Ais kacang (literally means Ice Beans ) and other Penang, Malaysia Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: Hawker food

You can find nice Ais kacang in Swatow Lane ( try the Taukuah Rendang there as well )....Near Burma Road also ( opens from lunch time till around 7pm ) or alternatively go Kek Seng Coffee shop in penang Road

A normal bowl will cost around RM 1.50 to Rm 2.00

Favorite Dish: Looking at the picture is enough to tempt you and make you salivate ...originally the dessert's main ingregients mainly consist of creamy sweet corns, read beans, leong fun ( a black colour herbal jelly ),raisins and" ah tap chi " ( white transparent but soft nuts ) but just like penang it has revolutionised to something so maginificient and tall as you see can see in the picture ...

now with ice creams of different flavours and peppered with nuts ...it can be too huge for a dessert sometimes...

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Theme: Dessert
Comparison: least expensive
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Address: ( Kek Seng Coffee Shop ) Penang Road, Swatow Lane
Directions: Town area

Restaurant Name: Hawker food

Dessert ....( and the finale )
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Your stay in Penang will never be complete without Chendol -even a must for every malaysian from other states in Malaysia

Cendol looks like spaggetti but its green in colour and its very much softer, and is mixed with coconut milk, brown sugar and big yummy red beans.Served cold .

For those who is watching their diet, do ask the vendor to put less sugar , coz it can sometimes be too sweet !

Favorite Dish: For Chendol , it has to be Penang Road chendol...there are two stalls right in front of each other ..both also worth the journey ...just ask anyone and they will direct you there

( alternatively there is another Chendol stall in Super Komtar food court ground floor , supposedly the franchise of the one in Penang Road )

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Theme: Dessert
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Address: off Penang road

Restaurant Name: Hawker food

Char Koay Teow

Char means fried in Chinese Hokkien while Koay Teow refer to a type of white Chinese flat noodle. The ingredients includes big prawn ( if you are willing to pay for it ) , clams , chinese lap cheong ( pork sausage ) , ku chai and chicken eggs !

got to be the one "Ah Leng Char Koay Teow" Kimberley Street ( at night only ) and the one in Lorong Selamat ( morning till afternoon ) ,

people was telling me about Sister's Char Koay Teow in Macalister Road , been there once and find it to be so-so only ..probably becoz at one time the place is so jammed packed that quality was sacrifice for sake of speed.

tips
1) you can opt for duck egg instead of chicken egg , which will double the finger licking taste !

warning
1) make sure you ask them to cook the clams till its well done, coz you might get hepatitis , else just ask them not to include it

2) make sure you tell them how big you want your plate to be , else they will happily give you the biggest one !


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Theme: Local
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Address: Kimberley Street or Lorong Selamat

Restaurant Name: Hawker food

Curry Mee ( Curry Noodle ) -

try the one in Lorong Seratus Tahun ( One Hundred Year's lane open from morning till noon only ..( they have another stall at Anson Road , near Anson Road Market .

Ingredient's includes cuttle fish, prawns, tau pok (a form of tauhu ) ,small hardened cubes of pork blood ( dont faint ..its true and its super delicious , I always ask for more ...ever fancy tasting blood ? here's your chance ) , beansprout, clams , peppermint in a coconut milk soup

tip -

1) you can sometimes ask to add Quail eggs or Fish Balls for extra charged

2) if you dont feel like trying the blood , just tell the hawker to exclude them, its still yummy

3) besides going with noodle or bee hoon, you can also go with " Chee cheoung fun "

4) make sure you try the chilli in oil paste when you visit this stall, coz this is what makes his curry mee so good and so different


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Restaurant Name: Hawker food

Asam Laksa - stall at Air Itam (
Penang ) bus station

Siamese Laksa Lemak - Stall
opposite Pulau Tikus ( Penang ) Police
Station

Sarawak Laksa - Alexis Bistro
( Bangsar,KL)

Favorite Dish: All laksa uses a smooth and slippery white noodle ( or laksa ) and they differ mainly in the way the soup is prepared.

Asam Laksa ( Penang Laksa)

This version of Laksa consist of watery soup which is sour due to the use of tamarind ( or locally called Asam Jawa, thats why you have the name asam Laksa ) and lots of fish is used in making the soup ( you will probably find sediments of meat on the bed of your bowl , dont worry they are fish meat ).

