My Very First Blog

My second day in Penang ended with a movie at GSC Gurney Plaza and a supper of Penang Hokkien Mee at 888 Hokkien Mee right after.

It was my first time going to a cinema in Penang. Guess what movie I watched together with bloggers Ken and Ann? It's Man Of Steel.

In case you are new to my blog and are wondering how come the cinema was showing outdated movies, I just wanna let you know that this trip was made in the middle of last year, and I'm only blogging about it now. LOL!



Man Of Steel was a pretty entertaining movie, but that's about it. Haha!

After the movie, Ken drove us to 888 Hokkien Mee for supper. Located at Lebuh Presgrave, and a short distance from First Avenue Mall, this shop is famous for its Hokkien Mee!



The Mandarin words stated the stall as 3rd Road 888 obviously referring to Lebuh Presgrave as 3rd Road (or Sah Tiao Lor in Hokkien). Remember the 7th Road (Chit Tiao Lor) where I had some delicious hawker food? No? Read HERE.

We ordered Hokkien Mee, or more accurately Hokkien Prawn Mee. It is important to note the word 'prawn' there because the Hokkien Mee in Penang is totally different from the Hokkien Mee in KL.

KL's Hokkien Mee is made up of thick yellow noodles braised in thick dark soy sauce with pork, squid, fish cake and cabbage and usually laden with cubes of crispy fried pork fat. The appearance is an all black noodles. Totally unhealthy but delicious dish!

Whereas, Penang Hokkien Mee is basically egg noodles and rice noodles cooked in a soup base that is made from fresh shrimps and dried prawns as well as pork or chicken. You can usually find chicken or pork meat, prawns and eggs inside a bowl of Penang Hokkien Mee. It's also served with red chili paste.

In KL, this type of noodles is better known as Prawn Mee (Har Mee).



How did I like the Penang version of prawn mee? One word - Yummy!!

The soup was very tasty and the chili paste added extra oomph to the Hokkien Mee. If I were to compare Penang's version of prawn mee with KL's prawn mee, Penang wins hands down.

But KL's black Hokkien Mee is a totally different story and I love it as well, but I think Penang Hokkien Mee is much healthier, haha!

We also ordered a bowl of lor cham th'ng which is a combination of Lor Mee and Hokkien Mee.



I did not remember eating this, so I cannot comment on it much. I guess Ken and Ann ate this one, while I ate more of the Hokkien Mee.

Well, that means I would need to make another trip to Penang soon to try out this lor cham th'ng, right? I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Ken and Ann for being such good food tour guides!

Coming Up Next : My Stay At Evergreen Laurel Hotel In Gurney Drive

Right after enjoying our coconut jelly at Joez Coconut Jelly at Dato Keramat Road in George Town, bloggers Ken and Ann brought me to Kimberley Street for some desserts and street food.

We stopped at Restoran Traditional Home Of Dessert for some desserts!



I tried their almond soup dessert and it was, undeniably, one of the best almond soups that I have ever tasted! Thick, creamy and smooth, it was almost heavenly!

Of course, not everyone likes this almond dessert, just like not everyone likes durians. Some people say the almond soup smells like cockroaches (really?!) - Just like I don't get it when people say durians smell like rotting meat. Haha!



Anyway, I think it is an acquired taste, and if you don't like the aroma of this almond dessert, then not even the best almond dessert in the world will change your mind! So please choose another dessert! :)

I also tried their famous si koh th'ng - not sure what you call it in English, but can be roughly translated as lotus seed longan dessert. Besides lotus seeds and longan, there were other ingredients inside the dessert - the one I could identify was the gingko nuts.



This dessert was delightfully yummy!! Highly recommended to try if you ever drop by Kimberley Street in Penang.

This is the dessert stall where we bought the desserts from. It was located right outside the shop.



Besides desserts, we also ordered other hawker food. You can also call it street food if you like because they are really from stalls located along Kimberley Street near to the dessert shop.

And surprisingly, you can eat those hawker food inside the dessert shop itself!

I ate a bowl of koay teow th'ng.



Flat rice noodles in clear broth with fish balls - that's basically what koay teow th'ng is. I don't mind eating this everyday! LOL.

But I did not touch this - chicken's feet! Ken and Ann loved them, I think. Maybe one day I will learn to like chicken's feet, but that time is not now. Haha!



This is the stall along Kimberley Street that sells the koay teow th'ng and chicken's feet.



Lastly, I had this - koay chiap. It is basically flat rice noodles in dark herbal broth with duck meat inside.



I am not a particular fan of koay chiap so I cannot say if this one is good or otherwise.

This is the stall which sells the koay chiap. 



Well, did you think I ate a lot in one sitting? I thought I did, but surprisingly, I did not feel so full that I could not walk. In fact, it was just nice for me. Perhaps traveling just brings out the gluttonous in me? LOL!

So did I continue eating after this? What do you think? Find out in my next post coming up soon!