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Maintaining a WP7 and WP8 version of a same Silverlight application
This article provides some tricks and tips for maintaining a Windows Phone 8 version of a Silverlight application along with the legacy of Windows Phone 7 version.
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Now that Windows Phone 8 is available, a new challenge arises for Windows Phone developer: fragmentation. If you want to use the great new features of Windows Phone 8 but you still want to target your large Windows Phone 7 user base, you may need to maintain both a WP7 version and a WP8 version of your application. There is no "silver bullet" solution to this problem, but there are a number of approaches you can use to reduce the maintenance cost.
This article outlines a number of tricks and tips for managing your application versions, which you should use and combine depending on your needs:
- Sharing code files between your projects
- Adding async/await support to your Windows Phone 7 project
- Use of conditional symbols to add platform-specific pieces of code
- Set custom styles
- Using a custom URI mapper to redirect to specific XAML page depending on the platform
Setting up the projects and sharing code files
To build a Windows Phone 8 app, the first thing you need is... A WP8 project. The approach I use is having a WP7 and a WP8 project for the same application, sharing most of the source files. Then I try to develop as often as possible directly in the WP7 project, as it has the smallest subset of features. If something works on WP7, it'll most likely work on WP8.
So, how to create a Windows Phone 8 project out of your existing Windows Phone 7 project?
First step, create the actual Windows Phone 8 project. To do so, open your Windows Phone 7 solution, and add a new project targeting Windows Phone 8.
Remove the default MainPage.xaml/cs files from the project, then link the pages and classes from your WP7 project to your new project, as shown below:
- Right-click on the project
- Choose Add then Existing item'
- Go to the WP7 project folder, select all the XAML and C# files you want to share
- Click on the small arrow on the Add button
- Select Add as link
You'll want to share most of the .cs and .xaml files of your WP7 project. The only ones that shouldn't be shared are those who contain a lot of platform specific code (in which case it may be easier to create a whole new file for WP8, as we'll see in the next sections of this article). Also, I recommend not sharing the App.xaml and App.xaml.cs files, as it may actually make some things easier to do, like customizing the styles.
Tip: You will most likely want to share some XAML pages and their .cs code-behind file. If you add both files as link, they won't appear grouped in Visual Studio's solution explorer:
If you want them to be grouped, like they were in the original WP7 solution, you can either just add the .xaml file (Visual Studio will automatically add the .cs file), or use the free Visual Studio extension called VSCommands. It adds an option to the contextual menu that you can use to group your files. Just select the .xaml and .cs file, right-click, and click on Group items:
Then select the .xaml file as root item:
Click on Ok, and the files are now grouped!
Up to this point, you should be able to compile the WP8 project (after adding the missing references and updating the manifest if needed) and run it. Now let's start adding specific features to the WP8 project.
Adding async/await support to your Windows Phone 7 project
One of the best new feature of .NET 4.5 has been made available for Windows Phone 8: the async and await keywords. Thankfully, the BCL team has published a NuGet package to make those keywords available for WP7 as well.
Installation steps are detailed in this blog post.
Overall, all you need to do is to search Microsoft.Bcl.Async in NuGet, and install the Async for .NET Framework 4, Silverlight 4 and 5, and Windows Phone 7.5 package. You can also install it directly from the NuGet console by typing:
install-package Microsoft.Bcl.Async –pre
Of course, you need to add this package only to the WP7 project, as the WP8 one has already native async/await support. Once the package is installed, you can use tasks and the async/await keywords from both the WP7 and WP8 projects!
Use of conditional symbols for platform-specific code
It's no surprise that there will come a moment when you'll be using APIs that can't be back-ported to WP7. How do we call those new methods without creating compilation errors in the WP7 project? By using preprocessor directives.
Right-click on the WP8 project, go in the properties, then in the Build tab. There, you can see a 'Conditional compilation symbols' textbox, with per default "SILVERLIGHT;WINDOWS_PHONE". Edit it to add "WP8". The new complete value should then be "SILVERLIGHT;WINDOWS_PHONE;WP8".
Now, whenever you use a specific WP8 API, you can enclose your code using the directives #IF WP8 and #endif. That way, those portions of code will be ignored when compiling the WP7 project!
For instance, let's say we want to call the new Application.Terminate() API only when executing the WP8 app. Then this code should do the trick:
#if WP8
Custom Styles
You may want to apply different styles to your XAML page depending on whether you're aiming WP7 or WP8, for instance to hide buttons. If your app.xaml files aren't shared, then you can simply declare your styles there in that project. However, if they are shared, you can reference an external resource dictionary.
