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Taman Tun Dr.Ismail (TTDI) Pasar Ramahdan 2010

Taufulou — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:40:06 +0000

One of the thing that I have been asking around from my Malay friends and colleague are which pasar ramahdan is recommended to go? There are a few actually with like of Kelana Jaya, TTDI and one of the most highly recommended was Taman Melawati but then for this round, we, me, Ken and Andrew decided to make our first street photography and food hunt at TTDI.

We reach the place pretty early around 3pm and there are still some stalls setting up but most of them are already selling like hot cakes. One of the reason that the residence are unhappy about this about the traffic is cannot deny that this TTDI Pasar Ramahdan is quite impressive with its size of the bazaar is big, circulating the main middle area of shop houses. It will be start off with the stretch in front Popeye towards KFC and to Shell end, more like a retangular shape. You Imagine yourself how big it is.

this post will be more on pictures on this lovely Pasar Ramahdan.

Ayam Percik

Kelantan Style Ayam Percik

Kuih Muih

Krim Karamel

Malay version of Leng Chi Kang

the Legends Continue. .

Pipping hot Ayam Madu

Pan Fried Cockles

A juice drink from Egypt, Best is the brand and we tried all the juices as were selling 3 for RM10 and the best is Mango.

Putu Piring Gula Melaka is one of the longest que that we have seen in the bazaar from start to end.

Satay

Roast Lamb for Kebab

Ayam Percik 1 Malaysia

More like east malaysia cuisine Kelantan area as she homecook it.

Indian Ice Kacang with optional of adding pulut.

Fried Popiah

Selling pretty fast.

Pasar Ramadhan @ Kampung Kerinchi

Taufulou — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:49:05 +0000

In Malaysia, when comes to Bulan Berpuasa (fasting month) there will be a quite a number of places we can hunt for variety local malay food with street long which we can enjoy it very much which is known as Pasar Ramadhan (Bazaar Ramadhan). Most Muslims will go to this market or bazaar to buy what they would like to have for dinner with friends and family.

Therefore last weekend I just pass by Kampung Kerinchi and decided to take a peek what does this Pasar Ramahdan got to offer, as this would be my first stop afterall. There will be not much write up as more on pictures. . .

As I was there around 5pm on my way back home.. the street market is packed with people doing last minute food hunting for buka puasa.

fruits Stall….

Cucur Udang

When I was taking their picture, every one of them like so happy and thought that I was from Chinese Newspaper most of the neighbouring stalls keep asking him to smileee..pose a bit yeng to be featured. . . . Not only that, the first thing that they mention that do I take pictures for Facebook?(this is what every stalls owner ask me)

Man professional at work . . . .

You can get variety of drinks with my all time favourite is ‘Air Jagung’ (Corn Drink)

Chinese do have economy rice but this is the Malay style economy rice.

One of my favourite picture, working hard to slice the whole chicken which is ready to eat. I was tempted by the smell of it.

Ayam Percik known as the Malay version of marinated roast chicken.

Not to be miss with our local favourites, Satay

Hawker Food @ New Lane, Penang

Taufulou — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:00 +0000

When all thoughts about street food or hawker center, a street food which one of my real favorite that located in the heart of the city that covers variety nice food and also one of the place that most people would not want to miss is one of the classic and famous street, New Lane. The street is packed with side by side hawker and even some of the stalls are repeated with their very own originality and depends on your taste bud. Every stall enjoys their own customer.

This place was sardin packed with tourist on my last dining outing there. When I was back for Chinese New Year, I visited this place twice as I did miss some of my favourite stalls and most of the stalls here worth to be recommended.

Even people from the west came by here to do their food shooting.

One of the stalls which is very famous or a signature of the street is the ‘Chu Chap Chuk’ with all the pig spare part hanging in the stalls and one of hawker that start operate around 5pm then you can see a lot of old and young came by to ta pau back. RM4-RM6

If you do not like Pig Spare Part porridge, then you can op of ‘Duck Porridge’ which is very good too, with its well roast duck meat chopped and added in it with the aromatic duck sauce.

Fried Oyster in this area is pretty good too, with its big oyster added on after deep fried egg base.

There are 2 ‘Wantan Mee Noodle’ that I like the difference is the noodle used. This stall the noodle tend to be not so springy but it has its own style and I like their ‘Sui Kow’

This is one of the best ‘Tong Sui’ that you can even customade the ingredient that you want. One of their signature is also the ‘Almond Soup with Yau Char Kuai’ and I believe the other stall that they are operating at Lebuh Kimberly.

The tong sui soup base which is cook to perfect taste that suits me because its not too sweet.

