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A true Penangite would definitely have heard about Ang Hoay Lor and the food that is served there. It is truly synonymous with Penang’s local delights and flavour. This quaint shop located right in the heart of Old Georgetown is famous for its oyster mee, bak khi, fried tang hoon, pork leg beehoon, fried oyster and tauhu suan na, to name a few.
Limited parking is available. We circled the area twice before we managed to get a prime parking spot right in front of the shop J. The authentic feel of olden days greeted us as we entered the shop.
It was quite clear that Ang Hoay Lor has its share of loyal supporters, people who have been patronizing the shop for years. We settled on a few specialty dishes and sat back to wait while sipping hot chrysanthemum tea.
The fried oyster was the first dish to arrive. It looked a bit dark from overfrying, but the taste proved otherwise. There were sufficient fresh oysters and the spring onions added that extra oomph to the dish.
The oyster mee came next, with generous helpings of oyster, fish meat, pork and vege. We felt that the dish was slightly on the salty side.
One thing we note is that only pickled chillies and cabai burung are provided here. We were quite disappointed when we asked for sambal, and were told there was none available.
For those unfamiliar with bak khi, this (we are told by the server) is a famed Hokkien delight. It is essentially pork meat wrapped in a layer of cornstarch flour, fried and served in a thick soup.
After our experience eating this dish, we all agreed it is an acquired taste. If you like the texture of sticky cornstarch, you will most likely enjoy it.
The other 2 side dishes we ordered were the prawn fritters and the tauhu suan na. The prawn fritters were fried to a crispy golden brown (mmmm J) and the tauhu fried with suan na was indeed flavourful, though a bit salty.
All in all, if you are looking for a taste and ambience that is reminisce of Old Penang, look no further than Ang Hoay Lor.
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Read the first part of the Tales of Saigon
That irritating sound won’t stop.
It just won’t stop bothering me.
258 was the number of days that I have been counting.
There it goes … I heard the sound again, echoing in the tunnel.
I moved myself to the adjacent burrow. I can feel that it is coming towards my direction. Wait, something is not right here. From the back of my body.
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Was I dead or did I just pass out in the dark? All I can feel is the numbness in my nerves.
I hate the sound of machine guns.
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I grabbed the handle strongly, so strongly that I almost clutched myself to the seat right in front of me. The bus was rocking a hard way through the terribly uneven muddy path.
‘The absorber is worn out.’
Again, my head hit high into ceiling of the bus as it runs over a huge crater on the road.
We joined a day tour to Cu Chi and Cao Dai for less than USD 7. For that price, I certainly didn’t expect a long arse journey on the bus. I think my lungs, kidneys and stomachs sagged by 1.5cm after spending 5 hours travelling on the rocky road.
Our Bobby Chinn look-alike tour guide was very entertaining.
‘Miss, whe du yeu kam frum?’
‘Malaysia’.
‘Ohhh…de land famous for robbers!’
Astounded by his reply, I found out later that he means ‘rubber’. Certainly one of the most interesting remarks in this journey.
The journey throughout Cu Chi was a remarkable one. I was particularly amazed by their perseverance and determination. Imagine a bunch of Viet Cong soldiers living in the dark, humid and claustrophobia-inducing underground. The American troop described the conditions within the tunnel as ‘black echoes’.
We did try to explore one of the sections of the tunnel that has been expanded to accommodate taller/ larger sized tourists.
It ain’t fun.
I was a fool to believe that the tunnel has been enlarged to accommodate the big size us. *imagining walking around the tunnel freely like visiting museum liddat*
Half way crawling through the tunnel (I almost laid flat on the floor and creep towards the end), I was sweating and screaming in my heart…the tunnel seems to be never ending. How did the Viet Cong soldiers manage to survive in the tunnel for 20 over years when I find the dark claustrophobic atmosphere unbearable for mere 2 seconds?
I am a true brat spoiled by modernity.
After the exploration, I found something amusing. I really wanted to try that real thing. At least once. The guy recommended M16, so I bought 10 bullets (USD 17) for that.
It still ain’t fun lorrrrr.
I was a fool to believe that ear muff works. The NRR (Noise Reduction Rating) is close to ‘0’. The impact of the shot was so powerful that every shot leaves my ear drum with a numb (wee wung wung…wee wung wung…) feeling.
Special thanks to Hairy for capturing all my retarded looking moments.
Food was more or less the same throughout the 3 days. Pho, Pho & more Pho(s) which I enjoyed thoroughly.
I’m glad that I insisted on trying out on our last day despite the fact that we were supposed to rush to the airport.
We ordered “The Legend” which was nothing like the ordinary Starbucks cappuccino. The coffee was really strong and bold, definitely one of the highlights of my trip. *Love*
Later on when we return to SG, we found out that there is actually a branch located at Liang Court, Clark Quay. *Double Love*
My fave picture of all
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For now, I’m more than happy to return to my comfort zone, happily munching on my routine subway ham and egg, surfing dumb websites, and crossing the road without the fear of being smashed by 58 motorbikes into a slab of tomato paste in the middle of the road.