On both projects:
- Right-click on the project
- Select Add, then New Item
- Select Text file and name it "Styles.xaml"
Then, in the solution explorer, select the file, look at the properties, and set the 'build action' to Content.
Open your two Styles.xaml files, and add the following XAML code:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Then, open the App.xaml file, and reference the newly created ResourceDictionary:
<ResourceDictionary Source="Styles.xaml" />
And you're done! Now each project has its separate Styles.xaml file where you can put your custom styles.
How does it work? Let's say you've got a button that you want to style differently depending on whether you're executing the WP7 or the WP8 app.
First, apply the style to the button:
<Button Style="{StaticResource TestStyle}" x:Name="ButtonContinue" Content="Continue" />
Then create the corresponding style in the Styles.xaml. For instance, in the WP7 one:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
<Style x:Key="TestStyle" TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
Then in the WP8 one:
<ResourceDictionary xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
<Style x:Key="TestStyle" TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red" />
Execute the project, and you'll see that the button's text is displayed in blue when executing the WP7 app, and in red when executing WP8 app. It's a convenient way to display or hide UI elements depending on which application is running.
Specific pages and URI mapper
Sometimes, conditional symbols and custom styles just aren't enough, it may be easier to create a whole new XAML page for Windows Phone 8.
There are two main cases where you could require to use specific pages:
- You're adding a completely new feature to your app, only for Windows Phone 8. For instance, if you want to add NFC sharing which isn't supported by Windows Phone 7. Then there's no point in sharing a common XAML file between WP7 and WP8 since the WP7 one won't be able to do anything.
- In that case, it's rather straightforward: just add the new page to the WP8 project. Then, use conditional symbols or styles to add the button to navigate to that page.
- You're dealing with features that exist in both version of your app, but the WP8 version requires a lot of specific code. For instance, if you're rewriting a page to use the brand new map control. In that case, you'd end up enclosing most of your page's code in conditional symbols, and it'll quickly become a nightmare to maintain. In that case, you're better out creating a complete new page.
The obvious way to do that is to remove the linked version of the file, and add a project-specific file (as you would do in a 'normal' project). However, you'll end up with files named the same way in your WP7 and WP8 projects, some of them being shared and the others not. To avoid any confusion, it's better to give them different names.
So let's say we have a page called Test.xaml in our WP7 project. We want to completely rewrite this page in the WP8 project. First, we add a new page called TestWP8.xaml.
Now, at some point in the WP7 project, you want to redirect the user to this page:
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/Test.xaml", UriKind.Relative));
How to redirect to TestWP8.xaml in the WP8 version of the application? If you've read the previous chapters, you know you can do that using conditional symbols:
However, you may want to handle those specific redirections in a centralized way, especially if there are many ways in the app to reach the Test.xaml page. We can do that using a custom URI mapper.
What is a URI mapper? It's a class used by Silverlight to associate a page to an URI. When you call NavigationService.Navigate, the framework will use the URI mapper to which page is designated by your URI.
Making a custom URI mapper is quite simple. Add a new class to the WP8 project, and call it 'CustomUriMapper'. The class must inherit from UriMapperBase. Then we override the MapUri'method and we check which URI is called. If it's Test.xaml, then we redirect to our new TestWP8.xaml' page. Otherwise, we just return the original URI:
public class CustomUriMapper : System.Windows.Navigation.UriMapperBase
public override Uri MapUri(Uri uri)
if (uri.OriginalString.StartsWith("/Test.xaml"))
return new Uri("/TestWP8.xaml", UriKind.Relative);
return uri;
Now, we just need to replace the original URI mapper by our custom one. In the App.xaml.cs file, in the constructor, search the line calling the InitializePhoneApplication method. Just after that line, replace the URI mapper of the root frame:
// Phone-specific initialization
// Replace the default URI mapper
RootFrame.UriMapper = new CustomUriMapper();
And we're done! Each time the application will try to navigate to Test.xaml, it'll be automatically redirected to TestWP8.xaml.
Maintaining a project for two different platforms will always be a tough task, but by using all those little tricks you should be able to make things easier.
