Fort Cornwallis India Mee

One in a while I get offer of free food in exchange for some work done. Well on this day the reward was Fort Cornwallis Indian Mee or Hameed 'Pata' Special Mee. and i must say that it is good.

This stall is located at the Fort Cornwallis Food Court, so those tourist out there you can drop by when you visit the fort. Well patronise, especially by the navy guys (from the nearby RMN base), Though I have to give this warning, Do not order your noodles extra Spicy hot, unless you can really take it. (I come from a family that spicy is normal, extra spicy is good), It was "Explosive" hot, and had a bit of trouble the next day.

To accompanied the mee, was Ice Kacang, a small bowl topped with Ice Cream, which help to cool down the hot noodles that i have ordered.

Back to the Main Course, the Noodles was explosive spicy hot, serve on a metal plate, (to prevent breakage), but tasty and good, with generous topping of Sotong (cuttlefish) mmmm. I can feel the noodles going down. I will be back for more, though with out specifying i want in extra hot.

1 final advice, the food court is a bit run down, crack cement, old tables etc, so i would advice those who like to consume their food in nice bright food court to think about it before coming here, But then the crack cement, old tables, tree growing through the roof add ambiance to the street food you can get here.

Burma Lane Mee Mamak

Burma Lane Mee Mamak has been consistently getting very good review on it product, As it has been ages i decided to drop by to have a late lunch at 3pm.

Location: Burma Lane, Off Burma Road at Pulau Tikus, (Just after the Police Station) in a Corner Coffee Shop.

View of Coffee Shop from Burma Lane.

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Parking: Park along Burma Lane, should be able to get a car park there.

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The Food: $$, Cost RM4 per standard portion, Pricy for Penang Standard.

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Taste: A Bit Blend to My taste, to me a disappointment, I seem to recall that it was much better, only thing is there were more squid then normally found.

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Service: Fast and efficient.

The Stall.

I also had the Wantan Soup here, The Stall is at the road side, That help to overcome my disappointment as the Wantan were meaty and big, large portion for only RM2.50 per portion.

BM Street Food

BM Street Food.

Finding Good Street Food at Penang Mainland, is always a big problem, So find a place with quite reasonable food in a big event by it self.

Located Near the Saint Ann Church in Bukit Mertajam near the turn off to BM Country Club (Caltax Station is your landmark) is a collection of "Food Shacks" which is clasified as Street Food, With among the Best Char Koey Teow, Laksa, Pasembore, and Mee Goreng Mamak style on the Penang Main Land. It wont be easy to find, but if you are in the area and looking for food, you wont be disappointed.

Name of Restaurant : No Name.

Location: Main Road out of Bukit Mertajam towards Kulim at the turn off to the BM Country Club. Caltax Petrol Station.

Type of Food : Char Koey Teow, Laksa, Mee Goreng (mamak style), Pasembore, Rojak, Coconut Water

Category: Street Food

Price : Cheep Penang Price ($)

Parking : Just don't park on the Main Road

Time : Afternoon Only

Non Halal Food (Char Koey Teow)

Halal Food (Mee Goreng, Pasembore)

The Pasembore and the Mee Goreng is located at the 2nd "Shack", run by malays, and is popular enough for you to have wait for your mee goreng. What special here is the Special Kuah which contains Dry Sotong, Aromatic to me, but Bitter in taste to my wife. I enjoy the Kuah, which is use for both Mee Goreng tambah (add) sotong (cutter fish) and the Pasembore, A type of Indian Origin Salad of Jullian Turnips, Carrots, Cucumber with various Fritters, with boil potato and egg added. RM2.50 (see picture above)

Laksa, (Rice Noodles in Spicy Sour Fish Gravy, topped with Prawn Paste) available here is good enough to fight it with the Penang Laksa Hawkers. In Fact a number of Laksa Stall in Penang Island loose out to this stall.

Char Koey Teow here, well i would rate it at in the 65%, which is far better then most char koey teow on the Main land, but below average on the Island. Edible to cure my addiction to char koey teow in an emergency situation.

Warning !!!!!! for City Folks.

As Mention this foods are located in 2 Food shacks, along the Main Road, Do not expect any amanities such as wash basin, toilet, fans etc. It is a Shack, with Plastic Table and Chair on earth floor, real street food at the purest.

For Drinks here you have a choice of Coconut Water Ice in Glass, or Coconut Water with out Ice in Glass or Coconut Water in Coconut. The Real MaCoy not the fake coconut water nowadays in preprepared coconut. The Nuts are unloaded and cut here, on your order.

Finally, Give the Rojak Here a Miss.

Tanjung Bungah Mee Mamak

Tanjung Bungah Mee Mamak

Mee Mamak, Goreng or Rebus, is basically Indian Style Noodles, Fried or Boil and serve with a sauce. This dish I believe was created in Malaysia. And is serve with cucur, yellow bean curd, boil potato, and in some case dice mutton or brown cutter fish is added (Expect to pay more.

Photo of the Fried Mee Mamak serve with Kuah (Gravy) added

Location Tanjung Bungah Village. Corner Coffee Shop (No Name) Lunch time only. From RM3.00 per service Dark Blue Dot on the Food Map of Tanjung Bungah The Mee Mamak serve here in my opinion is good, and is of the common verity. You can smell the aroma when you walk into the shop.

Photo of the Shop, Corner Unit without name!

Photo of the Stall