What is the best way to fill up your stomach? Seating? Standing? No, both are WRONG! The best way should be squatting! Squatting and eat is just like how you are doing big business every morning if your house don’t have a seated toilet bowl! Why is this the best way? Because everything you fill in, will direct come out from the hole down there, and you will store 0% fat, and you will be healthy, just kidding.
Well, I was always attracted to this place due to it super unique seating style, squatting on a small piece of bangku (stool) while eating. I always wonder why the hell will people want to eat like this when they can seat properly.Besides, although I never seat there when I am eating there, I find that you need skills to squat and eat. The stool ain’t big and if you stacked it up, you might just fall down if you can’t balance yourself properly.
My mum do told me that this place is frequently visited by trishaw (tricycle) fellows as the Teochew style porridge served here is good and most importantly, Cheap!
It’s amazing how they are able to cook so many dishes in such a small and basic kitchen.
As same with all Teochew porridge, all the dish is served with very small portion in a small plate.
Yummy soy sauce tofu and pork. I absolutely love the pork here as it’s fat, and soy sauce is always the best way to go with plain porridge. 7.4/10
The fried fish is good too. They will add some soy sauce when served, and it goes really well with the porridge. 7.0/10
It seems that everything need to be salty for Teochew porridge, and hence here is another one. Salted vegetables. I however find that this is quite normal only. 6.3/10
The fried small lala (clam) with chili and ginger had failed badly though. I can only taste chili powder and nothing else in this plate of clams. Besides, I might be biased too as I am not a fan of small clams at all since the flesh is way too small for me to actually taste anything. 5.5/10
And finally something salty again! Salted eggs and foo yue (Shezcuan beancurd with chili and sesame oil). Both of this are consider a must for Teochew style porridge and to many people especially those who are less fortunate, with only this 2 dish, they are able to finish few big bowl of porridge already.
The stall is located at Gaik Ten coffee shop along Magazine road, just opposite Trader’s Hotel.
Total Damage: RM14
Operating Hours: 11.30am to 3pm
Location: Magazine Road, George Town, Penang
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