Last weekend, I went to join the kids sushi making class organized by Penang Foyi’s welfare group, a buddhist society here. I am not a kids but my friend was the organizer and she asked me to join in for fun and so I went. It’s held at Sushi King, Prangin Mall.

There’s like over 40 kids at there and everyone was so anxious about the class. I did sushi myself before but it was quite a failed one because I’ve forgotten to mix the vinegar with sugar and salt.

They thought us some simple Japanese term on food. Then rice mixing and the important part which people always forget is mix vinegar with sugar and salt. This is very important or else the rice would be tasteless. Pour vinegar on a mixing bowl or cup or anything, then add in sugar and salt. Don’t really need a lot, you can try the taste with your finger until and sweet and salty feel. Only then pour the mixed vinegar into your cooked Japanese rice.

We did have a little hands on. But only did 2 sushi. It’s for the kids and it’s not really a real hands on because they gave us rice that’s already shaped by machine and we only needed to wrap it with crabstick and nori sheet. And their nori sheet is nicely cut already, unlike what we bought from the supermarket.

Guess the best part of the day was having the little sushi bento and learning about mixing vinegar with sugar and salt. Haha. I’m gonna try it again at home because I failed last time. My sushi was pretty tasteless.

I am sure the kids did have a good time at there.

I am a fan of Abu Mamak Stall that’s located on Jalan Dato Koyah, somewhere turn in when you see Kayu on Penang Rd. Nightlife people might know about this place already and I love their Fried Maggi Mee a lot. Best. And recently, after posting a live post on awayfromcomputer.com, a reader intro me another mamak stall called Ali, but it’s not in town, it’s close to Pulau Tikus area right opposite PTPL college.

The stall is on the road side of a small lane, with tables and chairs placed on the pavement. I am not sure whether Ali or the owner opporate the stall legally or not. But seems so many people eat there, it’s not a problem already.

We didn’t know what’s famous. The Malay-Indian guy introduced us some food. There’s the susu lembu milo which literally is hot milk with Milo powder. It’s good because it’s hot and it’s RM2.20.

Then I ordered a Fried Maggi Mee, curious about how different is this with Abu’s. The serving look the same, in fact the egg is prettier and the chicken tasted different. The noodle has a garlic taste which Abu don’t have but I go for Abu’s. Why? Because Abu’s is cheaper, this one at Ali cost RM7.20! OMG. Expensive.

My friend ordered a Pattaya Fried Rice. As you know, Pattaya fried rice is a very standard thing, which is fried rice wrapped with egg. This is different because is fried by mamak and it tasted spicy to me and the rice is pretty dark, and wet. My friend say not nice, I felt quite not bad. Different people have different taste. If you like dark fried rice and spicy, this might be a good one for you.

Ali, went there before or not? Abu and Ali are so not related by the way.

Last Sunday, parents and I went to Gurney Drive for lunch. We actually wanted to eat the Chinese seafood “cook fried” (just means Chinese food to us), but we were too early, so instead we ordered the Yam Rice for lunch. The stall owner is actually my dad’s friend and he asked us to try their yam rice out. Because of friend, so we went to try it out.

The yam rice is a little bit different with what I had before, it’s more light in color and there’s lots of yam. The taste was OK, perhaps I am not a fan of yam rice. It’s RM4 per bowl and sounds a little bit expensive.

Then there’s the vinegar pork leg. This is good, the pork leg were succulent and the soup was sour and sweet enough.

There’s also the assorted pork soup, cooked with pig’s intestine and meat ball. Tasted sour, not my favourite, but dad like it.

Overall, the food was not bad but the price were pretty not nice. Maybe it’s on Gurney Drive, the tourist area?

This Teochew Yam Rice is located in Public Cafe on Gurney Drive.

Do you know Carnavon Street has various calling in local Penang Hokkien dialect? Some called it lam chan na (I have no idea what’s that means), some called kua cha keh 棺材街 (Coffin Street because there’s shops selling casket/coffin at there last time).

The koay teow th’ng shop is very easy to find because they have a big signboard outside with a big photo of the koay teow th’ng. So no worry of being lost.

The aunty there is the one who operate the stall and cook the koay teow th’ng. She’s a very friendly person.

I like the fish ball, it’s nice. There’s duck meat and also pork. The big slices of meat are pork, chopped. Kinda special and they koay teow submerged under the soup. Very nice.

Besides just ordering koay teow, we ordered only just the meat in the soup as extra one and eat for fun. Yummy. Koay teow although is similar to Ipoh’s Hor Fun, but the feeling and texture is definitely different. Personally like koay teow more.

