Running The Gauntlet - A Penang Pig-out Story

On the way to a colleague's wedding in Penang, we had planned several stops along the way to pig ourselves out. Basically, the main event was the eating and the wedding was just the side attraction. Our first stop was in Bidor... had this wantan mee (without char siew).



So we dropped by Ipoh along the way... went to a famous coffee shop but no pictures yet except for their big padang... see below...



Then along the way to Penang, just before the bridge, we diverted to Bukit Tambun - the guys wanted to have seafood but I wasn't too keen about the offerings... especially the conch (spiky shell) you see here so my friends whacked the whole plate by themselves. Boiled and eaten with sambal belacan. The oh-chean was not too bad though.



Finally, Penang, and the first bowl of assam laksa at a hawker centre in Island Glades... not too bad. The mua chi was quite good.



The following day, after the wedding dinner (no point talking about that here); a coffeeshop in Pulau Tikus which was packed packed packed...



First off, a wonderful bowl of curry mee. Just the right amount of curry and santan. Yum! My favourite here.



How can one miss Penang char kuay teow...



Ah the famous Penang chee cheong fun and prawn paste... very very tasty!



5 of us walloped 11 plates of food here (some not mentioned or photographed)...



So we walked around the market to let some of the food digest before we continued...



It was not yet lunch time (around 10.30am) so we decided to whack some mee goreng across the street...



And mee rebus... bringing our tally to 13!



And then we couldn't leave Penang without Ghee Hiang and Penang Road cendul right?



After that it was straight for lunch at Ipoh (quite similar food to what we had the day before)... pork satay and spare parts here...



We all loved the popiah... we had it the day before too...



Of course, we did not relinquish the chance for a bowl of sar hor fun! Again, many other dishes did not make the photos list ^_^



I hope you enjoyed this post from me, the kaki makan!

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