Penang Street Food: Fried Oyster
Penang Street Food: Maggi Goreng with Sunny Side Egg
The Maggi Goreng is a street food style consists of fried instant noodles (usually the Maggi noodles) which is common in Malaysia. It is commonly served at Indian Muslim food stalls or usually called ‘mamak stalls’ locally. The noodles are fried and often served with eggs and fried chicken. Maggi Goreng is a Malay phrase which can be translated as “Fried Maggi”.
Penang Street Food: Yam Rice and Salted Vegetable Soup
Penang Street Food: Ah Wang Cafe Toast
Toast set with half boiled eggs from Ah Wang Cafe at Tanjung Tokong, Penang.
Penang Street Food: Lok Lok
Lok Lok is another popular hawker style food in Penang. It is basically a type of steamboat consists of having skewered food being dipped into a shared pot of boiling water. After being cooked with the boiling water, the skewered food is then normally dipped with various sauces before eating.
Penang Street Food: Chinese Fried Rice
A plate of Chinese fried rice served at the Eng Loh Kopitiam at Bishop Street, George Town.
Penang Street Food: Satay
George Town Street View: Old Townhouses
A Wooden Pier at Tan Jetty
Cheng Beng (Qing Ming) Festival
Every year usually during the month of March or April, Chinese locals will be paying respect to their ancestors during the Qingming Festival (also known as Tomb Sweeping Day and Clear Bright Festival). Qingming Festival is also commonly known as Cheng Beng by the local Hokkiens in Penang.
A Chinese tradition, the Qingming Festival is an opportunity for members of a family to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or libations to the ancestors.