FOOD, Living in... Singapore, Uncategorized PENANG BUFFET @ COPTHORNE HOTEL, SINGAPORE 17 August 2006


Penang Buffet @ Copthorne King’s Hotel
403 Havelock Road
Singapore
$$$$-
(SG.00+++ per person)

I’ve never really eaten Penang food before, which must mean I live under some sort of (food deprived) rock.. because the food’s just delicious! Loaded with coconut milk and unhealthy ‘stuff’, the food isn’t really something you’d gorge on every day.. but since this was a one-off buffet we were attending, I absolutely STUFFED MYSELF FULL. So much so that I couldn’t really breathe properly afterwards, and was so sleepy I wanted to take a nap right there at the table. Boasting ~40 different dishes, we basically tried one of everything.. and it really adds up – it’s probably not healthy to eat so much until you want to puke.. so my new resolution is to STOP EATING from now on. Well, maybe not, but to eat a little less πŸ˜›

I was delighted with the array of dishes available, most of which I’d never had before. A foodie’s paradise :)~ All the food was good IMHO, and the packed restaurant was a testament to that. I tried to pick a favourite, but I’d have listed all the food πŸ˜‰ But if you forced me too, I’d say the popiah and all the desserts. Yum!!


One of the buffet tables

Asian drinks: sweetened soy bean, Bandung (love the colour!)
and.. er.. something else

Kway Pai Tee – some vegetarian thing. I LOVED it!!!!

Popiah – a star dish

Some sort of mee rebus-type dish, can’t remember the name

That mee rebus-type dish, fried porridge, and flat noodle cake with curry

Prawns and beans

Sticky yellow rice and curry chicken

Char Kway Teow and fish

Veg and deep-fried soft shell crab (mmmmmmmmmmmm…)

Rojak

Otak and satay

Some flat noodle cake with curry

Asian salads

Duck with mee swa noodles, in herbal broth

Fresh bean curd dessert

Fruit (boring)

Coconut pancakes with caramelised bananas

Tapioca cake and this sticky thingy with bean stuff inside (loved it)

Cake and jellies

Rice (served with kaya) and some sorta cake we couldn’t identify


It was a brilliant meal, but really took the concept of over-eating to the limits πŸ˜‰ Got home and weighed myself.. and was 1.5kg(!) heavier than normal – so I guess that’s the amount of food I ate. Arghh!!

Also paid a visit to the eBay Singapore office in the afternoon.. they took me out for a delicious lunch at Shanghai Restaurant @ 282 South Bridge Road (opposite Maxwell Market). I was fascinated with the interior.. it had dark wooden tables and benches, a la China style, and the waitress only spoke Mandarin. A really authentic restaurant, it’s speciality is “Xiao Long Bao”, my favourite!! We ordered pretty much all the dim sum dishes on the menu and everything was great :)~


The beautiful eBay building, with the Singapore flag above it πŸ™‚

I so want one of these couches for my apartment!!

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the rice with kaya – is it kueh salat

looks like there’s some peranakan-ish food there too. go try ang ku kueh with other fillings – green bean (most common), peanut, red bean, durian, yam……

is all GOOD….

Just curious if Almond Pudding is a popular dessert out in Singapore. They seem to have it all over Japan. I just tried it recently and I love it! It’s so yummy and refreshing when served with mixed fruits.

I THINK it is.. I don’t like almond so I’ve never looked out for it, but I”m pretty sure I’ve seen it on menus πŸ™‚

I miss it soo much when I’m in AU as well.. so I go nuts when I’m back in SG gorging on all the food I miss πŸ˜›

The red sticky kuih with red bean inside is called Ang Ku Kuih. I think it’s either a Hokkien or Heng Hua specialty.

The eBay office and couch are so cute!!!

*yummmmm*

i had the sudden craving for popiah after your entry.
so im gonna look for a delicious one for dinner. slurps!

that is one cool couch!

I went to Tioman last weekend (an Island off Malaysia) and also went to a Penang buffet!
The food was like an explosion of flavour!

That buffet looks incredible! I’ve never had Penang food before…a lot of the desserts look very dim sum-like. The buffets in the US are usually pretty bad…but I still gorge myself anyway (I overeat at buffets too! πŸ™‚ Lucky! :o)

the rice with kaya – is it kueh salat

looks like there’s some peranakan-ish food there too. go try ang ku kueh with other fillings – green bean (most common), peanut, red bean, durian, yam……

is all GOOD….

Just curious if Almond Pudding is a popular dessert out in Singapore. They seem to have it all over Japan. I just tried it recently and I love it! It’s so yummy and refreshing when served with mixed fruits.

I THINK it is.. I don’t like almond so I’ve never looked out for it, but I”m pretty sure I’ve seen it on menus πŸ™‚

Food :)~~~~

The mee rebus-type dish is called mee Jawa here. The flat noodle cake, is it Roti Jala? FYI, Nowhere in Penang will you get that big chunk of caramelised bananas on your coconut pancakes.

-Penangite

Re: Food :)~~~~

YES Mee Jawa, that’s it! So hard trying to remember all the names πŸ˜› And yes, I believe that’s Roti Jala as well, that sounds about right..

I miss it soo much when I’m in AU as well.. so I go nuts when I’m back in SG gorging on all the food I miss πŸ˜›

My office is a 5 min walk or so away from the eBay officE!
I took a pic of it in the past, but forgot to upload it for you πŸ˜›

The red sticky kuih with red bean inside is called Ang Ku Kuih. I think it’s either a Hokkien or Heng Hua specialty.

The eBay office and couch are so cute!!!

*yummmmm*

i had the sudden craving for popiah after your entry.
so im gonna look for a delicious one for dinner. slurps!

that is one cool couch!

I went to Tioman last weekend (an Island off Malaysia) and also went to a Penang buffet!
The food was like an explosion of flavour!

That buffet looks incredible! I’ve never had Penang food before…a lot of the desserts look very dim sum-like. The buffets in the US are usually pretty bad…but I still gorge myself anyway (I overeat at buffets too! πŸ™‚ Lucky! :o)

Food :)~~~~

The mee rebus-type dish is called mee Jawa here. The flat noodle cake, is it Roti Jala? FYI, Nowhere in Penang will you get that big chunk of caramelised bananas on your coconut pancakes.

-Penangite

Re: Food :)~~~~

YES Mee Jawa, that’s it! So hard trying to remember all the names πŸ˜› And yes, I believe that’s Roti Jala as well, that sounds about right..

My office is a 5 min walk or so away from the eBay officE!
I took a pic of it in the past, but forgot to upload it for you πŸ˜›