Hawker Food Photos, these
are some of my favorites on local specialties and traditional
Malaysian food in Penang.
Here I try to list out all our favorite hawker food but I know I won't be able to compile the whole list. There are far too much food
to eat then the number of days in a year.
So I add the best few as the nose leads the heart or mind.
Well, the nose cannot lead you to the photos or videos that I will be placing
soon, so do come back often to see some great videos of our famous food.
The list is long, so I try to make it shorter for you, ya! You will
find some of my favorite Penang Hawker Food.
It is going to be a long list in hawker food photos, click on here for your favorites:
Hawker Food Photos : Lor Mee | Lor Mee is a yellow noodle dish, served with prawns,
half boiled egg and some shredded chicken.
The specialty of this dish is the thick gluey gravy. Tapioca flour is used to maintain
a starchy consistency.
Ask for a spoonful of garlic and chilly sauce and go ga ga with this meal. I love a Pickle Ginger
side dish to compliment the thick gravy noodle. |
Hawker Food Photos : Laksa |
This popular Spicy rice noodle is not to be miss
when you are in Penang.
A hot and sour fish based gravy is topped with a variety of aromatic
fresh herbs like Torch ginger flower ( bunga kantan), polygonum (chian
hong) and gravy is cooked with lots of lemon grass.
Lettuce, cucumber, pineapple and chillies adds to this colorful dish.
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Hawker Food Photos : Mee Goreng |
A yellow noodle is fried using specially prepared thick
gravy of sweet potatoes and fresh tomatoes.
And the taste is further enhanced with the addition of fried bean
curd, boiled potatoes and cuttlefish.
The aroma is intoxicating awesome! Honestly I love it with pickled
chillies. A real treat for you.
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Hawker Food Photos : Chee Cheong Fun |
A simple dish of Steamed rice rolls is what we called
Chee Cheong Fun in Penang. Drizzled it with aromatic shallot oil,
sweet sauce (tee Cheow), shrimp paste (Hae Koe), gives it a
characteristic pungency.
A sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds and for those liking it hotter,
a spoonful of chilly sauce.
I never unroll my Chee Cheong Fun. But my sister unroll, mixes all
the sauces before she eats. |
Hawker Food Photos : Curry Mee |
Curry Mee is a santan based soupy dish.
Braised bean spouts are first placed in the bowl, followed by the yellow noodle.
The toppings are steamed prawns, half cooked cockles, bean curd puffs, cuttlefish with dashes of mint.
However the chilly paste is specially prepared and cooked in lemon grass which taste very
refreshing. |
Hawker Food Photos : Char Koay Teow |
Flat Rice Noodle stir fired in high heat is Penang Char Koay Teow.
It is an art to see them frying the noodle with bean sprouts, egg, prawns, Chinese
sausage, cockles and chilli.
A special request popular Penang specialty can cost you RM5 a plate i
f there is crab meat or "extras".
I love mine with chives. It smells extra good when it is served
on a banana leaf. |
Hawker Food Photos : Fried Oyster |
Succulently fried to the right texture neither dry nor soggy, and right flavor
is what makes or kills this dish.
In a big flat griddle, using the correct amount of oil from an old hand, pouring
enough watery tapioca starch batter before adding chives and a couple of eggs.
How they scramble the egg yolk and added a secret ingredient chai po, that is an added value
to us who are not worried about high cholesterol.
So fried Oyster is food for the brave heart! |
Hawker Food Photos : Otak Otak |
Otak Otak is found in many food cafes or hawker around Penang. But as
it is Nyonya food, not many people make them anymore.
A few leaves of daun gado (wild vine), bits of golden snapper, mixes of fresh herbs or
spices makes into a spicy fish custard makes you ask for more.
One can actually smell the goodness oozing out from the banana leaf.
The Thai version is called "hor mok" |
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