Don't forget to thoroughly test both the WP7 and WP8 version of your apps, as there may be slight behaviour changes on some common APIs. When you're confident enough about the quality of your application, the last step is to publish your .xap file. The Windows Phone Dev Center allows you to independently update the WP7 version of your app even after you've published a WP8 version, so you always have the opportunity to publish fixes or whole new features for your legacy user-base.


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I think the intention is once the merge to 2.6.32 happens you should not need out-of-tree kernel code - at least for DRI1.
Is the plan to freeze the kernel drm once it moves into the mainline kernel? Or will we need bleeding edge kernels to follow the 3D development?
I think the intention is once the merge to 2.6.32 happens you should not need out-of-tree kernel code - at least for DRI1.
By the way, I switched over to KMS/TTM/GEM using the 2.6.31rc8 and latest git on a laptop with XP200M chip (I think it's something like RS480 or something) and it's quite stable already. Can't I see much difference with the situation before that, but it's surely stable and if that means getting better things in the future, it surely is a good job done! I guess the next step is to check Gallium3D there. :-)
That's great news! Thanks for the heads-up. Amazing to see the ATi open drivers progress over this last year. Excellent work.
But transparency, fading, moving windows around, expose, and many other cool effects work, and are fast and stable in KWin. You don't need to wait for anything, you can already get this with the .31 kernel and recent radeon/radeonhd driver.
For some of the remaining effects, you'll have to wait for 3d. The kernel part of this should hopefully get merged into the .32 kernel. But that doesn't mean that everything will work perfectly, as there are other parts needed for 3d which are developed outside of the kernel (Mesa). The KWin with OpenGL backend still doesn't really work for me.
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just a question
is the infrastructure needed (in the kernel) for Gallium ready??
and if not in which kernel version is going to be ready??
I for the first time tried the R6xx/R7xx 3D stuff on Kubuntu 9.10 with my AMD Radeon HD 4850 today. The composite performance (KWin desktop effects) is better than fglrx + the 1-2s freezes when maximizing windows/etc. are gone :P It isn't fully stable though (of course).

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Despite how it may seem, children absolutely do listen to their parentwhen they talk about underage drinking. And not only do they listen, but teens actually identify you, their parents, as the number one influence on whether they drink alcohol or not.
Talk to them - it does make a difference. Start at an early age, and keep it up all the way through their teen years.
> Key points to mention and cover in your discussions:
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UNIX-way is our tradition. Why? Because it just works. Single responsibility principle is crucial in Linux world (that's why Linux took over servers and supercomputer - it is easy to maintain and you're not bouded to any set of softwar, you can change parts of your system at your will).
And systemd is so violent to this Tradition as if pope supported gay marriage. I don't want to hear about both X is anti-Tradition too, and with Wayland and Mir we are hopefully going back to our roots - simple, easy to maintain programs, not bloated monolithic combines.
Back to the the point, does UNIX-way mean blindly following the principle by copying the flaws in practice like sysv or being inspired by its principle? systemd is about the latter. You can built it without using all options.
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A car crashed into the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church in Forest Hill, and when police officers arrived to investigate, they found the driver beating the pastor to death with an electric guitar.
The officers tased, then arrested, the driver. Later, authorities went to check on him in the squad car and found that he had died.
The church secretary witnessed the assaults and called 911 while she barricaded herself inside an office, according to NBC DFW [1].
Police are investigating the motive of the attack.


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XBlaster is casual browser game by BigPoint where PvP takes a leading role. Gameplay in XBlaster is similar to Gladius 2 but is set in a sci-fi arena with giant mechs rather than in the Colosseum of ancient Rome. New players chose between three mechs and are given some basic equipment including a chainsaw, a gun, and a grenade launcher. These weapons along with the mech's armor can be upgraded using skill points which serve as the game's major currency. Skill points are acquired either by completing missions or by spending time in the arena. The arena is a multi-room free for all zone where players are free to attack on another. Within the rooms of the arena are scattered crates which contain additional skill points, credits (the premium currency), jackpot points, and temporary buffs. With the skill points players gather, they may purchase new weapons and equipment including shields, flamethrowers, mines, and the powerful plasma gun. The three mech types in XBlaster are:
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The Hunter - The mech with the highest damage potential. The Hunter's special power is the Seeking Missile which deals percentage based damage to opponents. The hunter is equipped with a Plasma Gun which deals +30% damage the Defender mechs.
