Penang Food Tour

posted by simen

As promise, here's the update for my first (their second) Penang Food Hunting tour.
We both family - mine and neighbour - headed into Penang island separately, thus lunch is not counted in the tour.

3pm - Terminator Salvation

Long-nya...ticket tu. 9 ppl.

Jeng jeng jeng JENG~~~

(After the show ended)

Jiali: Owh...show finished...so it should be 3++pm.

**Give her the O.O look**


Jiali: Show starts at 3pm....ended at 5pm...wooahhh...it's a 3HOURS show!!!!

**Faint~~~~**



5pm - Karipap and roti jala with curry chicken

Suppose to be our first stop, but too bad cause it's a PH and its a weekend, so that fella is taking a break too! Yes this fella sells on the spot made karipap, with chicken, sardin, potato filling to choose from, and wadek~ A kind of indian deep fried cake made of dhall, onion, dried red chili and some indian herbs and spices. Not many people appreciates that though. Nvm...less ppl to fight for it with me. =p


5.30pm - Penang New World Park hawker center.

This hawker center is newly built about 2years plus ago, switching all the road side stalls into a cleaner and brighter environment, also to project a healthy image. Few of the stalls are pretty famous. They used to be my childhood afternoon tea first option =D





Among those delicasies are ice kacang, cendol, chee cheong fun, bak chang, chai kuih and yam kueh. We need to save some space for early dinner, so we ordered only 3 bowls of cendol, 2 bowls of ice kacang, a fruit platter, some deep fried stuff (like loh bak but serve with peanute sauce), and yam kueh.


6.30pm - Dragon King Nyonya Food

This restaurant is the oldest nyonya food restaurant in Penang, existing for more than 30 years!!! Way over i've born. The first time I dine in this restaurant when i was like 10?? Then twice again in the past 5 years i think. This restaurant serves the most authentic baba nyonya cuisine. Homecook everyday by the tau-keh-nioh (wife of the owner), and helped by her aunt, which i think is about 60+ closing 70years old...which is stil so strong and healthy!!!

The restaurant brochure.

There's a Peranakan Mansion as Baba Nyonya museum in Penang.

Clockwise from top (starting with the bowl with laddle): Kapitan curry chicken, chili prawn with petai, nyoyna spring roll and loh bak, "hong bak", some fish, steamed otak-otak, stir fried mengkuang (jicama with shredded dried cuttle fish, mushroom, carrot, and some other julliene stuff). In the middle is "perut ikan".


7.30pm - Esplanade

We're suppose to tried out the pasembur there. But once looking at the crowd (it's ph today, so it's flooded with ppl...malays especially), we decided to enjoy the sea breeze...more like the land breeze cause it's the evening time. We say people playing kites (woooahhhh~~ been ages since i last play it....miss it~~~) and lots of photo shooting session =D

See the line of kiteS? Its been pulled by that guy in white...at the far right. Spot him.

Group pic...smile~

The back of Fort Cornwallis.

Sexy~~ Recognise the sexy smooth leg?

The parents...

The trio guys...

Jiali and moi....again~ =)

8.30pm - Haagen Dazs at Pulau Tikus
(not island of rat laaa...this place is not flooded with rats k ==')

Since everyone is getting warm at the seaside, so we decided to head to somewhere cooling to chill off. And since Im soooooo into ice cream, so come on...let's go HD~~

Suppose to order ice cream fondue...but since ALL of them tried that in the previous trip (sobbby T_T ), so we order 2 from the promotion borchure, and 2 new menu featuring the new apricote flavored ice cream.

Clockwise from top: Apricote, strawberry sorbet, coffee, vanilla.

The one on far top is waffle with strawberry ice cream.
The borromt: Brownie delight. Compose of sticky brownie with choc and cookie & cookie and cream.

Clean again~ =p

After wallaping everything...camwhore time again~ Yes we love camwhoring...what to do...we're all of teanage age =p

**PS: View in my fb la...=p **

So are we done for the day? Since that consider as our dessert. Well in Malaysia....especially Penang the heaven of food...the night has just begin. **Jeng jeng jeng JENG~~~~**


10pm - Bayan Bay hawker centre

What's the look of a hawker centre at 10pm? Half emptied? 3/4 emptied? Or ALMOST emptied? NONONONONONO....its just stil so FULL HOUSE!!!!!!!!


I kinda like this hawker centre, apart from the limited parking spot, but the foodS here are awsomely heavenly delicieux~! Range from the usual local delights till the international spcialties...it's just CHEAP-FAST-GOOD!!

Among the GOOD ones are hokkien mee, curry mee, wan tan mee, kuey teow soup, char kuey teow (best laaa...but not opened today =='), ikan panggang (best of it - sting ray, squid, clam and lala, served with special dipping sauce), HK chee cheong fun, balacan fried rice with condiments, chinese pan cake with wide range of fillings, pizza, western food, loh bak and roasted chicken wing / drum. Alot kan =p

Top: Panggang clam. Left: Loh bak. Right: Panggang siput (some kind of clam type..not snail!!)

This is the famouse Ikan Panggang.

See how high we stack up the plates =p

Result? Fully satisfied tummy =DD And few more kg and fats to be gained. So...badminton session tmr morning to burn off the calories and fats =D Good planing huh.



PS: Anyone wanna join me for a food tour? =D