About a month ago, I was in Malaysia, enjoying the sights and sounds of the beautiful place.
There is this one seafood restaurant in Penang that I have been to once before, and remember it as a deliciously exciting place. I say restaurant in the loosest sense of the word. Mainly because it looks like a garage, and it has a tree growing through it! But that doesn’t matter, because it serves fresh seafood, and fresh seafood is what we wanted to eat! Plus I believe places like these make mind blowing food for some odd reason!
It was quite an experience though. You get to the entrance, and are ushered toward the “kitchen”, where in front of you there’s a long line of fresh seafood on ice. Everything you want, is right there. And behind it, the chefs, cooking away so fast you’d think they were on speed! But this was what it was all about. The fact that nobody spoke any English, made this experience even more interesting. They don’t have a menu either. It was simple, you take a look at all the seafood in front of you, point to whatever you want, and then go and sit at your table. Kinda' felt like a lucky dip really!
We decided to order some clams, prawns and a couple of soft shell crabs. With absolutely no idea how they’d cook it, we took our seats and ordered a beer. At this point, what you end up doing is looking at other people’s tables, and perve on their food! Yes, it’s true, we all do it so don’t act like you don’t! Especially when you don’t really know what’s coming to your table!
Before long though, we were served with:
The crab was battered and deep fried, with a salty spice sprinkled over it with a side sauce of soy and chilli. Very simple and delicious!
These bad boys were ridiculously huge in size! With the shells on, they were stir fried in plenty of spices with a generous serving of soy sauce. I tried to figure out exactly what was in there, but the truth is, all I could taste was deliciousness! Plus I think they went down in 3 minutes flat, so all I can tell you is...YUMMY!
Oh my...these clams. They were doused in garlic. Stir fried with spinach, chilli, soy sauce and some sort of magic spices that aren’t known to the world outside of Penang! I’d describe these clams as perfect, however the words used by my partner were, “Oh my, this has ruined clams for me! I don’t believe I’ll have clams this good again!”. This may sound like an exaggeration, although, they really were orgasmic!! If you've had great food before, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If food hasn't given you such a feeling before, then I believe you haven't lived!!
In case you were wondering, this place is called, Weld Quay Seafood Restaurant, in Penang, Malaysia. Go and try it if you're prepared to be amazed!
There is this one seafood restaurant in Penang that I have been to once before, and remember it as a deliciously exciting place. I say restaurant in the loosest sense of the word. Mainly because it looks like a garage, and it has a tree growing through it! But that doesn’t matter, because it serves fresh seafood, and fresh seafood is what we wanted to eat! Plus I believe places like these make mind blowing food for some odd reason!
It was quite an experience though. You get to the entrance, and are ushered toward the “kitchen”, where in front of you there’s a long line of fresh seafood on ice. Everything you want, is right there. And behind it, the chefs, cooking away so fast you’d think they were on speed! But this was what it was all about. The fact that nobody spoke any English, made this experience even more interesting. They don’t have a menu either. It was simple, you take a look at all the seafood in front of you, point to whatever you want, and then go and sit at your table. Kinda' felt like a lucky dip really!
We decided to order some clams, prawns and a couple of soft shell crabs. With absolutely no idea how they’d cook it, we took our seats and ordered a beer. At this point, what you end up doing is looking at other people’s tables, and perve on their food! Yes, it’s true, we all do it so don’t act like you don’t! Especially when you don’t really know what’s coming to your table!
Before long though, we were served with:
The crab was battered and deep fried, with a salty spice sprinkled over it with a side sauce of soy and chilli. Very simple and delicious!
These bad boys were ridiculously huge in size! With the shells on, they were stir fried in plenty of spices with a generous serving of soy sauce. I tried to figure out exactly what was in there, but the truth is, all I could taste was deliciousness! Plus I think they went down in 3 minutes flat, so all I can tell you is...YUMMY!
Oh my...these clams. They were doused in garlic. Stir fried with spinach, chilli, soy sauce and some sort of magic spices that aren’t known to the world outside of Penang! I’d describe these clams as perfect, however the words used by my partner were, “Oh my, this has ruined clams for me! I don’t believe I’ll have clams this good again!”. This may sound like an exaggeration, although, they really were orgasmic!! If you've had great food before, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If food hasn't given you such a feeling before, then I believe you haven't lived!!
In case you were wondering, this place is called, Weld Quay Seafood Restaurant, in Penang, Malaysia. Go and try it if you're prepared to be amazed!