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XBlaster was released on October 16, 2006 by the massive browser game portal BigPoint. BigPoint the same German site behind other widely popular browser MMOs including Dark Orbit, Seafight, and Gladius 2 which has the most in common with XBlaster. The only real difference between XBlaster and Gladius 2 is in the realm of cosmetics. One is set in ancient Rome while the other is set in an unspecified futuristic setting in which people pilot giant mech-walkers and blow each other up in a huge, multi-room arena. As with other BP titles, the game places a strong emphasis on player interaction through open PvP.
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Players can create an account right on the XBlaster homepage but that registration would only be valid for this particular game. Because of this, I highly recommend players to take a moment and register on the BigPoint official site since that creates an account with universal access to all browser games available on the portal. New players have four servers to chose from, each named after a planet; Mars, Earth, Neptune, and Venus. All of these are identical except the Venus server which is scheduled to close soon. In the mean time, however, Venus has boosted drop rates for both skill points & credits which are the game's two currencies. Upon server selection, players will be prompted to pick their initial mech out of a possible three choices. The Ranger, Defender, and Hunter mechs all control the same and have access to the same range of weapons and equipment but do differ on two points. Firstly, each is equipped with a special ability. The Range has a speed boost ability, the Defender can render itself temporarily invulnerable and the Hunter has powerful missiles that deal percentage based damage. Each mech also receives a 30% damage bonus against one of the other two creating a sort of rocks, papers, scissors system. Rangers trump Hunters, Hunters trump Defenders, and Defenders trump Rangers. Don't worry too much about your initial mech selection since all three types are available for purchase in-game for 40,000 skill points.
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After mech selection, players must complete a single mission which involves destroying a crate. After this, players are taken to their hanger which serves as an overview page. It is here that players can upgrade their starting gear which includes a chainsaw, a gun, and a grenade launcher. Weapons and armor can be upgraded multiple times but each step requires an ever increasing amount of skill points. BY scrolling down on the hanger page, players can see additional pieces of equipment and weapons available for purchase. These include a shield, mines, flamethrower, Gatling gun, shockwave, missiles, and a plasma gun. This adds up to a total of 7 additional pieces of gear which vary in price from a few thousand sp all the way up to 100,000 sp for the plasma gun. It is recommended that new players hit the 'arena' tab towards the top center of the screen and visit the missions page. Here, players can take on simple missions which serve as a tutorial. The first few teach players how to fight, use their weapons than pit them against a powerful AI controlled mech. After this, the next few missions serve to familiarize player with the most important part of XBlaster, the arena.
Test Your Might
The arena is a series of rooms connected to one another via teleporters of which 3-4 can be found in each room. I haven't figured out a pattern to the arena, it seems as though the same teleporter will take you somewhere different every time. Wandering around destroying crates in search of skill points and credits in this unending maze reminded me of that Sci-Fi movie "Cube" except the real enemies here weren't booby traps, they were other players. XBlaster is 100% open PvP right from the start. Many missions even require you to head into the arena and simply destroy other player controlled mechs. Luckily, the game only pits you against mechs that are around your own strength. There are 5 arena tiers ranging from 'League 5′ for recently created mechs all the way up to 'League 1′ which is only available to the top 200 highest ranked players on the server. Besides the public arena, players can challenge one another to duels which take place in private rooms
Rats in a Maze
The controls in XBlaster are very simple, the arrow keys control movement, 'ctrl' fires, space activities your mech's special ability and the number keys (1-9) switch between weapons. Movement is a bit odd since mechs can only move in the direction they are facing. This means pilots will have to hit the left and right arrow keys while holding forward to rotate their mechs. It's not easy to explain this but it is something that players will notice the moment they start playing. The repetitive nature of the time you spend in the arena is also a major concern. You can fire at every player you run across but odds are they'll manage to inflict some damage back at you before fleeing to the nearest teleporter. Chasing down a player who doesn't want to fight is simply not worth it since more progress can be made simply bashing crates. In fact, it is safe to say that most of your time in XBlaster will be spent destroying crates. It is only through repeated crate bashing for hours that you'll earn enough to buy and upgrade the better weapons, or is it?
Credit or Debit?
