Friday, 6 January 2017

Best BBQ Chicken Wing at Pasar Malam Inanam Point



One of the best comfort food you can find is not at a fine restaurant but at a night market. Malaysia are popular with night markets or what malaysians called pasar malam. 

Strolling through the stall of pasar malam, one can find the best local delicacies with affordable price.

The one choice of food I can never live without when paying a visit at Pasar Malam Inanam Point is the barbequed chicken wings. 

Over the past few years, the price of one piece of chicken wing has increased but still it remains a favorite by the locals especially for 'pusas' or snack during 'moginum'/drinking session.


Upclosed chicken buttock. I never had these I  find it too 'exotic' to my tasting plus it filled  with fat. 


Sabahan version of murtabak. Compared to murtabak in peninsula malaysia (which is loaded with meat or chicken filling that made it too soggy), sabah version of murtabak is much crunchier. It is actually a kind of folded thin egg pastry.


Aahh, the recently craze of the pisang goreng cheese or banana cheese fritters...or is it banana fritters cheese? For whatever cool name they have for these I love every dessert that KK has to offer. 

But sometimes I miss my savoury pisang goreng. Sounds intimidating but a few years back, pisang goreng teatime session is accompanied with dipping sauce or sambal. 



Whoever come up with these is a genius! Who doesn't love chocolate?


Vibrantly colored cendol or ABC. I would have these once in a while but I prefer my traditional cendol with pulut. I don't trust food with so much food coloring but I wouldn't mind trying once in a while. 



One stop for all. Normally, pasar malam is what I may call the street hypermarket. You can find almost everything in a pasar malam. There's the food section (even stall with table and chairs for you to dine), the groceries section; meat, fish and vegetable and the 'department store' - toys and clothing. 

Time for a night out!


Monday, 2 January 2017

Beef Noodle Goodness and Comfort

Happy New Year everyone! I'm back in Penang so one of the things I missed when I’m away from home is food. For whatever reason, food provided me an extra comfort, particularly my childhood food. Apart food from my traditional Kadazan-Dusun root such as tuhau, bambangan, bosou, there will always be the day when I crave the much delighted Ngiu Chap.

Ngiu Chap means ‘beef noodle’ in Hakka, or what we called beef stew cooked with the noodle of your choice (bee hoon, mee hoon or kuey tiaw). In your bowl of ngiu chap, you will have chunks of tender stewed beef and beef slices, beef balls, tendons (my favourite!) and tripe.

Originally from Sabah, now you can easily find shop that served ngiu chap in KL and Sarawak. 

Ngiu Chap Sarawak Style
In love with the original Ngiu Chap in Sabah, a man and his wife who have been living in Kota Kinabalu for four years returned to their hometown in Kuching and opened their own stall.

Kah Hiong Ngiu Chap in Puchong

Kah Hiong Ngiu Chap serves one of my favourite beef noodle. The difference from other beef noodles is with their thick almost blackish broth, added with white radish and that special cili padi dipping sauce.
Kah Hiong Ngiu Chap in Damansara also known as Sabah Kampung Beef Noodle

Kah Hiong Ngiu Chap has been working really hard! They have already have several branches in Sabah. I hope they open a branch in Penang.

If you want the lighter version of beef noodle you can find it almost everywhere especially in Penampang and Kota Kinabalu. ­Another favourite of mine is Loi Hin Ngiu Chap.


Sometimes if I'm craving for the taste of beef noodle, I cooked my own version of ngiu chap but somehow its never taste the same. Or I could be heading to Secret Recipe to quench my cravings on their Vietnamese Beef Noodle. What disappoints me though different branches of Secret Recipe have different version of the Vietnamese Beef Noodle. 

Find the best beef noodle in Kota Kinabalu here.

Now I’m craving for a bowl of hot beef stew…..dang it.