Penang Food!

Ok, here's the Penang food rundown. Please be informed that I will most probably use the names that I'm familiar with, ie Hokkien names. I'll include alternative names if possible. Forgive me but it's just food and as long as I can order it I don't bother with other names. lol

Here's what we call lychee kang. It's sweet syrupy soup thingy, filled with ice cubes, and a whole lot of ingrediants like barley seeds, some white fungus, dried lychees etc. Not sure of everything. Haha..it's not bad. Then again, Singaporeans should have a more intimate knowledge. Their dessert selection is WAY better than ours. Hawker centres even have a special stall selling desserts numbering at least 50 types! Haha..hard to find here I think. Would usually find such stalls here that have merged with the drinks stall.


Ok, this here is Penang mee. Well, at least that's what Penang-ites call it. It's called prawn mee elsewhere. Not too bad a version. Just that since the gahmen increased petrol prices by 30sen the prawns have shrunk to ridiculously small sizes. Looks just like he bi prawns. Ceh~~




This here is assam laksa. Ok, it wasn't that great at all.
In fact it was not really nice. Haha..couldn't resist ordering though. I really like it. Tastes slightly sour and sweet. Tastes good if there's enough fish to make it thick and prawn paste to make it sweet.
Berry didn't like it. Laksa without oomph wasn't her thing. Haha..



OKies! Now this is great! It's called char kway teow, and only lousy cooks (like me) actually take it literally and make it charred. Lol..The white stuff is coconut shavings and makes it taste better and lends a crunchy feel. OOOHHHH!!!! I want it again!
Btw, get this from the side opposite the coffeeshop. The one on the coffeeshop side is just bad.





This is fried tofu. Eaten with sweet black sauce and chilli. Not exceptionally nice, but not too bad either. Would have preferred Thai-style tofu, but it's not available there.






Mmm..or chian. It's translated as fried oysters. Well..there's other stuff in there too. What, you think people would just fry oysters on their own? Haha..It's a mix of eggs, cornflour, spring onions and oysters. The right proportion is the key to making a good or chian. Not bad sia!



This is chee chiong fun. Really nice. I can't find this in my hometown. Basically long strips of cooked dough-like rolls that are mixed with sweet black sauce and chilli. A sprinkling of sesame seeds on top is a MUST! Haha..Different from HK style though. Berry can attest to that. HK style is much more smooth and is stuffed with yao char kway.




This is cuttlefish and kangkung mixed with prawn paste. Not bad at all. Cuttlefish is not too tough nor soft. Gives a nice crunch if mixed with the kangkung.






Porridge. Didn't turn out to what I thought it would be. Bought this numerous times before. A bit too wet. But it tasted quite ok besides that fact.
Oh, remember to get this from the stall on the coffeeshop side. The other one is worse.




Kway teow t'ng. It's kway teow soup with duck meat. Berry nice! heh heh..It's just nearby the porridge and cuttlefish shop.