If you are looking to taste the local taste of ‘Char Koey Teow’ this stall had always been frying nonstop even I prefer to take it myself is even faster than sit and wait.

Deep fried with wok hei and its very cheap too compare to Lorong Selamat and to me it taste much better than there.

I just love the ‘Curry Mee’ from this stall, with is clear santan soup and home made chili that stir in it makes it extra umph and chili aromatic that mix well in it.

Even though here had been my favorite but I this would be my first time to try on ‘Chee Cheong Fun’ here but of course my still all time favourite is the one at Genting Kopitiam at Island Glades.

It was steam well soft, yet the traditional method is with har kou (prawn paste) and add some chili is good, and some people do eat it with oil and sesame. Another version of it.

If you are craving for ‘Ikan Pangang Bakar’ . . .

this stall really serve a nice pangang fish but its just that overprice.

‘Beef Ball Soup’ in this kopitiam served very good lembu soup base.

Strong taste of the soup yet with the cow spare part is something I cannot resist. Dipping it with chili sauce is just taste fantastic and there are people who actually pour the whole chili sauce into the soup, stir and eat it. RM4-RM8

Another stall of ‘Char Koey Teow’ which is located inside the kopitiam is my dad’s favourite but I do not really like it. (again depends on your taste bud) RM4.50

This stall ‘Wan Tan Mee’ we prefer to order the soup base instead of the dry one, another one of my favorite stall. It depends on my mood to go for which 1, sometimes I prefer the road side and sometimes I prefer this. Both is equally good. RM3

For desert wise, there are two stalls located at the end of the street which is nearby Sunway Hotel. One is the ‘Apong Telur’ and ‘Kuih Ketayap’ which is 5 pieces(can mix) for RM2.

And last my FAVOURITE ‘Apom Manis Stall’ which I had been patronizing since when I was a kid till now. I find it this is the best so far and it is even better than Apom Guan (located in front of Union Primary) and the owner which is very funny. This stall was started by his dad and now the son had took over.

There are 2 type of base which is the normal one (classic flavor) and the one with Pandan (aromatic in flavor)

As I always love the one in ‘Jagung’ and ‘Banana’ is not bad too. I just love how he added on the extra flavour on the kuih base as when I bite it, I can still bite on the tiny coconut slices in it that makes it very aromatic. I always ended up having 5 peices even I am very full.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 10/10, Favourite lorong, Recommended~ ~-Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
New Lane, Penang
(next to Sunway Hotel)

Penang Hakwer Street Food @ Lebuh Kimberly, Penang

Taufulou — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:32:00 +0000

I have been reading a lot of status this morning, yeah, I know its hard to drag our ass to work since most of the people start to work today yet with very heavy Chinese New Year Mood and bombard with tons of work after a few days off, its kinda pain in the ass. Since now I am at Penang, let me start off with Penang Street Food first. This location had always been my all time favorite area to eat which I had been long time did not visit this place. Its a very cheap place to eat in.

It is usually pack with local crowds after 7.30pm. It is advisable to go early or if you would want to enjoy the local feel with standing and waiting for tables and manning your area then anytime would be good. Most of the hawkers here had been operating for more than 10 years already and its had been a signature area.

Let’s start off with the street famous Char Koey Teow. In this stall, its famous that you can add on additional item, such as Mantis Prawn, Chinese Sausage, Duck egg or prawns. It is best that they uses charcoal to fried, the taste would be different.

This is my plate of ‘Char Koey Teow add with Duck Egg and Mantis Prawn’. Perfectly fried, dried and a bit sticky yet with wok hei and duck egg build in different aroma in it, is something which I expect. RM5

Next a stall which I would not miss is the ‘Tong Sui Stall’. Cost RM1-RM3.50

‘Almond Soup Tong Sui’ is the signature of this stall. Not many people enjoy the taste of it but I have learn the fair taste, very thick in almond taste, not very watery yet add on with the yau char kuih, I can just still imagine the taste of it. Good for health as what I have been told by my grandmother when I was young.

Next is the ‘Cham’ I always had too. Clear tasty non very sweet tong sui base that goes along very well after eating of so many street food.

‘Red Bean Soup’ that had been boild to build up the aroma yet the bean is not soft and a bit solid as that is how the preserve the tasty’ness of it.

Heading to next stall is the ‘Koay Teow Soup’, again as not only they sell only the noodle yet you can add on additional dish with their famous signature ‘Cham’ (consist of egg, chicken feet, pig intestine and taufu) or if you do not like som eof the item, you can just order randomly.

