Padang Brown : A Lunch-ea

There is no such word as 'Lunch-ea', in case you are wondering.
It is just a crazy thought of mine to combine the words Lunch and Tea into one and so it became Lunch-ea.

But hey, who knows it may one day become a recognized word in the Oxford or Webster Dictionary, right? Just like how brunch turned out to be, eh?
Then don't forget that I was the originator, ya:)


Now Padang Brown is already a familiar place in my blog and in many Penang blogs.
Don't you dare deny it!
We have all talked about the famous Lok Lok, popiah, etc etc, and I am sure it has, over the years, found a comfortable spot in each of our food-tionary (food dictionary) when we are thinking of where to eat; especially during lunch hours.


Ever wondered why there are so few places available for lunch compared to dinner?
Why is dinner always getting all the attention?

Fortunately, there are places like these that decide to operate in the afternoon too; and there's a whole lot of variety.
If you can't decide and wanted to taste Penang food for lunch and yet wanna just whet your appetite with light snacks, this is the place to be



You can choose to savor the variety of food on skewers and ponder


You can choose to dip a few skewers of food into the hot boiling water

(You may have to share your table and pot of boiling water with strangers if you are not early. It gets crowded as it gets later in the afternoon)

Choose from your sauces

Crunchy peanuts


Or Spice it up with chili


Pour it into your little plate
(If it's peanut sauce that you chose, then fill it up! I see everyone doing that:)


Or if you want some carbs, you can opt for a light Kerabu Meehoon from the old uncle selling nyonya kueh, just next to the Hokkien Mee stall


How can you not try the famous Padang Brown wet popiah with crab meat?

(Although sometimes I feel rather too thirsty after taking the popiah which I suspect is loaded with MSG)

But hey, that's when you order the drinks
Choose from:
A. Cendol



B. Grass Jelly for a soothing and refreshing flow down your throat


Or, there is always
C. Ice Kacang (shaved ice laden with lots of goodies)



And if you still have room, I wonder whether this plate of Or Chien at RM5 is enticing enough to stimulate those taste buds back to appetite?


From a closer view, how enticing is that?