Right across the city court, or right after Convent Light Street, on the corner of the junction of Green Hall and Light Street, there’s a new Hainanese, Old Town-style restaurant has just opened lately. I have no idea what that was before and I get to knew about it from my mom. How mom knows? From the newspaper. Hehe.

The place was not very big, there’s like 15 tables and their water making bar is open. The interior is pretty cool with warm lights and the place has free Wifi. Good for geek food hunter like me. 32 Light Street is also a Halal restaurant means you won’t find lard in cooking or pork in their menu.

After looking through their menu, there’s food similar to typical Old Town-liked kopitiam, but 32 Light Street has more variety and the food are more on Hainanese style. They have food like Hainan Chicken Rice, Hainan Fried Rice and etc.

Here’s my lunch, it’s a Fried Rice ala Hainanese stye. To be honest, it’s just normal fried rice to me, I didn’t know where the Hainanese style comes in. The presentation is good but the taste is just typical fried rice.

Here’s another food I’ve ordered that day for my lunch. Curry Chicken with Bread. This is pretty good, love the curry, there’s Hainanese style afterall, the curry is creamy type unlike Old Town’s which is kinda water-ish. The chicken was nice too, just one thing that makes it not perfect is the bread. The bread should be toasted or use bread which is softer, this bread is hard, not as in toasted hard, but as in, er… hard. Haha.

Lastly, here’s my dessert. Ai Yu Bing, a kind of tasty natural jelly. There’s rambutan, some little tapioca ball and even tiny ball that I didn’t know what’s that. It’s small and a little bit like caviar as when you bite on it, it pops. Nice. The Ai Yu Bing by 32 Light Street is so far different from what I had before at other places. The jelly is somehow softer, it’s not harden enough. Not bad though.

So, have you been to this place before? =)

I am so slow and only knew that Rotiboy, a local famous confectionery opens it second outlet in Penang in Gurney Plaza. Probably because I was in NS and I didn’t know what’s happening on the outside world. But there’s still a lot of people don’t know that Rotiboy is in Gurney Plaza right now.

I went there to buy a lot of Rotiboy and brought back to camp a week ago, let some of my friends eat and they like it a lot and a lot of them asked me where to get it. This shows that there’s still many people don’t know what’s Rotiboy, even some Penangite! I love Rotiboy a lot and my first time knowing it was like many years back in One Utama. =D

Mom says Butterboy is nice, I never try it before but I’m gonna try it soon.

I tried the Wan Tan Mee at there before. It is cheap but tasty! The plate of Wan Tan Mee is quite big and really taste good for me. Usually people crowded when tea time and lunch time too. I am not sure about is there selling at night.

The price for one plate of Wan Tan Mee is quite reasonable and there are many ingredients inside the plate of Wan Tan Mee. So if you got drop by there you can go and take a try. Besides Wan Tan Mee, there are also some hawker food served, take your choice! Location is outside Shang Wu Primary School which next to Heong Giam Si Temple.

View Wan Tan Mee in a larger map

As you know that Nicholas Chan will be away for 3 months right? So I am GenYong here helping him to update this food blog and hope that this blog can be update frequently.

So now what I want to recommend for those foodies is the famous economy rice which opposite Chung Ling High School. The Chung Ling guys usually will go there for lunch if they are stay back in school. I went it on last Thursday to take a try on this economy rice. What I can comment here is totally better than school-served economy rice.

The location of this shop is quite special because many people called that place as 三角洲 which located along the Jalan Air Itam. The shop also provided take away service and many office workers also come over to have the lunch!

For me, this stall of economy rice is nice and it’s worth to eat it. Take a try on it.

View Economy Rice in a larger map

It’s my parents who brought me there for lunch. It’s like nasi kandar, just that it’s more Malay-ish. Open only during the lunch time, the Malay guy who manage the stall was very friendly to us. I like the friendlyness.

I don’t know what this vegetable is called.

Drumstick ala Malay style. I like!

Brinjal/Egg plant with sambal.

Ladies fingers.

Curry fish head.

We have got ourselves five dish and three plate of rice for me and my parents. Overall, the lunch was pretty good and I like the chicken the most. The fish head was not bad, just a bit sad that it’s a little bit cold already, others were not bad, depends or which you like. I don’t really like the vegetable, I like ladies fingers more. =)

Last time I introduced before the Fried Rice at Lebuh Presgrave or more known as Sa Tiao Lor 三条路 to the locals. Last night, I went there for supper and I ordered the Char Koay Teow from the same stall that does the nice fried rice.

The char koay teow quite delicious which I likey it. Just a bit sad that there’s only 2 not very big shrimp and a little bit spicy. If the shrimp gets bigger like at Lorong Selamat, and juicy, then it will be very very good.