First time I have had it non-spicy, and I figure you have to have confidence in the broth to serve it this way.

Like salted caramel, salted egg yolk is quickly becoming a "sweet plus savoury" mainstream flavour. Swipe to see salted egg yolk at it's best, in molten (aka Lava Bun) form, in pic 3. Colourwise, it is certainly far more fiery looking than Choco lava cakes!

ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥: Nonya Pie Tee; Char Koay Teow; Or Luak; Sio Bak (roast pork belly); Nasi Kandar and
Tow Foo Fah 豆腐花 (bean curd). Dining by the Sea at Penang's Fisherman Wharf.

The Sio Bak was from much vaunted "Chee Pork" outlet there. It didn't meet expectations: it was crispy but it tasted like it was reheated. Perhaps you get it freshly grilled only if you preorder not if you walk-in.

The chaps at Lou Wong work really hard: Closing at 12 midnight on a weekday. This is much later than neighbouring shops like Ong Kee (7pm), which I actually wanted to try this time, but didn't have the chance.

The areas flanked by Jalan Panglima and Jalan Market has seen more than its share of hipster cafes run by young Ipohan returnees to the 'Town that Tin Built'.
There is a lovely hipster cafe we particularly like along Jalan Market, called Marketplace Waffle Bar and Cafe. Good food especially the waffles and spaghetti, with friendly and hardworking staff. It serves both sweet and savoury waffles as well as spaghetti and other mains like Duck Confit and Fish & Chips, and good coffee. This is our second visit there, and plan to visit yet again in future.

Even more so when they get it so soft and so springy that it wobbles when you rock it (pic 3).

I couldn't stomach the (typically 1 hour table-scouting) at the famous and very justifiably highly-rated Ming Court (did that the last visit), so we toddled nearby to Cowan Street where seats were ample and dim sums were also aplenty. The dim sum was decent here, though still not up to Ming Court's high standards The #chookfeet were above par (meaty, non salty, tasty), but the Malay Cake 马来糕 here was what I found truly remarkable (next post). Sadly, there were no egg tarts on menu here (so we went to Chef Fatt opposite and then to Ming Court for this as a takeaway but they were sold out at both these places even though this was only 9.30am)

PS. For fellow dim sum aficionados, note that there is ample per-entry parking (MYR 5.30 including 6% sales tax). Especially lots of lots at Excelsior Hotel's Multistorey Carpark, located just behind Ming Court.

Another day, another dish of #ChookFeet ! We liked Loong Seng. This was truly alfresco yum cha, as the table was set on the road! See pic 2.

It was pretty spicy and totally unsubtle... yet so awesome we had to have a second order (pic 3). The kimchi was well-aged (this and the generous dollops of kimchi spices were what gave it the edge). It was the quiet recommendation of one of the serving staff. When i asked him for his first recommendation and then another, he named this dish both times... The budaechigae 부대찌개 (swipe) and the sundubu chigae were ok, but nowhere as awesome. The banchan (helmed by the kimchi) were above par.
#kimchisamgyupsal