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Jawi Laksa (Wan Li Laksa) @ Taman Mutiara, Bukit Mertajam
Oct 27th
If you are tired of eating the same old Penang Assam Laksa at all the already renowned places in the island, there is an alternative.
In Jawi (a small town in the mainland side of Penang) there is a famous laksa stall called Wan Li Laksa, or more commonly known as Jawi Laksa. Located next to Jawi’s Tua Pek Kong temple, it is a favorite with the locals as well as the neighboring towns.
As much as I wanted to show the laksa from the original stall, I was just too lazy to drive all the way to Jawi just to have a bowl of it. Another reason is because Wan Li Laksa has a branch in Taman Mutiara, Bukit Mertajam, which is just 5 min away from my house. So why travel so far for the same thing lol. Click here to continue reading >
My most expensive cendol ever RM271.20 @ Bukit Tengah, Penang
May 15th
Yup you seen it right, it’s RM271.20 for a bowl of cendol. It was my most expensive cendol ever and I have only myself to blame. After placing my order and while walking towards my seat in the food court behind the cendol stall, my camera bag slipped off my shoulder and dropped on the cement floor.
Although I carried my bag really low about two feet from the ground, the impact was strong enough to damage my 50mm lens so badly it was rendered useless – partly thanks to the plastic build. Oh well, lesson learnt, gotta put more padding in my cheapo camera bag and carry it with more care.
I have heard many good stuff about this cendol stall operated by an Indian family just opposite Peng Bin primary school at Bukit Tengah. Some even commented that it’s so good it’s better than the famous one at Penang Road, which in my opinion is already very awesome. So, I just gotta give it a try and verify the claims myself.
Well, the good thing about the cendol was the bigger portion and a lot of the green starch ‘noodles’ was given. Other than that it was pretty normal tasting and personally, I feel it wasn’t even comparable to Penang Road’s.
And if you noticed, the green ‘noodles’ was fatter and shorter with a pretty bad texture too – being stiff and taste mushy when the teeth sunk in. The desired jelly feeling just wasn’t there.
If you were a Peng Bin student then you would know about this cendol stall. For RM1.20 a bowl I know shouldn’t be expecting too much but I had high hopes due to the many recommendations. Takeaways cost extra RM0.30 for each packet. Map via Wikimapia
In case you are wondering, I went and buy a 50mm replacement the next day in Penang, which cost me RM270. Luckily the old one had served me at least a year before retiring permanently so I was not that heartache lol.
Famous Koay Chap Stall beside Tua Pek Kong Cheng, Bukit Mertajam
Apr 29th
Warning: Very UNHALAL post ahead, photos may be unappetizing for some. View at your own risk.
One of the popular food in Bukit Mertajam‘s is Koay Chap – 粿汁 / 粿什, a Teochew (some say Swatow) dish combining koay teow like noodles and stewed pork and duck. It can be considered a rather rare food in Penang because of limited availability. Only certain places offer Koay Chap so good ones are quite difficult to find.
The Koay Chap stall I am about to show has been selling for decades and is very popular among BM people. Even so, it was only my first time trying it, paiseh. By the way, did I already mention this post contains very UNHALAL and not-so-appetizing photos? lol just a reminder. Click here to continue reading >
Kampung Curry Mee @ Bukit Mertajam – my childhood favorite
Apr 15th
Uh oh, restaurant and Japanese food posts overload. Time to post something nice and cheap from my hometown – Bukit Mertajam for a change. What I am going to show you is a favorite Curry Mee of mine when I was in primary school.
Every Sunday, my father would buy a packet of this curry mee on his Honda Kap, which we used to (and still) refer as “Kampung Curry Mee”. Reason being the noodle is sold in a house in a kampung (village) without any shop name. It is located just behind my house which I used to cycle pass every morning on the way to my school. Now the area remains a kampung with many small roads, just that many trees nearby have been cut down to make way for new housing areas.
So last weekend I went back to BM to settle some long overdue stuff and while chatting with my sister we talked about the curry mee, which she still has occasionally.
Feeling a bit nostalgic and thinking that it has been more than ten years since I last had a bowl of Kampung Curry Mee, I went back there for breakfast. It was only my third time eating in the shop because, like I said earlier, we always ‘tar pao’ the curry mee.
If you ask me, I feel there’s nothing really outstanding about the curry mee but it tasted quite good. Well, at least for me. It could be a childhood thing though.
The soup is clear and light and not much coconut milk is used. Chili is placed on the table in a container and it’s up to the customers to put as much chili as they want into the noodle.
