Penang Food (Penang Road Trip July 2008) – Part 1
Penang is also known colloquially as “The Pearl of the Orient”, one of the most liveable city in Asia. Among all street foods in Malaysia, Penang offers the best variety of delicious street cuisine. Penang Asam Laksa, Penang Prawn Me (虾面), Penang Fried Kuay Teo (炒粿条), food name started with the word ‘Penang’ can be found in other states around Malaysia, however, Penang still serves the best Asam Laksa, Prawn Mee, and Fried Kuay Teo.
Being at Penang, the only thing you can’t miss to enjoy, must always be the all time favorite asam laksa. The dish is a mixture of noodle cooked with red hot chilies, asam, rich sardine meat, mint leaves, lettuce, cucumber slices and pineapple slices. You could find this dish all around the hawkers in penang, however, there are only a few place that is famous for this. One is located near the Kek Lok Si Buddist Temple and The other is in Penang Road. On this trip, we tried the one in Penang Road.
Apparently, when you have asam laksa, you will not miss out the famous Penang Cendol as desert. In almost every famous Asam Laksa stall, there is a Cendol Stall beside. Cendol is a kind of deserts that contains cendol jelly, santan, brown sugar and kidney beans and mixed with crushed ice. On such a hot climate in Penang, cendol is always the best cooling desert. Since we are in Penang Road for the Asam Laksa, hence, we had cendol to cool us off after the spicy meal. I always wonder who makes the business hot first? the cendol stall, or the Asam laksa stall?
Ipoh Food (Penang Road Trip – July 2008)
Ipoh, apart from being famous for mass production of pretty and gorgeous Ipoh girls, the town is also famous for its food. Majority of the populations in ipoh were chinese, where most are originated from Canton or GuangZhou. There is a saying that “Eat at GuangZhou”, “吃在广州”, where the cantonese are very particular about food. Famous chinese food in Malaysia such as Ipoh Beansprout with steam chicken (“怡保芽菜鸡”), Pork Satay, Dim Sum, Ipoh Old Town white cofee and etc, originates from Ipoh.
26 Jul 2008, 09:15 a.m, reaching ipoh Restaurant Foh San Sdn Bhd. Located in Ipoh New Town, Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar (used to be known as the Ozbourne Street). Foh San Restaurant is famous for its Dim Sum (“点心”). The place will be packed with early risers in the morning, having the wide variety of light dishes and enjoying a nice pot of chinese tea. There are a few varieties of dishes which I can’t find it anywhere in Kuala Lumpur, specially the garlic chilly source, that makes the food sooo tasty and it’s very different from KL. It is not surprise that you are unable to get a place to sit. Don’t forget to check on the old lady boss in the counter while paying your bills, she is able calculate faster than you using the calculator.
27 Jul 2008, 17:30 p.m, reaching ipoh for Ipoh Beansprout with steam chicken (“怡保芽菜鸡”). Restaurant Lou Wong is the one which is famous for the dish. However, my friends prefers the one opposite corner of the restaurant where both are almost the same. You could get a few shops selling the same dishes, however Lou Wong will be the one which is the most packed. The place is located the same area as Restaurant Foh San. You will definitely feel enjoyable with the tender juicy chicken meat and the crunchy beansprout with a hot bowl of Hor Fun noodle or Rice. Check out this place around late evening, where business starts to get hot.
Some other blogs/sites that recommends Ipoh food:
- http://www.bestfoodnetwork.com/tags/ipoh
- http://www.journeymalaysia.com/MC_ipohfood.htm
- http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2762
- http://www.heritage.com.my/ipoh/tour_guide/
- http://www.pbase.com/ilikemnms/what_to_eat_in_ipoh
- http://www.explore-ipoh.com/ipoh-food.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipoh_cuisine
Penang Road Trip (July 2008)
Before things get busy with my project, I decided to pampered myself for a 2 days 1 night Makan trip with some friends. Sight seeing has never happen along the trip, the main purpose of this trip is all about food, food, food and food. I tend to blog with the foods which we had in the entire trip for the upcoming few entries. Too bad, I forgotten to bring my camera along, the pictures taken with my phone wasn’t that good quality. However, the following is the summary of our schedule:
- 26 Jul 2008, 06:30 a.m. – Departure
- 26 Jul 2008, 09:00 a.m. – Arrived Ipoh
- 26 Jul 2008, 09:15 a.m. – Dim Sum in Ipoh (Restaurant Foh San Sdn Bhd)
- 26 Jul 2008, 10:30 a.m. – Departure to Penang
- 26 Jul 2008, 12:30 p.m. – Check in to G-Hotel
- 26 Jul 2008, 01:30 p.m. – Penang Road Cendol and Asam Laksa
- 26 Jul 2008, 03:00 p.m. – ordered Goreng Pisang
- 26 Jul 2008, 03:30 p.m. – Sneak into a hotel near Batu Ferringgi, enjoy Goreng Pisang along the beach
- 26 Jul 2008, 04:00 p.m. – Beer! and head back to hotel
- 26 Jul 2008, 04:30 p.m. – Had Gurney drive famous “Ma Zhi / Mua Chi“
- 26 Jul 2008, 05:00 p.m. – Lepak in Starbucks. (I took a nap back in the room)
- 26 Jul 2008, 06:00 p.m. – Rest in hotel.
- 26 Jul 2008, 08:30 p.m. – Dinner: Mixed Swine Porridge, Satay, Fried Chicken Skin, Ikan Bakar, Fried egg with Oyster (“hou jian” 蚝煎)
- 26 Jul 2008, 10:30 p.m. – Had 2 Jugs of Beer in QE 2
- 27 Jul 2008, 12:30 a.m. – Plan to have supper for Nasi Kandar, however, the queue is tooooo long… what the heck, its 12 a.m.! we quit~!
- 27 Jul 2008, 01:00 a.m. – Supper in Gurney Drive, Sotong Kangkung
- 27 Jul 2008, 01:30 a.m. – Watch Penang Stuntman Drive in Reverse direction in Gurney Roundabout.
- 27 Jul 2008, 10:00 a.m. – Breakfast in G-hotel
- 27 Jul 2008, 11:30 a.m. – Check out
- 27 Jul 2008, 12:30 a.m. – Bought some penang Tau Sar Pneah in Ghee Hiang
- 27 Jul 2008, 12:30 a.m. – Penang Sister Char Kuey Teoh
- 27 Jul 2008, 13:30 p.m. – Leaving Penang with Ferry
- 27 Jul 2008, 14:30 p.m. – Tambun for Seafood: Sotong, Roasted Crab, Fried LALA, Fried Mee, Vege, Beer,
- 27 Jul 2008, 17:30 p.m. – Famous Ipoh Sprout Chicken
- 27 Jul 2008, 20:30 p.m. – Back to K.L.
Watch out for my other entries on the follow up of this penang makan trip. Anyway, anyone got anymore good recommendation of food in penang, drop me a comment here. So that we could visit some other days.
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