Tanjung Pinang Dinner

This was the excited part of our Nov 2015 Tanjung Pinang trip. I always hope to experience the Singapore 60s food street that I saw it on TV. You can't experience it in Singapore as due to hygiene consideration, all the street food stalls in the past already moved into hawker centres that scattered in the island. Our local friend told us we can have dinner at their famous food street, we were so excited. 

You need to take a cab to there. Tell the driver you want to go to Akau Potong Lembu then he will know. It looks exactly like the photo taken in 60s of Singapore. Don't believe me! See the photos, man!

Photo Courtesy: Victor Koo

Well, this is real 60s photo in Singapore.

Here is the photo I took at Akau Potong Lembu Food Street.

That proved my statement, haha.

I and my dear like kids go into candy shop, keep ordered and ordered and ordered. So finally here the foods. Luckily we had this dinner with our local friends, so no problem to clear it.

Cheng Tng (local dessert)

Cendol - This dessert's ingredients are coconut milk, jelly noodles made from rice flour with green pandan leaf coloring, shaved ice, red beans and palm sugar. I could taste the coconut milk and palm sugar fragrances. Really nice.

This Cendol stall started since year 1964. 

Fried fish fillet. According to the local, the fish is shark meat. 

Ngoh Hiang (Fried meat roll, fish cake, prawn paste, etc. All the fried stuffs.)

Grilled fish / ikan bakar. I could taste the paste had lemon grass, shallot, chili and many other spices. I like this. 

Grilled squid / sotong bakar. The surface coated with a layer of source seems like honey and other spices. Dip it with the sambal, really nice. 

(Sambal - Indonesian chili source)

Indonesian fried rice / nasi goreng. 

Chicken rice. Locals like the rice with more gravy compare to Singapore version. 

All are here.

Satay stall. (Satay - a dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat)

Drinks stall.

Generally, we enjoyed the atmosphere that eat under the moon. The foods are nice. Just one note, be watched out of wild cats, it will come to your table to ask for food. Haha.