It was about 2 months after our wedding in late July 2011. Looking back at last couple of hectic months where both of us were so busy doing preparation for our wedding, we were indeed very much exhausted. So a weekend getaway was our top priority and there we decided to go for a culinary trip to Penang while celebrating my coming birthday together!

Penang, this is a place which is famous for it's street food (or hawker food as some other would like to call it). For this post, I ain't gonna document much about the journey or places we visited over there at Penang. The main focus would be solely on the food, as every food lover will definitely find this post mouth watering :)! Well, here we go ~~ Bon Appetite!

So, let's get started with something light first.
First stop, we dropped by Penang road where it is in fact a famous road for it's street food. There were so many hawker stalls lining up by both sides of the road, serving great local Penang food ranging from porridge, noodles, rice dishes and desserts! It is definitely a place where your stomach will be "fighting" against all the available food and it will only stops when your stomach is full and can fill in nothing more!

1. The pork porridge.

2. Fried Carrot Cake with shrimps and cockles!
















3. Penang style prawn noodles (Harmee).
















Next, we move on to Ayer keroh. This place is famous for not only the Chinese temple (Kek Lok Si) but also for it's Assam Laksa (rice noodle in sour & spicy soup)! This is the type of noodles soup that you are either love it our you hate it. Well, for such an Asian tongue like me, this noodles soup was like food from heaven for me :)! One mouthful bite of noodles with chuck of shredded fish fillet, together with a good twist between sour and spiciness, it was all well balanced up with the sweetness of the fermented prawn sauce. A perfect combination I would say! So it will always ended up with bite after bite and you will keep asking for more! It makes me feel hungry by just looking at the picture itself :).

4. Assam Laksa