Penang Guan Yin Temple槟城观音亭 Loh Mee卤面 & Pasembur

Since it was my mother's lunar birthday last week, I brought her to the Guan Yin Temple at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling to pray for good luck and prosperity.


Guan Yin Temple (Goddess of Mercy Temple)
A famous ancient temple in Penang which is more than 200 years old located at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling.


Peanut Brittles
Inside the temple, there is an old man selling peanut brittles. His peanut brittles are totally awesome. They seduce my taste buds every time I approach the stall. Cheap yet mouth-watering, high-recommended, thumbs-up!

After visiting the temple, we decided to have our lunch at a nearby coffeeshop. Before my first visit to this place, I had heard lots of great compliments about the Loh Mee here. People always say that this is the best Loh Mee in town. Therefore, I thought that it was a must for me to try out!



Guan Yin Temple Loh Mee
Ok....I am not trying to be offensive here. To me, I certainly will not pay them a 2nd visit again. I waited for a long time for the Loh Mee to be served and I had to pay a high price (higher than the market price) for that. Frankly, although people say that this Loh Mee is the best in town, I think that it is just a bowl of ordinary Loh Mee which is expensive and surely not worth it.

Any comments about this Loh Mee? Is it really that yummy? Or were those rumours? Or was that my unlucky day that I had to take expensive normal-taste Loh Mee?



Ingredients and the making of Pasembur


Pasembur
A famous Malaysian Indian salad which is a mixture of tou-gua, cucumbers, turnips, potatoes, bean sprouts, cuttlefish and etc. You get to choose the ingredients that you like according to your personal taste.

Read more...

KL Loh Mee吉隆坡滷麵 - Hwa Lam Coffee Shop华南茶室 @ Lebuh Carnavon

Loh Mee is one of Penang's famous hawker food. Available in a mouth-watering taste at almost every corner of Penang. However, have you ever tried before KL Loh Mee?? This cannot be found so easily! Feeling curious?! You may drop by the Hwa Lam Coffee Shop at Lebuh Carnavon (opposite Pragin Mall) to get a bowl of them.


When comparing those Penang Loh Mee with this KL Loh Mee, you will find that although they are considered as the same family, they have extremely different "personalities". Penang Loh Mee is served in precooked starchy broth, garnished with a variety of options, eg. hard boiled eggs, chicken leg, mushrooms and pork intestines. On the other hand, KL Loh Mee is served with dark starch broth which has black vinegar in it and each bowl is cooked seperately with egg added in the broth and a little seafood, such as prawn, fish and fish cake slices.


Preparing to work~~~

See what I meant?! The broth is cooked together with the noodles, unlike those ordinary ones which can be served straight away after pouring the precooked broth into the bowl.

KL Loh Mee with black vinegar
After waiting impatiently for 15 minutes, my medium-sized KL Loh Mee was finally presented in pipping-hot broth. I accidentally burnt my lips when I was in a hurry to gobble them up!!

Hokkien Char 福建炒
Not only are they famous for KL Loh Mee, Hokkien Char is one of their specialties too! I simply love the big and fresh prawns (as shown in the picture above) and the crispy fried onions which I always ask for more~~~

I have been visiting this stall for more than 10 years already and they never ever gave me the slightest dissappointment. Establish since 1994, this KL Loh Mee stall is always enjoying endless stream of customers. Words are hard to explain my KL Loh Mee experience there, want to know more?! Just pay them a visit during your next dinner, I believe you will leave the table satisfied.

Hokkien Loh Mee - Hwa Lam Coffee Shop华南茶室

Address:
266 Lebuh Carnavon,
10100 Penang.

Business Hours:
6pm - 12am
(Closed on Tuesdays)

Read more...

Kampachi @ Equatorial Hotel, Penang

I have not posted anything new in the last two weeks and I am really sorry about that. Ever since Michael Jackson's tragic death, I had been hanging on Youtube everyday. Now, I think it is time for me to return to my normal blogging routine.

Searching over the documents in my computer, I found out that I had been keeping the photos of Kampachi at Equatorial Hotel since Mother's Day. On Mother's Day, my family and I went for a Japanese meal at Kampachi, it was a trend in my family to celebrate Mother's Day there. Duh.....Maybe Kampachi is really near to my house!

Kampachi welcomes you~~

Here's a reminder for everyone. Make sure you make advance booking if you are going to Kampachi during any festival. They might be fully booked anytime!


I always love the sushi bar at Kampachi as they always serve exquisite yet delicious sushi as well as sashimi.


Having an affair with sushi


I was feeling a bit down when I discovered that most of the sashimi were gone. These were the ones which "survived".


Soba, sauce and everything nice = ??


Soba
A thin Japanese noodle made of bucketwheat flour, served with chilled sauce. One of my favourite Japanese cuisine. And in my opinion, I think Kampachi serves the best soba.

Mussel Teppanyaki

Salmon Teppanyaki


Fresh oyster
You better move fast if you are hunting for these. They always have the greatest reception at Kampachi. The second, will be the teppanyaki prawn (I failed to get them, so there's no photo...sorry! )

Prawn Chawan Mushi
I used to be crazy about this when I was a kid. This would definitely shut my mouth up for making so much noise at the table. But then, as I grown up, I find that stuffing my stomach with lots and lots of chawan mushi is a bit dumb! So, I seldom eat them in Japanese restaurants nowadays!


Potato Salad
This was cute, I found it at a small corner of the sushi bar. I think this was a new dish. I had never seen it during my earlier visits.


Seafood Pizza-Okonomiyaki
My mum's favourite. She got a piece for me, but I did not appreciate that. I found it quite weird (not trying to be offensive, personal opinion only!). Something cute about this. There were some small thread-like moving stuffs, quite creepy on top of the pizza! I don't know what was that, anyone can tell me the name??

Japanese mini To-fu
This will always be a must for me as a To-fu Queen. Too bad, it was quite small, so I have to make several trips to get them to fill me up!!!

Assorted pastries
Nothing special about the desserts, they had quite a large variety to choose from, but I found them average only.

Kampachi @ Equatorial Hotel, Penang

Address:
1 Jalan Bukit,
11900 Bayan Lepas,
Penang.

Tel:
04-643 8111

Email:
info@mel.equatorial.com

Opening hours:
Monday-Sunday
Noon-11pm

Read more...