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Hong Kei (Hong Ji) Zhu Char At Tanjung Bungah Food Court

Hong Kei (Hong Ji 鸿记) Zhu Char At Tanjung Bungah Food Court – One of my favourite Chinese zhu char (煮炒／dai chao大炒) in Penang is Hong Kei at Tanjung Bungah. Last time it’s located on Jalan Lembah Permai, but then it has moved last December. We thought the stall has closed down, only later we found out that it had actually moved to the Tanjung Bungah Food Court which is opposite of The Cove Supercondominium.

Hong Kei’s famous dishes are curry fish head, vinegar pork, kelabu toufu, belacha fried chicken and more. Last Sunday, I went to the new Hong Kei for dinner, the last time I went was like half year ago when it was still at the old place. The boss is a very friendly lady who can chit chat a lot with you. Let’s check out what I had that day.

This is the food court, which has the nice Chicken Cordon Bleu too.

Curry Fish Head with lots of ladies finger and onion.

Fried Onion Omelet. The egg is very spongy.

Fried Kangkung which is ok-ok to me only, not enough garlic IMO.

Deep fried pork with nam yu. It tasted salty and crispy!

The dinner costs us RM40 only for four of us.

Hong Kei (Hong Ji) Zhu Char At Tanjung Bungah Food Court 鸿记海鲜煮炒

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Tanjung Bungah Food Court @ Jalan Tanjung Bungah

The stall sells economy mixed rice in the afternoon.*

March 6, 2012
Nice Nasi Kandar At Cargas Cafe, Bayan Lepas

Nice Nasi Kandar & Fried Chicken At Cargas Cafe, Bayan Lepas – Somewhere after the Penang International Airport, on Jalan Bayan Lepas, there is a mamak shop named Cargas Cafe which serves good Nasi Kandar. I went to try it out a few days ago during lunch time. It was so crowded with people, queuing up to take the self-service food. People of all races, Chinese, Indian, Malay were all having lunch at there.

I’ve get to know that the fried chicken at there is good, as well as brinjal eggplant and fish. As typical Nasi Kandar, I get a plate of white rice, then I pick my own dish. I’ve got myself some curry beef, a fried chicken drum stick, an boiled egg with curry sauce, eggplant and some ladies finger. It costs me RM7.50 for these, not bad price for so many dishes.

The curry sauce was good and I like the crunchy fried chicken, the aroma is very good with the spices hidden in the chicken. The beef was however a little bit hard to bite. Overall, they’re nice. It’s something different from town’s nasi kandar which has more taste of coconut milk in the curry.

Cargas Cafe Mamak

978, Jalan Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang,

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March 3, 2012
Tomyam Mee Near Kwang Hwa Primary School, Raja Uda

Tomyam Mee Near Guang Hua Primary School, Raja Uda – Raja Uda, Butterworth has two famous tomyam mee stall, one is Joo Heng tomyam mee, and another one is a no-name tomyam mee stall that locates near to Kwang Hua Primary School. People normally calls it the “Tomyam Mee Besides Kwang Hua Primary School”.

I have been to Joo Heng Tomyam Mee before and now it’s time to try this one. Some said this one is better, some said it’s cheaper, some said I’ve to wait longer.

I was there at about 7.30pm, I get to pick my own ingredient for the tomyam noodle. I picked minced pork, abalone slice, Taiwanese sausage, fried fish fillet and an egg. Yes, an egg is added into the tomyam soup. I felt weird at first because I did not know that how it’d taste like but Hueisean dear assure me that it’ll be nice.

Turn out, the taste of the soup was pretty good, especially the additional egg with turned it into something different, something special, and I couldn’t stop drinking the soup. The soup was not overly sour, it blends between sour and sweet, salty a bit because of MSG, so I have to drink more water after that.

The best part of all, it’s not expensive! Two bowl of them costs less than RM15 which I like. Although the tomyam is not authentically Thai-style, yet the bowl-ful of ingredient and the affordable costs make me wanna come back.

