REVIEW: Hawker

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Hawker, Chinatown, Sydney
We never miss a visit to Mamak each time we visit Sydney, and on our last trip, we visited Hawker, which is a sister restaurant to Mamak. Instead of Indian Malay influenced food, Hawker serves Malaysian Chinese street hawker food!

I try to order meals that are not available in Brisbane and there were a few that caught our eyes. Having tried the 'Lor Bak' in the past, we just had to order them again because we enjoyed it so much last time! 'Lor Bak' is actually a five-spiced marinated pork meat wrapped in tofu skin and then deep fried. Back in Penang, 'lor bak' is also served with additional snacks such as tofu, spring rolls, prawn fritters with chilli sauce and most importantly the 'lor' aka starchy sauce. Hawker certainly sticks to the tradition which I like!

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Lor Bak
Next up, is the 'poh piah'! It is another version of fresh spring roll containing shredded vegetables (mostly yam beans), with lettuce, tofu, omelette and shallots. Despite its simplicity, 'poh piah' is one of my favourite food. Hawker's poh piah is quite good but a little dry.

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Poh Piah

Finally, my go to meal to try is the 'char koay teow'. I have to admit it is pretty darn tasty! It is very similar to home with the addition of cockles (although I always omit the cockles, ahaha). Yum! I am looking forward to returning to Hawker one day...

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Char Koay Teow
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