Showing posts with label Subtype:Char Kwey Teow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Subtype:Char Kwey Teow. Show all posts

Sunday, August 31, 2008

My bowl runneth over

It's Sunday! Where do we go for a good wallop session after church... hmmmm......

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When we 1st saw Queen's Park, once upon a time, many-many moons ago, we were pretty excited. Queen’s Park is located on the corner of where Jalan Shelley and Jalan Peel intersect (a really OLD part of KL town!) and has an unusual open-air concept that distinguishes itself from the traditional shopping malls or retail outlets in KL.

Unfortunately though, this place has never quite picked up. I remember a year or so ago, they even had open-air concerts for local talents of Malaysia to strut their stuff. Even as things were picking up, the crowd began to dwindle insidiously. I guess this sort of retail concept is no rival for bigger shopping malls such as MidValley Megamall with more ‘eye-candy’ to offer in a better more strategic location.

Anyway, we like Queen’s park, if nothing more than to just browse the MNG and Esprit Factory Outlets… however, dwindling or not, the more important fact is that, it is situated directly across from Carrefour and a corner coffee shop which we love to frequent!
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I have heard of wall-to-wall carpeting.. but this looks like wall-to-wall eating! Those little yellow signs and those hungry patrons packing this old coffee-shop tight, with hardly any breathing space, tell us that we have arrived:D
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So, what's good here?
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At RM4.00 only....
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THIS!
Gosh, the bowl of Har-Mee (Prawn Mee) is so huge, it's literally spilling out of the bowl. And the prawns they give you are big too (not just the tiny dried shrimp, but the fresh bigger ones). Also, not just one or two, but FOUR prawns!
And not just prawn, good old fashion sotong(squid) too;D
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See? I kid you not...

When my parent's visit, it's a real EAT-FEST! Like, we also put away,

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THIS (curry mee at RM4.50)
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...this which is a little sweet for me, but which the husband loves, (mee rojak RM4.00)
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THIS - the killer amazing Char-Kwey-Teow. (fried noodles). Extra SEE-HUM gives it one helluva kick - yummie! (ask the man not to cook the see-hum, but to put the raw see-hum on the piping hot noodle, and just fold it in!) That way the heat cooks the cockles .. but ever so slightly! Ooo yea.. the runnier the better! haha

Check out this makan place the next time you are in the area:D

Friday, June 6, 2008

THIS is how we do it in Penang!

So my Penang colleagues are making me PICK. And I hate to pick.

They say... you can only have ONE Char Kwey Teow... so pick!

It was a toss up between the Sister's Char Kwey Teow.. or the Lorong Selamat Char Kwey Teow...

Sister's - Lorong Selamat - Sister's - Lorong Selamat... ?!

In the end... one of my colleagues decides, because my indecisiveness is causing her stomach, gastric angst.. so she DECIDES!

Cool..


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Lorong Selamat ! The shop has moved. But just a couple of blocks to the corner lot.. it's cleaner... but still as PACKED!

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Crazy Char Kwey Teow lady, with her crazy yellow sun-glasses/specks...

Killer mad.

You've got to love it!

We tell her our order and without looking up or batting a crazy eye she says ...
"MUST WAIT 1 HOUR. 40 PLATES TO FRY"


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So ACTION man, this woman... but you know what? She was serious!! The Char Kwey Teow took a bloody long time to arrive I tell ya.

So we dug in our heals ordered some fried popiah, and prepared for the wait...

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Still more popiah arrived.. fresh and yummie...

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As well as the Lobak....

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And ice kacang...
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And more lobak with century egg...

Like one hour has passed and still no char kwey teow...

unbelievable.

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Then FINALLY! It gets here!


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SIX ringgit worth of gorgeous, oily, sexy, yummie Char Kwey Teow! Not cheap.. but a pretty decent plate of noodles if you ask me.

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Me .. I prefer mine HOT! Just look at the difference in color! Yup.. that's almost one of the greasiest, REDDEST Char Kwey Teow you will see, this side of planet earth!


mmmMMMMM

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SIASTA!



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Late evening... Gurney is cast in this most gorgeous incandescent HUE...

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Just look at the sky.. isn't it pretty.

And when i see a pretty sky... i think .... MARTINI'S!!!!


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Ah.. just on the corner between G hotel and Gurney hotel is this new place for martini's called... well, erm... MARTINI !
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This place looks seriously packed with the GWAILO...


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We drink up every shade of the great James Bond cocktail before we head out for dinner...

Delicious!


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Ocean Green my Penang colleagues tell me has pretty decent seafood...

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Being a HUGE fan of the CLAW... I cannot wait to sink in my teeth into the crab..
Every other dish to me is just a mere pleasantry. A formality I have to endure before I get to the MAIN deal of the night! The crab!

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The cod fish was flawless.

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The Mantis (Lai Liew Har) was rather rubbery.. over cooked i imagine..


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YES! There it is! Bring out the crab! We have the baked crab in all its succulent splendor..
as well as the Salted Egg crab.. (Ham Tan Hai).

And just to make sure that such a huge , menacing crab is dead... my friend POKES it for good measure...

Funny girl:)

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Yup. Truly dead... :P

And soon to be wiped clean as well.. lol!
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As we clutch our severely distended stomachs... we think we might call it a night... but.. NO! our Penang colleagues have other plans for us...

They tell us, we must go to a pub and continue drinking...

Good Grief! Are all Penangites so hardcore?! LOL...


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Fine.. so we clamber into the car... and as we approach the pub, we see this amazing JAM that spans for like for EVER...

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Ah.. then it dawn on us.. gas price hike tomorrow... ! No wonder la...


So we get to this crazy ass joint.. and we are told very quickly..

THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE!

Spin the dice... and call the other person's bluff..!
Arrrgh.. save me..! I feel like I am being AH-LIAN-nized.. in the fastest possible manner.. lol

Ladies and Gentlemen.. you have just entered the Twilight Zone.

Kidding la... Penang people are cool.. and really know how to let their hair down..

We had a cool time that night.. and here are the mugshots to prove it :P


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Ok.. ok.. so... the end of NIGHT 1 in Penang... Already, they have taught me a thing or two about the DRINK.. and there we were, thinking we KL folk knew every trick in the book..

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THE END. Night 1 goes to .. the PENANG TEAM! *grin*