‘Dry Koey Teow’ taste quite good, not very salty as expected yet the koey teow is silky smooth yet a bit oily make it taste good. RM3

One of my favorite ‘Pig Intestine’, been boil and steam very very soft, yet very juicy when bite it as the watery home cook soup soy base had made it very aromatic.

Another stall which is very famous with local folks is this stall that you must not miss. ‘Kuih Chap’ that serve with homemade kuih style as noodle base yet add in all the Duck spare part in it. Besides their famous signature, they also do serve porridge which is a top notch too.

can add on this part if you like.

This are all the ingrediants that going to add into the bowl.

Here comes my very ‘Kuih Chap’ with all the duck spare part.

With the home made kuih that replace noodle which is a must for ‘Kuih Chap’. I just miss this alot, very aromatic soup base that filled with duck and salty taste yet the meat of the duck is very soft, and my mouth watering meal. 1 bowl is enough to kill me off. Small RM5

Another stall that I discover which is the ‘Belacan Fried Chicken’ which walk a bit further down from that 3 stalls.

Deep fried as very crispy on the edge, yet the chicken meat is very filled with belacan taste as I buy it hot from the wok.

One of the thing I fell in love with this stall is the ‘Deep Fried Salted Fish Taufu’. Although its not similiar like ‘Chou Taufu’ but it something I love. Deep fried till the outer layer is solid yet when you bite on it, you can taste the softness of the taufu yet salted fish aroma is there and dip with the chili sauce given, is something I could not ask for. RM 2-RM 3 sell in 10 pieces.

This is one of my favorite Penang Street Food area. Recommended~

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 9/10, Very Good Nehh..Recommended~ ~-Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:

Penang Street Food,

Kimberly Street, Penang.

Map

Famous Nasi Kandar Line Clear @ Penang Road, Penang

Taufulou — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:16:00 +0000

When people mention that its not good to eat in dirty places as not a great place to dine in for hygiene purpose but Penang, there are a few places that should not be miss that with this environment they make a great food.

In my thought, I still feel that Penang still has the best Nasi Kandar compare to KL or I still have not come across any nice one yet in KL. This place,hidden in one of a very small alley had been so famous that till during my last trip back to Penang and pass numerous time the shop and the queue in the lunch time is so damm long. From inside the stall till outside till make a L shape queue to the next shop and people are hunting for it even under the hot sun.

Usually I visit this place for my supper and used to come very often till my friend got scared of me. Every time ask me where to go for supper and I would replied, LINE CLEAR. For me, I always go around 1.30am as the fried chicken is frying hot that just came out from the wok, fresh and crispy.

Since I started blogging, I have not visited this place which means for more than a year already and till last weekend go hunt for it with best friend as both of us are a fan of this shop.

If you are hungry at night, need not to fear that, this place operate 24 hours a day and 365 a year.

This would be the best sight to see of all the salivating gravy that going to shower on my rice.

This is what I meant that the crispy chicken I would not miss and its highly recommended by me. Crispy on the outside, yet soft and juicy in the inside.

When I was in the queue I was surprise to see this guy which had been so hip hop and yeng just for taking your order in the rice area.

After taking my portion, he always ask me, clear? Line clear? and my reply is always veryyyyyy clearr….

Another thing that I would not miss in this stall is this very ‘Susu Tarik with Egg’, besides this he also serve, Milo Tarik, Milo Tarik telur (good too) and one or two more choices.

Last time when I came here, there are no pictures but then now they are getting famous that, they are drawing quite a number of celebrity to their stalls.

This would be my usual portion of ‘Nasi Kandar with chicken, cabbage and ‘Daging’ and with Kuah Campur Banjir’(which mean a lot of gravy).

My favorite ‘Susu Tarik Telur’ something simple clear in milk taste yet add in an egg made the taste even better and a bit yellowish.

Total of my meal is RM7.20 but yet its very satisfying. Surely its a place that must not miss and highly recommended by me. Best time to go is at night.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 10/10, A must go place, if u like Nasi Kandar!!!!~-Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Nasi Kandar Line Clear,
Penang Road,
Penang.
(opp Odeon Cinema at the junction of Chulia Street and Penang Road intersection)
small alley next to it.

*HALAL

Biffi Burger and Fried Tom Yam Noodle @ Seh Poh Kio – Jalan Ayer Itam, Pg

Taufulou — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +0000

Last trip of back to Penang, the first thing when I reach back after dumping all my luaguage back at home and went to pick up my friend, heading to Seh Poh Kio for supper. There are very limited places in Penang to hunt for Chinese food during at night after 12am. I was craving for burger that night around 1.30am.

