Hakka Lei Cha

May 28, 2008 | By hailiang | In Food Glorious Food |  

Yesterday I had lunch at Jalan Bawasah, a hakka coffeeshop cum mini museum for Wong Pow Nee, the first Chief Minister of Penang. The coffee shop occupies 2 pre-war shophouse which was tastefully restored. On 1 side there is the coffeeshop, on the next shop there is a small museum where you can see photos of Wong Pow Nee and some historical news about him.

In the coffeeshop there are several dishes cooked traditionally by hakkas. We had the Lei Cha which is a tea based soup eaten with rice and some condiments. I had tasted one in Johor Bahru and according to my brother-in-law who is a Hakka, the JB one taste quite authentic.

Well, the one in Penang has a stronger tea taste but the servings for the vegetable condiments is a bit small. Overall, it is still tasty. Below are photos taken before we mixed everything in and after we mixed everything up. This is quite a treat because I think no other person in Penang island sells Lei Cha. Those of you know a good place in Penang please give me comments.

Lei Cha

Lei Cha before mixing         Lei Cha after mixing everything up

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4 Responses to “Hakka Lei Cha”

  1. Mong Ling on May 29th, 2008 5:05 pm

    It’s great that Penang has a place to eat Lei Cha now! Personally I like the one in JB more. But this one is still good :) Will definitely go back to have more Lei Cha!

  2. hailiang on May 29th, 2008 5:39 pm

    Good that you enjoyed it.

  3. Christina on November 2nd, 2008 9:29 pm

    I would like to try JB hakka lei Cha, plan to go tomorrow could you tell me the location? I am taking bus from singapore mariling MRT. Hope you could reply me soon. Provide the map if you have, how far from the check point? I am a vegatable lover thanks for your reply.

  4. hailiang on November 3rd, 2008 2:57 pm

    Hi Christina,

    Thank you for your comments.

    The name of the coffeeshop is “Restaurant Rasa Hakka”, a corner lot at Jalan Keris opposite the Daima wet market.

    You can also order brown rice to go with your Lei Cha instead of the plain rice. But its more chewy. If you are vegetarian, ask them to leave out the dried prawns.

    If you bring friends or family who eats meat, then you can try the Yong Tau Foo as well.

    Hope its useful to you and enjoy your meal!

    Rgds,
    Hai Liang

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