There is a hawker centre near my house – Taman Muhibbah (Togetherness Park). I seldom eat there as it is some kind of an open air place and without a fan, I would be feeling hot and uncomfortable, perspiring from every pore. So most of the time, I would buy the food there and bring home to eat.
My favourite is Stall No. 7. The other day, I bought this sweet and sour pork…
…and fried clams in soy sauce…
…plus some fried midin (jungle fern)…
…for three persons and was charged RM18.00 only. Pretty cheap, don’t you think? As for the taste, I would think it was good except that I would like it better if they had been less generous with the msg.
While I was there, I stumbled upon a stall selling Chinese carrot or white radish cake, otherwise known as chai thow koi or koey kah. My daughter loves this so I bought some for her to try…
This cost RM3.00 and she quite liked it except that she said she would prefer it slightly burnt around the edges…or with more of what people would refer to as “wok hei“. Well, beggars can’t be choosers as we do not usually get this around here. There is another stall at a different place – the one run by a guy from Klang/Selangor…but I suspect that he used steamed yam cake instead of white radish.
All in all, this is a good place to go and have dinner or supper with family and friends. There are mostly Chinese stalls at this particular hawker centre, unlike at Taman Harmoni (Harmony Park), but there is a section of Malay stalls selling stuff like satay, barbecued chicken wings and so on. The only problem is that it is very crowded at night and despite the ample spaces around there, parking can be quite a pain. Do be prepared to park quite a distance away and walk…
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Ohh… fried carrot cake… I love them, but not many can make them taste so nice… I love those with ‘wok hei’ too.
I’m o.k. with it. I think must use lard…and must add bits of chai po (preserved white radish). From the look of it, this one’s just fried with egg…
This one no tauge? Our side here it’s fried with tauge…
It’s ok with my daughter, I guess… She’s not a fan of taugeh…
Lobak masin? Kakakaka… i dunno what it’s called in other language, but my late grandma called it lobak masin, and she used to fry it wif omelet and abit of leftover sambal belacan. Gosh, makan that with hot rice… damn nice!
Melissa’s got good taste! I too prefer it a little burnt around the edges. In fact, I think all fried foods should have a slightly smoky burnt flavor. I think I went there for satay many years ago but haven’t been back there in a while. Not into msg so will probably keep it that way.
The satay there is my favourite in town…but the sticks are quite small and they give only a little bit of the peanut sauce, plus no ketupat. Sigh!!!! Beggars can’t be choosers…
u r one of the very few who calls chye tau kueh.. chay tau kueh.. everywhere else they call it chao lor pak kou.. i wonder why when there’s no lor pak (radish) in it. I heart this dish v much n it has to be from a hawker frying on the flat white pan. I enjoy watching him frying.. esp on how he allocates the chye tau kueh – raw, prefried w soy and final fry according orders…extra chilly, egg.. etc.
YUMZ.. i love chye tau kueh !
Those white bits – aren’t they made from lobak (Chinese white radish)…or pek chai thow? Hence, the name (pek) chai thow koi…as in “or koi” (Chinese steamed yam cake)…so these should be called char pek chai thow koi (in Hokkien, that is) then… Gosh! That would be quite a mouthful!
for rm18 to get three dish must be pretty worth it … and the fried carrot… yummy but oily food bad for stomach hahaha. but ur dotter shud enjoy it while she in malaysia!
Yup…two weeks left and she’ll be heading back to NZ for another year. Sobs…
I love it too, would you buy me some chai thow koi for me to try? ;P
PLus Nz delivery
There’s egg, plus vegetable product – wouldn’t get through NZ strict customs unfortunately.
walking is good for the heart
can clam be fried? but it has a hard shell…
hawker centre here is called foodcourt (the clean ones) or “carinderia” (the not-so clean).
have a nice day!!!
I would consider those indoor cleaner and nicer ones food courts and the open air or not so nice ones hawker centres…but I guess they’re more or less the same thing – stalls with hawkers/people selling different types of food. Clams can be fried or boiled – will open more easily if well-cooked. Walking? Ummm…hehehehehe!!!!
Arthur…first I would like to wish you and family ‘ GONG XI FA CAI ‘ may the Rabbit year brings good health and prosperity happiness and wealth to you and family
and second….more home cook food for the coming new year …outside food full of msg. Mrs. too busy with work , then you shall adorn her apron and take over the kitchen :ppp
Have a nice day,
Elin
Thanks and wishing the same to you and your family. I still have lessons for two more days, off on CNY Eve only.
My missus is on leave already… Hehehehehehe!!!!
So far my best ever koay kah is from Batu Lanchang stall near the market in Penang. Its a Hakka couple the lady is quite short and round (not nice to say she’s fat though she is pretty fat) who has a very sharp pitch voice. But sad to say they have shifted or migrated already cant find the stall anymore..
