We seldom go to this coffee shop along Jalan Air Itam for dinner because it is not exactly near our home and we don’t usually go to Air Itam in the evenings. So, the few times we ended up looking for food around Air Itam, this is one of the coffee shops that we’d go to.
Min Jiang Coffee Shop
They have quite a selection of hawker foods from bee hoon soup to lor bak to fried oyster and prawn omelette. They are particularly well known for their great bee hoon soup and tom yam. The tom yam . . . → Read More: Prawn omelette, tomyam and bee hoon soup at Min Jiang
When I cook, I usually cook small portions that are just enough for three of us and sometimes, I’d have a bit more just in case either of the two men at home wants to eat more. It is not easy trying to figure out what to cook even when I only cook twice a week, during the weekends. Usually, I’d go for something simple and easy so as to be able to get lunch ready within an hour or so.
We have been frequenting this cosy cafe for years now and still, I don’t tire of their food. Though not visible outside with no large signs, this cafe thrive on word of mouth and regular customers. Often, it’d be packed during lunch time and mainly because it only has several tiny tables for seating and yes, it isn’t exactly a high class restaurant. More like a typical Chinese coffeeshop, if you asked me.
SL Cafe
This small cafe offers a variety for fried and soup dishes from fried rice to bee hoon soup. They also have specialty dishes . . . → Read More: Small little corner cafe
I’ve heard of this famous pan mee stall in Bukit Jambul from quite a few people. Although I am not really into pan mee, some friends took me to this coffee shop to try it once many years ago and I have totally forgotten about it. So, recently, when we do have the time to go all the way to Bukit Jambul for breakfast, I gave the place another try.
Hou Mei Yuen Coffee Shop
The corner coffee shop is located on the ground floor of the flats in Bukit Jambul and it is only open for breakfast. . . . → Read More: Pan Mee at Bukit Jambul
We are die-hard Hainan chicken rice and (char siew) roast pork fans so we tend to try out quite a lot of chicken rice stalls all over Penang. One of the stalls we often frequented is the one at Kristal Coffee Shop.
Kristal Coffee Shop
They have absolutely delectable roasted chicken, roasted pork and yes, even roasted duck.
Roast pork, roast duck, vegetables and soup
This is what we usually order when there’s five of us lunching there (including in-laws lar). I simply love their:
Those of you into Thai Food, well, head on over the New World Park for the Thai Food Fair being held there until end of this month.
And this is not one of those traveling Thai Food Fairs that are usually being held at shopping complexes like Midlands Park and Sunshine Farlim. This is much, much better and yep, different.
The stalls are especially sourced by the Thai Consulate and it is organised by the Thai consulate so it is definitely better than those run-of-the-mill Thai fairs that are held at different locations for weeks and sometimes, months on . . . → Read More: Authentic Thai Food Fair
Claypot chicken rice is one of the first few ‘all-in-one’ dishes I learned to made when I first started cooking years ago. It is actually pretty easy to make and though the name is ‘claypot chicken rice’, you don’t necessarily need to use claypot to cook it. You can also use the microwave or the rice cooker.
Claypot Chicken Rice
Here’s the recipe for:
Claypot Chicken Rice
Ingredients
300g rice, washed and drained
250gm chicken, chopped into small pieces or preferably sliced deboned chicken breast meat
