Recipe : Kua chye moey – Chinese mustard porridge

I believe not everyone has heard of this poor man’s meal. In the olden days, when life was hard, our ancestors used to eat only porridges. They get porridges by cooking rice in a huge pot of water. This way, it yields more volume and feed more people. This porridge was one of my staple […]

Curry Mee – Perfect breakfast

Normally on weekends, my toddler doesn’t wake up that early. So, I don’t get to go out for yamcha, dimsum and the likes. However, my hubby is an early bird and will be out of the home either to the wet markets or hawker stalls. This will be my treat as weekend breakfast. On weekdays, […]

This blog has been upgraded to WordPress 2.1

Maybe this will not interest most of you but I usually like to make a post to mark the day I have done some changes to the blog. This way, I have a reference in future. Firstly, sorry that the site was down for about an hour just now because I was busy upgrading the […]

Koay Teow Th’ng – their differences

You know, being Penangites, we have many versions of the same old noodles. So, let’s take a look at how many versions of koay teow th’ng we have in Penang. Koay teow is the white, flat noodles made from rice flour. In the photo, the yellow one is the wheat flour noodle call yellow mee. […]

Prawns, prawns and prawns

I was just clearing up the memory card of one of my camera and found these photos of prawns in all of them. This is a plate of broccoli and peppers which I stir fried with shrimps. There are days when I must have something hot and spicy so I used some sambal belacan to […]

Have I really eaten all the foods in Penang?

Few days ago, I mentioned on this blog that I am no longer calling this blog food of Penang because I have covered almost everything. So, keropokman asked if I really have eaten at ALL the eating outlets in Penang/ Well, to answer that question, I will like to explain as follows: 1) No, it […]