When talking about famous Penang food and or barbecued chick, usually people will be able to tell you the best place to get it. Although the place is not very fancy with no air-conditioned, however during the lunch time it will be very packed and mostly are waiting for the famous barbecued chick. Not to mentioned on weekends, the condition is worse.
This place is no other than Ong Cheng Huat Seafood, the so-called “Stall”. The location is considered remote and out of town, but if you asked any Penangites most of them will able to guide you to this place. WARNING: Those whose heart are weak or are animal lovers please do not read this post as there will be shots of tasty little barbecued chick.
For those who want to beat the crowd, my advice is to visit this place before 12noon. Else it will be difficult to find a seat.
The service is very efficient, right after you have seated and ordered your food, the dish will be served within minutes. The famous and also the ultimate dish, barbecued chick (RM10) for 2 birds. The skin is very crunchy while the meat is very soft. The way the sauce is marinated is very tasty too. No wonder this is one of the signature dishes here.
Sweet and Sour Steamed Red Snapper Head (RM23). The way they serve this dish is similar to Teow Chew Style, but the difference is that there is no pickled vegetables. The sour soup base is steamed with sliced ginger and bird eyes chili with are good enough to bring out the freshness and sweetness of the fish.
Home Made Fried Bean Curd (RM4.50). Another signature dish here. The bean curd is fried and served with Thai chili sauce. The inner texture is very smooth that it will slip through your throat when bite on it.
Fried Popiah Skin Stuffed with Prawns (RM4.50). The popiah is made up of 3 layers. Celery, prawns, garlic and spices are stuffed in between the layers. It is a crunchy snack when it served hot.
Fried Bee Hoon (RM5.00). The way they fried is not too dry which is my favourite fried bee hoon style. It is cooked with beansprouts and prawns.
Coconut Tuak (RM5.50), Again another signature dish here. When people mention about “Stall” they will talk about the Coconut tuak here too. Coconut tuak is an alcoholic beverage made of fermented coconut flower dew. The taste of the tuak is slightly sweet and sour with bitter ending as it contains alcahol.
For those who are not used to the taste of pure tuak, there is another new and creative way to try out this tuak. Mix the tuak with 100Plus, the taste is smoother and soft like “Kambai”, which is suitable for ladies.
Overall this stall serves good food and provides fast service. It is said that their food and service quality have never changed since they started business. It’s a place that is worth visiting again.
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Address: 2004, Bagan Lallang, 13400 Butterworth.
Opening Hours: 11.00am-5:30pm (Close on Monday)
Contact: 04-331 4782 / 012-453 5188
my favourite place… 🙂
steven, steven ,the food angel ;0)
can you be our food guide when we come back to PG
Ahmmm mm……how much we owe u
Awww…. poor little birds. How could you eat them up while they are so small? And without inviting me to join you some more?? LOL!! Anyway, it felt rather odd for them to serve with chili sauce. I thought there’s supposed to be some sort of mix tamarind powder plus salt for that? Haha… I think nowadays everyone just use chili sauce for every dish just to save on the preparation time for special sauce. 😛
Criz, pai seh lah… is an invitation by vendors. I will invite u personally next time instead. You are right, I think now they wanna save cost and time, so they just use the chili sauce instead.
jacqueline chan, not too worries. When u come back that time just drop me a message or comment. I will get u around the great food in town.
NKOTB, next time u go there please let me know.
Hey, where can find the good tuak other than this place? i heard somewhere in BM is the best. A Good tuak is supposse to be slightly sweet with the femented coconut aroma, but without soury taste.
No one said you cruel ah for eating that spring chicken?! :p
Gill, I am looking for the great tuak too. I am asking a lot of people but most of them recommend this place to me. I think I will need to explore BM myself. Btw, if you do know the place please do let me know, I wanted to go too.
Cariso, no woo… moreover my customers were so happy when I bring them there and the feel not enough tim….
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Mix tuak with Guiness Stout lagi best leh 😀
Yes…. this is a nice place to have delciious foods. Next visit i will try the tuak liao…… lol
Thanks for the info. Was told by a friend but without address.
Ken, I haven’t tried tuak with guiness yet. I believe that I will be ended up in the drain if I tried so.
Regina, if you ever drop by and wanna go let me know let us rombongan there, I love the tuak too.
My Taste Heaven, you are most welcome.