Fried Oysters
Another Penang’s delicious delicacy is fried oysters. Better known by the locals as ‘Oh Jian’.
Like it’s name sake, it’s main ingredient are oysters. Together with the oysters, other ingredients like starch(prepared using flour), eggs, a little soya sauce as well as some pepper. These ingredients are then mixed and fried together until the mixtures gives out a nice fragrance. The oysters are usually not overcooked to maintain it’s natural sweet taste. At different stalls, sometimes the sellers will also add in prawns as an additional ingredient.
The fried oysters dish is usually served together with some locally made chilly sauce. Having the fried oysters dipped with a little chilly sauce, it will further enhance the taste of the oysters.
This dish is widely available in most hawkers’ centres as well as local coffee shops. Be sure you give it a try if you spot one around when you are in Penang. It’s normally costs between RM6.00 to RM10.00 depending on the size of the dish that you desire.