Vietnamese Food @ Jelutong

First trial on Vietnam food, a conventional eater like me was hesitant but gave in to persuasion. There have different food for different day. It's very creative and encourage people come on the specific day that selling specific food. 

The price is not expensive.

The place is wide and big.

The Vietnam Coffee.

The Vietnam coffee is very different from the local coffee. The taste is bitter than the normal coffee we drink. They use tea to make the Vietnam black coffee. So the taste is very good and thick. 

The BBQ Pork with Rice.

The BBQ Chicken is soft and yummy. There are also a slide of egg on the rice. This vegetable is fresh and the soup is complimentary. 

The BBQ Pork with Bihun and Special sauce. 

The Bihun serve with the Vietname spring roll. The source must mix with Bihun and the Special Vegetable. The Vegetable has a very heavy taste in the mouth. The Bihun is quite dry and full of vegetable.

Business hour: 11AM-5.30PM

生日面/ Birthday LamMee @ Macalister Road

Along the Macalister road, you can see beside the GLOW hotel there is a birthday mee stall selling in the cafe. It's AH LIM BIRTHDAY MEE. The only birthday mee stall you can find in Penang. It's also located opposite the RED ROCK HOTEL. You can easily see the banner there. 

The banner hanging on the tree at the roadside.

There are eggs, prawn, mushroom,vege and chilli paste.

The chilli paste is very good and worth for a try if you do like spicy. The portion of the mee is standard and full. We can see there is also 2 prawn given. 

Chicken Rice @ Dato Kramat Road

Sometimes toning down to basics is a good after all the visits to cafes. The chicken rice business running for so many years at the same corner. They have a lot of loyalty customer everyday so the business is good. They doing retail business and also wholesale supply.

It's located at Dato Keramat Road.

The three different type of meat. 

The pork meat is juicy and tender

Business hour: 10AM-3PM

Char Koay Kak @ Weld Quay Penang

This Char Koay Kak have a long history. Since his dad until now the son is running the business. The business is still very good. It's located nearby Shell Weld Quay. This stall is selling at the roadside with different food stall.

The ingredient is full of the table

This is the Char Koay Kak that you must try. 

The selling price of the Char Koay Kak start from Rm2.50 per plate. 

Business hour: 7.30PM-11PM (Close on Sunday)

Where is it? 

Weld Quay Penang ( Besides Chew Jetty)

Ming Garden @ Times Square

If you want to savour something more posh and Eastern, do drop by at Ming Garden, located at Times Square, Penang.

The Lobster Salad

The Chicken Herb Soup

The Sweet and Sour Prawn

The Abalone & 

The Leaf Vegetarian cum Organic Food @ Penang Street

Sometimes we need to cleanse the body. Eating vegetables alone might not give you the right nutrient too. So eating right and eating smart is important. We found a vegetarian restaurant in town which provide many variety of food.  

The Vegetarian Bak Kut Teh

The Bolognese Tomato Spaghetti

The Vegetarian Tomyam Bihun Soup 

The Healthy Dessert

The price of the food which is reasonable. It always full house on weekday lunch time.

At The Leaf, being a vegan can never be boring anymore.

Business Hour: 

Sar Hor Fun @ Lebuh Pantai, Penang

Sar Hor Fun is a simplification for noodles cooked in egg and starch. This stall has been selling Sar Hor Fun and Hokkein Char for many years. The taste is still the same with the first day i tried! There are a pair of senior old couple who running this stall. They start selling only at evening time and finish before midnight. Sometimes we need to be patient and wait depending on the queue.

The Sar Hor Fun selling at RM5 per plate.

You can see there are 2 big prawn, fish and meat given.

The big prawn is always so fresh and the chilli paste is a must with Sar Hor Fun.

Business Hour: 6PM-11PM

Where is it ?

It's located at the roadside of Lebuh Pantai Penang. It's very nearby to Armenian Street which is heritage area. 

No santan (coconut milk) curry mee @ Green Lane

For most people love curry mee because of its santan (coconut milk), this stall (located at the cross road juntion, when turning out of Green Road 4) has its usual crowd (and we meant really big ones) for their curry mee is so unique. Additional famous side dishes are fishballs (of all kinds from normal small and medium shapes to fish cakes), their chilli paste is one that definitely tinkles the taste-bud. For the spicy lover, you may have it in the morning as the breakfast.

You can see the soup is clear without santan.

Must order the different type of FishBall and eat with the chilli paste. 

Besides, they do sell big prawn too. So, you can add on the big prawn with the price start from RM4 each. It depend with the size of the prawn. 

Business Hour: 7AM-1PM

Where is it?

Batu Lanchang area, Penang.

Macallum Connoisseurs Coffee Company

Another new hang out place in Penang is the one which recently opens early 2015 , names Macallum Connoisseurs. They serve a varied of food in the menu, from bagels, to pasta to sandwiches to juices, coffees and baby-cinos (a single shot of chocolate, similar to that of Expresso except that Expresso is coffee).

 Aglio-olio with pork bacon/ mushroom priced at RM18/ plate

In our first visit, we order our favorite pasta of all time aglio-olio. A little disappointed, as we have tasted so many aglio-olio in cafes in Penang and with so much hope in this, we found this to be really below our expectation line. Anyway, with some added chilli flakes, we still can do away. Mainly, it is because the aglio-olio has not enough spiciness and it's too oily.

The rose and vanilla tea however was a thumbs-up to end the meal and cleanse the oil. It is priced at RM8.00 per teapot.

Where at?
No 1, Gat Lebuh Macallum, George Town, 10300 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Tel No: +60 11-1259 1459

The LightBulb Cafe, Peang

Finally, after cruising around Penang in search to fulfill our quests for best "aglio-olio", we found it, brightly located at The LightBulb Cafe, Penang.

Their fruit juices are also freshly made upon order.

Where at ?
57, Jalan Zainal Abidin, George Town, 10400 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Tel No.: +60 4-226 9721

Wan Tan Mee @ Lorong Ikan Masin

Located along Lorong Ikan Masin, is this little stall selling Wan Tan Mee (afternoon session). Well, maybe not so little after all, as I needed to wait for 30 mins before getting my plate of Wan Tan Mee. The crowd comes in as early as 12pm.

Setting up of the stall

Not really a fan of Wan Tan Mee, but this stall is one which I would recommend and worth the wait.

Prices:

Small bowl: RM3.40

Medium bowl: RM4.20

Large bowl: RM4.80

Prices are also very reasonable and the wan tan (dumpling) is really filling.

Famous Penang Food Loh Mee @ Carnavon Street

Today i'm going to introduce Chinese traditional food, Loh or Lor Mee. Further definition is noodles cooked in egg-starched gravy, serve perfectly with grind garlic and chilli paste. While there are many other stalls selling Loh Mee in Penang, this one is particularly unique.

Lebuh Carnavon/ Carnavon Street

The stall disclose its sizes of noodles with the corresponding prices

The Loh Mee is selling at a very reasonable price with a quality portion. The taste of the Loh Mee is awesome. 

And so the uniqueness of the stall as mentioned is the availability of the duck eggs to be added into your Loh Mee.The taste of the duck is similar to that of Taiwan Egg.

Complete your mean with a cup of traditionally-brewed black coffee (kopi-o).