Food from You Yuan Fen food court which has been renovated and there are so many new stalls there now. The name has been changed to Lucky Eatery Food Court (口福圆美食中心): 2 plates of Char Kway Teow from different stalls, Dry Char Hor Fun, Fried Rice, Thai Pork Knuckle Rice shared by 6 persons.
Chap Fan (Mix Rice) from a stall located at the Pisa Corner food court which is opposite to Lucky Eatery Food Court.
Duck slices Kway Teow Soup (Small portion) - MYR4 nett - just average.
Dry char hor fun? Wow. I have never eaten this. Sounds and looks interesting. I think I will like this.
ReplyDeleteI think different stalls cook this kon char hor fun differently.
DeleteThe dry char hor fun (first picture) looks appetizing
ReplyDeleteGood that you think so.
DeleteOooooo...gorgeous!!! I love that chili dip too, must be really nice. Kway teow looks good too - I love the kway teow over at your side but some told me that is called hor fun - translucent, very fine and smooth - not like ours. Never mind, just eat! :D
ReplyDeleteI think I prefer the thicker ones at your side. Don't like those slippery smooth hor fun used in Ipoh chicken hor fun.
DeleteHor fun. Or we called it kway tiaw here. I would prefer drier hor fun. Nothing too wet or oily. The chilli dipping looked good.
ReplyDeleteIf I am not mistaken, hor fun is a cantonese phrase whereas kway tiaw is a Hokkien phrase and they both refer to rice noodle sheets cut up into strips with different width.
DeleteI was thinking so hard about this fat dry Hor Fun and the normal Char Koay Teow. I was wondering whether they are made from same flour preparations into different strip sizes(?) I am shy to say that I don;t remember eating or seeing Dry Hor Fun in Penang as I have moved away for some 20 years now. I might guess this dish is KL or Kampar's origin style. Will look out for this soon.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, they are the same. Made from rice flour (mixed with various other flours) and cut into strips with different width. Hor fun is a cantonese phrase whereas kway tiaw is a Hokkien phrase, I believe.
DeleteOh, they come in big pieces like that! I must try this Kon Char Hor Fan.
ReplyDeleteI like it in big pieces so when I found out that this stall has it this way, I am very happy.
DeleteI never understood the difference between hor fun and kway teow until I moved to Penang. Now I know enough to know that hor fun should be for soup and kway teow should be for stir fried. Char hor fun, tried it once and... only once...
ReplyDeleteI believe Hor fun is a cantonese phrase whereas kway tiaw is a Hokkien phrase and hey both refer to rice noodle sheets cut up into strips with different width though some hor fun are made into those with slippery smooth texture like those in Ipoh chicken hor fun. I have eaten those slippery smooth hor fun used for char kway teow too but not that nice, since they tend to stick together so I think people use the term hor fun and kway teow interchangeably. Like in Penang, people also say kway teow T'ng for kway teow soup.
DeleteI dunno how to differentiate too....till now I dunno what does kway teow stands for...I mean 'kway' is ?? and teow is ??? in hokkien.
Deletekway teow is 粿条 (Guǒ tiáo) where Guo is cake like in char guo. Tiao is strips - yi tiao, liang tiao - one strip, two strips. Hor Fun is 河粉 (Hé fěn). Maybe the hor fun last time is made from water from the river (河). Fen is like Mi Fen (Mee Hoon).
DeleteNo leh, maybe I'm in Penang, here you can buy hor fun and kway teow from the supermarket shelves and they are different. Hor fun is supposed to be smoother, softer and more translucent. Details on how they are made I dunno lah. :/
DeleteThe hor fun you are referring to from the supermarket shelves are like those used for Ipoh Chicken hor fun lah - smoother and softer. This Dry Char Hor Fun is definitely not like that but still they call it Hor Fun - go figure. :)
DeleteI know the big flat ones, we call is "sar hor fan".. The thinner ones, we call kuey teow.. Dunno correct or not..
ReplyDeleteI think people just call them interchangeably. Hor Fun is Cantonese words whereas Kway Teow is Hokkien words or is it TeoChew words?
DeleteSomething new to me! Never seen a big sheet of 'hor fun' like that.
ReplyDeleteI've been reading about pork knuckle rice so long, haven't tried before. This is the Thai style with salty/sour veg?
Yes, that is the Thai style pork knuckle rice with salty/sour veg.
DeleteI really like the Char Hor Fun, but looks like a bit oily, then now where is the time I tell myself, is okay for once in awhile =p
ReplyDeleteHow to char like that, must have enough oil else all the sheets will stick together.
DeleteDry Char Hor Fun is bigger hor fun, I like to eat Wat Tan Hor Fun more, I like gravy more than dry one.
ReplyDeleteI think only this stall use bigger pieces of hor fun. Other kon char hor fun, the width is the same as normal hor fun, quite thin. Gravy is nice to wash down the noodles.
Deletethat dry char hor fun definitely a hit...judging by the big piece hor fun, texture and color...all look great and I feel like wanna chow down a plate now!
ReplyDeleteI also want to eat a plate now, hehehehe.
DeleteI am attracted to the 1st and last food pic. They are tempting me to go out for supper!
ReplyDeleteOh, you like the duck kway teow t'ng too.
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