Miss it…

Melissa has always been a fan of yong tow foo and we would go for that without fail here when in Penang though it did not come cheap, not at all. She said that she would also have that after the church service on Saturday nights at this lane in Sungai Petani that is lined on both sides with hawker stalls, a place that they call Er Chea, which probably means 2nd Elder Sister. Seeing that she does miss it quite a bit, when we went out for breakfast one morning, I made it a point to take her here specially for that (RM9.00)…

…even though we had just been there and I had that not too long ago.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that when she eats something, she would put aside her favourite and save it for later. Does anybody care to guess what exactly that was from this bowl of goodies?

I had some fried rice earlier that morning so I decided to have something lighter and opted for this fish ball tung hoon (glass noodles) combo (RM4.00…or was it RM5.00)…

I enjoyed that just as much – the own handmade fish balls were really very nicely done and tasted great and so was the chili dip…

…that had the nice strong fragrance of belacan (dried prawn paste) and one could catch the whiff of it the moment it was placed on the table. That was so so so good!

My missus has the Foochow-style fried noodles (RM3.00)…

…from the stall at the back and though it looked all right, it certainly seemed to lack any added ingredients other than those bits of green vegetables. She did not say anything nor did she grumble over it so I guess it was all right.

I went and bought some the the Sibu Foochow-style sio bee (70 sen each)…

…from the kampua noodle stall in front to take home so we could just steam some ourselves anytime we would feel like having any.

We tried some on our previous visit and thought that they were quite nice and I particularly love how nicely and neatly they’ve managed to pleat the folds in the skin…

There are some nice ones elsewhere but they do not look as nice and some may be quite a mess, in fact and there are others where they must have steamed the dumplings for too long until the skin becomes soft and soggy.

Well, do hang around – the school holidays have just begun not too long ago and rest assured that there’ll be a lot more to come!