Gurney Drive Penang, world renowned for its offering of all hawker food you can find in one location. Tourists and locals flock to this place every weekends just to savour the gourmet delights that Penang is famous for. Penangites who are seasoned food hunters of the local food environment will tend to stay away from the famous roundabout food court due to the higher price that the hawkers charge over there as many tourists patronize the area.
Therefore, as far as the roundabout food court is concerned, I believe many people have wrote about it and we are not going to discuss it here. We are going to find food the Penangites' way. If you have been to Gurney Drive, you would have notice that there are small eating outlets scattered along the 2.2km stretch from the roundabout all the way to Gurney Hotel. And you would find that you usually come across tourists in these places when they are accompanied by locals. The area I'm talking about is located between Jalan Birch and Jalan Lim Chin Guan just before the Evergreen Hotel if you are coming from Gurney Plaza. There are four small food courts namely: Song River, Public, Carnation and New Zealand. You can find Bah Kut Teh, Seafood Noodle Soup, rice dishes and variety of local hawker food here.
In Public Cafe, there is this stall called Loke Sok Seafood. You can order rice with variety of Chinese dishes and it is value for money compare to eating in a restaurant. I'm not going to divulge the full list of their menu here as I'm only particularly interested in one dish that I never fail to order every time I visit this place. It is the deep fried minced crab & prawn meat balls, or it is called Cim Co in Hokkien. I suggest you order it in Hokkien to avoid getting something else in surprise. The minced crab and prawn meat are mixed together and wrapped up in a roll with bean curd skin ( 腐皮). The roll is then cut into several pieces and then deep fried in steaming hot oil. I also suggest that when you order it, tell the waitress that you don't want the meat ball to be cut in half. It is because from my experience when it is cut in half and then deep fried, it tends to be dryer and the tasty juice of the meat is lost. The price is $6 for 6 pieces, $8 for 8 pieces, $10 and $12.
In Public Cafe, there is this stall called Loke Sok Seafood. You can order rice with variety of Chinese dishes and it is value for money compare to eating in a restaurant. I'm not going to divulge the full list of their menu here as I'm only particularly interested in one dish that I never fail to order every time I visit this place. It is the deep fried minced crab & prawn meat balls, or it is called Cim Co in Hokkien. I suggest you order it in Hokkien to avoid getting something else in surprise. The minced crab and prawn meat are mixed together and wrapped up in a roll with bean curd skin ( 腐皮). The roll is then cut into several pieces and then deep fried in steaming hot oil. I also suggest that when you order it, tell the waitress that you don't want the meat ball to be cut in half. It is because from my experience when it is cut in half and then deep fried, it tends to be dryer and the tasty juice of the meat is lost. The price is $6 for 6 pieces, $8 for 8 pieces, $10 and $12.
