Thanks @Merkabah…there are more. The local Malaysian tourists flocked to Penang on weekends and public holidays for instagramable street arts and Penang food.
_Wonderful impressions, very yummy dishes and awesome walking tour with incredible video captures of the beauty of city scenery, clearly exposed and well shown. Thanks for sharing a wonderful inspirations._
Victor, thanks for taking time to do these videos which are very well-done and educational. Penang is very unique & easy to love! You are so real and affable…I’ve watched a lot of cooking videos and not a single host ever declares of their finished dish that ‘it doesn’t work for me’. You are the only one who dares to be truthful and teach your viewers how to correct the dish. For that, total respect, man! Best wishes to you from Singapore 🌈🌸🌈🌺🌈🌸🌈🌺
You are welcome @Shan O…thanks for letting me know your thoughts of this video. I am humbled and encouraged by your comments, and getting support from our closest neighbour, Singapore 🇸🇬 🥰🤗Cheers, Victor
Bad luck about the eggplant dish but full respect for you admitting it and naming up where you felt you’d gone wrong. Both dishes looked great anyway. Georgetown looks like such an interesting place to visit too.
Hello @Rita Bite…thank you. Well if you ever get the chance to visit Penang and if I happen to be there at the same time, let me know. George Town is really special. It is the food capital of Malaysia. It’s even more popular now than pre-Covid with tourists. Cheers, Victor
I learnt how to cook your second dish, soya sauce chicken with ginger from my mum many years ago. It's a typical Hokkien dish I loved to eat during the 60s and early seventies. The first part of your heritage tour you didn't mention the street name, looking at the images I believe it to be Acheh street, near my house I used to live many years ago. There is a popular Art Gallery located there. I don't know about now, Penang was lovely place to live and grow up during the 60s and 70s, a very safe place to live, a high standard of education and I have all my family members living with me then. Enjoy your trip to Penang by strolling down your memory lanes.
@tean tan.. thanks for sharing. Yes, I was at Lebuh Acheh, Lebuh Armenian, Lebuh Canon..,in your neighbourhood. How things have changed in our hometown and streets where we used to live and grew up. I was living in Jalan Kajang but my grandparents were at Goh Teow Lor and my grandfather’s coffee mill at Lak Teow Low. I didn’t know about the simple Penang Hokkien dish with the ginger. Mum explained over the phone. Now it is going to be my favourite weekly dish. I’ve improvised a bit and fry with some fresh cut chilli. It was really simple and yet tasty. Sometimes simple dish is the best. Cheers, Victor
Victor, I forgot to share about the eggplants 🍆. It's a trick that I learnt from a chef. Make your strips thicker. Steam the eggplants. That way you have control of the doneness. Make the sauce and toss in the eggplants for 2 minutes before serving. Try it and I love this dish too. ps: I add a hint of vinegar to sauce. Love your clips.
Hi @soot ty…thanks for sharing your tip with me and my viewers. That is a good tip. Will definitely follow this extra step the next time I make an eggplant dish. I do make a different eggplant dish by adding the Chinese black vinegar and fresh red chillies 😋 Cheers, Victor
I’m sorry but I am one of those low life’s who love my eggplant mushy if seasoned right🤣Especially when cooking those little round eggplants 🍆 will try your recipe and take your suggestions about the bean paste!
😂😂 I’ve balls’d up a few recipes, then you learn for next time and that the recipe you followed didn’t explain enough. This video is like a double hit, cook this then look around and cry over what you're missing. Seeing pictures and videos of Nepal made me want to go there so I’ve got my GB passport. Malaysia is also another country I need to get to 👍 although I’m not sure about learning the language as I’m learning Nepali and that’s hard enough for a Gora गोरा
LOL @Steve R…you can get by very easily speaking English in Malaysia. When it comes to international tourists, Malaysians are welcoming, accommodating and understanding if you can’t speak the local language or dialects. Penang was the first state colonized by the English in 1700. At the time, the British East India company established Penang island as the first trading port in the Straits of Malacca to compete with the Dutch and Portuguese. I hope to get to Nepal too for a holiday. There are so many countries and places I want to see and experience as a traveler. Cheers, Victor