Bar none, I still love you, Saigon.
Yellow stars missing in sight …
-The end-
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#1: Untold Secrets of the Message Room
When darkness falls, everything turns into a picture of dead silence.
I stepped on the narrow staircase leading to the underground.
‘Shhh…be quiet…you don’t want to wake them up…let me show you the way.’
I saw this young boy when I stumbled upon this place. In fact, I saw him everywhere. From the main door, the message room to the combat officer room… He was there, everywhere.
I lost him soon after.
‘Tub…tub…tub…’
The floor is so thin that I can feel the tremble. I heard that coming from the back.
‘Dooom…’
When darkness falls, everything turns into a picture of silence … a dead silence.
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I didn’t dwell myself too long in that B-grade horror flick as I walk through the underground tunnel of the Reunification Palace.
Oh by the way, I was at Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) for 3 days. Thanks to the free air tickets from the lucky dip.
The first, second, third and fourth floor didn’t excite me. There were numbers of meeting rooms, conference rooms and dining rooms of different themes, a place previously resided by the presidents.
We were just wandering around the Palace and stumbled upon one eery staircase that leads to the dark underground. That really intrigued my interest.
There were secret rooms (or message rooms) with bulky and dusty switchboards, the very 60s phones and the good old typing machines.
Hairy attempted this shot ala Wong Kar Wai mode that inspired the series of dark tales.
The young boy is definitely not from our hallucination but he was really everywhere. Everywhere that we went. He loves blocking our way, interrupting at the background when we were shooting photos and looking at Hairy with a creepy smile.
‘Sekali you see him in one of the black & white pictures hung on the wall’ said Hairy with a blank look.
How interesting.
Obviously we didn’t spot him in any of the pictures, in fact the pictures shown were depressing and disheartening. Nuclear bombs, massacre and concentration camps. I just want to get out of that place.
Back to reality, we were caught in the middle of the junction with motorbikes coming from all 4 directions and with 58 bikes honking at us at the same time, as if we were blocking their ways *sweat*
Funny mode of transport in Vietnam
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I was literally distressed, I think a bowl of piping hot noodles would be a good cure.
We dropped by Ben Thanh Market (we call it the ‘Beh Tahan Market’) and zoomed straight into the food section.
Tell me about pracitising food hygiene, there were a few dead cockroaches lying under my seat.
To eat or not to eat? Gulp…There goes my first bowl of pork knuckle noodles in Vietnam and L-S (diarrhea) on the very next day.
At night, we strolled along the night market street and the dai chow stalls came into sight. Born to be gluttons, we settled for another round of food.
The return of the alcoholic.
Can you believe that a bottle of Saigon beer costs only 90 cents (10,000 dong)?
But that 90 cents can only give you a taste of gassy plain water. I stopped at one bottle.
Oh well, the journey didn’t end here. In fact it only started the next day – a five hours helluva extreme journey that can only be found in Vietnam.
To be continued.
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Jalan Alor as usual is claims as one of the hot spot for Malaysian but for me being a Penang Lan and dear as a Perak Lang.. it is hard for us to claim ho cheak comparable to other people. In a sudden, I felt like going dere for dinner and we went there.. em.. wat can I say is a FAIL lo..
You can say many stalls of choices there and we went one of them which is located a bit behind.. of the road/.. which is not really nice..i had to prawn mee which usually in Penang is called as Hokkien Mee. The prawn mee is still acceptable except its not that spicy as well as they have lots oil inside which I don think is nice
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As for dear, he had the Char Koay Teow and for me is absulotely fail.. the koay teow don seems look nice and the taste is kinda weird.. eee…
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Me and dear after de makan we took a pic together.. is picture time again …haha
Taste:
prawn Mee: 3/5
Char Koay Teow: 1/5
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Bayan Bay Food Court is one of the makan places famous within the factory area after work. it si located at the Bukit Jambul area where the location is so strategic where u can drive 10- 15 minutes for a makan.. This food court can say u can find nearly all the Penang Hawkers delights there .. from hokkien Mee, curry mee and more.. and the most important thing is there have ample of parking space.
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The barley drink is kinda nice,, and is not very sweet as well.
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Dad ordered the koay teow th’ng which this stall is famous one as well. the koay teow th’ng soup here is cooked with chicken soup and there are some cooked with duck soup. As for this stall, the koay teow th’ng here is simply nice.. and not so oily . dad love them so much
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As for mum, she ordered de fried rice. em.. the fried rice was claimed to be famous last time.. but I dono why isn’t now… but to my mum the taste is still oishi oishi.. and of course most importantly is the rice quality and is not sticky and that’s will turns them nice and oishi liao .
