Batu Lanchang Food Court is a great local favorite for lunch and teatime. There is a wide variety of hawker food available from the 50 stalls in this food court. We sampled a colorful bowl of Ice Kacang (Ais Batu Campur) with fine shaved ice, syrups, ice cream, red beans, sweet corn, cincau (grass jelly) served topped drizzled with milk. Another good choice is a glass of cooling sugar cane juice.

Refreshing Ice Kacang from stall no. 39

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BY CK Lam

Public Cafe is just another neighborhood coffee shop in the pleasant surroundings of Gurney Drive. Located next to the famed Song River Cafe, this coffee shop is a favorite spot for me as it has a stall that serves up both delicious yet reasonable seafood noodles and porridge.

Take a pick from the striking mix of ingredients and several types of noodles.  The prices varies according to the seafood ingredients, with pawns, crabs, paddy frogs (tin kai/chui kay) and varieties of fish.

Piping hot bowl of Seafood Noodle

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Tags: Chopped Coriander, Claypot, Coffee Shop, Crabs, Favorite Spot, Fish Soup, Flavors, Fresh Fish, Fried Noodles, Gurney Drive Restaurant, Light Seasoning, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Pawns, Penang, Piping, Porridge, Prawn, Prawns, Public Cafe Gurney Drive, Rice Vermicelli, Sambal, Seafood Porridge, Song River Cafe, Spring Onions, Steamy Bowl, Sweet Meat, Thick Pieces

This is one of my few lunch venture into Restoran Nasi Padang Minang, which is located in Transfer Road. The place is crowded with customers, with tables for sharing especially for lunch. The array of dishes displayed was extremely inviting, with a selection of fish, meat and fresh vegetables which were all prepared with spices in ways that offer a range of flavors.

The appetizing spread at Restoran Nasi Padang Minang

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Tags: Ayam, Beef Lung, Daun Kaduk, Dendeng, Dendeng Daging, Fermented Soybean, Fish Meat, Flavors, French Beans, Fried Beef, Fried Onions, Lemon Grass, Mackerel, Minang, Nasi Padang, Nasi Padang Minang, Padang, Paru Goreng, Penang, Red Chili, Sambal, Sayur Lodeh, Soybean Cake, Spicy Taste, Spongy Texture, Sumatra Indonesia, Tempeh, Transfer Road, Wild Pepper Leaf

Breakfast on a Sunday morning was Wantan Mee at Chee Meng Cafe located in Jalan Dato Koyah. This stall, which was previously located in Tai Wah Cafe in Jalan Argyll, has it’s regular customers coming back for more of  the noodles in this new location.

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Tags: Anchovy, Argyll, Busine, Business Hour, Chee Meng Cafe, Chicken Pieces, Chor, Clarke Street, Condiment, Dark Soy Sauce, Green Chili, Hong Kong Wantan Mee, Jalan Argyll, Jalan Dato, Jalan Dato Koyah, Kow, Main Attraction, New Location, Noodles, Norm, Peak Hours, Penang, Penang Road, Rm3, Sambal, Sesame Oil, Shredded Chicken, Sunday Morning, Tai Wah Cafe, Texture, Wantan Mee

Yee Heong Restaurant is a great place to enjoy a Chinese meal. It is one of the Chinese restaurants in Campbell Street, Georgetown that not only serves dim sum for breakfast but also Chu Char for lunch and dinner.

Over a period of time, we have been having our lunch and dinner at this Chinese restaurant which is located right opposite the morning wet market. The menu is expansive, with plenty of Chinese dishes!

One of their signature dishes, Braised Lamb!

