Arlene was over to attend the Remembrance Gathering of brother so we have the pleasure to showing her around after the event. Brother would have usually shower her with foods so we are doing the same to her on his behalf. Tonight we decided to go Northern Beach Hawker Center for some local flare.
First up is Lok-Lok which is similar to steamboat but the speciality is in the sauce. There is the standard chilli, peanut, laksa and sambal. Customers are charged on what they eat based on the color on sticks.
Next is Ikan Bakar or grilled fish. Kate ordered grilled sting ray marinated in sambal. Nicest!
This dish is common but difficult to make it good. The octopus has to be very fresh and blanched at just temperature and right time. This stall didn't do a good job as the octopus are over-cooked.
BBQ chicken wings - one of my favourite. There are only 4 places that I know in Penang that do a good BBQ chicken wings - Taman Sentosa in BM, Song River at Gurney, Sunway hawker at Love Lane, and Northern Beach hawker which is here. I have to be discipline not to over indulge as I can easily finish up a dozen in a blink. They are THAT GOOD!
Self acclaimed award winning satay by the stall owner. The pork satay is the award winning item which taste too tough to my liking. I still prefer the chicken satay as the meat is tender to chew. The peanut sauce is chunky and spicy, the way I like!
Coconut fried rice - an epic failure attempt by the Thai food stall. No coconut flavour in the fried rice, nor any coconut flesh being spotted. Nonetheless, the rice are fried at high enough temperature for the flavour to evolve. If this dish is just called Fried Rice, I would give it a score of 8/10. But in terms of coconut fried rice, I will give it only 3/10.
For those who prefer a simple noodle dish, I would recommend the char hor fun (Right). The dark sauce soba (Left) taste ok to me, but then again it's coz I don't fancy deep fried pork lard flavour.
Northern Beach Hawker Centre
Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah
10050 Georgetown
Penang
Opens daily: 6.00pm to mid-night
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