Thursday, August 27, 2009

Assorted hawker tastes at a market

Cecil Road is one of the most happening place in Penang; being the home to a wet/dry market and also a huge hawker foodcourt.

You will be spoilt for choices when you are here; as long as you can bear the noise and the heat underneath those aluminium roof.
Prices are truly unbeatable and the tastes here are classic (though I do feel some of them have deteriorated)

Penang Chee Cheong Fun (RM1.70)
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The version of CCF here in Penang is different from KL or Ipoh; as they do not have fishballs or anything to go with but just plain flat rice noodles either rolled up or flattened with a toss of the sauce of your choice (usually sweet sauce, shrimp paste or plain soy sauce) and then sprinkled with sesame seeds and some oil on top before serving.
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As you can see, it's an assortment of the rolled and flat rice noodles and with a mix of sauces.

Another Penang hawker delight which is also a variant from the Nyonya version; Popiah (rolled steamed spring rolls) RM1.60
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It's stuffed with mengkuang char rolled with lettuce leaves before adding the outer layer of the popiah skin to the roll.
It's one of the healthy option; and I used to term it as the Chinese/Nyonya version of the salad.

Lam Mee (RM3)
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This is a Chinese verison of mee bandung; and it has a Chinese taste to it.
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Most of my family and friends enjoyed this and they prefer the stall here in Cecil Road:D

Jawa mee (RM3.50)
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This is different from Lam Mee; the gravy is different and the ingredients are different.
The gravy is blended with light sour sauce (I think it's tomato) with some grinded peanuts in it.
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They use the yellow mee for this with a half of a hard-boiled egg (actually a slice), along with cut-up fried fritters, bean sprouts and shallots as well.

Lastly, if you want to enjoy the Penang Ice Kacang which does not use coconut milk but with sarsi/syrup, then you can order one here too at RM2
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So, if you are thinking of getting Penang food all at one go, this is like the one-stop solution!

**I feel like I should be paid for promoting...**

I will be compiling all the Penang food soon....hehehe, make it into a blogger-pedia...I like that name:D

8 comments:

  1. ahh luve Pg and all her markets..

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  2. the gravy of JAwa Mee looks tempting

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  3. Please put us on top of your upcoming Blogpedia Penang mailing list
    TQ

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  4. I miss the ice kacang in New World. T_T

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  5. nomadGourmand, planning a trip to visit the lovely "her" anytime soon? *winks*

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  6. Modo, I hope that didn't make your stomach growl at the wrong time and the wrong place..LOL!:D
    (I mean office, during working hours)

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  7. BSG, No problem...will not forget you at all!:)

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  8. Simon, wrong place...haha, this is Cecil Street market la....I will do a special post on New World for you next time:D

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