Famous Penang Char Koay Teow at Ayer Itam

 

 Char Koay Teow  Stir - Fried "Flat Rice Noodle"

炒粿條, pronounced chhá-kóe-tiâu

Ingredient of Penang Version of Char Koay Teow must include bean sprouts, fresh cockles,

Garlic chives, eggs, and chinese sausage is an optional.

For Penang Lang this Char Kway Teow is all time favourite,

will take it on breakfast, lunch, tea time, dinner or even supper. 

 

Excellent Cafe or called it Xin Ya Zhou in Chinese (新亚洲美食中心）

It is near to the Ayer Itam Penang Hill Round About,

 just opposite the CIMB bank (Ayer Itam Branch)

 

 I think a lot of Penang Nites will feel this couple face look very familiar.

They have been running this business for quite some time.

One of the famous Char Koay Teow stall in Penang.

 

Their Char Koay Teow got their own specialty taste.

The texture of the Koay Teow they fried is different with others.

Unique delicious and Hojiak.

Famous Roti Canai Stall in Ayer Itam area, 

in morning section a lot of people queuing in front of his stall.

Craving for the hot and delicious Indian bread(Roti Canai) for their breakfast.

 ROTI PLANTA - RM1.40

Roti planta, stuffed with margarine (often Planta Margarine) and sugar.

MUST TRY

Cheap and Delicious

***Hojiak***

Jalan Air Itam
(last coffee shop on your left if you’re coming from Georgetown, right before you hit the Penang Hill roundabout)
11400 Penang

Home Cooked Recipe Sambal Petal with Egg

Simple Home Cooked Recipe

Buy blended chilli in the market (RM1.50)
Stir fry till fragrant the blended chilli
Add tamarind juice, salt and sugar to taste
Dump in petai and kaffir lime leaves
Cut the hard boil eggs into two
Arrange and serve the curry on top
Sprinkle kaffir lime leaves for decoration purpose

Simple Nyonya dish, the thick and hot gravy is good with rice.
Hojiak..... Delicious...

Black Glutinous Rice Porridge Recipes

What is this?

Some people call it black sticky rice, black glutinous rice or sweet rice.
Chinese call it  黑糯米又叫作紫糯米或紫米.

How to cook Black Glutinous Rice Porridge (dessert)

1. Wash and clean the Black Glutinous Rice.

2. Soak the Black Glutinous Rice into the water about 2 hour.

3. Boil a pot of water together with Black Glutinous Rice, using medium heat about half an hour.

4. Put in pandan leave, dried longan and lotus seed, using small heat to cook for 2 hours. 

5. Optional using slow cooker will much more easier.

Slow Cooker

6. Coconut Milk diluted with bit of salt water.

7. Served with the coconut milk or Vanila Ice-Cream

An exotic dessert, simple and easy to make.


HOJIAK 

Hainam Chicken Chop @ Sin Bee Chew, Butterworth

Hainanese Chicken Chop 海南雞扒

You won't get this dish on Hainan Island in China,

 in fact you won't get it outside of Malaysia and Singapore 

as this is a British colonial legacy shared by both our countries. 

A dish created by the Hainanese who worked for English households 

using tomato ketchup, worcester sauce, potato chips and peas. 

Sin Bee Chew a restaurant that serve halal Chinese Hailam Food.

Beside the famous Hainan Chicken Chop,

Hokkien Char, Fried Rice, and some of the Chinese Hainan dishes also not bad,

like Asam Prawn, Curry Fish, Inchi Kabin Chicken and etc

Cincau bandung ...GOOD!

Always hot and crispy.
It always make me feel satisfied. HOJIAK

11A, Lrg Bagan Luar 3,
12000 Butterworth,
Pulau Pinang

Tel: 04-333 2928
Operating Hours: 11:30am-2:50pm, 4:30-8:50pm 
Closed on public holidays and Sundays

Chai Leng Park (Wai Sek Kai) Lao Ti Fang Kopitiam (老地方咖啡店@才能园）

The very hojiak Ipoh Hor Fun, located in Chai Leng Park, Butterworth.
Don't need waste the 2-hour drive up on the highway to Ipoh.

The chicken meat was quite tender and smooth. 
And the Soy Sauce enlighten the chicken.
Tender + Smooth + Soy Sauce = HOJIAK CHICKEN
HOJIAK ***** Must Try*****HOJIAK

This ginger sauce also play a very important place.
HOJIAK

 Ipoh-style Chicken Shredded Hor Fun (flat rice noodles)

Most of the Penang Island people will seldom try this kind of Koay Teow Theng,
it taste like Hokkien Prawn Mee,
But once you try it, you will start to fall in love with it.

Smooth and Silky Hor Fun + Strong Shrimp Flavour Soup.


 You will Love it. And sure will finish the soup,

Roti Bakar with Homade Kaya (Coconut Milk Jam)

Steam Roti with Homemade Kaya

HOJIAK ***** Soft and melt in your mouth ***** HOJIAK

Lao Di-Fang coffee shop ( Chai Leng Park- Wei Sek Kai)

Can be seen at the corner of a junction along Jalan Kurau.

Breakfast at Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel Shores Restaurant

Local Brew Coffee

Famous Monte Cristo Sandwich

The Monte Cristo Sandwich is the variation of an early 20th century French dish named croque-monsieur. 
The sandwich, sliced with chicken ham & cheese, is dipped in its entirety in a nice thick egg batter then toasted to golden brown perfection.

Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel
Shores Restaurant,
505, Jalan Tanjung Bungah,
11200 Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

Business Hours:
Opens Daily: 10am - 10pm

Tel: 04-890 8808

Perak Road Charcoal Char Koay Teow (night)

Charcoal Char Koay Teow, 

Full of fire, don't play play.

This uncle is friendly enough, 

when he saw me taking photo, 

he added more charcoal to make this pretty effect.

I ordered duck eggs and added extra prawns, cost RM 6.00

 Really worth it, 

Fragrant of banana leave + flame of charcoal = Perfect Char Koay Teow 

Jalan Perak Road Side (night)

(Same row as Balai Bomba Jalan Perak)