Crispy Noodle with Sauce Recipe

Two major steps in preparing this dish and both can be done at the same time. This dish consists of the crispy noodle and the sauce that goes with it.

For preparing the crispy noodle refer to the previous post below:

 - How To Make Crispy Noodle

For the sauce, cook the vegetables and fish cake with water just enough to cover them. Add in corn flour and egg to thicken the sauce. Adjust the taste to your liking by adding soya sauce etc.

Pan fry some prawns separately to be added onto the dish later on.

Voila! Bon Appétit!

准备这道菜有两个主要步骤. 这两个步骤可以同时间完成。这道菜包括香脆的面条和随之而来的酱汁。

要准备香脆面，请参阅下面的一篇文章：

 - How To Make Crispy Noodle

准备酱汁必须用水将蔬菜和鱼饼煮.水足以覆盖它们就可以。加入玉米粉和鸡蛋使酱变稠。加入酱油等，根据自己的喜好调整口味。

Cheap Cheap Lobster!

Lobster prices are falling all across Australia thanks to the tension between China and the lucky country. Prices are now down as much as 50% of its peak when times are good!

Perfect idea to have Lobster to celebrate this Christmas!!

How to Make Crispy Noodle

Heat up cooking oil in the wok. Dip a chopstick into the oil to test its temperature, if you see bubble around the chopstick then the oil is hot enough.

Throw in the egg noodle into the boiling hot oil. Spread it around with a chopstick.

En En Coffee Shop

Further up along the same side of Air Itam Road is En En Coffee Shop. This time there is no private car park nor your personal valet service. We have no choice but parked across the road and have to risk my life crossing the four lanes busy traffic.

The busy Air Itam Road

Belacan Chicken

Hokkien Char

Sar Hor Fan

Maple Gold Restaurant

Penang is famous for its street foods so much so that most tourists come here all the way from all over the world to get a taste of the wonderful various delicacies that are only available here. However, Penang also has its own higher end cuisine which is less known by most people. It has many fine dining restaurants that offer high quality cuisine in luxurious setting.

One such place is the Maple Gold Restaurant at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah. Although it is a private club with sporting facilities, karaoke and slot machines only available to its members; the restaurant is however open to the public. It is a Chinese restaurant with modern chic interiors and wedding dinners are held regularly here.

Some of the dishes that you have to try are as follow:

1) Peking Duck

Peking Duck

Egg Flour Wrap

My number one pick as you don't get to eat it everyday. And you don't have to go to China to savour this wonderful dish, have it here in Penang! The skin is so crispy and juicy. Some people like to follow the tradition and eat it together with the egg flour wrap that comes together with it, but I for one just like to eat the skin all by itself. 

2) Stir Fried Duck Meat with Dry Chilli

Dry Chilli Duck Meat

If you are not familiar with Chinese cuisine you must be wondering where do all the duck flesh go if we just eat its skin. Nothing is wasted when comes to Chinese cooking, all the flesh is stir fried together with dry chilli.

3) Fish Steamboat

Fish Steamboat

Steamboat is a great way to gather people together surrounding this warm dish that strengthen the bond of family and friends. A bit far fetched but is quite true most of the time. 

4) Special Bean Curd Stuffed with Minced Prawn and Shark's Fin

Special Tofu with Prawn & Shark's Fin

You have surely eaten Shark's Fin Soup before but have you try shark's fin which is stuffed inside bean curd (tofu)? Real special dish, must try.

5) Crispy Skin Chicken

Crispy Skin Chicken

Another fabulous dish and I'm sure most people will first go for the drumstick, thigh and wing parts as these are the most succulent juicy portion of the chicken. All the breast portion will be left behind most of the time.

6) Deep Fried Cod Fish

Deep fried Cod Fish with crispy skin in light soya sauce.

7) Green Dragon Vegetables

Green Dragon Vegetables

A meal will not be complete without vegetables right because we must have a balance diet after all. The name itself makes you feel like an Emperor having a feast. Try the Green Dragon Vegetable, a really rare dish to find in Penang.

