Sawara Yong Tao Foo @ Pulau Tikus Penang

Whenever I want to have something simple and wholesome, Sawara Restaurant at Burmah Road comes to mind.  They started out as a humble lil restaurant serving mainly yong tao foo items made with 100% mackerel fish and some noodle dishes. Since then, the menu has flourished to include many other items like fresh fish slices, [...]

Tags: Burmah Road, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, Claypot, Dried Noodles, Fish Ball, Fresh Fish, Ginger Slices, Humble Lil, Mackerel Fish, Many Other Items, Many Other Types, Noodle Dishes, Pork Chop, Pulau Tikus, Rm5, Sawara, Soup Noodles, Spring Onions, Uncooked Fish

Sweet & Sour Fishballs

This is a long overdue post, as I prepared this dish for a pot luck at the end of last year.
At that time, I had spotted this simple yet tantalizing recipe from Rasa Malaysia’s site. And the pot luck was the perfect opportunity for me to try out the recipe!
I have never had fishballs cooked [...]

Tags: Boiling Water, Favourite Things, Few Minutes, Fish Balls, Fishballs, Foo, Ketchup, Mackerel Fish, Mouth Watering, Oyster Sauce, Pan Fried, Plastic Container, Pot Luck Party, Rasa Malaysia, Sauces, Scoop, Scrumptious Dish, Sesame Seeds, Spoon, Tikus

Hakka Connexion @ Jalan Bawasah

I have unintentionally blogged about two foodie places along Jalan Bawasah back to back it seems, what with my earlier post.
Hakka Connexion is a quaint comfy lil’ restaurant in a lovely colonial house. Narrow and long, with high ceilings. Upon entering the restaurant, there are photos of a typical Hakka village in China [...]

Laksa & Fried Popiah @ One Corner Cafe, Jalan Bawasah

I remember that as a young kid, my grandpa and my dad would bring sometimes bring us out for a delicious snack – fried ‘popiah’ sold by an Indian uncle on a motorbike. Usually there would be lots of people crowding round his motorbike which held lots of goodies that included laksa, nyonya kuih and [...]

Passions of Kerala Banana Leaf Rice

Whenever I’m in the mood for banana leaf rice, my mind inadvertently wonders to… Passions of Kerala. The original restaurant in Gelugor was called Innira’s, while the restaurant in Service Road (off Burmah Road) was called Passions of Kerala. They now no longer carry the name Innira’s, having changed all the outlets’ name to Passions [...]

Tags: Banana Leaf, banana leaf rice, Burmah Road, Curries, Free Flow, Heavy Meal, Lassi, Lorong, Masala, Mutton, Pappadams, Passions, Pineapple Salad, Restaurants In Penang, Squids, Sweet Mango, Tomato Rice, Tumeric, Vegetable Dishes, Veggie Dishes, Yoghurt Drink

Yummylicious Yew Char Kuih @ Raja Uda, Butterworth

Little did I know that I would be having these heavenly deep fried snacks when I went for steamboat at Raja Uda. Before we even took our seats at the steamboat restaurant, a few of my friends already spotted the yew char kuih stall opposite the road doing brisk business. And we charged towards it [...]

Tags: Brisk Business, Butterworth, Chee, Flour Mixture, Fried Snacks, Frying Pan, Glutinous Rice, Goodies, Hot Oil, Kuih, Leng, Long Long Time, Raja Uda, Red Bean Paste, Steamboat Restaurant, Wei Yuan, Whole Time, Yau, Yew, Yummylicious, Zi Wei