Hi I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate
today we're in Penang, Malaysia we have been here a few times and we have some
absolute favourite dishes and some must eats that you have to try so follow us
as we make our way in and around George Town and its surrounds and show you
some of the best food Penang has to offer like in all our videos details for
where we're eating will be in the description below remember to give this
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starving let's eat
our first stop is the Tan Jetty for the Tan Jetty prawn fritters and lor bah so all
along the George Town waterfront are different clan jetties named after a
different family so Tan Jetty is the one to come for these gems
so this Uncle fries up huge batches of amazing fritters so we've got the
prawn ones to try as well as lor bah which is roughly minced pork which is so
juicy and then it's wrapped in bean curd skin these are to die for, I'm gonna dive
in and try the lor bah first they also have this incredible, incredible homemade
chilli sauce and you have to dip let's give this a go
the pork is so juicy it's quite roughly minced so it's got a bit of chew and
that crisp beancurd on the outside adds this beautiful texture that
chilli sauce is both sweet, sour but has a really fiery kick that is amazing I'm
gonna try these prawn fritters now so the fritters are quite doughy I can see
there's some bean sprouts in them as well as maybe some shallots, I think
it's made out of a rice flour batter and these prawn fritters and pork
rolls are really well-known because the Uncle actually supplies a lot of the
stalls around George Town let's just give this a dunk and pop it in my gob
mmm that's so good there's that crunch and crispiness from the outer of the
fritter where it's hit the oil but the inside is still really soft that prawn
is sensational because it's been crisped up by touching that hot oil
but it hasn't been overdone so the meat is really tender and fleshy it's not
just all hard shell you absolutely have to come to the Tan Jetty to try these
fritters and pork rolls when you're in George Town they also do tofu
fritters and they're worth a go too but if you only pick two prawn and pork
next up we've made a small walk out of George Town for a coconut shake these are
super refreshing and remember we always put details down below in the
description so you too can find these places
and here is the incredible Joez
coconut shake, the ingredients list is so good on this so it's made up of these tapioca balls
in the bottom and then in this shake itself he adds sugar syrup, ice, coconut
flesh, coconut water, coconut milk, evaporated milk, a whole lot of ice, vanilla ice cream if
I didn't already say that and then on top
he puts another scoop of vanilla ice cream so once all those ingredients are
zizzed up in the blender combined together and then it's all poured on top of these
tapioca balls, it is the most refreshing shake you could ever imagine let's give
it a go
Oh
it's not too sweet it has a very very solid coconut flavour it's got a slight
vanilla taste from the vanilla ice cream the little balls pop up through the
straw it is the perfect combination of those ingredients sometimes with these
types of shakes there can be either too much ice cream or too much sugar or just
you know something's not quite right here at Joez he gets everything
absolutely perfect
when you're in Penang you have to try asam laksa,
laksa is a a noodle soup and asam laksa is made with a spicy sour fish broth you
can get some fairly good bowls in George Town itself but we reckon you
should either drive, catch the bus or grab a car and travel to Air Itam
which is a little bit outside of George Town to sample Air Itam's famous
asam laksa, let's go and grab a bowl
asam laksa is a noodle soup full of bold and punchy flavours so the soup gets
its sourness from tamarind and it's made with an oily fish in
this case mackerel sometimes they use sardine and you can see the fish flakes
in there, there's also some sliced chilli there's some torch
ginger, this dark thick paste that you can see on the top is a sweet prawn paste and
then I'm gonna give it a huge old mix up and you'll see what else is in this bowl
there are thick white rice noodles there's mint, there's cucumber, there's red onion
it is going to be wild and so flavoursome I'm going to try this
broth first
mmmm it is so vibrant, it's spicy or pedas which means chilli hot in Malay it's sour
from the tamarind and it's also got that really strong fish flavour let's give
these noodles a go, I've also got some cucumber, there's that fish
which has coated the noodles and also some lettuce and mint
you have to eat this when you're in Penang, there's just nothing like it, sweet sour spicy oh and it's so
vibrant and bold those noodles were so slippery there's real crunch and texture
from the vegetables I'm gonna go again
I got a huge mouthful of that red onion and that was so fresh and it added that real
texture to that bite, this bowl is something you cannot miss when you're in Penang
the next thing we're including is the Famous Penang Road Teochew cendol but this one is a bit of a warning
so cendol if you don't know what it is it is an ice desert so it's got shaved ice,
gula melaka or palm sugar, coconut milk, cendol noodles which are the green
noodles and this particular one has red kidney beans also we first had this cendol
when we were in Penang about 5 years ago and it was absolutely amazing
and everything you search and everywhere you look for Penang food it
will pretty much tell you to eat this cendol, however we've had it since having
it that first time and it's just not up to standard so we thought we'd include it in
this video just to see what it's like today to make
sure let's give it a go I've mixed it up a lot so the coconut milk's gone very
brown from the the gula melaka or that palm sugar
I stick by it it's not actually that great so the coconut milk is very mild,
very mild a really good cendol should have a very thick, very coconut-ty coconut
milk and this is lacking that punchy thick flavour, rich flavour that you
should get with a cendol and it actually has almost a coffee taste from
the gula melaka but it kind of just tastes like Nescafe not strong just
softly of Nescafe and there's really no coconut flavour I see that they have
a big tub with sort of pre-done coconut milk which looks very runny with the
cendol noodles in it so a word of warning when you're searching for things
to eat you'll definitely find this but we advise you not to put this cendol on
your list save your tummy space for some of the other
amazing things that we're showing you in this video
char koay teow, a wok fried
noodle dish is another must eat when you're in Penang
this dish is made up of a tonne of ingredients so we've got rice noodles
we've got bean sprouts, chives there's some big juicy prawns in this
one, some cockles, we've got a duck egg in this one usually it's just chicken
egg but we've added the duck egg for extra creaminess and there's also some
pork lard which has been used to really get those ingredients together I'm just
gonna give this a go
that's amazing, it's spicy, it's savoury and what makes a really good char koay teow
is the wok hei, wok hei means the breath of the wok, it being stir-fried over
really hot wok infuses the noodles with that savoury, smoky charred flavour
of the high heat and the wok this one is really good you can really taste that
smoky flavour I'm gonna give these big prawns a go
perfectly cooked, a little bit sweet, still crispy this is a really great dish
now we have come to Ah Leng Char Koay Teow to sample this one, probably
the most famous char koay teow in George Town is the Siam Road char koay teow
we tried this dish in February and we can confirm that it is sensational
we had to wait 45 minutes for that plate of char kway teow
but since then the Uncle has won a street food award and we've now heard
that the wait is over two hours long we've also heard that since winning the
award the Uncle is not keen on cameras and so we've got to respect his
wishes and so we haven't filmed there this time you would have seen some
footage of that incredible plate of char koay teow and we highly recommend it
if you have the patience and the inclination to wait for over two hours
to try it, it's worth it but this one is really
good too
so those are just a few of our favourite spots out of the thousands of
incredible dishes there are to eat in Penang you have to come here and you
have to try those particular dishes but there is so much more to try so remember
to check our playlist where you'll find more videos about food in Penang
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time, jumpa lagi, jumpa lagi!