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?
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