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I finally had a chance to show the baking process of Apom (in Malay) or Indian pancake in this post.

Apom is one of the popular local delicacies in Malaysia. You can find these crispy indian pancakes in the morning beside Mutiara coffee shop, Taman Sri Rambai, Bukit Mertajam.

It was fun to capture the video with this friendly lady. A simple smile will make your day.

Established in 1941, Shing Kheang Aun restaurant in Penang is very popular among the locals and tourists for its Hainanese cuisine and local dishes.

It was great to be there and we love the interior environment of the restaurant. The heritage prewar building, wooden chairs, wooden tables , marble floor, marble table top etc which are very well preserved.

Do take note of how they serve their customer seated on the first floor. Very interesting. They deliver the dishes from the ground floor kitchen with pulley system.

We overheard people around us in the restaurant. They were impressed by the pulley system and the old fashion style of this restaurant. Some even said they wanted to try all the dishes.

Some of the famous dishes. Fried Salted Egg with Bitter Gourd and Tofu with prawns.

With a friendly smile, the restaurant owner asked me whether we managed to finish the dishes. ” Of course!” I replied.

As this restaurant is situated in the heritage city, you can enjoy the old historical streets and buildings after having your meal at Shing Kheang Aun restaurant.

Address of Shing Kheang Aun restaurant:-

2, Chulia Lane 10200 Penang, Malaysia

I visited this famous stall of Bukit Mertajam again and it is interesting to watch them preparing Wan Tan Mee.

Here is the lastest video.

You can visit my earlier post The most famous Wan Tan Mee From BM for more photos and videos.

We arrived at the hotel in Macau at about 3pm. We had our first nice break from this nearby local coffee shop.

See the pork leg noodle?

 
My aunt makes the most delicious glutinous rice or Loh Mai Kai in the world.

Tasted the Loh Mai Kai from some of the coffee shops but still they are unable to compare to the Loh Mai Kai made by my aunt.

The sauce…super delicious!!!

 Feeling hungry?  I forgot to include the yummy peanut sauce served together with the dish in the photo.  We call this dish as Satay. If you come to Malaysia, you should try this dish.

Satay can be found through out the country. From the street vendors or even restaurants. You can find chicken satay, beef satay, pork satay etc.   Satay is served together with cucumbers and onions. Some served with or without sauce.

Do you like Satay? We all love it.

 Super yummy dry noodle. Try this dry noodle from Bukit Mertajam. You can find this stall just beside Jit Sin Independent High School.

There is only one stall in this coffee shop. This stall sells Char Kway Teow, Kway Teow Soup and Fried rice. However, we always order the delicious dry noodle. Add a little bit of pepper and a little bit of sambal.  The noodle really taste wonderful. We were thinking of another extra bowl.

The other day I saw the coffee shop was packed with students. Wow! The business is incredibly good and it needs only one stall. Feeling hungry?

We wanted to try Curry Fish Head but ended up with the Clay Pot rice from the hawker centre and the price is rather expensive. (Without egg!)

To tell the truth, mom’s homemade clay pot rice is so much better. Mom’s clay pot rice has mushrooms and slices of garlic.

Hmmmm…I won’t try it again from the hawker centre.

Yesterday, we found this Smelly Tou Fu in Chai Leng Park and would like to try it one more time just to bring back some nice memories…

See photo above. Dare to try the smelly Tou Fu!(If you can read it). This photo was taken in China. I still remember people ran away from this stall and even the street due to the ultimate bad smell. I decided to hold my breath and brave myself to this stall then took this photo. Just for your information, keep away at least 1km from the stall if you afraid of the bad smell.

In Taiwan, you will not escape from the smell. There are these stalls everywhere in the streets, night markets etc. There is one street in Taiwan where all these stalls sell only smelly Tou Fu. They have roasted style, fried style, handmade style etc.

Despite the strong smell, the smelly Tou Fu is nice to eat. If you haven’t tried it, give it a try and enjoy it.

Malaysia is the excellent place to eat.  You can find variety of good food in Malaysia.  Malaysian food, Chinese food, Indian food, Malay food, Penang hawker food, Thai food, Japanese food, Nyonya food, …etc. There are so many food choices. Just name it, sure you can find it. 

I enjoy taking photos of all the good food. However, I always forget the photo taking task and realized it after finished eating. See above photo of Tom Yam noodle. Ha! Can’t see the noodle? I was too busy eating.  

Need recommendation of delicious food in Malaysia? Check out all my food posts.

As you know Penang is a paradise for food lovers. Therefore, another post regarding food. Recently, The New York Times nominated Penang as one of 44 places to go in 2009. This is absolutely correct. I must write more about Penang…..

Try to imagine roasted chicken and pork rice with delicious sauce, soup & chili. I don’t know how to call this rice but the name given is nasi campur (mixed rice in Malay language). This mixed rice can be found only in Bukit Mertajam. 

Tada! Check out the photo here. Very delicious and special! See the sauce?

Notice the bowl with the soup? The same bowl which is earlier used to cook the rice. I find this unique. 

After a while, the food seller inform the crowd the rice has finished. Come again tomorrow.

Finally I manage to find yummy Oyster Mee Sua here in Prai, Penang.  The taste is quite similar to the Oyster Mee Sua which I have tasted years ago in Taiwan. I still remember how people queued for Ay-Chung flour rice noodle at Xi Men Ting, Taiwan. If you don’t see the situation there, sure you won’t believe what I said. See the photo below for evidence.

There is no table or chair for you. Stand or squat anywhere if you like and enjoy your Mee Sua.

This similar superb Mee Sua finally can be found here in Penang. Not that Penang don’t have Mee Sua but the taste of this handmade Mee Sua of ShihLin Taiwan Street Snacks found here (at Queensbay mall or Jusco) tasted good and reminds me of Ay-Chung noodle in Taiwan. Especially the oysters….

Hmmm….see the photo below. This is the Mee Sua of ShihLin. See those oysters? They are really fresh and super yummy. True, really fresh! (The photo. Not bad)