Tomyam Mee Besides SMJK Kwang Hwa

Jalan Raja Uda, 12300 Butterworth, Penang.

Telephone: +6012-4790283

Business Hours: 6.00pm-12.00am+ (Closed on Wednesday)

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March 2, 2012
Tai Lok Mee/KL-Style Hokkien Mee At Jalan Dato Kramat

Tai Lok Mee/KL-Style Hokkien Mee At Dato Keramat Road (Jalan Dato Keramat) – Kuala Lumpur-style (KL-style) of Hokkien Mee is different from our Penang’s version. Our Hokkien Mee is actually KL’s prawn mee, which is a soup-based noodle with spicy taste and strong prawn aroma in it. However, KL-style Hokkien Mee is what people call the Tai Lok Mee, a thick noodle fried with black soy sauce, pork lard, some shrimp and meat.

Tai Lok Mee tasted salty a bit and good especially when there’s lots of pork lard in it. I went to a coffee shop (kopitiam) on Jalan Dato Kramat to eat Tai Lok Mee for lunch yesterday. The stall is located in the coffee shop named Tong Hooi, located right beside of Federal Restaurant. Besides frying tai lok mee, the stall also serves Char Hor Fun. This kind of Tai Lok Mee + Char Hor Fun stall is very common in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley.

A plate of Tai Lok Mee costs RM4.50, which is a standard Kuala Lumpur’s price. Overall, it’s kinda good, the pork lard smells yummy and it’s not over salty.

Do you like KL-style Hokkien Mee / Tai Lok Mee? =)

Tai Lok Mee / KL-Style Hokkien Mee @ Tong Hooi Coffee Shop

Jalan Dato Kramat, Penang.

Business Hours: 12pm-9pm, closes on Tuesday.

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March 1, 2012
Tea Spa Corner At Cherok Tokun Hill, Bukit Mertajam

Tea Corner At Tokun Hill, Bukit Mertajam – Enjoying a cup of Chinese tea, biting a yummylicious herbal egg and eating a bowl of Chinese noodle in the forest, listening to the chirping of birds and the melody of insects, it’s just so relaxing. But then, you have to ignore the annoying mosquitoes.

In Bukit Mertajam, there’s a forest reserved + park + hiking trail and that’s Cherok Tokun Hill. It’s a famous spot for the local to do some hiking and at there you can spot a little hut that houses the Tea Spa which serves a little snack food and tea.

I did not go to hiking, but I went to check out the Tea Spa on a lovely afternoon as I was craving for herbal egg char ye dan. Actually I was just thinking on eating the herbal egg, but then since Hueisean and me were there already, might as well order another bowl of Chinese noodle with pork.

The herbal eggs were good and the herbal taste did actually presence in the egg itself. As for the noodle, it’s not my type of noodle, a little bit of spiciness does taste better, somehow, I do not fancy the noodle. The noodle is more like a thick beehoon, if you know what I mean.

Well, it’s a good place to sit in the afternoon, sip some Chinese tea, have a little chat with your friends in the nature. It’s nice to getaway from the polluted city.

I’ve forgotten what cartoon character is this! Anyone can enlighten me? According to the boss, this is to scare away the monkeys at there.

Look! Monkeys are everywhere, luckily I did not park my car at there.

BM Tea Spa Hutam Rimba 神林茶坊 (Cherok Tok Kun)

Business Hours: Morning – 7pm

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March 1, 2012
Fusion Of Thai & Nyonya At Malabar Restaurant

Fusion Of Thai & Nyonya At Malabar Restaurant (Invited Food Session) – Last month, I was invited to join a bunch of Penang food hungry bloggers to check out this new restaurant in George Town – Malabar (Dine & Chill) Restaurant.

Malabar Restaurant is located at the corner of Kampong Malabar, the junction of Cintra Street & Kampong Malabar. They serves Thai & Nyonya cuisine there, so don’t be surprise when Thai food has a sense of Nyonya, and Nyonya has a sense of Thai. It’s not authentically Thai & Nyonya, but the food special, fusionised, and good, affordable too.

