Penang Makan Trip Part 1

Out of boredom, a few of us planned to go to Penang for the weekend for a Makan Trip.. Penang which is famous for its unlimited array of delicacies had always been my first choice stop for Makan Trip..

On the way, we stopped by Ipoh for dim sum... MK suggest that we go to Ming Court since I have brought some of them to Foh San before this. Since I have never been to Ming Court before, I agreed.. Frankly speaking, I felt that Foh San is still the best for dim sum. They offer more variety, better service, and definitely bigger dim sum..

Loh Mai Kai... the taste is not bad..

Super small prawn dumplings (ha kao) and siu mai..

Upon our arrival at Penang, we were greeted by TY, who is going to be our tour guide for this 2 days trip... Our first stop is Penang Road for the famous cendol..

A bowl of Cendol in a sunny afternoon.. Heavenly..

Next, we went for curry mee which is situated nearby the Cendol stall...The curry mee is different from the normal curry mee found elsewhere.. It comes in a bowl of white soup and curry paste.. You will have to mix the paste with the soup to get the red colour soup base..
The curry mee is aromatic and taste great.. Besides ordering the curry mee, TY also ordered some side dishes as well.. He ordered the Lobak and groundnut sweet soup...I have tasted this type of groundnut sweet soup back in Uni.. Personally, I prefer the groundnut "wu" which is made of roasted groundnut and ground to smooth and fine texture.

Penang style curry mee..

Groundnut sweet soup...Not really my taste..

Penang Lobak..Yummy..

Up next is the famous Char Kuey Teow at Lorong Selamat.. which we waited for more than one hour.. While waiting, we ordered some food to keep ourselves busy.. hehe..

Asam laksa.. Look at the generous shrimp paste and that huge piece of fish..

Penang Otak-otak

Penang otak-otak is steamed instead of grilled... The otak-otak is slightly more moist compared to Muar otak-otak ( I mean the steamed Muar otak-otak and not the grilled type) with some daun limau purut which adds more aroma to this dish..

Fried oyster with egg, "Oh Chian"

I like the fried oyster with egg because it's not too starchy... it will become too sticky if too much starch is added... The oyster is a bit small though..

Hokkien Mee.. We called it Prawn Mee..

Just a normal Prawn Mee.. nothing special.. According to TY, some ppl add the Loh Mee sauce into the Prawn Mee. It's another way of enjoying this dish.. Penang style, may be?

ABC..with Atapchi of course :)

Probably, we have waited too long for the Char Kuey Teow, when the dish arrived, we forgot to take a photo of it.. But the Char Kuey Teow is really nice and worth the wait..

Since everyone is stuffed and too full to continue eating, we decided to go for a walk at the Botanical Garden.. to help burn some calories before another round of food marathon..

It was a sunny day...While the guys were busy posing for their personal portrait, I take the opportunity to enjoy the greens..

Colourful canyon ball flower..

Clear blue sky..

For dinner, we went to Gurney Drive. We ordered a lot of food... rojak, cuttlefish with kangkung, rojak udang, muah chee (my favorite) , asam laksa (another round of asam laksa :P , but the asam laksa here is not nice), char kuey teow (a big difference from the one Lorong Selamat in terms of price and quality, still prefer Lorong Selamat hehe) To be continued...