Penang | Malaysia Food Tour Series [Ep 1]

This is basically steamed rice with different sorts of curries and side dishes So, look at this beautiful plate which is flooded with curry So good! This is nasi kandar lying here Nasi kandar itself is a famous northern Malaysian dish You can obviously choose chicken, vegetarian in fact, with some vegetables It's mainly curry dishes Spicy but so good I'm going to get the mutton now Normally, mutton has a very meaty smell This, they do not have it I think the curry mixes very well with the meat itself So, what you get is a very flavourful plate of curry rice This is indeed one of the best nasi kandar here in Penang I've asked many locals around and all of them recommended for me to come to Lying Clear Nasi Kandar It has a great history, great food Superb! I'm going to continue digging in How long have you been running the shop here? Yeah, since 1930 What time does it start? Lunchtime Second round, at night? Second round, at night What time? At night, 8 pm 8 pm, like this Ah, okay So, you all cook every day fresh? Fresh... Every day fresh Every day fresh? All of the Lying Clear family Oh... This is my sister and brother That's the third generation This is the third generation So, you have been running here with no plans to change? No... You only have one stall? Yeah I asked the locals, is it just a tourist spot? They said, no, it's also for the locals There are so many things to eat in Penang One of them is cendol I'm at the very famous cendol stall here at Jalan King Kui Remember that? This is how it looks like The very famous actor, Phua Chu Kang from Singapore was also here There's a photo of him here This is what cendol is all about There's gula melaka, sugar, syrup with ice, coconut milk and this little green colour stuff that looks like worms but it's so good So, it's time to dig in It's so good that people are actually all standing here just to have cendol They do not have a place to sit Just look at it yourself Roaming in the streets of Penang after dinner is such a great opportunity to experience the hustle bustle from the brightly lighted food vendors Like this guy here who sells roasted chestnuts The aroma and the golden brown colour lured me into buying a pack of freshly roasted chestnuts Be it steamed corn or chickpeas you have just so much more to choose from Not to forget, fresh and colourful tropical fruits or pickled fruits What about dodo in Malaysian toffee-like confectionery? Sweet, sticky and yummy The next morning is for more food exploration Off we go for breakfast So, I was told that when you're in Penang you have to begin your trip with roti canai which is actually this plate here It's basically flour They just flip it, pan fry it You should actually have a look at how they prepare roti canai To go along with it, of course, they have curry I have here chicken curry, mutton curry and also dal It's not so spicy For dal especially, it's not spicy at all It goes really well What you should do is basically flatten your roti canai with curry Then, enjoy the goodness of it It's good When the roti canai soaks into the curry You have to bite into it Basically, this is a half boiled egg and they would put it on top of the toasted bread Now, the toasted bread is not just toasted in the machine but it's using charcoal So, the fragrance from the charcoal will actually absorb into the bread itself and that makes the bread even more delicious Along with that, between the breads there will be butter and also kaya which is this coconut jam It's also a kind of typical breakfast that Malaysians would eat Half cooked egg What they usually do is that they have a bit of soy sauce and a bit of pepper and they stir it The toast that I told you about earlier It's nicer like that Not bad, huh? Penang is known for various leek smacking hawker dishes like popiah and fried oysters with eggs It is a delight when paired with young coconut juice too Chow Kway Teow are rice noodles fried with seafood, Chinese sausage and some greens Famous bowl of noodles in Penang is of course the Penang laksa Now, there are many types of laksa Penang laksa is meant to be slightly sourish, spicy It has a whole mambu jambu in it It is also the top 50 best dishes in the world, according to CNN So, to know how good it is, you have to try it because there are so many flavours in it and the base of the soup is made from fish So now, this is how it looks like Some vegetables As you can see, fishes and this is actually the prawn paste Now, I'm going to have some bite together with the soup The usual laksa that I tasted is quite fishy This one is very smooth It's not fishy Not fishy at all Slightly sour Not spicy, surprisingly Just maybe a hint It's really good It's so warm here Nevertheless, I'm going to finish my bowl now What time do you wake up to cook? We have to wake up at around 5 am because in the morning, we have fresh fish coming Then, we have to prepare for the fish paste so that you can save it for tomorrow How many hours do you cook? 5 hours I'm saying the paste Ah, the paste Yes Which paste is that you're talking about? So, you cook this for 5 hours? Yes Then, after that, you put it into the soup? Yes, you put it into the soup You add water You add some tamarind water Then, you have to put salt Then, all of the stuff It's ready Ah... The most important stuff is that one That one So, that's your secret Yes It's a kind of Malaysian mochi It's warm So, what the uncle did there was to coat it with sugar and crushed peanuts It's really good So, after that, you have a bowl of laksa In Penang, you can always get your mochi from the guy Pair it up together with the sugarcane drink Refreshing Now, if you are in Penang, remember to look out for these two grannies who will serve you one of the best curry noodles you can find She's the eldest sister and that's her little sister They have been selling here for so many years Still looking very strong Very impressive Hey... This is pao sam Pao sam? Very good Do you eat it every day? Yes Oh... Very expensive Very expensive? So, I'm at the Ain Itam Red Market Ain Itam Red Market It's very near to the Kedlongsi Temple So, as you go up, instead of turning right to Kedlongsi Temple Go straight and there should be a junction where you can turn left That is where the two sisters have been selling these curry noodles for 60 years So, she wakes up at 4.30 in the morning to prepare and then sells it up to the afternoon It's usually sold out People would queue up for this bowl of noodles Now, it's time to try Hmmm... One of the most flavourful curry noodles that I've ever tasted There's squid in it Sambal is good Fits perfectly I think this is really worth trying So, if you're going to Kedlongsi Before you go there, remember... Before 12 o'clock, come here and eat it I'm done with it It's so good that I'm going to get another bowl