Can't stop eating~

I was in Penang for a week.

I love the city! It's a place full of history and story! Love that they preserve the old buildings. Love that they have so many great stories to tell. Love that the colouful buildings. Love the food.... 

As soon as we touched down, my friend's friend took us to eat... and after we ate, we ate more.... Penang food are yummy! 

When we arrived at the open air, we saw a long Q. People including ang mo were Q-ing up for mee sotong! We also ordered coconut shave (the vanilla ice cream totally matches the coconut juice!) and waited patiently for our mee sotong and seafood platter. Then we were off for Cendol. It was a stall by the roadside and despite the hot weather, there was a long Q. We joined in. The good thing is that we didn't have to wait too long as the guy was pretty quick with dessert delivery. Cool! 

One spoonful of cold cendol into my mouth, one word - HEAVENLY & cooling! It's very coconut-ty and a bit salty... quite different from the ice kacang back home but I like it! We gulped down the big bowl of dessert. By now, we all felt a bit full. Our tummies were filled with water! So we decided to go for a walk in the biscuit factory. Not a good choice to let tummies relax because we ended up eating again as the promoters made us coffee and served us biscuits haha...

What we ate in 3 hours

After a quick shopping, our friend said that she had ordered the famous Penang fried kueh tiaw for us, and we need to be there before 3pm. What?! We just ate and now we had to eat again? haha.. This is Food Marathon for sure~ 

Apparently, the fried kueh tiaw is very famous. To eat this, u have to be very patient... and our friend happens to know his family members so she got us 3 plates of fried kueh tiaw through connection! So thoughtful of her! and Of course we had to eat to thank her for her kind gesture! haha..... 

When we arrived, i saw the uncle on his tricycle and stall from afar. Wah, he really reminded me of my childhood! When i was small, an uncle used to come to our neighbourhood on his mobile stall selling BBQ pork! 

Anyway, before the uncle parked his stall at the roadside. there were already a lot of people waiting. We went to a coffee shop nearby to sit & wait for our food. The owner of this kopitiam must be very thankful of the uncle for all he can make money just by selling only drinks and providing tables and chairs to uncle's customers.  We waited for a while because uncle cooked using charcoal! So authentic, so traditional! I have a feeling that this will be good coz anything cooked using charcoal is good hehe... 

I was right. It was really good! The kueh tiaw practically melted in my mouth! i think it's because of the pork oil he uses. No wonder people are willing to spend time to wait for this! After the kueh tiaw, my friend suggested we go for Assam Laksa. Laksa at 330pm? We usually have Laksa for breakfast. Then it is our Penang friend who said "huh? laksa for breakfast? how weird" haha.... Although we live in the same country but we have different culture~ 

Uncle and his mobile stall

Penang, I love it! i would love to go again~ 

To be continued....