The Bayan Baru market hawkers went way back to the early 80s. Back then, they used to be located at some dark spot with only pushcarts. There were some hawkers whose foods were good like the char koay teow, mee jawa, economy beehoon and ban chean kueh. Much later, they moved into the current hawker […]
New Lane Chee Cheong Chook, Chee Cheong Fun
Chee Cheong Chook and Chee Cheong Fun from New Lane, off Macalister Road where Sunway Hotel is are the best in Penang. These two things plus the tong sui are the only reasons why I would bother to squat by the roadside, next to the drain and swarmed by beggars. The above is the chee […]
Some noodles from Singapore
Some months back, I went to Singapore and stayed at my nephew’s apartment in Bedok South. We went to attend his wedding so almost all our meals were either wedding meals or fast foods outlets in Singapore shopping malls. It was a short trip so foods were last on our minds. After all, what can […]
Air Itam market – Laksa by the drain
When the stall was very famous, a lot of people claimed that they put rolls of toilet papers into the soup to thicken it. Then, another rumour was they used chicken feeds as the smell or rather the stench of the soup is very strong, similar to chicken feeds.
Cafe Mandarin new hawker place
Yesterday night, we really ran out of ideas on where to have dinner. So, the whole family got into the car with no destination in mind. Our original idea was to go to the Air Itam area for dinner but the traffic jam told us it will be a bad idea to head to Farlim/Air […]