Like almost all free to play games, XBlaster is maintained through optional micropayments. In XBlaster, there are no premium items or features. Instead, players can simply purchase the in-game credit currency. 8000 credits are available for $2.99 while buying a whopping 520,000 at a time will run you $99.99. Credits are easily converted into skill points at a generous 5:1 ratio. This means players willing to drop a few bucks reap huge sp bonuses and can easily upgrade their mechs to top tier quality. But on the other hand, nothing is available for purchase that isn't also available to free players, provided their bust their backs in the arena. XBlaster doesn't have the crooked auction feature common to most other BigPoint games which is always nice though it does have a much smaller playerbase than many of their other titles. Even so, the game boasts over a thousand concurrent players throughout most of the day. The jackpot feature does make an appearance, players can collect jackpot points throughout the month for a maximum of 10,000. Each month there is a server wide tournament where the winner receives cash equivalent to the number of jackpoint points they've accumulated.
Final Verdict: Fair
XBlaster is an easy to learn action game with free-for-all battles. Simple controls and a manageable number of weapons & features make XBlaster a casual friendly mech game that is playable right on your web browser.


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Penang Char Hor Fun Recipe (炒河粉)
There is a saying or myth in Penang about Char Hor Fun (炒河粉)–one that is only Penang's I am sure–if you are a bachelor and would like to win the heart of your girlfriend, you would seek out the best Char Hor Fun in town and make sure you take your girlfriend there, if possible, frequently. And if you wanted to win the hearts of your future parents-in-laws, you would be smart enough to "ta pau" (take out) for them, too.
When I was little, my sisters' boyfriends (now my brothers-in-law) would religiously pack Char Hor Fun for my parents. Being the youngest in the family, my parents would share the "bribe" with me, and that was how I started my love affair with this delicacy…
Char Hor Fun is traditionally Chinese, but there are many variations to this ubiquitous dish. When I was attending college in Kuala Lumpur (KL), I found out that the dish is called "Wat Tan Hor" there. The concept of the dish is the same, but it has a slightly different presentation and eggs are used in the gravy, hence the words "wat tan" which literally means "smooth eggs" in Cantonese…
In Thai cuisine, there is a similar dish called Rad Na and I believe Vietnamese have their own adaptation. The ingredients and toppings might be different but they are all delicious. Call me biased, but the best ones in my opinion is still Penang Char Hor Fun.
If you are a bachelor, perhaps you might want to try my recipe and make this dish for your girlfriend. And while you are at it, make some extras for your future parents-in-law, too.
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67 comments... read them below or add one
I want a bowl of the sneaky(wak) "wat tan hor" now hehe..hm.. velvety egg gravy, yums :)
Wow…I was certainly fascinated by the romantic touch behind char hor fun. I have yet to try this Penang dish though wat tan hor is pretty readily available to us KL folks. But I must say that it looks more delicious than the usual wat tan hor! Even getting a good wat tan hor in KL these days is a rarity! I wonder if anyone knows where in KL I can get to try this Penang version of char hor fun.
HA!HA! Love your story, RM, My parents had a good share of Take Away 'Wat tan Hor' when my sisters and I were dating.
I LLLLLLLOVE the look of your Penang Char Hor Fun and the Mai Fun too. Wish I could have some for supper!
BTW, the Udang recipe you wanted is on my blog. Try it and tell me what you think ;o)
i definitly have to drop by more often. great source of inspiration and so much about a cuisine i don't know much about.
I always make the mistake of reading your blog when I am hungy. Hmmm…maybe it's reading your that MAKES me hungry! :-P
That's a very authentic hor fun. Once again, a simple dish yet came out so glorious in the hands of Rasa Malaysia. :D
I prefer my hor fun with preserved green chili.
From a gal's point of view, now I'm starting to think why I like hor fun and wat tan hor so much.
Hor Fun is one of my favourite dishes!
Since young, it's one of the most tapow dishes in our home.
The best ones have a hint of 'charred' kuey teow smell. Oooo… it smells so so good!
I was just thinking that it was a while since I had Hor fun and having the recipe wasn't such a bad idea. Used to have it with Siew Yuk..yum! You must be a mind reader!!Great photos from China esp the people photos.
Totally loving your blog… from a (long time cali resident) originally from Malaysia. A great resource too for a taste of home. Cheers!
Melting – Penang Char Hor Fun do not have eggs in the gravy, which makes it lighter. Next time you try okay? ;)
Bayi – I used to live in KL and I didn't have any decent Wat Tan Hor. The one near my college was plain bad. :P
For the love of food – LOL. Your parents are lucky to have a lot of char hor fun! Thanks for the udang recipe.
Andreea – thanks for your comment and welcome to RM. I am glad that you find Malaysian food a great inspiration.
