both good and bad. i did enjoy many aspects of it but there were some unpleasant moments like how my poor hubby got sick [probably sick of the penang food?]
i love nasi kandar but queuing up this long for a plateful is.... not my cuppa tea. still, i suppose since were in penang we had to do smtg we dont normally do. the line was CLEARLY in view the moment we got on penang road! it stretched all the way to the curb. not bad for a business that's situated in a "lorong" [backlane]
squid egg curry!! cholesterol bonanzain the end i opted for the chicken in sticky sauce which i assume might be honey based, the yellowed shredded cabbage and rice. that was RM5.40
this is actually my fav penang meal - kueh teow th'ng. really. the porky bits, the fishcake, the fried onion and veggies in broth, it's the most comforting thing ever.
this is part of our ipoh dimsum binge. again, we had to wait in a crowded restaurant for what seemed like forever to get a table! the ipoh folks don't think it's rude to stand around other people's tables while they eat. i personally dn't like that idea though. dimsum tastewise... uhh i think hoong foong in USJ21 is better.
still, as long as there're good people around the table to laugh and talk with it's not too bad.
here;s the apartment gav and i stayed at. we loved it!
and this is the offending curry laksa that we suspect, brought on his stomach trouble! do NOT drink up the soup in penang curry laksa! so we were told by his aunt.
after all that bingeing everyone looked sluggish
so, in conclusion1. when going on a penang hawker food binge, bring along fibre tablets, prunes, raisins, bananas, charcoal pills and poh chai pills to avoid diarrhea, constipation or both.
2. get EXACT directions for wherever you're going because getting lost and going around in circles in a foreign place wasting petrol is no fun.
3. make sure you get regular bowel movements!
4. do not order curry laksa at 5pm, the soup with coconut milk was probably there since morning! resulting in stomach trouble later. there's nothing worse than having stomach trouble in PENANG and not being able to eat anything nice!
3 comments:
Deja vu :-D I also fell sick a couple of days after arriving in Penang (Sept-Oct 2008, just after your wedding!)
It was a combination of unsanitary Penang water supply + Penang Char Kueh Tiaw. So I was told by sis and bro-in-law.
Speaking of Nasi Kandar...I thought they were arbitrarily+insanely overpriced. I was charged
RM15 (!!!), and I didn't even order a lot of the "accessories". I've heard of RM30+ prices as well...or maybe I've been away too long??
maybe u sounded like a foreigner so they charged u extra!
My sis ordered for me, I never uttered a word 0:-)
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