Chinese Chicken Rice

This is one of my favourite food.oh yumm~
there are several stalls i like...the best would be Fatty Loh Chicken Rice
read review here and
here
they offer roasted or steamed chicken. besides that they have stewed pork,chicken legs and other side dishes to suit your palates! so i promise you, its not just plain chicken and rice. btw, did you know that the rice is cooked with chicken/pork oil which makes it heavenly delicious yet sinful at the same time? hehehe.you get it.
next stall, my favourite would be at goodall (this serves for lunch only) and try to be there early...i think they finish selling at 2pm or so. besides chicken, they have roasted pork belly and also cha siu(sweetened pork)
some stalls also offer roasted duck.so if you are a fan of duck, you can ask them for it.* warning- the duck here is kinda rubbery and hard. so if you feel adventurous, do pop by these two stalls today!

Curry Mee

Sorry people for the lack of updates,i was battling in a warfield (metaphorically) as i had four papers to sit and april was hell month for me literally. Back to the list, my number two must try item...Curry mee.Curry Mee is a combination of yellow noodles eaten together with beehoon(white in colour) and has cockles,prawns,cuttlefish,mungbeans, and for the more adventurous- coagulated pork blood(i must confess, i have never eaten this before as the very sight of blood make my knees wobble) which is cooked in a mixture of cocunut milk and curry broth.
these are the typical ingredients in curry mee (no typo here, its not curried mee, but curry mee) but sometimes certain hawkers might add fishballs, and even one stall i tried has curry chicken and long beans in it! well, i find it rather odd...guess i'm a non conformist when it comes to my curry mee! :)
so the best curry mee in penang is *drumroll*(do i get anything when i promote this?hehe)is at chulia street.its located near a huge dunlopillo sign...and they only sell during the night.Before i go on, might i add that there is a lot of budget hotels there and also pubs..usually catering for those budget travellers type.so if your short of cash, they provide bearable boarding for the night (i'm not sure which is the best budget hotel, as i've not stayed in any before...) anyway, back to this curry mee stall..this is the stall that gives you a huge fishball...so if you see patron's bowls with fish ball, you hit the jackpot!!!!
btw, pls be reminded that the stall is located in a shoddy area and it might be unhygienic..so make sure you got a strong stomach...and dont try it when you have an important meeting the next day!! hehe. well, you can control the amount of chili spicyness though...because they will set aside for you..usually in the spoon..so the red maroon thingy is the chili.
the next best stall selling this noodles is...well most of them are really the same actually, but one good one would be at goodall cafe, opposite peng hua chinese girls high school.they sell for dinner only. this would be nearer for tourist that stays near the batu feringghi stretch.the one in chulia street is downtown.that's all for now.will update on this later.do drop me a line if you have any enquiries!

Time to choose your leaders!

the general elections are here! this time around, penang island will be very colourful as posters from various parties are hung practically anywhere and everywhere from lamp posts, to all sort of wires, banners, flags, etc are just everywhere. reminds me of a carnival atmosphere ;p nice, but sometimes i wonder what kind of benefits it brings to us? more trees are cut down for those posters, hence, contributing to the already huge issue of global warming...not only that, taxpayer's good money used to print this stuff..did you like, ask me permission first? save all these, give us students the money!! abolish loans. or make penang a nicer, cleaner,safer and more condusive place to stay! so we can attract more tourist like you people! ay? yes... the predominant colours you will see is dark blue, light blue, white and green...anyway in my honest opinion, this thing is a visitor attraction too...you can see how people campaign, turn into clowns with empty promises, attend talks and see all those ads..gosh i do not care. everyone is the same "vote for me.i promise you heaven.streets made of gold and whatnot" i do not care for words. words are used,abuse here. i do not support any parties, i only elect those that are CAPABLE. i do not care if ur black,white,yellow, or whatnot...i just want a better lifestyle. i want a chance to be heard. provide me that, and i'll vote for u? realistic isnt it? so if ur here this time around, you can see how the streets will be lined up with colourful posters and talks by future assemblymen everywhere! well, much as i want to vote, unfortunately, i was too late in registering,hence din get to vote.wells, better luck next time i guess!(i sense a huge swing of votes to the opposition this round ;p maybe its just me)
Anyway, Remember that "Every vote counts.YOU can make a difference".

