Archive for April, 2006

Hokkien dishes at Ang Hoay Lor

This restaurant is located in the seedier side of the city and has been there for years and years.  In Penang, this is only one of two places where you get Hokkien dishes like bak kee th’ng and other dishes unique to the Hokkien clans.

Their signature dish is of course the Teochew taukua (hard bean [...]

Lorong Susu : Perfect tea time place

Lorong Susu is off Macalister Road and the junction is near the UMNO Building.  You can see a durian/mangosteen stalls at the junction.
On a cold, rainy day like today, it is the perfect place to have tea.  However, I must warn you that you will be sitting ON a drain, by the roadside and under [...]

Restoran Yong Pin

From the crockeries, you know that this is an olden dim sum place that has probably existed during our grandparents era. Too bad, I can’t remember the name of the road (at the time of writing this) but it is in the area of Cintra Street or thereabout.

They have dim sum and also [...]