One of Penang's Most Famous Cuisine

Penang Loh Bak

The Penang Loh Bak is one of the most famous cuisine that originated from the Teochew clan in Penang. Although there are several recipes available in preparing this delicious meat wrap roll, the Penang version is the more favorable. The Loh Bak is also found in Malacca and Singapore where there are lots of Teochew people but it may have a different name and slightly different preparation method.

Famous Penang Cuisine

No matter which recipe is used to prepare the Loh Bak, five spices or Ngoh Yang Hun is the main ingredient used to create that unique flavour and taste in the meat wrap roll. Other ingredients would include taro, carrots, water chest nut and pork. Once all these ingredients are mixed and marinated over night, they are used as fillings in soybean curd sheet (cut to six inch squares). These meat wrap rolls are then deep fried in cooking oil.

Loh Bak

It will take just a few minutes to cook in hot cooking oil and when it is still hot, the wrap is crispy on the outside, soft, crunchy and juicy in the inside. At home, we usually prepare a few dozens of this meat wrap at any one time. Then, consume what we can and keep the rest for later meals. The kids would warm up the frozen Loh Bak in the microwave oven, cook rice and slice some cucumbers to take to school for lunch.