Name of Food in Penang Hokkien

Lo3ti3 Ja3la1 kah1 Gu3lai1 Kay1 (29 June 2021)


Here are two items that often go together, lo3ti3 ja3la1 and gu3lai1 kay1 .

Cui1 Kuih4 (10 June 2021)


I received this Nyonya kuih called cui1 kuih4 from SojiMart vendor Alice Khim, and decided to add it to this listing. I don't often get to eat this in Penang, and am delighted to discover someone selling it here.

Nyo3nya3 Cang3 (left) and Bak1 Cang3 (right) (29 June 2021)


The above are two of the most popular Chinese dumplings you can find in Penang. On the right is the bak1cang3 (Bak Chang), the meat dumpling with pork belly, chestnut and duck egg yolk. On the left is the Nyo3nya3 cang3 . The Penang version is usually all white, but nowadays we are fond to follow the Melaka style, by dying the glutinous rice blue using butterfly pea flower or bunga telang.

Kni3 Cang3 (alkaline dumplings) (29 June 2021)


The Kni3 Cang3 , also known as the Alkaline Dumpling or Lye Water Rice Dumpling is a Cantonese-style rice dumpling that is otherwise plain and tasteless. These are usually served with a sugary dipping.

Gu3lai1 Hu3thau2 (10 June 2021)


This is curry fish head. You can call it Gu3lai1 Hu3thau2 or Ka3li1 Hu3thau2 , both are the same. This was bought from SojiMart vendor Kok Curry Fish Head of Anson Road in George Town, Penang.


Hae3kien4 (26 September 2020)


This is the hae3kien4 or prawn fritters which I tasted when I visited my friend in Juru, a village in Seberang Perai.

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