Archive for the ‘Penang Hawker Food’ Category
The Tale of a long long snack at Paya Terubong
Some time ago, blog hoppers might remember a slew of reviews about a certain extra long snack… also known as the longest ‘yew tiao’, longest deep fried Chinese cruller or “Te Chang Yew Tiao Wang” to be exact (translated from Mandarin to Extra Long Cruller King). Well, Lingzie’s Tummy Treats is here to jolt your [...]
Read MoreTags: Air Itam, Blink, Chinese Crullers, Colorful Banners, Cruller, Crullers, Different Kinds, Floss, Fried Snacks, Hoppers, Mandarin, Mayonnaise, Paya, Rm2, Rm3, Sausage, Savouries, Slew, Snack, Sunny Afternoon, Tiao, Tuna, Yew
Penang’s Very First Nasi Kandar?
I might have mentioned before in this blog that my dad is a Nasi Kandar fan. And it is a known fact in our family that he gets up really early before the crack of dawn, carries out his daily chores and usually stops by for a quick breakfast at a nasi kandar stall of [...]
Read MoreTags: Buddies, Dad, Daily Chores, Dawn, Dishes, Food Stall, Haunt, Jokes, Kedai Kopi, Known Fact, Lazy Bum, Many A Time, Nasi Kandar, Pao, Patron, Penang, Pots, Queue, Stares, Sunday Morning, What The Fuss
Wan Soon Curry Mee @ Taman Green Lane/Jelutong, Penang
I’ve been curious about this lil stall selling curry mee along Jalan Sir Ibrahim at Taman Green Lane for quite some time. Every time I drive pass, it’s always busy and packed with people. So like any other Penangite, it piqued my interest for it is usually assumed that a place that is packed should [...]
Read MoreTags: Bean Sprouts, Beancurd, Bowls, Car Park, Creatures Of Habit, Cur, Fish Balls, Fish Cake, Fragrance, Good Food, Jelutong, Kantan, Noodles, Pau, Penang, Pok, Pork Balls, Push Cart, Quite Some Time, Soup Base, Whole Lotta
Economy Fried BeeHoon Next to Chung Ling High School
My dad is a fan of economy fried bee hoon (vermicelli)/mee (noodles). I remember digging into packets of economy “bee hoon mee” (mixture of vermicelli and yellow noodles) that dad would ‘ta pao’ for my brother and I for breakfast when we were kids (and wanted to sleep late during the weekends ) My [...]
Read MoreTags: Beancurd, Cakes, Chai, Chillies, Chung Ling High School, Curry, Dish, Fried Bee Hoon, Fried Noodles, Gluttons, Itam, Large Portion, Loh, Mixture, Pao, Penang, Rig, Rm1, Saturdays, Snacks, Spicy Taste, Stomachs, Wok
The Hunt for the Chinese Pancake!
Ah pancake oh pancake, how I love thee, let me count the ways….
Ok so this pancake is not your normal ‘ban chang kueh’ type nor is it the ‘apom’ type. But it is one unique chinese pancake which I reckon is only available in Penang. And it’s one that I have featured more than once [...]
Tags: Ban Chang, Banana, Bangkok, Blog, Cas, Chinese Pancake, Earnings, Highlight, Love, Moving, Notice A Trend, Penang, Raisin, Rm5, Roast Pork, Sim, Sounds, Soup Base, Swee, Thor
I Mum Mum Pan Mee – Simply Mouth Watering!
Regular readers of this blog would know that I have a love affair of sorts with pan mee (no wait, wasn’t it chocolates and desserts?! Well… I guess you can add pan mee to the list )
A long time ago (way back in 2007) I naively proclaimed that this stall had the best pan [...]
Tags: Blog, Chilli Flakes, Cholesterol, Cute Logo, Dad, Desserts, Dish, Guess, Ikan bilis, Long Time, Love Affair, Penang, Small Portion, Sorts, Sweet Sauce, Taiwanese, Thin Noodles, Variety
Yummy Chinese Pancakes @ Church Street, Penang
Regular readers of this blog will remember this post back in 2007 when I blogged about one of my favourite foods in Penang – the unique and yummy chinese pancakes. I was introduced to this delightful snack by my dad which originally sold in a coffee shop off Beach Street (next to Maybank and Standard [...]
Read MoreTags: Aunty, Bananas, Cathay, Ck, Coffee Shop, Crispy Edges, Crowd, Delicious Pancakes, Favourite Foods, Fragrant Aroma, Goodies, Hawker Food, Hwa, Kopitiam, Loh, Ocbc Bank, Penang, Pulau Tikus, Snack, Sweetness
Ah’ Basri Satay – The Place To Satisfy Your Satay Cravings!
I’ve heard quite a bit about Ah Basri satay from my dear readers. But I’ve never actually found out where it was, until one night, I was hit by the mother of all satay cravings! Now when you get hit by a satay craving that big, not just any satay will do. Thus I set [...]
Read MoreTags: Beancurd, Chicken Satay, Chits, Chunks, Companions, Dear Readers, Dining Area, Dining Companion, Garden Salad, Green Apple, Grilled Meats, Kua, Nasi Lemak, Old Town, Rm1, Rm4, Satay Sauce, Satays, Sungai Ara, Tomato Rice
Wickedly Good Weekend Chee Cheong Chok @ China Street
Out of the blue, dad suddenly suggested that we go for porridge with ’siew yoke’ and ‘char siew’. The mere mention of those words conjured up images of fatty slices of roasted pork goodness. So I said ‘let’s go! what are we waiting for?!’
He told us it was at China Street. And it was apparently [...]
Tags: Array, Bowl Of Porridge, China Street, Chok, Congee, Gwa, Kopi, Kopitiam, Marinade, Milo, Out Of The Blue, Pig Intestine, Pig Intestines, Roasted Pork, Signboard, Specialization, Strange Reason, Two Doors, Watery Porridge, Yoke, Younger Days, Youngers
Glutinuous Rice Dumplings (Bak Zhang) @ Tavoy Road, Penang
One of my favourite snacks would definitely be ‘bak zhang’ or glutinuous rice dumplings stuffed with pork wrapped with lotus leaves. Traditionally eaten during the Chinese festival “Duan Wu Jie“, this delicious savoury dumpling is also being sold throughout the year. My usual haunt for this snack would be at this stall off Burmah Road, [...]
Read MoreTags: Burmah Road, Chestnuts, Chinese Festival, Duan Wu Jie, Dumpling, Egg Yolk, Fried Shallots, Haunt, Indigestion, Mushrooms, Penang, Red Bean Soup, Rice Dumplings, Salted Egg, Savoury, Snack, Snacks, Sweet Sauce, Tau, Yam Cake
