Posts Tagged ‘Grated Coconut’

Jun

Breakfast at Eng Loh Coffee Shop, Church Street Penang

Posted by: CK Lam in Chai Koay, Georgetown, Hawker, Non-Halal, Nyonya Kuih, Penang, Roti Bakar

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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Tags: Breakfast, Chai Kuih, Char Koay Teow, Chewy Texture, Chili Sauce, Church Street, Coffee Shop, Dumpling, Eng Loh, French Toast, Grated Coconut, Jalan Gereja, Kuih, Kuih Kosui, Kuih Koswee, Loh, Lunch Hour, Palm Sugar, Pandan, Penang, Roti, Roti Taiwan, Shop Operator, Smooth Peanut Butter, Soft Dough, Sugar Version, Taiwan Version, Toast Bread, Wanton Mee

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Jul

Putu Mayam with Biji Sawi in Little India

Posted by: CK Lam in Georgetown, Hawker, Indian, Penang, Street Food, Tidbits and Snacks

The Indian food, Putu Mayam is a snack eaten with fresh grated coconut and brown sugar or gula Melaka. It is also known as string hoppers and is eaten cold. This sticky noodle like snack is made with pressing the dough through a mould and steamed. It is a very popular snack and sold in many places. Most of us would have eaten it before.

Lately I was introduced by a friend to a stall in Little India that sells this traditional white delicacy together with the unusual brown ones. It is made with adapting the ingredient, biji sawi which many people claim to be healthier as it helps to regulate cholesterol and blood sugar level.

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Tags: 5pm, Aroma, Banana Leaf, Bicycle, Biji, Blood Sugar Level, Brown Sugar, Cholesterol Level, Curries, Curry, Delicacy, Grated Coconut, Gula Melaka, Healthy Snack, Indian Food, Indian Man, Little India, Many Names, Noodles, Putu Mayam, Queen Street, Savory Dishes, Sawi, Sieve, Snack, String Hoppers, Sweet Dish

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Jul

Old Favorite Chinese Snacks @ Leong Chee Kee Biscuit off Cintra Street

Posted by: CK Lam in Bakery, Dessert, Georgetown, Penang, Tidbits and Snacks

Leong Chee Kee biscuits located on the ground floor corner of the People’s Court off Cintra street was known for its traditional Cantonese wedding biscuits. The business set up by Leong Chee Kee has since been taken over by his son, Leong How Keng.

On my visit to this biscuit shop, I had the opportunity to watch the owner make the Chinese snacks of Coconut Tarts, Khay Nui Ko/Gai Dan Go (egg cakes) and Hup Toh Soe (Chinese walnut cookie)…perfect teatime treats.

Yummy coconut tarts fresh right out of the oven! Fantastic!

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Tags: Array, Biscuit, Cantonese, Chinese Bakers, Chinese Snacks, Chinese Word, Cintra Street, Coconut Tart, Double Happiness, Double Happiness Chinese Character, Egg Yolk, Even Colour, Fillings, Flower Shape, Grated Coconut, Hup, Keng, Khay, Kou, Leong Chee Kee Biscuits, Lotus Seed Paste, Melon Seeds, Moulds, Nui, People'S Court, Preservatives, Red Bean Paste, Soft Texture, Sunflower Seeds, Tarts, Teatime, Traditional Chinese Pastry, Wedding Biscuits, Yummy Snacks

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Sep

Penang Nyonya Food

Posted by: CK Lam in Nyonya, Penang, Penang Restaurant, Peranakan, Tanjung Tokong

Found a cosy cafe serving authentic Nyonya cuisine at Tanjung Tokong situated behind The Penang Chinese Swimming Club (next to Naza Hotel). It’s “NYONYA CAFE”.

The place is fully air-conditioned and is nicely decorated with many antiques. We spend some of the time taking these photographs while waiting for the dishes.

We had (from clockwise) the Black Vinegar Pork Trotter (tu-car chor), Nasi Ulam, Perut Ikan and Acar Fish (photo below). The Pork Trotter in Vinegar was a bit oily and had too much of the black soya sauce. Still the gravy as a whole was delicious.

The Nasi Ulam (rice dish) uses a variety of fresh herbs. The herbs and rice were blended together with grated coconut and served cold. The herbs gave out a strong and pungent aroma.

The Ikan Perut was good. It is not very spicy but very lemak because they used a lot of the coconut milk (santan). Fish stomach is the main ingredient of this dish and we wish they could have added more of this.

The Acar Fish (fish pickle) was equally as good as the rest. The ginger and garlic was well seasoned as a pickle.

The dessert of the day that we ordered was very very good. It is a gravy of rich coconut milk, sugar and shaved ice, topped up with jackfruit. The ice was shaved very fine and smooth (like the shaved ice cendol that can be found in Melaka).

All the dishes that we ordered surely did whet our appetite.

Tags: Black Vinegar, Cendol, Chinese Swimming Club, Coconut Milk, Cosy Cafe, Fish Fish, Fish Pickle, Fresh Herbs, Grated Coconut, Gravy, Main Ingredient, Milk Sugar, Nasi Ulam, Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp, Nyonya Cuisine, Nyonya Food, Penang, Pungent Aroma, Rice Dish, Soya Sauce, Tokong

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