Siamese Laksa Lemak

This seving of laksa is not so soupy instead its very thick , creamy and a little spicy. You will notice that a lot of people thought its the same as Sarawak laksa but its actually different . Its not as soupy as Sarawak Laksa and it uses one distinctive ingredient that is "Tumeric". So the soup should rightfully be yellowish ( as compared to Sarawak Laksa which is orangey )

Sarawak Laksa , think should be called Laksa Lemak , just that its more soupy than Siamese Laksa Lemak and doesnt use tumeric. Its just like curry mee but much more creamy and thicker !

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Restaurant Name: Hawker food

You can find in most of the hawkers centre in Penang or just ask for direction ...originally a malay suisine ...now chinese too are selling Chinese Nasi Lemak with a little twist to it ..but are also something you should not miss...

Favorite Dish: Nasi lemak is a simple but hearty meal that can be eaten as breakfast, lunch, dinner or a midnight snack. People from various races que up together just to get their hands on a single packet of this nasi lemak from the food stalls.

Though Nasi lemak can be in a form of small packets which cost less tha Rm1.00 with either anchovies or egg or small fish inside ( something like a Malaysian FAST food )to theone displayed where you get to choose the accompanying dishes you want from a wide variety ...of course it cost more ..but reasonable !

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Theme: Street Vendor
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Address: Oriental Seafood , Sri Weld Coffee Shop
Directions: Oriental Seafood ( near Gurney Drive round about ) , Sri Weld ( for small pocket version o fnasi lemak) ( near Weld Quay ) -

Both only open for lunch

Restaurant Name: Hawker food


Favorite Dish: TIM SUM
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For Tim Sum you have to be very early to sample this Chinese delicacy ...its good if you are there around 7 am else it will be too crowded....and not much choice left ....try the one called Disneyland along Macalister Road or the one next to Wisma Pen Group in Anson Road... its different from taking Tim Sum in Hotel coz the crowd is cool ....well tim sum has to go with chinese tea .... coz Tim Sum is a little oily so the chinese belief that the tea will help to do a little cleaning after Tim Sum..they have a lots of variety ...
or you can order Moh Li Hwa ( jasmine tea ) ....

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Restaurant Name: Hawker food

Malay Cuisine
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For a good Malay cuisine try the stall opposite Sheraton Hotel in Larut Road

Else you can try a Economic rice stall along Macalister Road just a few blocks away from Agora Hotel . Note that the Coffee Shop that housed the stall is right at the end of Rangoon Road where it joined macalister Road

Favorite Dish: ( try the Nasi Daging Merah ( Red meat rice ) , Nasi Paprik ( Paprik Rice ) or simple Nasi Kampung ( Village Rice ) ...almost everything on the Menu is nice so you wont go wrong here -

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Address: Larut Road , opp Sheraton Hotel

Restaurant Name: Different flavour of authentic Indian Cuisine

Indian food ( Part 3 of 3 )
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For Indian Food try the Nasi kandar at Kayu in Penang Road ...try the Ayam Madu ( Honey Chicken ) which they are famous for ...and if you cannot find this place there are plenty of Nasi kandar stalls along Penang Road .

And the Mee Goreng in Esplanade is damn cool ( I think even malaysian should try it ) its quite spicy though. So for those who cannot take spicy food ..pls ask the stall keeper to have Mercy on you ...the sauce and squids are awesome ...( as there are a few stalls selling the same thing there be careful. ) if you are coming from the main road the stall if on the left end of the foodcourt ) ...just watch for the busiest non stop stall ...hope you will find it !

BANANA LEAF RICE
Well for those who love banana leaf rice , with yummy curry and cruncy papadam..head for Banana Leaf restaurant in Burmah Square. The ambience is good and price is reasonable

Favorite Dish: Ayam Madu ( Honey Chicken ) - Kayu Restaurant

Mee Goreng Sotong - Explanade Food Court

Banana Leaf Rice - Burmah Square

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Theme: Indian
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Address: Penang Road ( Kayu rest.) and Explanade area
Directions: geoargetown

Restaurant Name: Baan Chiang Puak

For Thai cuisine -
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Try Baan Chiang Puak ( White Elephant ) at Burma Road ...well this restaurant is more classy type compared to earlier hawkers food I mentioned

nice Thai setting and music...

Also there is one Thai restaurant called Yellow Light ( near Tanjung Tokong and Island Plaza ).

Favorite Dish: so just try the Green Curry (yu can choose to go with Prawn, or meat etc etc ) and Otak otak will be good enough ( be warned that the Green Curry is quite spicy ...so you may want to ask them to make it not so hot ) ...well as for me the hotter the better ...

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Theme: Pan-Asian and Pacific Rim
Comparison: about average
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Address: Burma Road
Directions: Pulau Tikus Area