu offers a whole wide range of selections of this tropical fruit. According to senior manager Yvonne Tan, the outlet is using two varieties of quality mango. One is the golden water lily mango from Thailand and the other from Philippines. Each variety is slightly different in flavor, with the sweetness of Thai mangoes for the ice blended and aromatic Philippines mango for topping.
At the food review, we are offered many tempting sweet desserts and not to mention some savory ones.
Fruitties Combo Series
The Fresh Fruitties Sweetie Ball with Double Juices (RM14.90) is an eye-appealing colourful dish. One can choose from a selection of juices which include watermelon, coconut, honeydew melon, mango, papaya and cantaloupe with a fragrant smell.
This dessert is presented with watermelon and mango juice together with glutinous rice balls. The natural sweetness of both the juices was delicious eaten with the chewy glutinous rice balls and the fruit balls.
Juicy fruits – strawberry, kiwi, mango, honey dew, cantaloupe and watermelon
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Bak Chang, Bamboo Leaves, Cantonese Bean Dumpling, Chewy Texture, Chili Sauce, Chinese Chestnuts, Cintra Food Corner, Cintra Street, Dark Soya Sauce, Duan Wu Festival, Dumpling Festival, Egg Yolk, Fillings, Food Corner, Glutinous Rice, Glutinous Rice Dumpling, Guangzhou China, Lor, Mung Beans, Nearby Shop, Onn, Penang, Penang Glutinous Rice Dumpling Shop, Pork Belly, Rice Dumpling, Roast Duck, Roast Pork, Salted Egg, Shophouse, Tau Chang, Zong Zi
BY CK Lam
Happy Duan Wu Festival to everyone!
The Duan Wu festival is celebrated on every 5th day of the 5th month, and it falls on June 23 this year. During this festival, many will be busy preparing the chang (glutinous rice dumpling), and with many people buying them.
In Penang the chang is sold commercially all year round in a number of places, and one such place is Cintra Food Corner. For generations, the Lor’s family has been dishing out the chang for customers to dine-in and take-away. Once located at the road side of the bustling Cintra Street, owner Lor Onn Kee has since shifted the business to a nearby shop house in 2006.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Baby Corn, Bean Curd, Bento Box, Brown Rice, Church Street Ghaut, Flavors, Fresh Fruit Juices, Happy Set Meal, Healthy Twist, Lettuce Leaf, Lunch Crowd, Mezzanine Floor, Mushroom Soup, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Penang Vegetarian Restaurant, Quay Cafe, Red Bean Soup, Rice Dishes, Rm2, Self Service Restaurant, Sweet Sauce, Table Food, Toasted Sesame Seeds, Variety Of Rice, Vegetable Tempura, Vegetarian Dishes, Vegetarian Restaurant, White Radish
By CK Lam
Opened since last September, the self-service Quay Cafe along Church Street Ghaut in Penang serves vegetarian dishes with a twist. The menu includes a variety of rice dishes, noodles and local favourites.
The brightly lit restaurant has glass windows and exposed walls. The ground floor dining area has rows of tables stretching all the way to the back of the restaurant while another dining section is furnished with high tables and chairs. There are also a few tables laid out on the mezzanine floor.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Black Glutinous Rice, Black Sesame, Bo-Bo Cha-Cha, Brown Sugar, Bubur Cha Cha, Bubur Gandum, Cantonese, Cha Cha, Chinese Dessert, Chinese Style, Coconut Milk, Concoction, Creamy Texture, Dessert Menu, Gandum, Gao, Gui Ling Gao, Herbal Jelly, Husband And Wife, Lou Han Guo, Menu Changes, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), Old School Chinese Dessert, Peanut Tong-Sui, Penang, Porridge, Red Bean, Red Bean Soup, Red Dates, Rm1, Robust Flavor, Screwpine, Smooth Texture, Sungai Dua, Sweet Tooth, Sweet-i, Tong-sui, White Fungus, Wife Team, Zuk
* This article was published in the New Straits Times (Life & Times) on 7th November 2010.
I have been devouring tong-sui (Chinese dessert) stalls for years, so it was a great discovery when I finally found Sweet-i. The tong-sui stall operated by Soon and his wife for the last few years in Sungai Dua, has a wonderful sweet range of Chinese style desserts.
Previously located on the roadside at Jalan Helang, the tong-sui stall has since shifted into a nearby house. Customers can enjoy the desserts with sit-down service in the comfort setting of the house.
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Posted by: CK Lam Tags: Air Itam, Aroma, Assam Laksa, Banana Leaf, Bean Sprouts, Buns, Char Koay Kak, Chicken Egg, Chili Paste, Dark Soy Sauce, Duck Egg, Food Stalls, Green Bean Soup, Hawker Food, Kak, Kedai Kopi, Peanut Soup, Penang, Penang Hawker Food, Rice Cakes, Several Different Types, Takeaways, Tinge, Tong-sui, Wah Meng
My latest food outing had me patronizing the Char Koay Kak stall which is located along the bustling Air Itam main road, in front of Suiwah Supermarket. There is an upbeat vibe to this road with so many hawker food stalls around – the tasty fried buns and tantalizing Assam Laksa.
Thanks to my readers for recommending this Char Koay Kak to me at my Kedai Kopi Wah Meng post 
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