Das ist ein sogenannter Claypot, das ist Reis in einer heissen Schale mit Pilzen, Huehnchen und Fisch, gewuerzt mit einer dickfluessigen Sojasosse und einem Ei. Nicht besonders gesund, aber sehr lecker und man wird auf jeden Fall satt. Das Tolle daran ist, dass es in einem heissen Topf gekocht und dann auch serviert wird, das heisst, es bleibt die ganze Zeit ueber warm.
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Indian Food was my favourite food in Penang. The spices are simply great and hard to get in Germany. I liked best white cabbage with curry and chicken tandoori. At the Indian food stands you can take whatever you want and pay per dish at the end.
Naan was from time to time a great change to rice, which is always served with every meal. |
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MURTABAK
Murtabak ist ein gefuellter Teigfladen mit Ei und Fleisch. Es schmeckt ein bisschen nach Ruehrei, aber den genauen Geschmack kann man ziemlich schwer beschreiben. Das gab es bei uns ganz frisch am Night Market, sollte man auf jeden Fall mal probieren. Allerdings schmeckt das nur ganz frisch und noch warm. |
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RAMEN
Ramen can actually be compared quite well with homemade noodles. These are hand-made wheat noodles, which are served as a thin variation in the soup or thick with sauce, which usually consists of soy sauce. I had a portion of vegetables and duck. You can't really do much wrong with ramen, it tastes good most of the time, but in my opinion it's nothing really special. |
Korean food has definitely conquered my heart during my time in Malaysia. The food is characterized by a lot of fresh and steamed vegetables, which I missed a bit during the meal in Penang. You should definitely be used to spicy food, otherwise you won't taste much the first time you eat Korean food. My favorite dish, which I will definitely recook - maybe after a recipe from Epifood (JAAAA, that was a side blow!! ☺), is Bibimbap. Translated it means "mixed rice". The basis is rice and then comes various steamed vegetables such as carrots, spinach, mushrooms, sprouts and depending on your preference meat or tofu and on top a raw or fried egg. The whole thing is seasoned with a red hot Korean chili paste. It is served in a hot pot, so it stays warm and the raw egg coagulates. Bibimbap fills you up and you still don't feel full and carry.
About three hours by car from Penang you will find the Cameron Highlands, a tea growing area. There the climate is a bit milder and the air is much cooler and cleaner than in Penang. There we happened to notice a Hotpot Restaurant. Hotpot consists of a big hot pot, which is kept warm or boiling with coal. We were served meat, fish, eggs, noodles and fresh vegetables. This can be added to the hotpot at will. Personally I was surprised to get such a good quality of ingredients. Everything was top fresh and super delicious and all for only 20 Ringgit per person (about 4 Euro). I was especially happy to eat something healthy and not so heavy, but that made me full. This is unfortunately not so often the case with Chinese food. Chinese is often very greasy and hard to digest, so that was a welcome change. |