Tiga – I hear you. I love preserved green chile too but do not have them at home so have to make do with sambal belacan haha. I think it's a Penang thing, char hor fun goes well with sambal belacan. ;)
Keropok – I agree. Char Hor Fun is a good tapau. I guess the portion is always big so a few people can share it.
C2 – lol, hungry minds think alike? Thanks for your kind words about my China pictures.
Lecram Sinun – thanks for your comment. A fellow Malaysian, yes, do pop in more and leave me a comment or two. :)
I'm eyeing on the chili!
aawww, the char hor fun story is so sweet..never heard of it before :). your hor fun and mai fan looks great! i want a plate of that!
Hello! Thanks for dropping by my blog! I'm glad you did bec. you're my new foodie Goddess! hehe! The char hor fun looks incredible!
hmmm i didnt know theres a difference..looks drier then the kl version..but pity i cant seem to see any hor fun at all..got me drooling once again..
Hhis looks like such a comforting dish! I love hor fun!
you can bribe me with that any day of the week! looks so delicious and your pic are beautiful!
Thanks for the story, Works only in Penang? :o)
Great, I'll have to make this for Annie soon. Just because you're married doesn't mean you stop the romance, right?
My mom usually make this but with fried egg (wanton) noodles. They are so delicious, especially when the noodles have soaked up the delicious gravy.
I love your photos. I also voted you for the Best Cooking Blog.
so the Penang version doesn't have eggs? i love the egg swirls in KL's wat tarn hor though. btw in parents' age, should they get daughters, their friends will tease if they have any chow fun (fried noodles) to eat or not haha…
Is that Sambal Belacan I spy? Hahaha…Looks like you are getting the hang of the camera ;)
A suggestion. Should put such facts/stories in when you publish your recipebook. It'll b so interesting & nostalgic.
Everybody else, I can vouch for the truth in this story. I'm a product from such courtship!
Teckiee – chili is what makes this char hor fun from good to great!
SC – yeah as said, this myth is probably for Penang only.
Wokandspoon – haha, I found your blog through one of the sites, and one click to another…thanks so much for your comment.
Joe – Penang Char Hor Fun is usually not that wet, I mean, with just the right amount of gravy. :)
Steamy – yeah, you are Cantonese right, gotta love Hor Fun!
Aria – LOL! Good to know that you are bribe-able. ;)
WMW – you can try, maybe it works in SS2 too. LOL!
Nate 2.0 – right on. Annie will be happy.
Ming – yeah, dried egg noodles work too. Thanks for voting for me, I voted for you too.
Babe – Penang's version usually don't have eggs. I do not mind the egg swirls but some KL ones are too loaded with eggs though.
Unka – yes, I like my char hor fun with sambal belacan. Like the pickled green chiles too but do not have them at home. :P
Tummy – thanks for your suggestion. Char Hor Fun really works the romance wonders!
How are you ? Fine I hope, but then I see your blog, it seems that you're ok ;-) Another great dish, perfectyl presented ! One more technical question: Do you use day light or artificial light ? The contrast and the white balance are really good and I know that it is not always easy to have such a good illumination.
Have a very nice day !!!
That dish look extremely appetizing! It contains everything I love…
As usual, your pictures are stunning!
whoever your hubby/ bf is…he is going to end up fat hanging out with you. Everything so yummy! And you cook marvelous food!
yums looks good! must try.
haha…when i was young, i've heard my dad making jokes between the char hor fun and the son-in-law. i thought he was just making up the stories, didnt know it's real until i read ur article… lol.
One of my favorite Thai dishes is definitely Rad Nar (laht nah). Food looks great.
I decided to try out your recipe last night and must commend you – It's simply LOVELY!
In KL, I can never really tell the diff between "Wak Tan Hor" or "CHar Hor Fun" but we also call it "Hokkien Noodles". Either way, I love them both! Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe.
Hi! This dish looks delish! What is
kecap manis and can I find it at my Asian market (in Michigan)? If not, is there something I could substitute?
Yum! That's a delicious looking dish. Definitely saving this one and making it soon. :)
Claude – Hehe, all natural light, no artificial light.
Rosa – yes, this dish is appetizing. :)
Hengster – thank you thank you. :)
Budding Cook – you can just do plain flat rice noodles…it's easier that way.
Oppss – it's real!
Eatdrinknbmerry – yes, rad nar is good, but a little too sweet for my taste. Rad Nar uses fermented yellow beans in the sauce.