Yup…sometimes, they will just disappear – maybe they have moved somewhere else or they have decided to call it a day. Too bad these days most of the children do not pick up the tricks of the trade and continue the business…
All my fav from sweet sour to paku chai *jungle fern* if best cook with curry haha me and my curry on…muahaaha.
Paku…with curry? No lah…I think you mean masak lemak. Midin, you can’t cook masak lemak…or at least, normally we do not do that. Will usually use paku…
hey!!! I want the sweet and sour pork! and RM18 for all that is cheap!! I will eat it everyday!.
Your daughter’s right, blacker kuey kak is much nicer, more tasteful! hehe.
Every day? Then you will become sui- tua pui like me. LOL!!! Haiz…my daughter! Everytime order fried mihun or kway teow for her – must order “char chow ta” (fry till burnt) and the seller will give me some kind of strange funny looks…
LOL, later the seller thinks you’re making fun of him.
“What! You think I so lousy, everytime only know how to overburn my food?”
Blush! Blush! The things I have to do for my girl…
Daddies are just the best. They’d do anything for their girls! Mine oso same. LOL…when i go out and eat wif my dad, he’ll glare and complain to the waiter if the waiter failed to inform the cook to de-bone the fish that he ordered (I only makan fish wif no bones) and he’ll make so much noise if he found that there’s tauge in any of the dishes that he ordered (lol… both of his dotters kenot take tauge, of both oso will masuk hospital… LMAO.)
wooooo, sweet and sour pork!! i think this is one of the most famous dishes in chinese cuisine right?? haha.. yeah, i like that too, it’s quite an appetising dish i’d have to admit…
Yup…and this place does it quite well.
i miss the midin (we call it miling in Miri though). hope can taste it when i am back! hehe..
You’re Foochow? The Foochows call it mi-lian…sounds like million. Well, you’re going back for Chinese New Year, right? But most shops will be closed around then. Hope you will get to eat it…
Some places not comfortable to dine…..better ta pau and eat at home. I do that sometimes too!
Yup….best thing to do if the food is good/worth having.
Arthur,
Wear la appropriate baju when you go to foodcourt. Those white singlets and shorts like those Ah Pek’s that frequent kopi-tiam for their morning breakfast. Then,you won’t sweat,ma..somemore all the natural air-con will just caress your skin…lol! Sexy lagi…I am sure the aunties and ah moys will even kasi you extra large portion.
My dear, the ‘clams’ are not clams la…they are cockles or kerang. Have you tried the version where they just dunk the cockles into hot boiling water for a few minutes and then you makan the flesh with just some pounded ginger and chillies? Syiok,man..too bad NZ susah mo cari cockles. Seen some but not sure if the isi the same.
The fried radish cake does not look too good…very pucat. Agree with Melissa though,it taste better when chow ta. I like mine like that
Ok lah…cockles. I buy clams in soy sauce or whatever in tins, inside also cockles. LOL!!! I love those on satay sticks, you dip in boiling water and eat with satay sauce – yum! But in KL and I think in Malacca also, they boil the satay sauce in the hole in the middle of the table and you dip in that to cook and eat – don’t like…reminds me of the mud pools in Rotorua. LOL!!!
I wish I could make those homemade boxers with drawstrings – itu baru sexy…and then can use to go and eat and adjust tightness of string as my tummy expands. LOL!!!
Tsk tsk tsk! Shereen, shame on you… now you’re giving him ideas!!! Scary lah!
Just goes to show that you dont need to pay through your nose for good food in Sibu (even though there are a lot of rich ppl there!).
Sibu? Rich? Where? *looks around trying hard to find one… LOL!!
I know one rich person who drives around in an old saga so ppl wont rob him.
Cant remember who but I know it’s a mutual friend.
Oh? I wonder who that is. So smart…must learn from him. Muahahahaha!!!
Miss the fern fried with Sambal Belacan..
i absolutely love the sweet and sour pork. It’s my must-order dish at any restaurant! Love it especially those with generous servings of pineapples!
we don’t take clams anymore seems they r full of toxins.
They’re full of toxin? Really? I dunno… but my dad told me that they’re good for ppl with low blood pressure.
Aha…you ate another radish dish, eh. ^_^ You really want to get the healing benefits of radish.
Good Monday morning to you my friend.
Morning. Not really…just that my daughter loves those fried Chinese carrot cake but we do not have really nice ones around here actually. In fact, I only know of two places here selling that!
sweet and sour pork look good and also the midin. YUM!
I love that fried white radish cake/lorbak kou. If i go to pasar malam, sure i will buy it.
I’m ok with that…but my daughter loves it. Sure will want to have that if she sees some place selling…