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As many of you might aware, I am stuck in Singapore for almost few weeks now. Yes, I am craving for Malaysian Food. Yes, I am craving for Penang food but what should I do when I am physically elsewhere. Not to mention if I need to travel to Penang, it will be quite a long journey by car.

Luckily I have friends here who directed me to Gurney Drive, not the Gurney Drive in Penang but in Singapore instead. The restaurant is strategically located at Suntec City, Singapore. Not so difficult to find but please be prepared to burn your wallet a little. Is it expensive? To me is not, but the concept is like eating Asian food in the middle of London.. get it?

Let me share with you about this place and what I ordered for my lunch..

This is the exterior of the shop.. clean, simple and nice

The interior of the restaurant with some ancient wall photos of Penang Street (must be from Macalister road)

View from the place where I seat

Now comes the Penang Menu.. duh..

You can find Penang Local Side Dishes.. something like appertizer to start with..

Or Penang Favourite Grill.. like ikan bakar, whatever that can bakar.. (bakar – grill in malay)

Or Penang Wok Fried..this must be char kuey teow.. hehe..

and dessert. In other words, this restaurant serves varieties of Penang food.

Now, let’s see what I ordered. From Side Dishes I ordered Lobak as my appertizer.. – S$4.20

From Grill Menu, I ordered Ikan Pari Bakar (Grilled Stingray) – S$7.90

From Wok-Fried Menu, I ordered char kuey teow with prawns and Chinese Sausage – S$6.90

And Gong Bao Mantis Prawn – S$ 6.90

And from Dessert Menu, I ordered Famous Penang Rojak S$4.20

Generally the food taste good and I would say the best I can get from outside Penang. Ohh.. there is one similarity with Penang food that is the potions are really small. Including GST and Service charge, I paid about S$36.60 for this meal.

Gurney Drive

Web: http://www.gurneydrive.com.sg/

Tofu with Mince Pork

Ingredients

1 tube Silken Tofu

½ cup Carrot cubes

10 g Needle mushroom

50 g Mince pork (Marinate with 1 tsp soy sauce, 2 dashes pepper and 1 tsp sesame oil)

1 Chilly (Finely chopped)

3 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped)

½ tbsp Light soy sauce

½ tbsp Oyster sauce

½ tbsp Dark soy sauce

½ tsp Sugar

1 tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

½ cup Warm water

½ tsp Corn flour (Mix with 1 tbsp water)

Method

1. Heat wok with 2 tbsp of oil. Fry garlic and chilly until fragrant and golden brown.

2. Add mince pork and fry for 5 mins. Add carrot and needle mushroom. Continue frying for 5 mins.

3. Add and mash tofu in the wok for 5 mins.

4. Add warm water, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient. Simmer over small fire for 5 mins.

5. Add sugar and mixture of corn flour. Ready to be served.

French Beans with Tau Kua

Ingredients

1 piece Tau kua (Cut into 5 mm thick slices)

50 g French beans (Remove both edge of French beans and cut each French beans into half.

3 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped)

½ tbsp Light soy sauce

½ tbsp Oyster sauce

1 tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

½ cup Warm water

½ tsp Corn flour (Mix with 1 tbsp water)

Method

1. Heat wok 4 tbsp oil and fry tau kua until golden brown. Remove from wok and set aside.

2. Heat wok with 2 tbsp oil. Fry garlic until fragrant and golden brown.

3. Add French beans and continue frying until soft.

4. Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient and warm water. Simmer for 2 mins over small fire.

5. Add corn flour mixture and ready to be served.

Stir Fried French Beans with Fish Balls

Ingredients

50 g French beans

5 Fish balls (Cut into half each)

3 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped)

½ tbsp Light soy sauce

½ tbsp Oyster sauce

1 tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

½ cup Warm water

½ tsp Corn flour (Mix with 1 tbsp water)

Method

1. Remove both edge of French beans and cut each French beans into half.

2. Heat wok with 2 tbsp of oil. Fry garlic until golden brown and fragrant.

3. Add French beans and continue frying until soft. Add fish balls.

4. Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient and warm water. Simmer for 2 mins over small fire.

5. Add corn flour mixture and ready to be served.

Lotus Root with Peanuts Soup

Ingredients

150 g Lotus root

½ cup Peanuts

10 Red dates

400 g Pork ribs

11 cups Water

2 tsp Salt

1 tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

Method

1. Boil 500ml water. Add pork ribs and cook for 5 mins. Drain water and set aside

2. Cut lotus roots into thin slices and red dates into half.

3. Boil 11 cups of water. Add pork ribs, lotus roots, peanuts and red dates.

4. Cook for 30 mins over high fire before simmer over small fire for 2 hours.

5. Add salt and TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredients. Ready to be served.