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Malaysian Food Trip

September 21, 2013 by Tania 13 Comments

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Malaysian Food trip

A Malaysian Food trip

There is a wonderful street in Penang called Jalan Muntri, where you will find small boutique hotels diverse coffee shops a cooking school with it’s own cafe and really interesting backpacker accommodation. The streets are quiet and the small restaurants and cafes are not like the ones you will find in the surrounding streets, with plastic chairs, formica tables and dishes spilling onto the street.  The  renovated terrace houses here now host funky looking tables and chairs, bars with palms and signs offering free wifi and a bit of a leaning towards western style food and service. What you don’t expect to find is cyclo driver with blaring music and dapper cricking fingers. His skinny little frame perched on a seat and propelled forward by muscular, years of service legs. We had a great time, as he circled several times laughing and clapping while I danced to the beat of Michael Jackson and ahem… Cher. His Malaysian passengers quietly pretended not to notice.

Malaysian Food Trip

 

Passengers

Malaysian Food trip

This is our last chance to soak up the streets of Georgetown before moving south to Ipoh and then Kuala Lumpur. So hold on and I’ll take you on a last whirl. The streets are full of colour and food as part of the population prepares for the sun to go down and the feasting of  Ramadan to begin. Penang is a wonderful mix of Indian, Chinese and Malay

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Along Jalan Pantai (Beach Street) there is a little lady with a take away stall that is rightfully famous. She sets up early and is gone by lunch making Char Tau Kueh or fried Rice cake (or carrot cake as it is known here).

Malaysian Food trip

Cutting the rice cake

Cutting the rice noodle

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

The noodles are hand cut and then a serve at a time are tossed in lard, garlic, soy, shallots & bean shoots. She spoons it into a paper cone hot and delicious. Eat this while walking along, forget the morning heat rising, look out for the next exciting place to stop.

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

The next stop along the way is a very small little cafe along Jalan Carnarvan. It is almost empty and finished for the day at around 11.30 am. Breakfast noodles are very popular. First up the well know and one of my favourite Hokien Mie with prawn and pork.

Malaysian Food Trip

Then Lora Mie not so well known but delicious all the same. A thickish cinnamon , five spice based soup with two kinds of noodles, sliced pork and egg

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food TripFood school…..

Walking the streets of Penang I saw the blue sign below many times, so much so I began to eagerly look out for it, I couldn’t find it on the map and yet it seemed to be very important street. Jalan Sehala was sign posted everywhere. At  intervals it appeared over and over again and I began to think that the streets must go round in circles or that all streets led towards this one, until  a bus trip out to Tunjung Bunga, the beach. There were signs to Jalan Sehala out there too. Suddenly it dawned on me and I had to laugh at myself…..it means One Way street. Mystery solved.

Malaysian Food Trip

Good bye Penang………..

Malaysian Food Trip

A bus to Ipoh costs around $10 and takes about 1 1/2 hours. Buses leave all day and the bus station is at Komtar, one of the tallest buildings in the centre of Penang. Ipoh has a flourishing food scene, however we didn’t take Ramadan into account. This is a holiday for many people and that includes restaurants. We had to make do with staying at an interesting hotel ( Sekeping Kong Heng )and breakfast treats .

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Curry mie was in order first up. We waited at our table watching the crowds and looking impatient because we weren’t being served before the women we were sharing the table with told us we had been seen but we would have to wait our turn to be served. oops! We ordered what they ordered  Curry Mie with a side of meats… roasted pork with crackling prawns and steamed chicken. delicious.

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

SataySatay at the coffee shop underneath the Sekeping Kong Heng Hotel In fact some of the best food to be had in this area is along Jalan Panglima where the Sekeping Hotel is. This dilapidated looking place is clean and organised with a computerised ordering system and amazing food. They were also hand peeling about 15 kg of fresh boiled prawns ready for the mornings Curry Mie

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

Custard Tarts only arrive at about 10.30 and are gone shortly after

Malaysian Food Trip

The streets are wide and at night this not only houses a market but tables and open air street side dining. Here we had Hunan Chicken Rice and greens

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

The market Coconut men

Malaysian Food Trip

Malaysian Food Trip

 

squid

squid

fish

fish cleaned and ready to cook

cockles

cockles

 

Beancurd

Beancurd

Hawkers Stalls

Hawkers Stalls, Ipoh

Local speciality rice noodle soup with pork and soft egg that breaks when you dig in

Local Ipoh speciality rice noodle soup with pork and soft egg that breaks when you dig in

Its time now to leave Ipoh but keep in mind, this is the food truck we need in Sydney a portable BBQ King steam boat truck. The bus is easy to get from the new bus station, albeit a little way out of town but,   two hours later you are in KL.  On these journeys you must insist your curtains are not closed. Locals  don’t like to look at the scenery as they drive along.  The scenery did kind of upset me as it was almost 2 hours of Palm oil plantations and I suspect no Monkey’s or any other animals were left in there.

Steam boat catering

Steam boat catering

Petronis Towers

Petronis Towers

Ah, Kuala Lumpur and the biggest holiday of the year…Ramadan. This didn’t leave much open beside Petaling Street market ( very important) and the enormous shopping complex near our hotel ( luckily). The hotel was the Traders with the view above from the pool and bar ( below). It was worth every penny of the $139.00 from Asia Rooms.

