Last year, H & I visited Penang for 3 Day 2 Night food
trip and managed to try out lot of Penang food! This year, we Penang for 4 Day 3 Night and revisited some
favourite as well as exploring new ones. Although we didn’t get to eat our favourite Koay
teow soup in Penang( Pitt Street Koay Teow Soup), we manage to try out new
stuff! Here’s our 5 favourite food in Penang 2018!
- 888 Prawn Noodle
Unlike the Prawn Noodle we have in Singapore,
the prawn noodle in Penang does not comes with big prawns. Neither do they have
the option to choose dry/soup. There is only one option soup base prawn noodle.
& there is a reason why they didn’t have to. Even after the noodles are
soak in the broth, it still taste as good!
We ordered one bowl each for ourselves and we
finish everything in the bowl, including the broth! I love the thick broth! It
has a really has a very strong shrimp taste that probably turn people who does
not like prawn away. Pork rib was used to prepare the broth and fried pork lard
was added to give extra sweetness to the broth. I ordered the Bee-hoon &
yellow noodle so that it gives more texture to the bowl of Prawn Noodle. Plus,
the chilli paste is spicy but very addictive too!
I think the only downside is the serve size.
Pretty small bowl compared to other Prawn Noodle in Penang. So we added roast
pork! Worth every calorie!
888 Prawn Noodle
67-A, Lebuh Presgrave,
George Town, 10300 George Town,Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Daily 4:30–11:30PM,
Close on Thursday
2.
Genting Cafe - Chee
Chong Fun
If you ask the local where is the best Chee
Chong Fun in town, they will tell you the one in Genting Cafe. Unlike the
normal sweet paste we tried, their paste is mixed with prawn paste and peanut
butter, making it thick, fragrant and unique! The Chee Chong Fun is thick but
soft when you take a first bite!
Unfortunately, Genting Cafe is located very far
from George Town and requires a 20-30 min car ride. We love Chee Chong Fun so
we don’t mind the journey there! Plus, other local food sold in the kopitiam is
pretty good! The Curry Noodle, Char Koay Teow and Wonton Noodle! Good and
affordable! Definitely better than the ones in Kimberly street or Gurney Drive.
Avoid visiting during weekend! I heard the queue
is really long!
Genting Restaurant Chee
Chong Fun
Lorong Delima 3, Taman
Island Glades, 11700 Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Daily 7:00 AM–5:00 PM,
close on Wednesday
3.
Jawi House Cafe & Gallery
Jawi House came as a surprise for me. I choose
peranakan food as our last dinner in Penang because i wanted to please my
father. He loves peranakan food! End up, the whole family loves it! (Even my
mom!)
This is probably my first time trying
indian-muslim Peranakan. We ordered a couple of ala cart dishes to share
because this was our 10th meal of the day.
The curry chicken was really good and meat falls
off the bone easily. The lamb stew was not gamey and meat was tender!
Vegetables curry was very flavorful and delicious! The Briyani is probably the
best i had! Every dish blew us away!
If you are looking for Indian-Muslim Peranakan
food, this is definitely the place to visit! Do make reservation before going
down!
Jawi House Cafe &
Gallery
85, Lebuh Armenian,
George Town, 10200 Penang Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Daily 11AM–10PM, close
on Tuesday
4.
Air Itam Sister Curry
Mee
Curry Mee is actually yellow noodle with curry
broth. Air Itam Sister Curry Mee have been selling Curry noodle in Penang
for more than 70 years. The curry broth is boil over charcoal and we all know
that food prepared using charcoal always have a this “magical taste”. Just
kidding. Using charcoal to cook always burns hot, way hotter than a gas stove
can managed.
Anyway, we were lucky to purchase the last
second bowl of Curry Mee! We were left with little options to choose from but
it was still good! Especially the broth! Although not the usual thick curry
taste, the broth is watery and unique! Top with cuttlefish, the bowl of curry
mee is so good!
Usually, the Curry noodle comes with cuttlefish,
tapok and you can even add pig blood to your noodle! (Skip this if you don’t
like pig blood!) Can’t wait to revisit
this place!
Air Itam Sister curry
Mee
612 T, Jalan Air Itam,
Pekan Ayer Itam, 11500 Ayer Itam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Daily 7:30AM–1PM
(usually sold out before 1pm!)
5.
Hock Seng Rojak
Hock Seng Rojak, aka the most
expensive rojak in town. Despite being expensive, it is still recommended by
many grab driver we met. Unlike traditional Rojak that comes with tau-pok, this
rojak comes with lots of fruits!
The sauce used is very thick
and has a very strong shrimp flavor. I love the peanut that comes with it!
Crunchy! Unfortunately, the thick and generous sauce can be quite overwhelming
for some. Thus, i recommend you to buy the sauce back and make to your own
taste! We did and it was better than the ones we had there. Have the rojak
spicy so that it is not too sweet and you won’t get sick of it!
& yes, the next trip we are
probably gonna grab a few more pack of sauce home!
Hock
Seng Rojak
Gat
Lebuh Cecil, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Daily
2:30–7PM. Close on Monday
The pictures made me feel starving! The Penang' street food looks so good! Thanks for the information, I think it can be very useful for me in the nearest future!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Julia! Hope you enjoy the food in Penang as much as we did! (:
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