Cheng Hwa Seafood Porridge at Jalan Atas, Nibong Tebal

ROADTRIP TO NIBONG TEBAL!

If you see some of our previous posts (here, here and here), you would know that we really make sure we make it to full use of our makan-makan there. Small town, but so many good food to eat! We of course ended our night there with the ever famous crab porridge! 

We did not go to the usual restaurant that is famous for crab porridge, Chang Kee. This time, we decided to try out the new place. We saw a few times when we were there that this restaurant was filled with people. Even got people stand and wait. So we thought it must be either really good or really cheap!

Let's see what was the result. 

Cold and sweet Octopus (Japanese style) - RM10

He says: Cold. Its like going to Sushi King for the takos!

She says: The lady who mentioned this to us DID NOT say it was going to be a cold sweet dish. In fact, we were all expecting the usual steamed ones. I didn't like this dish. 

Vegetable with pork floss (bak hu) - RM6

He says: Normal dish...

She says: So normal.

Seafood Tomyam Maggi Soup (1 person) - RM7

He says: Pretty good.. more of a sweet and sour kind of tomyam..

She says: Normal tomyam. Seafood tomyam, but I only have prawns and fishballs. I don't like this tomyam. Not spicy enough. Very normal.

Steamed Clam (sour) - RM12

He says: Kinda like the sauce! I would say the best dish of the night.

She says: A bit sweet and a bit sour. I can safely say this is a dish that we were smiling while having it. Clams are all open and pretty fresh. No sand or mud. Quite nice.

Crab Porridge (1.02kg of crab) - RM66

He says: Normal. Nothing special..

She says: This is a huge letdown! The soup has no crab taste at all. The rice were soft. they were okay. Overall, as a crab porridge dish, it failed big time. At least for me. Two thumbs down for this one.

Cheng Hwa Seafood Porridge at Jalan Atas, Nibong Tebal

Price: Expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 3/10
Her rating: 2/10

Famous Tomyam at Jalan Raja Uda (right after Kwang Hwa School)

SORRY FOR SUCH A LONG PAUSE SINCE WE LAST UPDATED ANYTHING! SO YEAHH!

This is not the first time we blogged about tomyam. 

Being Thai food lovers (yes, the both of us!), we of course will tend to lean more on trying out tomyams and thai-related-foods. 

You want to see other tomyam posts that we reviewed? Click here and here.

He brought her here once or maybe a few times but it was always closed. 

You see, it's quite funny in a way when we talk about Raja Uda Tomyam. Everytime we suggest to have tomyam at Raja Uda, for sure people will ask, "WHICH ONE?" 

CONFIRM people will ask this question! 

For the both of us, we always tell people this is the original one. The nicer one. The one next to a school. The one that cooks really slowly and people are still willing to wait.

So, this time when we went there, we waited for like about 1 hour, which isn't too bad, but we were all super hungryyyy!

Imagine us walloping the whole bowl as soon as it reaches our table.

at 7:30pm.

Time to feast :)

You can of course choose your own ingredients and noodles or if you want porridge style also got. 

He says: Sweet kind of tomyam and this one is really good! Would travel back there and wait for the bowl of tomyam. :)

She says: It tasted better than it looks! I of course would prefer this than this one, but its quite nice. If you are not those who eats really spicy stuff, this is good for you. It isn't too spicy nor bland. It's alright. Very chun-chun. 

Famous Tomyam at Jalan Raja Uda 

(right after Kwang Hwa School)

Price: Slightly expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 8/10
Her rating: 7/10

Famous Fish Head Bee Hoon along Burmah Road at Pulau Tikus, Penang

One of those nights where we did not dine at home and decided to makan with a bunch of good friends. The same group that commented on our famous Pulau Aman trip. This time, we decided to include the man who introduced this amazing place to us.

Everyone, please meet Joshua Tan.

The fish head bee hoon soup is located next to a Tua Pek Kong Temple. There's also another stall that sells Fried Yong Tau Foo which we tried too. The compound of the place is pretty huge but only a number of tables are set up. It also gets a bit too dark as the night comes. That's probably why only a few tables are available. The shop behind the fish head beehoon stall is pretty small.

The price is depending on the ingredients that you would like to add into your soup.

They have bee hoon (thin and fat ones), maggie noodles and even porridge. They also serve both clear soup and tomyam soup.

Tomyam Soup with Maggie Noodles.

He says: Tastes just okay to me.

She says: It's unlike any tomyam I've tasted and its like a bit funny kind, but I kinda like it. 

Joshua says: It's alright for me. Taste a bit weird at the end.

Clear Soup with Mee Hoon (rice vermicelli)

He says: Like this one.. =D The soup tasted really good.

She says: Perfect for those who don't feel good. This is like yums to the yums. THUMBS UP!

Joshua says: Favourite place to eat so far! Mee hoon not too hard, not too soft, and they've got many choices to choose :)

Famous Fish Head Bee Hoon along Burmah Road at Pulau Tikus, Penang

Location: It is directly across from the junction of Burmah Road and Codrington Avenue.

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:

His rating:  Mee hoon th'ng 6/10 tomyam 3/10

Her rating:  Mee hoon th'ng 8/10 tomyam 6/10
Joshua's rating: Mee hoon th'ng 8.5/10 tomyam 4/10

Newday Restaurant at Lorong Selamat - Penang

Penang people is famous for this answer, 'Cincai la'. It means anything in hokkien. It's almost like impossible for us to immediately give a place when the question is asked, 'where wanna eat ar?'

Some days, we find it difficult to decide cos there's just so many places we want to go! Unless one is okay with anything and another one gets to decide! :)

She was craving for porridge and had this place in mind. 

It's really like having economy rice or porridge except that you get to order something else that they would cook like choo char. 

Some of the 'already made' dishes.

White rice and sweet potato porridge.

Some of the dishes we ordered.

He says: 1) The 'tau yu bak' is really really nice! Tryyyyyyyy! 

2) The 'guih chai' and the 'tau hu' is normal...

She says: Love their sticky black porky thing! Sweet and tasty! The rest is normal.

Stir fried 'ong tay chai' (King's vege?)

He says: This one smells really good! you can like pick the vege that you want and ask them to fry it instantly for you like 'choo char'!

She says: This is not from the ready made place. We ordered it and then only they cook on the spot! LOVE THIS ONE! the sambal.. FULAMAK!

Otak-Otak and 'Pai Kut Ong' (Sweet Sauce Pork Spare Ribs)

He says: The otak-otak tastes weird! =S But the pai kut ong is really good. 

She says: Otak-Otak is yucky. The sweet pork is nice. soft and sweet.

'Boey Chai'

He says: Down.

She says: errr.. super oily as you can see in the picture. and super yucky too.

Newday Restaurant at Lorong Selamat, Penang.

Price: Quite expensive

Ratings:

His rating: 5/10

Her rating: 7/10