char koay teow-the ultimate favourite!

as i write this, books are waiting to be read...for my assignment which is due in a couple of days, but then i guess i better write a post before i have no readers left.hehe.penang has the best kick a** char koay teow, and might i daresay, in the world!! oh yeah!!! there's two version, one, the dry one (which is usually available in 99 percent CKT stalls you see, and the wet version,which sad to say, to this day, i havent tried) and i would think it will be wierd, anyways, i havent got a photo available here to show you,you can google it up, but then let me describe to you, what it taste like...hmm its oily(which is a nono for health freaks) but the oilyness is not that oily till you feel yucky...its just perfect(in case you havent notice, malaysians are never stingy with oil here, be it in curries,mamak food or fried stuff) lol. and the blend of those bean sprouts (that's mung bean to some of you) and flat rice noodle just blend in superbly..and some stalls reeeally do put in some effort to really fry the prawn til it taste juicy..oh my, saying this, it makes me salivate already! drools! anyway, one good shop you shud really go to is at penang road, which is located in a corner coffeeshop between kampung malabar and penang road...it sells for lunch and dinner but better be early...cos they might leave after lunch time is over to rest and prepare for dinner! i cant really recall the name of the coffeeshop, but it is the coffeeshop opposite kayu nasi kandar restaurant. Kayu is huge, so no one will miss it. Do try their fried rice too, which is also nice, and i always have the fried rice most of the time.another stall which is good would be at gurney drive hawker centre, one of the stalls nearer to gurney plaza, which has the signboard that reads "cantonment road ckt" or something like this.Sadly, the standard for the gurney ckt has dropped slightly as the guy frying it is old..and so, he lost his touch...the best char koay teow in penang is located in fettes park (and before you condemn me for not saying this earlier,hear me out first) however, after the western food stall shifted, i did not see his stall anymore.Argh! i really wanted to cry cos his ckt is the best handsdown! still looking for him...i hope he is somewhere around and if i do know, i will tell you where he is..that is all for now.sorry no pics yet...back to my mountain of assgmnt,have a nice day! :)

Happy New Year 08' !!

firstly sorry for the lack of updates! happy new year to all my readers,hopefully u had a smashing new year's =) mine was not too bad, but i guess it could have been better! well, let's not continue about this, as this is not a personal blog, but a travel blog.hehehe.
as promised, i will tell you about our sinfully heavenly street food.but let me categorise it for you to make things easier for you =)
(this list is constructed based on my honest honest opinion,pls google for more info)

CHINESE(must tries!)
1)Char koay teow(fried flat rice noodles)
2)Curry mee
3)Chinese Chicken rice
4)Wantan mee and sui kow.
5)Gu bak koay teow (beef noodles)
6)Bah kut teh (esp if ur in klang area)
7) lok lok (something like kebab)

Chinese sweet stuff(dessert)
1)Ice Kacang
2)Cendol
3)lek tau terng (green bean)
4)nyonya kuihs
5)tong sooi

Indian(Top 3 must tries)
1)Nasi kandar(uhm...rice wit lots of different kinds of curry)
2)tandoori chicken
3)murtabak(chicken or beef)
4)Roti canai
5)Roti tisu

Malay(top 3 must tries)
1)Nasi melayu
2)ikan bakar(grill fish)
3)Sate(satay)

*tip~usually, chinese tend to put bits of pork meat and pork lard into the food i mentioned above(desserts not included)so if you are muslim, i would think its not advisable to eat what i have listed earlier..as for indian foods, they consume pork but not beef..because cows are considered sacred...however, muslims here consume beef but not pork..so you figure it out yourself.lol.Anyway that all the list i can think of for now..will update this list when i can think of any other to list down..you can goolgle for information,(try www.google.com.my) or please don't hestitate to leave me a note if you have something to ask...list on where to get all those heavenly food...in my next post.hehehe.so stay tune!! ;)