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As for me, I ordered the IKAN bakar dere. this is the famous stall for ikan bakar.. and many Penangtist also say so .. hahaha.. me also Penang lang.. hahha. will say is nice.. basically you need to have patience on waiting as the business is so so good.. where I wait nearly 20 minutes plus for the ikan bakar and I finished them in 10 minutes.. haha
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Overall the food quality here is not bad ,,.. and the prices are simply reasonable
Quality:
Koay Teow Thng – 3/5
Barley-3/5
Fried Rice-3/5
Ikan Bakar-5/5
Price
Koay Teow Thng –RM 3
Barley = RM 1.30
Fried Rice = RM 4.50
Ikan Bakar = RM 12.00
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This can say a Laksa from Thai with the combination on Laksa from Penang.. is a special kind of Laksa and the taste is very nice. The Lemak Sour Laksa can say is hardly found in many stalls and there are some which I know is in the Pulau Tikus area.
This is not over there but this is at Bukit Jambul area which the food court name is Yee Hong, This food court is opened basically 24 hours .. and the laksa is available during morning around 11 am till the evening.. as usual is while stock last basis.. haha..
The laksa ingredients the same except for the soup. It wont be so lemak as well as not too sour. Overall the taste is nice.. oishi desu
Taste: 4/5
Price: RM2.50/ bowl
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BRJ Bistro Corner is one of both me and dear famous shop for fried chicken, The chicjen dere is hot hot and is very crispy especially it served HOT.. and the taste is simply incredible. We both can drive from KJ to Wangsa Maju just for the oishi chicken.. I cant imagine.. how the taste like when it can attract both us to drive all the way for the chicken.. haha
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The shop is simply located along the Putra LRT line When u are down from the line, opposite will be the Jusco , and you need to head to the stall, and shop houses and walked straight till de end and u can see de shop dere.. is really nice and oishi chicken u can have there
The oishi fried chicken
Price: RM 3
Taste: 5/5
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Different from what the title would imply, I’m not writing a hopelessly romantic getaway post. In fact, the trip was initiated by a not so amorous reason – to clear Fishy’s annual leave for the first quarter of 2009.
Hokkaido was in the list.
Koh Samui looks not too bad either.
Infomercial break: Visit , a newly established boutique resort by my company in Koh Samui 
Whatever it is, the plan was to fully utilise our passports and travel out of Singapore. Ding dong here and there, after all the cost and time factor consideration, we ended up here…
Bintan Island.
An Indonesian Island that is blardy near to Singapore and is the well-known beach holiday travelling spot for Singaporeans, something akin to Malaysian travelling to Port Dickson.
The island has become so popular among Singaporeans that all prices are denoted in Singapore dollars. And nothing is cheap here.
Lunch was in the resort beside a muddy pool.
Trying to be adventurous, I picked some funny looking fruits from the buffet spread counter, thought it would have tasted something like lychee. But yiaks…the flesh was so hard and it tasted like one semi-sweetened garlic. To date, I still have no idea what is the name of this fruit. Shit, or was it only a plastic display.
After all the funny food and fruits, our next plan was to show off our assets.
I mean the colourful bikinis that we brought.
For that 3 days we took the risk to ride on the ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) or known as the quad-bike.
The ride was a rough and tough one, across the muddy pool, sandy pathway, up the hill, down the stream, and the whole vehicle was so hard to navigate that I almost crashed myself right into a tree. .
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15 minutes on the road and we regretted. Blardy hell, we even paid for one full hour of ride that cost us SGD 80. We suffered through the whole ride with aching fingers, dirty black face, dusty eyes and cuts – I think I hurt myself when I lost control and drove passed one thorny branch.
The evening was spent on the beach attempting beachy jumps.
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Piggy did the “pray-while-you-splash-water” jump.
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I attempted the “as-if-I-did-yoga-by-the-beach” pose.
Why am I always so determined to make myself look stupid.
Oh, and we saw an island swam us by…
The holiday was not too bad after all, albeit abit commercialised as the whole island is dedicated to earn monies out of Singaporeans.
I had fun.
We had fun.
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Every Monday there will be a pasar malam @ SS2 and we spotted this after our makan at other places.. and is such a waste.. dear.. next time, we eat here..and taste all de cheap oishi food,.. rather than de restaurants food which is killing our pocket and is not nice sometimes..
That day, we went there for a walk and we had many of a kind of food.. which we spotted with our eyes.. but once we get off de car not long .. rain started pouring and ended up we din manage to catch to taste bits and bites of the pasar malam street food.
Dear spotted this pork curry fish ball which is really very nice and oishi.. the curry is kinda spicy which caught his delights and the pork fish ball is fresh and hot … which had make him even like dem. How he rated them …
Taste: 5/5
Price: RM 1.80
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Kek Seng as u know, one of the oldest coffee shop is famous for one thing which is the durian ice cream where the durian ice cream is blended and served by the coffeeshop it self. the durian ice cream is not like other places.. and it melts kinda fast. Other than that, the taste is very special . where the durian taste is very strong .. hahah.a
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Taste: 4/5
Price: RM 3
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