// Penang Street Foods

My hubby and I wanted to go to Cold Storage to get some alphabet shapes pasta this morning. So, we thought it is convenient to just stop by Zealand Bak Kut Teh for breakfast. We saw a lot of people eating there all the time and thought it must be really fantastic.

They have noodles and bak kut teh. It was around 10 am so we ordered a plate of fried fish head beehoon. As you can see, you cannot even find where the beehoon is because the portion is so tiny, the five pieces of fish bones covered it. It is too oily and dry as well.

Since the place seems to be famous for bak kut teh, I thought of ordering a single portion of soft bones and pig’s tail. Do you know how much it costs? RM12 for this unattractive, single portion. No rice, no yau char koay, no additions of mushrooms or anything. Just pieces of meat and a very diluted soup.

The total bill for our breakfast comes up to RM28, with drinks. I should have gone to CoffeeBean if I know it is that expensive.

Sigh….price of foods are spiralling out of control. The cream puffs that my child love has shrunken to half its size. Rice shortage is felt here in Penang hypermarket. Thai fragrant rice costs RM50+ and now, I no longer waste leftover rice. I don’t keep the leftover rice for my housekeeper to feed the stray dogs anymore. I keep the leftover rice for either fried rice or even make fish broth.

If this goes on, there will be less eating out. Maybe I will turn it into Penang Kiamsiap, Panjee economy foods blog. Hehehe.