Late lunch today - grabbed a couple of hot dogs from IT security specialist-turned-cafรฉ owner, Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiranโs 4-month-old ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง.
Despite the proliferation of cat motifs (Dhillon is a cat-lover), the cafรฉ did ๐ง๐จ๐ญ get its name from some Catalonian name for cats (remember ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ or โThe Four Catsโ - Pablo Piccasoโs favorite cafรฉ in Barcelona?). Rather, it was an amalgamation of ๐๐๐ญ Lebuh Melayu and ๐๐ข๐toria Street - the intersection it stands on.
As far as I know, this is George Townโs only hot dog specialty spot. Iโll need to return to try its Sloppy Joe, and its โBeyond Meatโ plant-based burger.
Iโve had plant-based Beef Wellington at Gordon Ramsayโs Bread Street Kitchen in Singapore a couple of years back! The โImpossible Meatโ product actually bled when I stuck my fork into it!
Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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OK, a non-meat dish โbleedingโ is a very clever trick. I have no issue with plant based food and we eat a reasonable number of meals at home. But I am never keen when it is trying to replicate a meat dish. Please take my advice here - and never, ever, even try to sample vegan cheese. Simply vile beyond belief.
Fully-vaccinated folks in Penang are still slow in emerging from self-imposed quarantine, so we practically had the whole place to ourselves at lunch today.
Oh yes, we do get tortillas quite easily here, Mission and El Paso are a couple of brands we find in every supermarket in town.
The tacos at GATVIC are freshly-prepared but seemed to miss that โMexicanโ spice scent/aroma. Not sure whatโs missing, but Letโs Meat has that authentic scent/flavor I looked for.
Oh yes. Iโm definitely yearning for some authentic flavors.
One thing about โMalaysianizedโ American/European foods here - the localized versions tended to be flooded with gravies or sauces, so weโd have burgers drenched with copious amounts of ketchup, chili sauce and mayonnaise, or even sitting in pools of brown gravy.
One can see the standard order of a hot dog we get outside here:
Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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You need to try the chips (fries) that you get in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium (and probably the Netherlands). Patatje Oorlog - literally โwar chipsโ. Your portion of chips, from the takeaway, comes topped with mayo, ketchup, peanut satay sauce and chopped raw onion. Delish - but hard on the digestive system.
Itโs impressive that beyond burgers have already made their way to Asia!
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Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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Reminds me of the line by the late โHovis Presleyโ, a comedian from near me, who had this to say about the English breakfast:
โDo you not find that bacon, sausage, egg, chips, black pudding, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, fried bread and a cup of tea is almost a meal in itself reallyโ
