The time was ticking fast. It was getting late. At any moment from now, starvation would be killing us. Needless to mention that we were afraid that at this time, precisely at 11.25 pm, it'll be very hard to find a place to drug ourselves with food. But soon enough, my worries seemed so insignificant as we were still in Penang, a place where good food is available all the time, no matter if you're wearing a hygienic yellow t-shirt that says "CLEAN 2.0" .
Traveling on the rather still busy roads, fast enough we found ourselves seated in Green House kopitiam, which is situated alongside of Burma Road. Purportedly famous for its Hokkien Mee or also known as Prawn Mee, even at this hour of the day, there was still a multitude of people at this place.
It seemed like we were at the right place at the right time, seeing so many people around us, it just stands to show that how Penangites truly love to eat. It was a mere 15 minutes wait before our orders were served.
What made this stall of Hokkien Mee special was probably the plentiful choices of add-ons to choose from, like fish balls, herbal eggs, or even sio bak (roasted pork meat). As for a change, we ordered maggi noodles instead of the usual yellow noodles. I think the key player in this bowl of noodles is none other than the soup. The soup was richly flavoured with a mixture of spiciness and slight sweetness, but to be honest, it wasn't to the extent of amazingly good. Although I was restlessly sweating, I wished that I could enjoy more of the spiciness of the soup with the sambal (chili paste), which wasn't spicy enough. Everything else was just in place, but still this bowl of Hokkien Mee was nothing to shout of.
We ordered a bowl of Bak Kut Teh with yam rice, and after seeing many of these similar orders on a few other tables, no doubt we felt more relieved. It was better than what I expected, with adequate amount of ingredients inside the aromatic broth (soup) such as pork meat, pork organs, mushrooms and tofu puffs. How do I actually describe this soup, let's see. It started of with a fraction of bitterness but quickly followed by light waves of sweetness and herbal fragrance.
We finished our conquest for good food with this Fried Ice Cream, filled with different flavours from vanilla to yam and also mint.
Nonetheless, I think most penangnites like myself tend to develop nocturnal habits because of the good food you can find at night, or in this case at midnight.
Prices .
Hokkien Mee (normal) - RM 3.50
Bak Kut Teh - RM 8+
Fried Ice Cream - RM 2.50 per piece
Bonus .
Opens daily from 8pm to 2am .
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bak kut teh good but the hokkien mee not so good.
ya lor hokkien mee standard drop liao. and bak kut teh was surprisingly good .
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