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Penang Soul Food<br />
TOH SOON CAFÉ<br />
Pinned in between two heritage shops at the alleyway<br />
of Campbell street is where you’ll find the best Chinesestyle<br />
breakfast in town to kick start your day. Starting<br />
at 8am, the decades old café is already crowded with<br />
locals and tourists alike that wish to get a taste of their<br />
homemade Hainan coffee and charcoal toast bread.<br />
The Hainan coffee is carefully brewed to give off a<br />
robust flavour at every sip; optional to drink it pure<br />
black or with milk. By keeping it real, this traditional<br />
roadside café toasts bread through a clay stove with<br />
burning charcoal to add the enchanting flavour, serving<br />
it with sweet homemade kaya, a type of coconut jam<br />
with pandan leaf, mixed with imported butter spread.<br />
Complementing the toast bread is soft-boiled eggs on<br />
the side for a mouthful of indulgence. Well, a Penangite<br />
breakfast is not complete without a good Malaysian nasi<br />
lemak so relish in the local ambience and surroundings<br />
while you eat.<br />
184, Campbell Street, Georgetown<br />
MING XIANG TAI<br />
First founded in 1979, the handmade Cantonese<br />
pastries were sold on a trishaw cart by a married couple<br />
and it wasn’t until in 2008 that Ming Xiang Tai pastry<br />
shop was introduced to honour the couple’s poignant<br />
journey by their third-generation heir to bring forth and<br />
preserve the family’s secret recipe.<br />
The dining scene at Ming Xiang Tai truly brings back the<br />
memories of the warm past with Chinese calligraphy<br />
on the walls, wood engraved signboards and antique<br />
ornaments. Within the historic atmosphere, the highlight<br />
of your brunch or teatime is their signature Cantonese<br />
dessert, the gleaming golden “Trishaw Egg Tart”. The<br />
smooth texture of the freshly baked pastry glides easily<br />
on your tongue and melts in your mouth instantly.<br />
Besides that, the shop also serves bite-sized traditional<br />
Cantonese pastries in assorted flavours such as salted<br />
egg, pandan, chicken floss and glutinous coconut puff,<br />
all handmade ingredients from their heirloom recipe that<br />
will undoubtedly enrich your palate.<br />
475-A, Penang Road, Georgetown<br />
www.mingxiangtai.com.my<br />
FROM TOP A bustling<br />
morning at Toh Soon Cafe;<br />
The breakfast spread of<br />
Hainan coffee, toast and<br />
eggs; A pack of warm nasi<br />
lemak; The welcoming<br />
scene of Ming Xiang Tai;<br />
The aesthetic interior<br />
seating at Ming Xiang Tai;<br />
A selection of freshly baked<br />
Cantonese pastries.<br />
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