Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious

Laksa air itam in Penang Hill area is delicious – When you are traveling to Penang, the must do thing is trying the local food. Penang is famous with the vary yet yummy food. Most of them have Chinese influence but you still able to find a lot of halal food in Penang.

One of the Penang specialty is Laksa. What is laksa? Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup. It is a Peranakan cuisine or some people called is as Nyonya cuisine, the descendants of early Chinese migrants who moved to Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia then married to locals. They mixed the Chinese dishes with local and create new taste of Peranakan cuisine.

Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious

Laksa consist of rice noodles with some prawn or fish, served in a spicy soup based on rich and spicy coconut milk curry or sour surry which is using tamarind. Laksa is popular in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

When you are in Penang, one laksa stall you have to try is Laksa Asam at Air Itam Market near Penang Hill. Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is delicious yet famous. My ex-boss who is Malaysian really recommended me to try it when i was in Penang several months ago. So after visited Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera), my friends and I took the online taxi to the wet market at Jalan Pasar, Air Itam, Penang.

Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious

We arrived at the premises at almost lunch time, just before took walk to the Kek Lok Si Temple. It was just opened but some people already had their brunch there. So we ordered 3 bowls of Laksa but one was without onion as I saw the old uncle was putting a lot of red onion on the bowls.

I am sure that Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is delicious because a lot of people recommended it. Not too long, our order came to the table. Oh ya, the tables were arranged on the pedestrian which is set as eating area so it can be categorized as hawker stall.

Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious

We tasted the soup which has strong taste of mackerel and tamarind. On the bowl, we could see fine sliced cucumber, kind of lettuce, red onion, red chili, mint, ginger and kesum leaf over the rice noodle. They also put some shrimp paste on the bowl. The thick mackerel broth has balanced taste of the spicy, sour and sweet. It is like great thing to enjoy in a hot and sweating day of Penang. Oh ya, Penang Laksa is listed as number 7 on the World’s 50 best food by CNN on 2011.

When you are in the stall, you will see how busy are the team to serve all customers. You will see the uncle on the logo preparing your laksa. He is the owner and seems now his son helps him to manage the business. If you saw him at the stall, means you are in the right place to eat Laksa Asam at Jalan Pasar Air Itam, Penang.

Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is Delicious

Next to this stall you can order the drinks or fried snacks. It seems you cannot bring food from outside other than order from the available stalls in this street. No worry, all are yummy!

So other than visiting the popular tourism destinations in Penang hill area which are Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) and Kek Lok Si Temple, you also should visit this famous laksa asam.

Laksa Air Itam in Penang Hill Area is delicious and not expensive. It is only cost you RM 5 for a bowl ( year 2018) laksa asam. Our belly was full and we continued to walk to the beautiful Kek Lok Si Temple.

 

PENANG AIR ITAM LAKSA

Open daily at 10:30 – 19:00

Address : Jalan Pasar, Air Itam Market, Penang 11500, Malaysia

Tel : +60-12-500 7063

 

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