Traders Pool bar

Traders Pool bar

Our first night’s dinner is in Jalan Alor a seemingly endless street filled with food. Smoke and noise and people and the always annoying cars trying to drive down a street full of people. There are street performers and an amazing choice of foods to eat as you go, or find a restaurant sit in the outdoors and order. Waiters will collect food from other stalls for you as well. If this is too much for you the streets around this area are filled with cool modern restaurants and bars with thumping music and beautiful people.

Fat Boys Satay

Fat Brother Satay

Jalan Alor

Jalan Alor

Choice

Choice

Don’t ask me where we sat in the market street but here is what we ate.

Wing Beans with sambal

Wing Beans with sambal

Char Kuay Teo or wok fried flat rice noodles

Char Kuay Teo or wok fried flat rice noodles

"Portugese" spiced Stingray- Skate.Spicy and crispy from the grill

“Portugese” spiced Stingray- Skate.Spicy and crispy from the grill

The following days were full of shopping and eating. Petaling Street , the famous KL market and food streets were a favourite for food and the “Jimmy Choo” handbag I bought.

Petaling Street

Petaling Street

Pancake man

Pancake man

 

Chinese pancake peanuts and rice & tapioca batter

Chinese pancake peanuts and rice & tapioca batter

 

Pancake man cutting hot delicious pancake...there were people pushing

Pancake man cutting hot delicious pancake…there were people pushing

Hokien Noodles cooked with lard, dark soy and Pork crackling
Hawker Stalls at Petaling Street
Duck Rice, Petaling Street

I know that now things must end. I will leave you with a few tasty dishes from KLCC the large shopping complex under the Petronis towers. We had a free shuttle back and forth to this centre. You can also catch the local tube train( fantastic) and bus from here. These gardens are very popular with the locals for the paddling pools and trees to sit under. There is cheap and good quality shopping in both clothes and restaurants here at KLCC, you can get almost anything.   Madam Kwan  Malaysian loved specialties, was both packed and delicious and when we visited twice.

Shuttle through the park

Shuttle through the park

Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak

 

Otek otek. Fish paste and egg , cooked in Banana leaf

Otek otek. Fish paste and egg , cooked in Banana leaf

 

Tapioca and caramel in coconut milk

Tapioca Pearls in coconut milk with palm sugar caramel

 

Roti chanai. What would the world be without this fluffy delicious breakfast treat?

Roti chanai. What would the world be without this fluffy delicious breakfast treat?

That my friends is my little 10 day food tour in a nutshell. I know it’s a little too much but I hope you enjoyed. I’ll leave you with a picture of the deep fried display at the supermarket!

Supermarket display

Supermarket display

If you liked this please see Penang a Food tour Day 1 and Let the Eating Continue

And  Finally Malaysia- My Kitchen Stories

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  1. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com

    September 30, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    Divine! I love every adventure you had in Malaysia that is centered all around food — it is after all a country famous for it’s street foods!!

    I can’t wait to visit my families and friends and of course, devour this coming November 😀
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  2. Dedy@Dentist Chef

    September 26, 2013 at 9:01 pm

    Gosh, i always love street food post like this,
    since Indonesia and malaysia is actually a part of Malay descent. i guess the food is similiar, but i still craving for someting new…
    never had seen any gigantic rice cake kwey teow before, the roasted pork is looks really good too!

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  3. Hotly Spiced

    September 25, 2013 at 7:43 am

    The food looks amazing. You must have had the best time. I love it when you go overseas and you truly know you’re overseas because it’s so different to home. I think the problem these days is that that kind of experience is getting harder and harder to find as everywhere is starting to look the same. Except in Malaysia! xx
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  4. Joanne

    September 24, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    I’m in awe of those lace pancakes! ANd all the gorgeous photos!
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  5. yummychunklet

    September 24, 2013 at 8:42 am

    Lovely and tasty looking photos!
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  6. Lisa the Gourmet Wog

    September 22, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    I too, like Lorraine have just never made it to Malaysia! Been all over Asia, just never seem to get the opportunity to get across to Malaysia. It’s such a shame, it looks absolutely amazing! One day…
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  7. Angie@Angie's Recipes

    September 22, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    o my all the exotic and delicious foods! I want some curry mie and coconut jam pastries!
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  8. Eha

    September 22, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    What a fantastic Sunday afternoon journey remembering past trips and wishing I was at the local markets! Thank you so much ~ and for me it was too short rather than too long 🙂 ! Love the ‘mee’ dishes: for decades, whenever I landed in Singapore, my first evening meal [Qantas daylight landed you in your hotel at about 7pm!] was always hokkien mee ~ methinks it still would be!! Have not been north of KL: that also is an interesting ‘scroll’thru’!!

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  9. Suzanne Perazzini

    September 22, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    Fabulous photos. The hoppers look amazing.
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  10. nancy@jamjnr

    September 22, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    I’m so hungry just scrolling through all your beautiful photos I wish a bowl of curry mie would appear in front of me.

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  11. Martine @ Chompchomp

    September 22, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Phoaw! That is a LOT of food you got through there Tania! I take my hat off to you!
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  12. InTolerant Chef

    September 22, 2013 at 10:27 am

    I wish we had deep fried stuff like that at our supermarket Tania! I loved reading about your food adventures and could almost taste some of those goodies 🙂
    I just showed BigJ the photo of the satay stall, and he thinks I’m cruel for teasing him! Maybe next time we’ll tag along 🙂
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  13. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

    September 21, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    Oh the food! The aromas and tastes just jumped off the page for me and I felt like I was there! 😀 I really must get to Malaysia one day, we usually visited Singapore because my mother is from there but never quite made it across to Malaysia!
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