The journey continues...

The journey continues. After having breakfast in our hotel, we headed out to meet some relatives and we were served with this really delicious Asam Laksa. Not much of a fan, but I loved it. And of course, dad had to kena his religious cup of kopi-o. Syiok-elingam!

Asam Laksa paired with a cup of hot kopi-o kao!

Somewhere in Medan Angsana II, Air Hitam.

Later, we adjourned to Pulau Tikus to get mum her Siamese Laksa. Hehe....The weather had been rather unkind, yes raining and drizzling all day. Yuuck! When arrived, we realised the shop we wanted to head to was closed. So, we went 2 doors down to the following coffee shop.

The coffee shop, Sin Hup Aun.

Where we had our meal instead.

The stall, Jones Road Mee Goreng

Seemed popular, we all coincidentally ordered different food from the same stall.

Mee Goreng & Pasembur

The Mee Goreng was a tad salty but moist the way I like it. The Pasembur on the other hand was really good. In fact can be said better than the one in Batu Lanchang Market. =)

Mee Rebus (Rate: 9/10)

After filling our tummies, we took a drive around Batu Feringghi and stopped at Hard Rock Hotel. Well, was just trying my luck to see if the Hard Rock shop was already operating as I collect their limited edition pins! Oh well, next trip then. =)

Hard Rock, Penang.

Scheduled to launch this Saturday, 19th Sept 09.

We headed back to have some rest after working our tummy engines so much...Haha....It definitely needed the break after all the food we'd been feeding it. Felt so sleeeeepy! That night, we decided to have a good meal, instead of all the hawker food we'd been having. So we headed for some Penang Nyonya food. =)

Perut Rumah

Located opposite the Gurney Plaza in a bungalow house

The Interior

Acar Hu

Pickled Fish

Kiam Hu Kut Curry

Salted Fish Bone Curry

Huan Choo Hiok

Sweet Potato Leaves Curry

Hong Bak

Braised Pork in Aromatic Spices

Too Tor T'ng (Pig Intestine Soup) - My fav (esp grandma's)

It was a good and fulfilling meal. Super stuffed, we decided to go Gurney Plaza to walk off all the food we had. The last day in Penang, the food journey continues....We checked out and headed back to Pulau Tikus to have the Siamese Laksa!

Restaurant Swee Kong, opposite the Pulau Tikus police station.

Taken the day it was closed and we are back! Hunggrrrrry! Gosh, I sound like a glutton and I'm glad to say I am! Haha....

Siamese Laksa

All because mum was craving for it! It was well worth it. The crowd explained it. =)

Next stop, Kheng Pin Cafe

Famous for their lobak and pork throttle porridge. There are other choices such as wan tan mee, hokkien mee (fairly good) etc.

Lobak

By far, the best lobak I've ever tasted. Everything was freshly made and super crunchy and tasty. Not greasy like the usual ones we have as it was drained well. (Rate: 10/10)


Our last food stop, filled and satisfied, we headed to get the famous Him Heang biscuits. Then, we started our journey to Taiping for my cuzzie's wedding the next day. Taiping too have their fair share of good food. =)

Soon Lee Restaurant, Taiping

Black pepper fish fillet & their 'special' style Tofu

Soon Lee has always been known for their good food. If in Taiping, do not be mistaken by the posh looking Soon Lee restaurant. This one the smaller coffee shop version of it.

Kakak Restaurant, Taiping Town

Famous for their Kuey Teow T'ng, there's always a line/the shop will be full house! (Operates only in the mornings-noon) Everytime we go back to Taiping, it is the same experience. The aunty in the purple blouse (always dressed and made up to the prim) is the lady who prepares all the bowls of noodles you will enjoy! Any additional meat balls (home-made), intestines etc you'd desire in your bowl of noodles can be requested. Prepare to wait for some time, best not to go on an empty stomach. Haha....But she makes them super fast, so it won't be thhhattt long. =)

That special bowl of Kuey Teow T'ng

Hence, the end of our trip up north. Oh, actually there was the famous Taiping Cendol we had that has been around for 3 generations now. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera that day, so no pics to view. However, if you happen to be in Taiping town, it is somewhere around in a medium sized corner shop. Or ask around. =)

The End

A feast we had....Burpppp!

Over the long weekend, we decided to drive down to Penang for a hawker food feast.

The minute we arrived, we looked for hawker food as it is best known for. As recommended by friend's and the good book 'Rasa-Rasa' - we drove ourselves to the famous Batu Lancang Market.

Known for their Kuey Kak & Pasembur, we went to feed our famished tummies.

Batu Lancang Market

The infamous Pasembur

Char Kuey Teow (beats all the ones in KL), Kuey Teow T'ng (Yum), Chee Cheong Fun (Slurpp!)

Nyonya Kueh (I like!) Esp. the blue kueh as what I call it and its homemade kaya. The Kuey Talam was good too.

* Unfortunately, the Kuey Kak stall was not operating that day - so I did not get to try how good it was. =(

After settling down in our hotel, well-rested, we went on to our next eatery destination.

The Sea Pearl Lagoon Cafe, Tanjung Tokong (dad's fav)

Baked Crab with their special chilli sauce dip (only a little exhausting after awhile from digging the meat out) haha! Plenty of roe though. Good stuff!

And of course, Oh Chien - a must have!

Salted Baked Prawns - Fressssh!!

The most refreshing fresh lime juice I've had.

A glimpse of the Chinese Opera in preparation for their show