Lok Pin Café – Anson Road, Penang

     Lok Pin at Anson road is a place selling Fish Head Behoon, Chicken Rice, Hokkien Mee, Wantan Mee, Loh Bak and (according to the stall’s owner own saying) “Famous Asam Laksa Anson Road”. On the street in front a few more hawkers selling pancakes, fruit, Mee Goreng… The café itself was under renovation. I don’t know what it [...]

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Hokkien Mee & Penang Assam Laksa at Kampung Jalan Baru

After the accidental discovery of a Malay stall proposing a do-it-yourself Assam Laksa dish, we finally were about to reach the initial target of our expedition journey. It’s situated close to the sea, along a small river in the Kampung Jalan Baru, a Chinese community close to Batik Pulau. I saw a lot of private houses that were having [...]

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Malay stall selling Assam Laksa near Jalan Bharu

This was going to be a challenge: I only had very few information how to find a certain place I read about. It was way out of town, a private house in a fishing village on the West Coast, near to Balik Pulau. Anyway, we’ll be trying to find it. Moreover we wanted to drive via Batu Feringgi, the [...]

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Kopitiam Kek Seng

Located along Penang Road, near Komtar Kek Seng is well known for its  durian ice-cream and ais kacang. For my better half, Kek Seng brings back childhood memories about visiting the place with her school friends.  The shop started more than 100 years ago: established in 1906.  As the sweet stuff  is not exactly my thing, we went for some little [...]

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