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We head over to a big hawker centre in Penang, called New World Park for lunch.

It's situated behind Tune Hotels and only open for lunch till about tea time. We made sure we ordered delicacies that they were famous for.

Ais Kacang. 

My dessert of fruit Ais Kacang. Seriously good. The sweetness and the different flavours of the fruit mixed excellently with the red beans, corn and other stuff they dumped in.

Lam Mee. It was a little bland to me, and needed chilly to spice it up a little. Excuse the pun.

Yong Tau Fu noodles. To me, this is simple fare that is available in KL.

Here comes the big guns. It was deliciously filled with the now familiar spices of curry noodles found in Penang.

The Char Kuay Teow is also another famous dish to try here. I had to agree. It was well fried, not too oily and divinely tasty.

Fruit rojak from the same place we got our Ais Kacang. Regular tasting.

Bak Chang. While it's not bad, I still prefer the one I bought from the van near Isaribi Tei.

Yam cake. Okay, this one is fabulous. Best I have had in Penang. Thick with huge pieces of yam and filled with that yammy taste. Must try.

Banana pancakes. By far the best thing I have had in New World Park. It's crispy, hot and sweet at the same time. We ordered a little too much of this but worth every bite!

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A very short one today but totally profound. Most people venture to Penang for the Char Kuay Teow but I can honestly tell you, I like it but I can go without it.

What I cannot go without in Penang, is their awesome Asam Laksa. The Colleague told me of a place opposite the Penang Chinese Girls' School that was totally famous.

It's on the road further up from Gurney Drive. Keep going straight and you will see this little coffee shop righ at the corner.

Right in front is the famous laksa shop. It opens around lunch and sells out by roughly around tea time. See the bags of packed noodles on the top.

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Another round of good lunch food. This time not too far away from Sin Chuan Bee.

Heng Kee was supposedly once very popular but right now, it's pretty quiet, which is a damn waste if you ask me. Everything there was super delicious.

The Hakka dish of pork and preserved veggies. It would have tasted absolutely delicious with porridge. As it was, with white rice, the tasty saltiness was fabulous.

Stewed chicken. It literally fell apart with deliciousness. Yum.

This was an odd way of cooking kangkung but top points though. Basically the veggies are boiled and a mixture of belacan, chilly and salted fish is fried and pour over it. The smell was sensational.

Three taste fish. Properly fried and topped with a sweet and hot sauce.

Tofu with fish fillet. Interesting combination. Smooth and silky.

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A few places over the weekends. We headed over to Straits Quay for some German fare.

Our drinks. Both were good. I love German beer.

Potato wedges with Japanese curry dipping. OMG good!! You can get unlimited curry sauce.

Three different types of sausages. I can't remember which is which now, but there was one with cheese involved. It comes with sauerkraut, mustard and mayo. Excellent.

 

 

Little pork cutlets with curry dipping sauce. Fabulous beer food.

We went to ChopperBoard in Queensbay another weekend.

Sad to say, I can't remember anything about this place. The food is quite disappointingly forgettable.

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Another Japanese restaurant, but this time at a hotel, G Hotel to be exact.

Miraku is on the first floor of G Hotel and from review I read, quite good.

The appetiser of some kind of meat ball.

My Curry Udon set that comes with a salad and chawanmushi. The curry was pretty regular if you ask me. It tasted like the premix kind that you can buy at the grocery store.

My Inari Sushi that comes with it.

The Friend's Sashimi and Tempura Set. Fresh fish and crunchy tempura. Good.

Being greedy little buggers that we are, we had to order some maki to share. The King Prawn Maki was fresh and the maki well wrapped.

Spider Maki. It was wonderfully good. Very crunchy and warm. Delicious.

Complimentary dessert. After pouting at the waiter about not liking vanilla, he got me a small scoop of green tea.

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The Colleague mentioned a place to have some seafood near the clan jetties and we headed over one night to sample it.

It's a simple set up with the cook in the front and the eating in the back. Seafood is set out in little yellow bins for your choosing and you inform the lady how you want it cooked.

Weld Quay (Tree Shade). Apparently it was under a tree at one time long ago.

Belacan Chicken. I didn't really like this because it didn't have the strong belacan taste at the other places we had.

Kung Pao Frogs Legs. The taste was good but my only complain was the skinniness of the froggies. There was hardly any meat. The interesting thing was how they froze all the frogs and they were in one massive ball near the cooking area, their beady little eyes staring at us.

Salad Mantis Prawn. There was too much batter and it was pretty tiny. Quite disappointing.

Buttered Slipper Lobster. I liked the style it was cooked but I felt that the lobster meat was overcooked and 'under'fresh.

Overall, it was quite a disappointment. It may have been good to eat before but the standards have dropped in recently years.

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Along Jalan Abu Siti, there is a restaurant called Hot Bowl. Their claim to fame is their white curry noodles.

There are interesting dishes to be served up other than the white curry noodles.

The starter of Loh Bak. I didn't particularly enjoy this too much.

Steamed chicken. This was awesome. The meat was tender and smooth and delicious. Perfection on a plate.

The otak-otak was to my taste as it was made the completely nyonya style. Creamy and strong on the kafir lime leaves.

The star of the lunch of curry noodles. It starts off as white, with chilly served in small little containers on the table. I scooped up a pretty large spoon of it.

And this is the final result of my lunch. Lovely (and spicy) goodness with strong spices mixed into it. This is typical Penang style curry noodles. Very well worth a try.

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Another lunch time jaunt. This time to a place Wong Chau Jun that apparently is famous for their hot and sour fish head meehoon.

The sign might be old and decrepit looking, but let me assure you, the food is good.

Lining the walls are their famous dishes.

Clear looking soup but deceptive. It's hot and sour at the same time and slurpalicious. We had the Aunty add more soup for us because we ended up drinking more of the soup than eating the noodles.

Their home made taufu. Smooth and delicious.

This is another specialty of theirs. The white stuff is very large hor fun served in soy sauce and fish meat. Excellent, different and unique.

If you are around Rangoon Road, head over here for some good food.

Another lunch escapade we had was just around our office area.

I never bother with Char Kuay Teow in Penang. I just find it overhyped and prefer the more interesting dishes like belacan chicken or asam laksa. But this place fried a very decent plate of Char Kuay Teow. Hot and spicy and dry. Very well done.

We ordered some veggies. Kailan in some sort of spicy sauce. This sauce was excellent. I tried to soak up every single drop.