The business of this stall its good at most of the time, depends on your luck when you dropping by that you have to wait long or wait for a while. Luckily on that night I did not wait for long as I was the 3rd person only.

The stall owner is the one leg kick person. Cook, wrap, and sell

My order was ‘Chicken Burger Special’ (Pg version means with Cheese and egg) as I love the version here as one of the best, well cook that preserve the taste of the slice of the chicken meat and well wrap around with the ngam ngam cook egg and top with a slice of cheese and cover with a layer of mayonnaise. RM4 if not mistaken.

Besides this stall that I usually enjoy eating from the thai hawker stall behind it was the ‘Fried Tomyam Maggie Mee’ a style of its own, not too spicy yet soury and filled with mini seafood is a taste that I am missing but on that night, the taste had change not as nice as it used to be. Still not bad but not as craving taste already. RM5

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 8/10, Good ~ -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:

Seh Poh Kio(Dobby Guat) if not mistaken

Jalan Ayer Itam,

Penang

(right beside Shell station of Jalan Terrenganu Junction.)

Operation Hours: 8pm-3am

Murni Revisit @ SS2

Taufulou — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:48:00 +0000

My friends from Indonesia came over to visit me, so as usual for night supper what I usually bring my friends go is Murni. I feel that the food is nice and the price is reasonable. One bad thing about here is, if you are very hungry, this would not be a place I would recommend as sometimes, have to wait extremely long for your food to arrive. There are times that I waited for an hour.

Surprisingly for that night, the food came pretty instant. Just order and came around 3 mins later. Which I also kacau the guy, saying that ‘ eh eh, this is the orang cancel order 1 iziit?’ he laugh and walk away. But the food is warm and hot. Just out from the kitchen. Told my friend that she was lucky tonite that the food serve so fast. Maybe knowing that, there are tourist s eating, so priority 1st.

So this round decided to try the ‘Roti Dragon’ which waited for around 15 minutes cost RM10.

I have never tried out this before but knowing that it is one of the famous item there but but but when I cut open, it is like chicken pie full with filling.

The taste is extremely good, the sauce taste is abit creamy, like mushroom soup, the slices of ham in there is a lot and huge, the chicken cubes and slices also a lot. It is like a mixture of mushroom soup and chicken pie to make it like this. The sauce on top of the skin is tomato puree which is to make their spaghetti bolognaise which goes perfectly well with the serve. The nan skin is soft and warm.

By just eating one of this, is enough to kill you off. We eat it till the very last bite. With the price tag on this dragon, I feel its pretty reasonable for such a huge dragon and also ingredient in it.

For other food review in this mamak, please click here.

-= KA CHING =-
Food rating 8/10 , Very Good Loh~ -Stamped-
-WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Inside SS2, behind KFC.Public bank stretch.

Wai Sek Kai Revisit @ Jln Pudu

Taufulou — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:47:00 +0000

Previously when I went to Wai Sek Kai, this stall didnt open. It is 1 of my favourite stall. So decided to go there again last week to salivate the ……….

‘Orrr Kuih‘ which is soft and the yam taste of it is there. Will be very nice to mix with the chili sauce and sweet sauce ‘Tim Cheong‘.

This is the curry pig skin which is one of the famous food in this stall.

Here comes my food. ‘Curry Chee Cheong Fun with Pig Skin’ . The taste of the curry is mild and a bit sweet which goes along very well with the chee cheong fun and the pig skin just cook well to its softness. I drink till to the last drop of it. RM2.80

This is what I mean the ‘Orrr Kuih‘ or ‘Yam Cake’ if I am right. One of my favourite. RM 1.20 for this.

Of course to close my meal with a very nice kuih which is just next to the stall.

Didnt try before the ‘Yau Char Kuai‘ before so no idea. Judge by the look of the goreng’ness I think should be good.

This is the stall that next to it sell the kuih.

This is my favourite of all in this stall. Like it to the max. The coconut inside it is just sweet to perfection which had been mix with brown sugar and the skin of it is just delicate and the coconut is just to mix with it very good ah… RM0.70

For the food its cheap I find it very reasonable cheap and nice, as other food review please click here

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 9/10 , Okay Lah~ -Stamped-

(the taste rated was for on that day only)

-WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Jalan Sayur, off Jalan Pudu
(opposite Sek Yuen Restaurant on Jalan Pudu).
From Bkt Bintang direction:
Times Squre on your left, turn left on the traffic light: become
(TS on your left, Pudu Jail on right.)
go straight all the way till you see a traffic light. Go straight where you will see Maybank on left. It is around that area. Can find parking spot on the road side after Maybank.)

