The Bayana blog

So-so.

Quite good. Note: Previously the stall was Keong curry mee, it seems that the stall has changed to be New Cathay curry mee from Pulau Tikus. 

A bak kut teh from Butterworth (Raja Uda) that has a Michelin award (which they proudly display on their stall). I got a set because they seemed to have only sets on the menu...but checking Google now, it seems like they have à-la-carte items as well. I guess they just don't display it as prominently at the stall... There were three choices for the side dish: oiled veggies, Thai sauce fried tofu, or braised chicken feet (which I selected). I like the soup and the chicken feet. Very flavourful. As for internal organs, I think there were at least three pieces each of intestine and stomach. Good enough! And it seemed like they were the braised kind (braised and then put into the soup). I appreciated that they gave a separate bowl of soup, and covered it so that it wouldn't go cold so quickly. It was a miso soup bowl; I opened up the cover for the photo. What I didn't appreciate was that the soy sauce and dark soy sauce were mixed together in one compartment. So it was like the...

I think this is from the shop at The One opposite Sunshine Square. I tried only one thing, which is the steamed hor fun with fish. (see edit below, I've tried more!) Looks nice, but does not taste so nice. It came with some greenish chilli/sambal instead of cili padi (which I might have preferred). I actually had difficulty finishing it. It is unfortunate, because we seldom find steamed hor fun... Maybe other dishes might be better, since I remember liking their noodles at The One. Update (29 March 2025): Tried their pork leg rice. Not bad, the chilli is nice.  

Famous lor bak in a kopitiam in Georgetown. This is good.

This is good, the herbal soup is very flavourful.

Sorry, no photo. This was so-so.

Famous shop in Georgetown. Nice enough, but 7 tiao lor's is still better. :P

A famous stall that I have never visited. So I took the chance to try it out at Bayana. (This seems to be one of the rare stalls that doesn't have its price marked up compared to the original branch.) The mee kuah udang tastes the best.  (that's a bowl, not a shallow plate) The dry version below is less good. The cucur udang, which is really crispy, but I don't feel it is that good...pretty normal. And nasi goreng udang, on a day when I didn't feel like eating noodles. The nasi goreng is not that special, but the four prawns came with some kuah, and mixing that into the rice made it a lot better. (It's all about the prawny gravy!) Here's the menu that I snapped a photo of on 21st Nov 2025: (I'm stating the date because the menu was different before)

I don't think the hokkien mee stall has a name...will update later if I find that it does. Lackluster. I didn't like it much. I appreciated the number of prawns given, though. :P Update (1 Feb 2026): I tried it again last week. I can't remember whether the stall name has changed, but the hokkien mee was different... rather tasteless. The soup was nowhere as red as the one in the photo.

There are a few kinds of soup noodles at this stall. sour and spicy milky noodles Nice. With cili padi in soy sauce on the side. Wish they gave a bit more fish though. (It's really just the three pieces you see in the photo.)