Penang must -visit: Richard Rivalee’s Cafe @ Bangkok Lane
I'm grateful for good friends like Hsieh Lynn who tipped me off about this place. If I have passed by Rivalee's Cafe on my own and took a glance, I would…
Char siew @ Lum Choong Kee Bamboo Noodles & Chef Li’s Penang hawker food (laksa, hokkien mee)
The Sunday morning mission for this Penang char-boh (girl) was to savour some hometown delicacies after being repetitively assaulted by the delectable images of assam laksa shared on Facebook.
SALTED EGG YOLK cheesecake, Century Egg Cheesecake – Moody Cow Cafe, Penang, Malaysia
UPDATE:
3rd April 2016:
This is my 2nd time savouring the rich, unique cheesecakes from Moody Cow Cafe Penang, courtesy of my godsis who is in KL for a short holiday.
That also means I didn’t have to put up with the cafe staff surly attitude since I did not have to visit the cafe myself. Thank god! 
The century egg cheesecake is one of Moody Cow’s latest creation and as weird as it sounds, it is actually not as terrible as it sounds.
In fact, Moody Cow’s range of cheesecakes are good (based on those I’ve tried) and their durian salted egg yolk (Hybrid) is one of my personal favourites.
It is just the service that I couldn’t tolerate. Thus if someone is willing to buy it for me, I’ll eat them.
The 2 cakes I got this time are the century egg cheesecake and their best-seller cempedak cheesecake.
Verdict on the century egg cheesecake:
Rich chocolate base and thick cheese provided the main flavours for the cake.
Toppings of sweet spicy anchovies (ikan bilis) and peanuts plus the gelatinous century egg provided the texture.
So imagine this now; with each chew in your mouth (take a forkful from top to bottom and don’t miss the century egg!) you get sticky thick cheese, sweet and spicy and nutty and crunchy whenever you bit into any of the anchovies and peanuts plus the rubbery century egg with its creamy yolk and distinctive odor thrown in.
Too much?
I agree.
Foul?
No, it is not.
An acquired taste for sure!
Verdict on the cempedak cheesecake:
This was superb!
Pungently rich in both the flavours and scent department thanks to generous amount of cempedak flesh embedded within the cake, the top layer is a lighter mousse-like layer with cempedak flesh blended in while the lower cheese layer is the denser, richer layer.
2 other layers are a slab of rich chocolate and a base of dense chocolate cake (more like brownie).
Thanks Min Sing for the treat!
I’m keeping an eye out for future “interesting” creations from Moody Cow and I’m seriously wondering what could be next!
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Previous post: February 2016.
Does salted egg yolks pair well with cheese?
Yes, it does actually.
Salted Egg Yolk Croissant in PENANG: Love A Loaf Bakery
On 13th of December Love A Loaf, a Frénch inspired bakery in PENANG launched their croissant lava series.
List of Roti Babi in Penang: Pulau Tikus market, Padang Brown, New Cathay, Chuan Bee
Roti Babi isn’t something common.
In Klang Valley one of the VERY FEW places that offers roti babi is Yut Kee and POKC at Damansara Uptown.
Unfortunately the version at Yut Kee is a dismal thick pocket of bread with little meat and some onions. POKC’s version was better but expensive.
Back in Penang I grew up eating the roti babi at Song River Cafe, Gurney Drive and though I remembered it was greasy, the fillings were the bomb.
I haven’t visited the stall since I left Penang more than a decade ago and when I went last month I found out that I’ll never be able to enjoy the roti babi again.
Tek Sen Restaurant – lunch & dinner chu char in Penang
Born and raised in Penang, I don’t think I’ve ever dined here at Tek Sen.
I know right? This restaurant is so famous to both locals and foreigners, so how come I haven’t tried it?
List of Penang famous apom manis – Swee Kong (Ravi’s), New Cathay (Mr, Mrs Ravi), Apom Guan & Bee Hooi (Uncle Teh)
I grew up eating apom manis on a daily basis, I kid you not.
The famous Penang apom manis stalls were all conveniently located near me as I lived in Pulau Tikus.
Zipping around on my trusty little bicycle/bike (depending on my age I owned either one) I would visit them based on my whim; what do I favour that day?
Would it be the sweet, coconuty crepes from Apom Guan? Or an added egg one from either the Ravi/Nathan of Swee Kong or Mr Ravi at Sin Hup Aun coffeeshop?
Apom Guan vs Apom Chooi PENANG – Review
It is an inevitable thing, to compare both.
I grew up eating both, and for as long as I can remember, I’ve never had a preference of one over the other.
It was a matter of who has a shorter queue at my time of arrival, though I tend to head to Apom Guan more often. It was merely habit, and also because it is nearer to the Loh Han Guo drink stall that I always patronized.
