I thought I’d never be able to find cheap and good hawker food again in Penang what with most hawkers increasing their prices to RM3.50 per plate or if we are really lucky, RM3 per plate for two mouthfuls of pitifully small portion of food.
So, imagine my delight when I discovered this corner coffee shop in Island Park…
Island Park Restaurant
It is open daily for breakfast and lunch only. They have about six to eight hawker stalls. Amongst the good ones are the Char Koay Teow (Chinese style fried rice noodles), pan mee (handmade rice flour . . . → Read More: Cheap and good hawker food
I seldom go over to Bukit Mertajam in my food forays but we happened to be in the are the other day and as usual, my foodies husband took me to this nondescript coffee shop within a housing estate to try out the yam rice hawker stall (if you are not game to going there, try out the recipe below at home).
Mutriara Coffee Shop in Bukit Mertajam
Apparently, this hawker stall (it is right behind the colourful umbrella) is quite well known and is open only for breakfast and lunch. It is usually sold out by 3pm.
It’s probably going to rain for the next few days and it rained for the whole day yesterday (causing floods and destruction) so it was a cold, cold and wet day. The best thing to do on a rainy day is to have a huge feast of some home made, home cooked healthy, wholesome steamboat!
Steamboat
The best part about having a steamboat meal is that we do not even need any cooking skills! Heheheh…however, if you want a tasty base soup, you will need to boil a huge pot of soup first.
For the longest time, Ipoh is well known for their nga choi kai (steamed chicken with beansprouts…pssstttt…check out my very own recipes for these below….). We’d usually stop by in Ipoh for some nga choi kai before continuing our journey whenever we go travelling by car. We’ve been so many times over the years that we’ve tried the four nga choi kai / steamed chicken with beansprouts restaurants at a crossroad in the city.
It’s been years since we last went to Foh San Restaurant for their fantastic dim sum so when we were in Ipoh for a couple of days, we made darn sure we went there for breakfast.
Foh San Restaurant in Ipoh
We tried to be early since it was a Sunday morning but…
Foh San Restaurant was really packed especially on Sunday mornings
We stood around and tried to search for a place and finally managed to ‘tap toi’ (share a table) with a couple at a corner. And then we had a feast! Let the pictures . . . → Read More: Dim sum at Foh San in Ipoh
Most hawker stalls open everyday. Some of them don’t even have a single day off until Chinese New Year. Of course, there are the few who takes two days off each week. This particular roadside hawker stall really takes the cake because it is close 4 days a week.
We discovered this stall years ago, through a friend. We went back a few times over the years but did not notice their strange ‘working’ hours until in recent months, I wanted to go there to see whether they are still selling there. Each time we went, the stall is . . . → Read More: The only roadside stall we had to stalk before we get to eat there
Here is another simple meal suggestion for two persons to be served with steamed fluffy healthy brown rice. It is another one of the simple combinations my husband cook (yes, you read right, my husband cooks!) whenever he feels like taking over the kitchen duty. By the way, he is a great cook, okay? He doubled up as my confinement ‘lady’ when I delivered our son so, that should give you an idea of how well he cooks! If that is not a good enough indication, let me tell you I had (and still have) difficulty going on diet . . . → Read More: Stir-fried shellfish and vegetables