Tsu Lin – wow, you tried the recipe? That's great. I am glad you liked it.
Ginger – yes, you should be able to find kecap manis in Asian store, it means sweet soy sauce and the brand is ABC. If you can't find it, then just use Chinese dark soy sauce.
Amy – cool, I look forward to see your creation. :)
wow! RS this looks like the real deal, yummy!
Did your hubby bring your parents char hor fun too? =)
I am definitely going to try this recipe soon. If you miss the pickled green chilli, you can try the pickled jalepeno. I think they are almost the same.
Hey Love ur blog~!!
tried the CHF recipe
OMG so nice hhaha
first time cooking CHF
love ur recipes =D
**eating the CHF now ^^
Penang char hor fun is now my family's favourite thanks to your penang char hor fun recipe.
we grew up in KL but i think dad never got over his penang heritage as he kept harping on about it everything being better from Penang. Including char hor fun. It was almost a sacred ritual as we made our annual pilgrimage up north and paid our respects to 'tua pui koey teow' as in fatty's koey teow in hokkien. I think it was a famous stall in pulau tikus area that sold this. It was fabulous and had less sauce but was so tasty. Do you know it?
I've tried this recipe recently. It turned good, but I have a slight problem. When I frying noodles, by the time they become "lightly burned or charred" they also stick to each other. So basically I had one (or two) lump of each type of noodles. Is there anything I might be doing wrong? Thank you for your help!
The photo shots are inspiring.
For this dish, is this equivalent to Thai Lad Na?..may be Penang borrowed it since is very close to the border of Thailand..just wondering, as a matter of transnational aspect of food history
Char Hor Fun is also known as R-go R-go char, tiuk boh? BTW, do i fry/charred hor fun together with bee hoon or separately? Thanks :-S
Yikes i mean r-go go char :-P
Do you know how to make the hot sauce, the kind that we usually served with Char Hor Fun?
I just made it! great recipe! Thanks!!! and I also made the sambal belacan to go with it using your recipe too!! thanks heaps!!! It just satisfied my sudden craving for Penang food! I had to use lime instead of the kalamansi lime coz I couldnt find it in Australia too but it still tasted great! =)
I love your site, its so informative and explains so much – many thanks for that.
I am having the same problem as Yaro. The kuay teow all clumped together, I used the fresh kuay teow here (Aus)…. what is the remedy for this?
Thanks !
Your Penang Char Hor Fun brings back many fond memories of my childhood in Penang. Wasn't it called "tua pan koay teow" – I think translated to mean "wide type" of koay teow to the Penangites. The KL version of Wah Tan Hor (with smaller width of the noodle) somehow does not taste the same – don't know if it is due to the noodle of some other secret ingredient. I yearn for the Penang version but have not managed to recreate it – I use mainly chicken (white meat) and not pork and I also did not use fish sauce.
By the way, what is "Bay scallops"? I did not remember if in the koay teow back home.
And yes, "ta-pau" char hor fun for the prospective in-law seems to be a ritual. I did it too when dating my gf (now wife) so many years back.
ZOMG…i just made this and it looks…AWESOME. Nuf said.
I am originally from Penang but now living in the US. Thank you so much for this recipe. I just tried the recipe and it turned ou very well. Almost like Penang hawker style :-)
Thanks again!
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Thanks for the recipe. I am looking forward to trying it. Out of curiosity however, how come you use kecap manis and fish sauce? Both don't seem like ingredients that Penang hawker users would use…
I find it unusual to serve Sar Hor Fun with sambal belacan in Penang. It is traditionally Cantonese and served with green pickled chillies and soya sauce.
That dish was one of my favorites growing up in Kedah/Penang. Now that I am in USA for the last 30 years, I miss it very much, which is why I visit Nyonya (Little Italy in NYC) restaurant. In any case, I have a question for you…. How come there is no egg in the sauce recipe? I was under the impression that eggs were used in the sauce. Please clarify.
Oh yes, a dish I miss most from my early years in Penang and Sungai Petani. Haha and you are so right about the myth, that's what I cooked although with crispy noodle instead of flat noodle, to win my ex-girl friend's (now my dear wife) heart when we were 18. So long ago… Now want to share this with my 3 boys…
You forgot the eggs. There are always eggs in Penang hawker stalls' hor fun.
please can you post up a picture or email me the picture of the chicken broth you use?? thanks


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