Famous Penang Signature Soy Bean Curd Wrap

The Famous Penang Lobak

The Penang Lobak or the Soy Bean Curd Warp is one of the more famous Penang cuisines. Initially a home cooked specialty that was introduced by the Hokkein clan of Penang. Then, it was made available through hawker stalls in Chinese Malaysian owned coffee shops in Penang and Butterworth in Malaysia. Today, practically, the Lobak is found and available in many of the Chinese Malaysian owned coffee shops through out the country even in as far places as East Malaysia.

Penang Lobak

In Vancouver, some of the Malaysian restaurants have the Penang Lobak listed on their menu. But I still like the home cooked ones. Although the ingredients and components to prepare and to cook the Penang Lobak are easily sourced in Vancouver, not many people really know how to prepare it. Of all the Malaysian gatherings that I have attended, I have yet to meet another Malaysian that contributes the Penang Lobak. One of the reasons could be because it is more of a Hokkien cuisine.

A Penang Signature Cuisine

The main components of the Penang Lobak are the soy bean curd sheet (used for wrapping) which is readily available in most Asian grocery store like T&T Supermarket, Chong Lee Market, Sun Tung Fatt Market, and Heng Long Supermarket, a nice ripe taro root, and about three to five pounds of pork (a lean piece would be awesome). The ingredients would be five spices, corn starch and salt. That is how deliciously simple to make this pork taro wrap.