Posts Tagged ‘Penang Food

21
Nov

I died & went to Malay Rice Heaven

For the longest time, I kept hearing great stories about this place in Tanjung Bungah that sells the *best* Malay rice on the whole of Penang island. I don’t dislike Malay rice but I am not that nuts over it to wanna seek it out as I do with other food (case in point : BM & CLP yam rice).

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Last weekend, I finally decided to visit this Malay rice place to check out the truth behind those stories. Boy, that trip changed my perception of Malay rice for life. It honestly totally blew me off my feet! In fact, it wasn’t enough that I was there last weekend….I decided to give that place another visit this week. Hmmm, looks like it’s gonna be added to my must-makan-at-least-once-a-week food list. :D
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Check out pictures of the food and place here.

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Another place I visited TWICE this week was the ever-famous ‘Or Gio’ dessert in downtown Jetty. Most foodies I spoke to know of this wonderful stall that serves the most orgasmic dessert one can ever dream of having on a humid day in Penang.  And just weeks ago, my mom intro’d to me this no-name stall that is right opposite the ‘Or Gio’ stall that sells a really unique food that is not found anywhere else on the island.

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At first glance, this no-name stall sells the regular deep fried yam kuih, peanut kuih, banana fritters, etc…but there is this one type of food that looks simple but tastes like HEAVEN! It’s actually 2 small pieces of plain white Gardenia bread wrapped with some sweet corn, dipped in light batter and deep fried to a perfect golden brown. It needs to be consumed while still hot for optimum enjoyment. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with a tinge of sweetness from the corn. Hmmmm-mmmmm!!!

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Check out the pictures of ‘Or Gio’ and the deep fried bread here.

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Someone told me I am a ’sek san’. Haha! I told her I’m more a tham-ciak than anything else….but then again, how can one live on Food Paradise Island and not be tham-ciak, right??? ;)

10
Nov

Chai Leng Park ‘famous’ Yam Rice

“Yam rice? Go Chai Leng Park! Best of the best!”
“Penang yam rice not nice wan lah. You must go to Chai Leng Park.”
“Why go all the way to BM for yam rice? Go B’worth and head to Chai Leng Park lah! It’s the best!”

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Praises for this place were flowing right, left and center as soon as I mentioned yam rice to friends. Admittedly, It got me mighty piqued. Being an islander, it’s not often that I venture out of the island for food (not often meaning not a weekly affair).

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In the past months, I’ve driven twice to Bukit Mertajam (BM) to savor their yummy yam rice and am now a loyal fan. Read my reviews here and here. Last weekend, I decided to finally try out the much talked-about Chai Leng Park yam rice.

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Name of place : KEDAI KOPI SOON LONG
Location : Chai Leng Park, Butterworth
Opening hours : 9.30am to 4pm
Opening days : Mondays thru Sundays (only closed during CNY)

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Click here for map, direction and pictures taken of the food.

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Verdict :
Disappointment! The soup was just average, there were no huge fragrant chunks of yam in the rice as I expected, the vinegar pork knuckles were mighty salty and there is no extra side dish of taukua and hardboiled eggs. Again, disappointment. :(
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I bitched abt it to friends who sang praises for that place and then one of them told me :

“Actually, their standard went down a little bit dee. It was better when the dad was running the business. Go try the other one in the same area. It’s called KUAN NAN and serves yam rice too.”

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Aiyoyo! Why lah didn’t tell me earlier to go KUAN NAN first, then only go SOON LONG? At least I won’t get so disappointed. I know I can be really scarifying when I get disappointed with food. Oh well….never try, never know, right? Thx for your recommendations anyway. Will go check out KUAN NAN another day. Maybe not so soon since I need to get over the sub-standard yam rice. Ish…

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They say taste is very subjective. I so agree. What is OMG-U-MUST-GO-TRY-THIS-FOOD to someone may be WTF-IS-THIS-THING-U-CLAIM-TO-BE-FOOD to someone else. Tiok boh? Hehe….

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Ok ok. I will get off my soapbox now. You go try it, then go try the BM version…and let me know if you agree with me. :)

08
Oct

Me & My Mee Goreng - revised

“I told a lie”

 

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