Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Roti Cenai Jalan Transfer 56 Penang


Actually this place is one of my favourite breakfast places. The roti is crisp(garing) and not doughy, unlike some negative criticism on this hawker stall. The curries are delicious, beef curry RM 1,50, chicken I don't know and it is not listed, my favourite spicy mutton curry is RM 3,-. The meat is delicious and tender, so that I can nearly tear it apart with a spoon and a fork.

As seen so often in Malaysia, they have business cooperation with a drink vendor from whom I regularly order Teh Tarik. Although it is nearly obligatory to order a drink in a hawker stall, I appreciate that he simply accepts a no for no. In my opinion this violates against consumer rights, even though they write it on the wall. The staff is not quite friendly and I suspect that they are not even Malaysians. One person told me in a rude manner that I should give them one of the many small 1 RM that I had. As I told them that I needed my RMs for the bus, he repeated it again. In the meantime I know that many people look like Malaysian and speak some Malay or Englisch, but they are foreign workers from the surrounding countries.

Next door there is a good roti bakar(chargrilled Bengali bread) vendor who also sells curries and roti. He doesn't have mutton curry and normally I only buy teh tarik and roti bakar from him, sometimes with raw eggs half-boiled on the hot grilled sandwich. You can also order kaya on your roti if you don't like raw eggs. Behind this place there is a shortcut of a backstreet leading directly to Penang Road quite opposite Chulia Street