Would You Like to Eat Fish?
Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by Penang Food.
Walk into any Chinese Seafood restaurant in Penang and you can be sure that the person taking your order will ask you if you would like to eat fish. If they sell lobster, it’ll be fish and/or lobster but fish is generally the main objective.
Steamed fish is a Chinese favourite which is normally served for lavish dinners and when you want to treat yourself. It is tasty, nourishing and healthy but unless you’re quite fortunate, you’re unlikely to have it all the time.
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Lunchtime Roast Duck in Pulau Tikus
Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Penang Food.
If you’re looking for a good Roast Duck stall at lunchtime in Penang, there’s a good one on Burmah Road in Pulau Tikus, at the Codrington Avenue junction.
Some people know them as ‘The Brothers’ who were located at another place before and recently moved to this new location.
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Lorong Selamat Char Koay Teow
Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Penang Food.
Char Koay Teow (CKT) along with Wantan Mee is one of the most popular Chinese dishes in Penang and it can be found almost everywhere.
If you’re trying to find the best CKT in town, you should head down to Lorong Selamat in the afternoon where there are 2 stalls serving exceptional char koay teow. Both places are always packed (at least when i go) and if you can’t wait, it’s just too bad.
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Indian Mee Goreng in Lorong Bangkok
Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Penang Food.
Since we featured the wantan mee in Bangkok Lane (or Lorong Bangkok), it’s only proper that we also talk about the famous Indian Mee Goreng stall in the same coffee shop. After all, a lot of people go there for the indian mee instead of the chinese noodles.
The Mee Goreng stall in the Bangkok Lane has been there for ages. The hokkien speaking Indian guys there are very engaging and entertaining at times, as they whack the heck out of that wok while spinning it round and round.