Coconut@ Lorong Abu Siti, Penang

This will be a short post.

I shall tackle the food I had in Penang another day.. today, shall just write about the sweet coconut drink I had in Penang.. :-)

The heat was sweltering...we just had prawn mee nearby and was looking for something to ease the heat licking inside our bellies..We drove by the gudang kelapa (coconut store/ warehouse), well, at least that's what it looks like to me; on the day before, hence, I suggested for us to go there..

I was amazed when we stop and went near the shop..This shop was practically filled to the brim with coconuts; 2 types; normal coconut and pandan coconut..

Apa u mau? pandan atau biasa? sejuk atau tak sejuk? (what do you want? Pandan flavoured or the normal ones? chilled or non chilled?) the man asked, while moving his parang menacingly (or so I imagined..haha)

All of us wanted pandan as it looked smaller and our stomach can handle that..The man immediately started chopping the coconut, deftly chopping here and there; in a blink of an eye, he had thrusted 4 coconuts to us..I love the way he creatively chopped a side of the coconut to form a sorta spoon for us to use to scoop the smooth, sweet coconut flesh after the drink..the coconut juice was frangrant, had a hint of pandan, sweet and refreshing..just what we needed after a spicy meal :-). The man also provided spoons for those who are bothered with using the coconut skin as a spoon, so no worries bout that. I went closer to their storeroom and checked the mountains of coconuts stacked inside..Would you look at that?I asked if they stored coconuts upstairs too..The man look at me incredulously, as though I'm an imbecile and said, Atas untuk tidur! (Upstairs is for sleeping!). hehe

Cant really recall how much was the coconut.. RM1.50? RM2.00? Well, it was not very expensive as far as I could remember..

This shop is located at Lorong Abu Siti, near the junction to Burma road. 2 roads away from Lorong Selamat.