New Lane Hawkers

Had a slightly early dinner at New Lane last Saturday... and as usual, the place was getting busier by the minute..

Since we were early, we managed to grab hold of a bowl of porridge that normally sells out by 8pm or somtimes before that..

Good porridge this was.......

And I was thinking... it has been a long time since I had Char Kuey Teow, so I ordered one after verifying again and again with my bf that this stall's is not bad....However, the moment I saw my Char Kuey Teow, I knew it wasn't gonna taste good (I'm that good in looking at food ok? Especially my favourites)

And indeed, it did not taste good AT ALL - what a disappointment, to think that quite a few outstation people actually recommended this Char Kuey Teow stall -_-

We ordered Batu Maung satay as well... and my bf argued with the lady that this is not Batu Maung satay and was in the midst of insisting she exchange it with real Batu Maung satays (coz the stall sells the normal satay and Batu Maung satay) - but I told him this IS batu maung satay and only then he let go of his 'bite' on the lady... haha

The all-new New World Park

Why is it called the new New World Park? Coz New World Park has actually been around for ages, since Shaw Brothers had a thetre/cinema here many many years ago (even before I was born), and since I was a kid there has been many stalls lined up on both sides of the road along Swatow Lane in the afternoon, offering a lot of famous Penang hawker food.

Some rich guy (I forgot his name) threw in big bucks to have a proper place built up as a hawker centre for all these stalls to be housed within, and tada! We have the new New World Park now... in case some of you overseas are going "where's that?" the answer is... Swatow Lane! Yes, all the stalls down there are now being 'centralised' into a pretty chic hawker centre known as "New World Park".

Shame to say, though, after its opening in Jan, I only managed to set foot in there in April :S

Some of the stalls.... the stalls had ample space and even a partition for cooking (inside) and serving (outside)

This is just a glimpse of one side of the whole hawker centre floor space:-

Run down on all my fave food at Swatow Lane/New World Park :-
Curry Mee
Char Kuey Teow
Hokkien Mee
Ice Kacang
Ee Ya Kueh
Cucur udang

My bf had char kuey teow - it's from a grumpy aunty, but I do love her char kuey teow as well :)

While we shared an Ice Kacang - with added ice cream and banana :D

Gurney Drive Hawker Centre

The hawker centre down Gurney Drive continues to hustle and bustle nightly, and I went there with my bf to grab a bite and hang out a bit recently:-

Sitting there with all the stalls staring at you, my bf couldn't resist himself and ordered grilled cuttlefish - claiming that he hasn't tasted one in like n years already.....

* this post is for you smm - refresh your memory on Gurney Drive's hawker centre, where cerine's dad sells muah chee here :)