Besides serving food, they have rooms for tourist which serve as a lodging motel with affordable price. The trend of restaurant + room is getting popular in George Town, especially in colonial-style shop houses.

On that day, we were served more than 10 dishes of their specialty food. Hungry me was so busying filling up my stomach and also taking photograph of the food. Let’s get into the photos and food below.

Interior of Malabar Restaurant gives a homy feeling.

Wall of photo collage of cute dogs.

Room at upstairs.

Loh Bak – RM8/2pcs. I like the skin of the loh bak for being crunchy and the meat is sweet.

Braised Garlic Pepper Pork Ribs – RM12. Somehow, the taste of garlic was not strong enough.

Asam Pedas – RM8/2 fish. My favourite dish because of the sourish soup, be sure to eat it right after it’s served, else it will not be good when it’s cold. Yums.

Stir Fried Thai Style Mayonnaise Prawns with Broccoli – RM22. Not-so-Thai-style after all because of the mayonnaise sauce. It’s more localized type of prawn but overall the taste is OK-good. Kids will like it.

Thai Style Roast Chicken – RM11. I prefer it have more thick gravy which can be eat with rice, but still nice.

Thai Style Beef Koay Teow – RM9.50. This is something different, the beef was good and tender and the beef balls were yummy. Though, the soup was a little bit salty, drink more water after eating this.

Otak-otak – RM4 each. This one is yummy as you can find lots of fish meat in it.

Deep Fried Belacan Chicken – RM12. One of my favourite dish here. The chicken was so crunchy and the fragrant of belacan was awesome!

Chicken Soup With Herbs – RM26. Aromatic steamed herbal chicken with very sweet herbal soup. Nice.

Fried Kangkung – RM9. The taste of belacan and shrimp paste are good.

Malabar Belandar Eggs – RM4.50/2 eggs.

Desserts of the Day – Steamed Pumpkin with Coconut Milk Custard – RM3.50. Finally, end our meal with the desserts. It’s sweet, it’s special. I’ve never try this before. It’s somehow blend the moist with sweetness, revealing an average taste, not too strong, not too light.

Kasturi Lime with Sour Plum Drink – RM2.80. Something refreshing

Malabar Restaurant – Dine & Chill

26 & 28, Lebuh Cintra, 10100 Penang.

Telephone: +604-2638266

Website: www.malabar.net.my

Business Hours: 11.00am – 10.00am (Closed on Tuesday)

Happy Hours: 5.00pm – 9.00pm

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February 29, 2012
Set Lunch At Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road

Set Lunch At Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road – I’ve so many food to blog about and now I’ve the time to write them up all on my blog. Some are dated back to last year. Haha. Forget about the date, forget about time, let’s indulge with some food pr0n, shall we?

In the finally weeks of December 2011, I went to meet up a good friend, Yiphing, together with other buddies for lunch at Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road. It’d been some times that we did not come out, sit down and eat. Everyone has their own business now.

Yiphing suggested Salsas Restaurant for our meet up lunch as she’s working as an intern at that area. I guess this was my second time eating out at Salsas Restaurant as the first time was long ago when Salsas was still at Kelawai Road.

Salsas Restaurant serves western food and they have a variety of set meal to pick for lunch. The price of set lunch starts from RM13.90+. Well, I picked a set meal that costs RM15.50+ and that’s a Baked Penne Pasta as a main course.

Each set meal comes with a starter of soup or salad, a main course, a desserts and a drinks.

This is Yiphing.

Starter – Mushroom Soup with Toasted Bun.

Starter 2 – Healthy Salad.

Main Course – Baked Penne Pasta in cream sauce with shredded chicken ham, mushroom and cheese.

Main course 2 – Grilled chicken breast with mushroom cream, served with fresh vegetables and potatoes.

Desserts – Vanilla ice cream and a piece of cake.

Overall, I find the food at there is not bad and kinda affordable. The place is crowded with office workers around that area during lunch. The desserts was just normal in my opinion.

