White steamed chicken. or "white chop chicken".
You might be surprised why do we blog on something so normal, that you can easily find in your neighbourhood. There are also popular chicken rice such as the Melaka's rice ball chicken, Serdang's white chicken or even Ipoh "Lou Wong" Beansprout chicken. But this is a real gem hidden in Georgetown.
Hot Bowl
The shop is called Hot Bowl and its situated in Jalan Abu Siti Lane. You might never heard if this lane, but its smack right in between Jalan Anson and Lorong Selamat. If you also don't know either roads, then try the Penang map or google it. The chicken is hot, but its not in a bowl. Don't get it wrong. Apparently, this shop was even on Ho Chak!.
Owner of the shop, he's too shy to look at the camera
And even newspaper...
Newspaper cutting
"Talk more is useless". In fact, we will first intro you the "part-time actor" before going into the main actor.
White Curry Mee
Now this is what they mean by Hot Bowl. A hot bowl of curry mee, and its white in color! Served with some tangy sotongs, juicy beancurds, beansprout, cockles and cubes of pig blood. Well, if you don't like the grey blood cubes, just tell the owner not to put it in. Once served to the table, you can then add sambal to it.
Become red color after added sambal
Now, the real deal is here. 'White chicken' , topped with corianders and spring onions, served in sesame oil and soy sauce. The chicken is so smooth and the mixture of sauces make it so tasty and delicious. We never knew there were such delicious chicken until we were introduced by our colleagues.
Yummy white chicken, 10/10
Aside from the chicken and curry mee, they serve beansprout which is a good pairing with the white chicken. They also serve pork trotter in vinegar, salty and spicy vegetable, and also fish head curry ( call to order) .
Crunchy Beansprout, 7/10
Vinegar pork trotter, 8/10
Fish head curry
They even serve lobaks, which i find it normal but can be a good starter while waiting for the delicious chicken and hot white curry mee.
Lobak , 7/10
This shop can be very packed during weekend and weekdays, thus be prepared to wait for a seat. Parking can be a hassle, as the road is only one way. As the shop is almost at the end of the road, start to look for parking once you passed half way of the road.
Pricing wise, its very affordable. I find their White Coffee quite good too. Thus, do get yourself to Hot Bowl and try their delicous chicken and curry mee!
Hot Bowl Restaurant is located at
Address: 16-A, Lorong Abu Siti, 10400 Penang.
Business Hours: 8am to 3pm, closed on Monday
Directions: From Komtar, go straight to Mccalister Road. Go straight till you see a yellow Red Rock hotel on your right. Turn right into Abu Siti lane and go all the way to the end.
Contact: 04-2273168
Price: 8/10
Ambience: 7/10
Service: 8/10
Food: 9/10
Cleanliness: 8/10
Entertainment: 4/10
Visit http://picasaweb.google.com/thexnix/HotBowlRestaurant# for more photos
You might be surprised why do we blog on something so normal, that you can easily find in your neighbourhood. There are also popular chicken rice such as the Melaka's rice ball chicken, Serdang's white chicken or even Ipoh "Lou Wong" Beansprout chicken. But this is a real gem hidden in Georgetown.
Hot Bowl
The shop is called Hot Bowl and its situated in Jalan Abu Siti Lane. You might never heard if this lane, but its smack right in between Jalan Anson and Lorong Selamat. If you also don't know either roads, then try the Penang map or google it. The chicken is hot, but its not in a bowl. Don't get it wrong. Apparently, this shop was even on Ho Chak!.
Owner of the shop, he's too shy to look at the camera
And even newspaper...
Newspaper cutting
"Talk more is useless". In fact, we will first intro you the "part-time actor" before going into the main actor.
White Curry Mee
Now this is what they mean by Hot Bowl. A hot bowl of curry mee, and its white in color! Served with some tangy sotongs, juicy beancurds, beansprout, cockles and cubes of pig blood. Well, if you don't like the grey blood cubes, just tell the owner not to put it in. Once served to the table, you can then add sambal to it.
Become red color after added sambal
Now, the real deal is here. 'White chicken' , topped with corianders and spring onions, served in sesame oil and soy sauce. The chicken is so smooth and the mixture of sauces make it so tasty and delicious. We never knew there were such delicious chicken until we were introduced by our colleagues.
Yummy white chicken, 10/10
Aside from the chicken and curry mee, they serve beansprout which is a good pairing with the white chicken. They also serve pork trotter in vinegar, salty and spicy vegetable, and also fish head curry ( call to order) .
Crunchy Beansprout, 7/10
Vinegar pork trotter, 8/10
Fish head curry
They even serve lobaks, which i find it normal but can be a good starter while waiting for the delicious chicken and hot white curry mee.
Lobak , 7/10
This shop can be very packed during weekend and weekdays, thus be prepared to wait for a seat. Parking can be a hassle, as the road is only one way. As the shop is almost at the end of the road, start to look for parking once you passed half way of the road.
Pricing wise, its very affordable. I find their White Coffee quite good too. Thus, do get yourself to Hot Bowl and try their delicous chicken and curry mee!
Hot Bowl Restaurant is located at
Address: 16-A, Lorong Abu Siti, 10400 Penang.
Business Hours: 8am to 3pm, closed on Monday
Directions: From Komtar, go straight to Mccalister Road. Go straight till you see a yellow Red Rock hotel on your right. Turn right into Abu Siti lane and go all the way to the end.
Contact: 04-2273168
Price: 8/10
Ambience: 7/10
Service: 8/10
Food: 9/10
Cleanliness: 8/10
Entertainment: 4/10
Visit http://picasaweb.google.com/thexnix/HotBowlRestaurant# for more photos
