Super-excited to get to meet Guy Dimond, one of my food heroes, today - he used to be the Food & Drink Editor at 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻. I’d been collecting 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻’s annual Eating & Drinking Guide for over two decades! Guy is currently vacationing in Penang with his wife, Susan Low, who was the Editor of 𝗕𝗕𝗖 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱.
We spent the whole morning talking about food. 
Introduced Guy and Susan to 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳 (Hainanese-style fried noodles), fried rice and 𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯 (Cantonese-style braised flat rice noodles) at 𝗬𝗶𝗸 𝗞𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗲𝗲 kopitiam on Kimberley Street.
The old Hainanese owner-chef, Ong Khye Jim, whose grandfather founded the kopitiam 80 years ago, no longer does the cooking, but has passed his skills down to Goh Chong Hung, a Teochew chef who expertly reproduce all the noodle classics effortlessly.
Hailam char (Hainanese-style fried noodles
Sar hor fun (Cantonese-style braised flat rice noodles)
We then adjourned to 𝗝𝗼𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗶 kopitiam on Penang Road for its famous 𝘛𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘭, and Penang-style char koay teow from MICHELIN Bib Gourmand-listed Jin Kor.
Our final stop was another MICHELIN Bib Gourmand-listed eatery - 888 Hokkien Mee on Presgrave Street. A mixture of Hokkien yellow wheat noodles and rice vermicelli are steeped in a spicy pork-prawn broth, garnished with shrimps, roast pork, pork lardons and pork-ribs.
Addresses
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Yik Kheng Kee Cafe (益群居)
161, Kimberley Street, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +019 4165925
Operating hours: 8am to 2pm daily, except Wed (Closed) -
Joo Hooi Cafe, 475, Penang Road, 10000 George Town, Penang, Malaysia.
Jin Kor Char Koay Teow (Tel: +6014-903 3561). Operating hours: 9.30am-5pm, daily.
Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul (Tel: +604-262 6002). Operating hours: 9am-6.30pm, daily. -
888 Hokkien Mee
67A, Presgrave Street, 10300 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +60165665772
Opening hours: 3pm to 9.30pm daily, except Thursday (closed).