Salsas Restaurant is located in Continental Hotel.

No 5, Penang Road, 10000 Penang, Malaysia.

Telephone: +604-2633923

Business Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm / 6.30pm-11.00pm

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February 29, 2012
Big Ben Breakfast, Waterfall Road

Big Ben Breakfast, Waterfall Road – Big Ben Breakfast is a western breakfast corner located on Waterfall Road, near to Botanical Garden. It’s among the fruit stall where people park their car when they go to Botanical Garden. Big Ben Breakfast offers healthy western breakfast set like sunny egg, sausage, bacon, toast and more.

I find it’s kinda special because there’s a specialized stall that sells only western breakfast and in a healthy way. As eating such breakfast after a jog or hike at Botanical Garden provides nutrient f0r you. It opens from morning till evening daily except Tuesday.

You can pick various type of combination to create your own breakfast set. The Big Ben Breakfast set costs RM7.50 with toast, bacon, sausage, egg, red bean, ham and a tomato. The way the food are cooked are very healthy as it has less oil.

Big Ben Breakfast

Jalan Kebun Bunga

Business Hours: 8am-6pm (Close on Tuesday)

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February 28, 2012
Meet Fresh Taiwanese Desserts At Gurney Paragon

Meet Fresh Taiwanese Desserts At Gurney Paragon – Who say Penang doesn’t have Snowflakes? Ya, Penang really doesn’t have Snowflakes, but then Penang has Meet Fresh & Blackball Taiwanese Desserts. Forget about Snowflakes already, because I am now in love with Meet Fresh Taiwanese Desserts at Gurney Paragon.

Now, Penang people has no need to jealous of people eating Snowflakes in Klang Valley, because you can head to Gurney Paragon and Gurney Plaza for Meet Fresh. Opened about 2 months ago, Meet Fresh is currently my favourite and the location of the outlet is perfect because it’s near to my place. Haha.

Meet Fresh serves a variety of Taiwanese desserts like grass jelly with pearl, red bean, and more. Besides, they also serve beverage and some little snack food which is pretty cool.

Same like Snowflakes, you get a vibrating device which will vibrate when your desserts are ready.

Milk for your Signature Herb Jelly. I like this.

Signature Herb Jelly – Cold.

My current favourite Meet Fresh’s desserts is the Signature Herb Jelly Cold (RM6.90). The taro balls are so chewy and there’s many pearl. Adding in a small cup of milk make the desserts taste sweet and superb. If you have a member card (RM10/signup), you can get a 10% off your total price. You can also collect 10 stamps and get a free desserts too.

Beancurd Toufu Fa With Red Bean.

Signature Herb Jelly – HOT. The grass jelly is too waterish which I don’t like but the taro balls are chewy enough and I like. =D

I guess I’m gonna try other thing from their menu, any recommendation? I just realised that Gurney Plaza also has an outlet on the 3rd floor, so those who are lazy to walk to Gurney Paragon can straight eat at Gurney Plaza.

Meet Fresh, Gurney Paragon

Lot G04 &GA49, Ground Floor, 163D-1-04, Gurney Paragon, Persiaran Gurney, 10250.

Website: Facebook | www.meetfresh.com.my

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February 27, 2012
Chicken Cordon Bleu At Max Deli Western Food

Chicken Cordon Bleu At Max Deli Western Food – Max Deli Western Food is a food stall located in food court of Tanjung Bungah area, just right opposite of The Cove Condominium. They actually serve affordable Malaysian-style western food and I found it kinda good.

I don’t really have a favourite western food corner in Penang now, last time I used to like James Foo’s Western Food at Fettes Park, but after upgrading to a better outlet, there have always been crowded and taste wise is not as good as before. It doesn’t feel comfortable eating at there because there’s always very many people. The one at Mount Erskine is not bad too.

Back to this Max Deli, I find its Chicken Cordon Bleu is not bad, crunchy enough with thick filling of cheese and sausage. Presentation might not be good but it costs only RM9 per plate.

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February 26, 2012

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