Roasted Duck Rice Stalls in Penang

Roasted Duck (24 January 2009)


Sio Ark (Penang Hokkien: sio3 ark1 ) or roasted duck, is a specialty that is usually sold by the ven2dor selling roasted meat. It is sold as Duck Rice, Roasted Duck, Roasted Duck Rice or Grilled Duck Rice. Ducks are usually sold whole, and the price has risen to over RM30 per duck. The most popular place to enjoy roasted duck in Penang is at Lunas, which is technically in Kedah.

Sio3 Ark1 Pnui33 , or roasted duck rice, is another specialty, though more expensive and less popular than chicken rice. Compared to chicken rice, duck rice is darker and heavier in texture. Roasted duck can be taken as it is or made into kiam chye boey, which is a salted vegetable soup served with duck rice. Kiam chye boey is prepared by cooking kiam chye with leftover parts of the duck.

Sliced roasted duck (24 January 2009)


To make the soup more tasty, several must-have ingredients are added to the pot. They include (with their names in Penang Hokkien), sio3 bak3 (roasted pork), huan3cio2knua1 (dried chilli), a3sam3 phoay3 (asam gelugor / garcinia atroviridis) and hniau3kor1 (shiitake mushrooms) are added. A dark chilli dip is also served to go with the meat, while the rice is drenched with ark-chap (duck gravy).


Looking for roasted duck rice stalls? Here's a selection I have come across, which I've put into a food map to make it easy for you to locate. I'll add to this map whenever I find more stalls.


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