Sin Kee Kitchen @ Taman Desa,KL

Taufulou — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Excited about Friday as always cuz it is WEEKEND~ so my new partner in crime the double K which is Kebbie and Karen a.k.a Kalan(a gigantic eater yet slim like hell)…ahhaha…They know that I love food so they brought me here and Karen was waiting for her friend to come. I gilar sial diver who ownes a coffee shop Kopitiam Kuan Yew

So here we are, at Taman Desa where I did not know got nice food to eat but its their territory so just go la..never ask much. So while waiting for Kalan friend so arleady hungry and start eating at the road side food. The ‘Chee Cheong Fun’. Too hungry till I forgot to capture the pic of it. It is nice, and cheap. No Complain at all.

Food rating 7.5/10 , Good ah..Not Bad~

Then they directly hantam the stall beside.

The ‘Tau Fu Far’. I tell you, the tau fu far is just so smooth like babies backside. So soft and nice. The white suger syrup is with ginger. So good for those ppl who got infected by fake N1H1. Ginger is good for those got flu. RM1.50

That guy was 20 minutes late. So head to our very original place we wanted to go. Its Sing Kee Kitchen which they said its famous for Duck Rice.

This are the temptation duck hanging around. Waiting to be slain and walap by us.

I thought they were only selling duck rice but to my surprise also this are their side order.

and here……

and here……….

and the very first order that came was the ‘Curry Chicken’. The spiciness lvl is there. Not too hot yet just nice and not to santanese. Goes perfectly well with rice and the chicken is soft and potato is ngam ngam cook.

Then the rice is good. The K&K donate their rice to me. Half each from them so that makes me makan 2 bowl of rice and from just now the chee cheong fun and tau fu far havent digest they pour everything in…Chi Sin..me not monster~

Here comes the dish of the day. The ‘Char Siew and Siew Yuk’. The char siew I would not prefer that much is it is quite meaty and not too much fats so makes it like eating pork , the sauce that goes along with it is not really nice, not the kind that I prefer and of course the Siew yuk would be better, the crust of the tip is crispy and the fats is just nice.

The main dish of the day. ‘Whole Duck’ is serve on the table. The duck skin is roast to okayness and the duck meat would not be so hard nor soft. The sauce that goes along on the duck so so but still prefer the 1 I ate in Penang.

This is another side order, which is I don really how to call this. But if you mix the sauce with curry chicken, and mix it with rice…sure do you can just walap the whole bowl of rice without any problem. The pork meat is soft, nicely cook to perfection.

Lastly that guy order ‘Caramel Pudding’ for Kalan saying that its one of the signature of the shop. Then we tried that it is so so only. The taste of caramel is not strong like onli 25% and the pudding is soft but yet I feel taste a bit weird. I do not really eat pudding but was just giving a try. Not bad I would say.

At the end of the meal I do not know what is the price of the meal cuz was paid by that Kopitiam owner. Thanks to you~ but what I was told is, a plate of normal duck rice cost aorund RM5.50-7.50 without any side dish.

Food rating 7.5/10 , Okay ah..Not Bad~

-= KA CHING =-

-WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:

Taman Desa, Along Secret Recepi row.

Burger @ Bangsar South

Taufulou — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Recently I have been to O-Town Bangsar South quite often as I found out that, it is the most cosy O-Town Branch to meet up with my friends and it is in the middle.

Then I did notice a burger stall in front of it. So as I am sick of the food over there, so decided to give it a try as some times as I pass by there are not many customer in the stall. Most probably the location of its place. For me, if I were to open a stall, pretty sure that I wont pick that spot. The passerby customer is so little.

This is the burger stall that located in front of the 7-11 over there and it is run by 2 local students which is they are doing part time of it. While waiting for the burger had a chat with the stall owner found out that the cost of operating this stall is not more than RM1k because they are not taking franchise. As I know a Ramlee Burger stall need around RM45k for Otai do not know, never ask before.

They way they are doing the burger sure looks good, juicy, and tempting. The fact is the taste of the burger is not bad, surely can improve more. If the meat were to grill a lil longer, it would be perfect. If they can make their mayonnaise sauce more unique then it would be a perfect burger arleady. The best part of the burger is of course the black pepper sauce that they are using. RM4 for this ‘Burger Special with Cheeze‘

Overall the taste is not bad, considering that they are new in the industry and surely will go back again some time.

To visit this stall, you must have fate with them, because the stall syok syok open, syok syok not open. No consistency of when they are operating.

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 5.5/10 , -Okay lah~

–WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:

Jln Kerinchi(Bangsar South)

O-Town Traffic light turn right towards Pantai Panorama Condo.

Jln 112H