Thursday, November 20, 2008

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:)

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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.
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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
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You can choose to savor the variety of food on skewers and ponder
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You can choose to dip a few skewers of food into the hot boiling water
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(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
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Or Spice it up with chili
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Pour it into your little plate
(If it's peanut sauce that you chose, then fill it up! I see everyone doing that:)
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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
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How can you not try the famous Padang Brown wet popiah with crab meat?
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(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
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B. Grass Jelly for a soothing and refreshing flow down your throat
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Or, there is always
C. Ice Kacang (shaved ice laden with lots of goodies)
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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?
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From a closer view, how enticing is that?
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16 comments:

  1. but i do love the popiah here! i haven't really noticed the MSG levels though. :)

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  2. lunch-ea.. learn a new word a day eh? lol... i love hor-chean but prefer mine dry with the egg all crispy and crackly! :)

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  3. oh chien looks too!! love the ones with lots of oysters!!

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  4. wow... many nice foods there. Have not done any review of Padang Brown yet. lol Should try out one day. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. That or chien looks magnificent! Pile up those juicy lil' suckers! More, more, more!

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  6. The kerabu meehoon looks delicious!

    Wah! The Or Chien keng! So many oysters!

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  7. If I kena the kerabu bee hoon, that doesn't call light meal to me already. Coz I will sure go for 2nd plate. hahaha

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  8. Wah..the oh chien looks REALLY good! So many 'oh' leh! Hey, do chk out my site for free voucher. *wink*

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  9. Wow! U make me miss the lok lok in Penang so much. It looks so delicious. BYW, will u do the meme for me? Yup! You've been tagged by me. Here's the link: http://sweetnov86.blogspot.com/2008/11/tag-youre-it.html

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  10. jasmine, it's nice, I agree too:)

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  11. cumi&ciki, oh ya...new word!!:) Oh, the dry and crackly version is most commonly found in the south, KL...somehow Penangites don't like theirs that way:p

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  12. duckie, yea...the or chien was good!~

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  13. Food paradise, oh, you should definitely try the food here...I always it very convenient here..all under one roof;)

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  14. 550ml jar of faith, hehehhe....for RM5, I think that's the best they can do....for more of those little oysters, you may need to pay extra:p

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  15. nothing beats penang hawker fare, looks great! btw, i had lunch+tea at Concorde KL years back and they call it "Tunch"..hehehe

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  16. Where is this place?? The lok-lok makes me miss this great M'sian streetfood leh! The popiah has gravy? Doesn't that make it soggy?

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