This was my 2nd time to Penang. As usual, it wasn't busy when we showed up at 11:30am on a Sunday. On my first visit there (minus hubby), most notable was the roti canai, the wonton and the char kway tiau.
This time around, we ordered the following:
roti canai - yummy as usual. the potatoes and chicken were steeped in curry flavor
wonton soup - great broth, great wontons with pork and shrimp
seafood chow fun - my hubby insisted on ordering this although I pictured plain boiled rice noodles topped with seafood gravy sauce. was pleansantly surprised when the dish came with the rice noodles cooked like char kway tiau first and THEN covered in gravy. DELICIOUS!
basil beef - this dish was light on the basil and heavy on the sugar and lemongrass. at first i wasn't too crazy about it but soon acquired a taste for it.
ayam rendang - chicken w/ spicy red lemongrass sauce. very flavorful and good although I've always been wary of bone-on chicken pieces covered in sauce.
We both had the Malaysian milk tea. I enjoyed it quite a bit...tasted like they use evaporated milk. Hubby took a few sips of his and hated it!
As per usual, we ordered enough food for five so we ended up packing the leftovers for the long tirp back to Orange County!