Maple Gold always has a special place in my heart because we used to go there on every 5th Day of Chinese New Year to attend our neighbour's birthday celebration. It was the time when everyone in the neighbourhood would come together socializing while being pampered by delicious feast. Our neighbour's uncle would never fail nominated himself and went up the stage half drunk to sing a song or two. Everyone would dress to kill and enjoyed the evening. It reminds me of the atmosphere of Chinese New Year every time I visited Maple Gold.

More On Penang Food In Perth

When you are away from home, you will always have the craving for your hometown dishes. Fortunately there is quite a substantial number of northern Malaysian people migrated and living in Perth. Not sure whether it is related to the current political situation in Malaysia. But anyway some of them set up their own restaurant business and guess what, they do what they know best; offering their hometown cuisine to foreign customers. 

This particular restaurants recently opened by a group of Langkawi people offering Malaysian and Penang dishes. I was delighted when I discovered that they have Penang Hokkien Mee and Fish Head Bee Hoon soup!

Hong Kong Cantonese Cuisine In Perth

Perth has always have a substantial population of Hong Kong people for many decades. Australia has welcomed migrants from all over the world to assist in contributing to their economy and high demand in manpower. When these migrants came to Australia, they brought with them their unique cuisines that has help diversify the available choices of dining experience.

Located in the heart of Northbridge (unofficially known as the Perth's Chinatown); Hong Kong Seafood Chinese Restaurant offers a variety of Hong Kong cuisine to its customers. One of their specialty is their roast pork which also contributed to their original business name of Hong Kong BBQ.

Deep fried Cod fish into attractive golden brown.

Hong Kong style noodle

Spacious and chic interior of Hong Kong Seafood Chinese Restaurant

A must try item: deliciously succulent roast pork!

Roast duck drumstick

One of their signature dish: deep fried bean curd with broccoli

Main entrance of Hong Kong Seafood Chinese Restaurant

 

Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant @ Abu Siti Lane

Jade Palace has been around for a very long time and is still standing tall amidst the many competitors mushrooming around the city. The interior of the restaurant is very spacious as they do cater for banquet and wedding dinner. However, you are also welcomed if you just walk in and request for only one table.

This place is perfect for those after traditional Chinese cuisine as the seafood here come in big portion and fresh. You must try their shark fin soup as it is filled with top ingredients and you can actually see the fin's texture! Usually it is not crowded and it is just perfect if you do not wish to squeeze in cramped restaurant and waiting for hours for your food which is especially the case in most famous restaurants. Here, the food arrive fairly quick and you can truly enjoy a wonderful dinner with your family in a much peaceful setting.

 

Shark Fin Soup

Crispy Skin Chicken

Chuan Bee Kopitiam

There are over 12,000 prewar buildings within the historic enclave of George Town which was the heart of this UNESCO Heritage City. If you are not local you may not be able to locate some of the best coffee houses (or more commonly known as kopitiam in local Hokkien dialect) that are hidden and scattered around the maze like street network of this heritage town. 

There is one such place located along China Street (Lebuh Cina), it is the road right across and run perpendicularly to the famous Kuan Yin Temple  (觀音亭). 

The appearance of this modest little shop doesn't look very impressive at first. In fact it may even put off many potential customers who wish to be in newer and presentable premises. This is where you always need the locals to bring you to places like these that never appear in your Lonely Planet travel brochure.

Kopitiam in Penang Hokkien means coffee house. However it is unlike Starbucks or Coffee Bean which specializes on variety of coffee. The name derives from the fact that the locals always enjoy their local Penang coffee in places like these where they can also dine in and chit chat with their friends. The local coffee served here is particularly good and I never fail to order a cup. The mixture of bitterness and sweetness is just right in my view.

Pomfret Fish Curry

Stir Fried Bitter Gourd with Egg

Like many other Kopitiam in Penang, you can find the standard Chu Char (煮炒) menu here like fish curry, stir fried vegetables, fried Hokkien Mee etc. But one dish that you MUST order when you are there is their 金香雞 (pronounced as Kam Hiong Kai in Cantonese) where the chicken is deep fried into golden brown color in their secret recipe spices. I've been trying to find out what are the spices that they use but I was not successful so far.

 金香雞