As i true Penangnite, born and raised in the land of hawker food, how could i not be a fan of street food? I basically grew up, eating hawker food from breakfast to dinner and everything in between. There are so many reasons why i adore these food. I absolutely love the diversity, the authentic flavors and most importantly, the culture and stories behind each food item and the people who made them. Although it has been almost 3 years since i moved into the city of sky scrappers, i have never forgotten my roots and my love for Penang's hawker food. As disappointing as it sounds, there are not many places that serve local food that is up to my Penangnite's taste buds. So much so that i have even lost faith in even wanting to try them. However, today i am going to share with you some of the new found hawker food that is amazingly delicious and Penangnite-approved! Enjoy!

1. Fatty Mee Hoon Kuih, Berkely's Garden



   After scouting around in the old city of Klang, me and my family found this family-business-based restaurant that specialised in making their famous' Mee Hoon Kuih. For your information, 'Mee Hoon Kuih' is actually a similar version of 'pan mee'. It is made of simplest ingredients like flour, eggs and water, kneaded and cooked under a high heat of boiling water. It is served together with soup or dry (dark soy sauce), anchovies, pork fillets, 'sayur manis', fried onion and more. The star here is definitely the soup, prepared from boiling pork bones and anchovies as well as the 'mee hoon kuih' itself, kind of like the Asian pasta.


   So what's so special about the mee hoon kuih here? Well, we are about to find out. We ordered each a bowl of mee hoon kuih and also a cup of honey lemon and herbal jelly to quench the summer thirst. Only in Klang, you can get an extra large portion of noodle with an astonishing affordable price like RM 4.50!

Mee Hoon Kuih--RM 3.50

thin and perfectly cooked 'Asian pasta'

    For me, a bowl of perfectly done 'Mee Hoon Kuih' must possess a few qualities such as flavorsome soup, perfectly cooked mee hoon kuih of the right thickness, not too thin or too thick, fresh and succulent pork and crunchy anchovies is a must too. This bowl of 'Mee Hoon Kuih' totally works for me. My favourite part was the thinly prepared 'mee hoon kuih'. To make things better, they even included pork's liver to sweeten up the whole dish. Simple yet wonderfully made.

Iced Honey Lemon

Herbal Jelly aka Kui Leng

The super busy cooking team!

   The crowd definitely proves that Sun Ming is really something to look forward to. Both of us ordered a platter of roasted duck, char siew (barbecued pork) and siew yuk (roasted pork belly) as our main, together with a bowl of pickled vegetable soup and rice to go with.

Roasted duck

Char siew and siew yuk

Absolutely mouth-watering char siew

Meal of the day

   Well, what could i say? The photos are self explanatory right? I truly enjoyed the meat platter of the day. The roasted duck was crispy on the skin and tender on the meat. It is good but not great, i have tasted better ones elsewhere. However, the char siew and siew yuk did not disappoint at all. The siew yuk has an amazing crunchy top with absolutely succulent and moist fusion of the belly's fat and protein. Lastly, the star of the day has got to be the melt-in-your-mouth char siew. The one we chosen was lean meat, yet it was so skillfully made, to the point that the fat simply melt in the warm temperature of the tongue, dissolving all the wonderful flavors of the meat at the same time. This is a dish to die for!