Eat Eat @ Penang

1 day after the Umai-Ya dinner, Me and other Notti. friends drive up to Penang to attend a 21st birthday party.

This is the second time I go to Penang with my Notti. gang, but it's the very first time I drive there from KL. We enter Penang Island around 1pm.

2pm sharp, we already at Lorong Selamat for the famous char kuey teow. The cook is still the same unfriendly lady, the portion is still very small compared to KL, the shop is still fully occupied, the char kuey teow still tastes AWESOME!! =D

After waiting more than 30 min, There are 3 big fat fresh shell-less prawn in the plate, some lap cheong (Chinese dried sausage), tauge (bean sprout) and spring onion. Smooth kuey teow is stir-fried till slightly charred and full of smell of caramelized soy sauce and fragrance oil. It definitely worth the long waiting. =D

In the waiting period, we order O-Jian (Oyster omelette). All oysters are double the size of my thumb. They are just slightly cooked. It burst in the mouth when I bite it. It so fresh, juicy and soft. The egg and flour mixture where the oyster sit in, is pan fried to the state of golden colour and crispy edge. Perfect combination of juicy soft oyster and crispy egg mixture. Dip the O-Jian in chinese chili sauce, it's just so flavorful in my mouth. =D

How can we miss one of the world top 10 food when we are at Penang. Without delay, we move on to next famous Penang food -- asam laksa! We went to a shop at I-don't-know-where, the asam laksa is served in room temperature. =/

Although it taste nice, I prefer it served hot. I like the asam laksa opposite Tan Jetty more. I am not sure if the stall is still at the same spot or not.

After some savory main course, we continue the eating with some dessert. We walk to our next destination. We cross the 5 branch overhead pedestrian bridge and head to Penang Road cendol. There are always many people queuing at the stall and eating cendol at roadside. We place our order then we go to a small and old-Nyonya-looking shop and wait to taste the cendol comfortably. The shop is just nearby, but it's not the kopitiam behind the cendol stall. Honestly, I have sweet-tooth but I am not big fans of cendol. I don't know how a bowl of good cendol should taste like. I was so damn full, so I share a bowl of cendol with JingX.

After a 4-course Penang lunch, my stomach can't take any more food. *burb*

We go back to Bel's house and get ready for the 21st birthday party later night. Meeting many more notti. friends and another happy gathering take place. =)

Next day morning, we planned to go for Penang Hokkien mee, but it's closed. =(

So we go to Indian fried noodle nearby Pulau Tikus market. Yesterday food was still yet to be digested, but I can't resist the nice food in front of me. Yum yum~

There is some squid in the fried noodle. I think it is either dried squid or marinated squid, because it is dark red. I love the squid. It is not too chewy nor too soft, just my favorite texture. =)

On the way back to car park, I buy a curry puff at the market, it's a small stall nearby parking lot. I am too full to eat the whole puff, so I just take a bite. It's really a good curry puff, crispy and flaky puff pastry, not too spicy filling. NICE! =D

In less than 2 hours, we meet up another bunch of friends and head to Ah Leng char kuey teow for lunch.

This is the favourite char kuey teow of the Penang friend we met latter. I think he order extra big size for all of us. It is a luxury version of char kuey teow, there are FIVE big prawns, lots of kuey teow and some har go (egg part of prawn?) on top. It costs us RM11.50 per plate. I thought there won't be any char kuey teow more expensive than the one at Lorong Selamat. If it taste nice then it's fine. BUT, the har go taste and look like it had been in the fridge for months. I DON'T LIKE THIS CHAR KUEY TEOW. I can't even finish it. The last meal in this Penang trip is quite disappointing. =/

We hit the road and back to KL with over-stretched stomach, few boxes of Him Heong Tambun biscuit and Eaton ang koo kuih. I don't take many picture of food during this trip, it doesn't change much in good way, from taste to portion and price. =)