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Tags: Aik Hoe Restaurant, Bean Curd, Bitter Aftertaste, Bitter Gourd, Braised Fish Head, Braised Lamb, Campbell Street, Chinese Dishes, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Ingredients, Chinese Meal, Chu Char, Clay Pot, Claypot, Fish Dish, Fish Dishes, Fish Head, Flavorful Sauce, Herbal Aroma, Herbal Chicken, Penang Restaurant, Sambal, Signature Dish, Signature Dishes, Sour Plum, Spinach Soup, Steam Fish Teochew Style, TekSen, Vegetable Dish, Vegetable Dishes, Wet Market, Yee Heong Restaurant

Teik Seng, one of the popular Chu Char stall in Penang has made its way to a new outlet to cater for its increasing number of customers. Opened its door for business on the 8th April 2010, the new outlet is just a few doors away and very close to its previous site in Carnavon street.

*Update 25/04/2010: This restaurant recently has a new signboard, with the name of the restaurant changed to TekSen Restaurant. No worries, it is the same owner and shop!

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Tags: 8th April, Asam, Assam Curry Fish, Barbeque Pork, Beancurd, Carnarvon Street, Carnavon, Char Siew Bak, Chewy, Chili Padi, Chili Sauce, Chinese Herbal Tea, Chu Char Stall, Cili Padi, Cold Beverages, Jin Beng Coffee Shop, Kankung Sambal Belacan, Penang, Penang Chu Char, Red Chili, Sambal, Sambal Belacan, Shrimp Paste, Side Windows, Signature Dishes, Signboard, Smoky Flavor, Soy Sauce, Spring Onions, Stingray Fish, Tamarind, Teik Seng, Wide Choice

I’ve learned several interesting foodie facts about Singapore during my recent trip there, and I’ve found out that Fried Hokkien Mee is the popular hit with many Singaporeans. I had the chance to try out two stalls selling this popular hawker food and the one that stands out for me is the Geylang Lor 29 Fried Hokkien Mee.

Singapore’s Fried Hokkien Mee… simply unique and delicious!

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Kim Tavern is a newly opened cafe in the vicinity of Sunway Carnival Mall, Butterworth which serves meals and light snack throughout the day. A small group of Penang Food Bloggers with Taufuloh from Kuala Lumpur paid a visit to the place recently. It’s the first visit for all of us as it has opened its door less than two weeks ago. This cafe with casual settings is the second branch for proprietor Andy with the first one in Megamall. The upcoming branch in Kulim Industrial Park is expected to be open in this month.

After settling down comfortably in the cafe with orange, black and white color scheme Andy introduces to us the many varieties of food in the menu.

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Tags: Anchovies, Array, Asian Style, Cafe, Casual Settings, Chicken Dish, Chicken Meat, Chicken Rice, Chili Paste, Coconut Milk, Cold Drinks, Curry Chicken, D29, D32, D44, Fresh Fruit Juice, Fruit Smoothies, Hard Boiled Egg, Kim Tavern, Kulim Industrial Park, Lemon Ice, Light Snack, Megamall, Nasi Lemak, Nearby Vicinity, Onion Slices, Penang Bloggers, Penang Food, Plain Rice, Refreshing Beverages, Rm3, Rm5, Rm6, Rm8, Roast Chicken, Roasted Peanuts, Sambal, Smoothies, Spring Onions, Sunway Carnival, Sunway Carnival Mall, Wheatgrass, White Rice

In my trip down to Kuala Lumpur, one of the meals that I had was at The Uma. I was invited for dinner at this restaurant which serves authentic Balinese cuisines and this type of food is hardly found in Penang.

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Tags: Accompaniments, Babi Guling, Babi Kecap, Balinese Cuisine, Balinese Grilled Chicken, Balinese Lamb Curry, Balinese Restaurant, Balinese Suckling Pig, Balinese Theme, Bebek, Black Eyed Pea, Chicken Salad, Indonesian Kecap, Invited Review, Kambing, Kecap Manis, Kota Damansara, Lamb Curry, Mbe, Non-Halal, Paddy Field, Pork Dish, Potato Fries, Quarter Piece, Rice Meals, Sambal, Shredded Chicken, Spinach Salad, The Strand, The Uma, Vegetable Salad, Water Spinach