I have seen the signboard for a long time already but the name Mangrove just doesn’t appeal to me. I moved here for two months and am still looking for the perfect hawker centre near my area, Tanjong Bungah. Yet, I have found none to rave about. Anyway, if I have no fish, prawn also […]
Crispy or-chien at Beach Street gubak koay teow
We had breakfast at the Penang Beach Street Beef Koay Teow coffee shop across the Bomba station two days ago. Funnily enough, we haven’t notice this or-chien or oyster omelette uncle before in our previous visits. Though it was quite early, around 11 am and we really were not in the mood to have greasy […]
Hammer Bay, Malay seafood
I heard about Hammer Bay from the blog of my son’s friend, Suithong. My son usually doesn’t chat with me about things like these so I usually read his friend’s blog to find out where to eat. So, there was this one evening after our shopping at Queensbay, when we don’t feel particularly hungry and […]
Street foods, only in Penang
Once in a while, my family and I brave the crowd, traffic, grime, grease, exhaust fumes, vrooming vehicles and long wait to have some foods from Chulia Street hawkers. I have blogged about the place the other day. Today, I found a stall selling deep fried stuffs like wu-kok or deep fried yam fritter filled […]
They don’t make cendol like the old days, do they?
I have really, really neglected this blog for a long time. Let me see if I can go back to food blogging again. One needs passion to write a food blog or else it comes out dry and stale like a piece of overnight roti canai. You just do not want to chew on that, […]