Posted by: CK Lam in Chinese, Chu Char, Georgetown, New Straits Times (Northern Streets), Non-Halal, Penang, Tea House
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* This article was published in the New Straits Times (Northern Streets) on 9th May 2011.
Penang is dotted with many restaurants, with some hidden unnoticed even though we often pass by it. One such place is Chin Bee Tea Restaurant. Located on Noordin Street, or commonly known as ‘Ji Tiau Lor’ among the Hokkiens here, this tea house is unique in its own way. This place is not all only about serving Chinese tea, but also serves appealing Chinese dishes.
One of their best dishes offered here is the Hainan Kampung Chicken. Dosed in the chef’s concoction of light soy sauce and oil, the chicken is tender and juicy. The condiment of fresh and fragrant chilli sauce blend with garlic and ginger is a must-have. I highly enjoyed the chicken with its natural sweetness flavor.
Worth trying out is the Kam Heong Spare Ribs, well marinated and stir-fried with an amazing flavourful sauce and with lots of colourful vegetables. The tender meat falls off the bone with a light tug, and the aroma from the hot wok makes this a hearty dish.
The Pang-Pang Chick is a dish with chicken stir-fried in thick spicy sauce with chunky pieces of cucumber, onion and fresh red pepper chilli. The appearance of this dish is almost similar to the sweet and sour pork but taste-wise is totally different. The spicy sensation is best accompanied with white rice.
Chin Bee offers two versions of steamed egg. The classic steam Three Egg Yolk (duck, chicken and century egg) is smooth and firm like tofu which is great to enjoy on its own. The seafood version with prawns, fish and scallops together with salted and century egg is just simply excellent and deliciously good.
Steamed egg with seafood RM30
Another unique dish is the Steamed Patin Fish garnished with plentiful green scallion, coriander and sliced chilli. This freshwater fish is uncommon in Penang and Chin Bee prepared it excellently. It is tasty with flavoursome light fish sauce dressing and garlic oil.
Some of the notable dishes are the Stir-Fried Tofu with minced meat, Claypot Fish, Vietnamese-style Pork Leg, Special Ribs and the Sambal Four Vegetables with many textures and aroma of spiciness. For those who may prefer noodles, do try the Hong Tou Mee where the noodle is served in thick creamy broth.
Stir-fried Tofu with minced meat and Sambal Four Vegetable
Mixed vegetable
In addition to the staple dishes, there are also many tempting and exotic fine Chinese dishes that need to be pre-order! Besides good food, a wide array of good Chinese tea is available at Chin Bee, including the Long Jing, Wu Yi, Pu Er and Tie Guan Ying.
Pu Er @RM2 per person
This restaurant in the middle of a row of old houses has simple seating deco and is fully air-conditioned. Parking spaces are available by the roadside, and if you are early, you might be lucky enough to get the parking space right in front of the shop. Click here for the Map Location.
Chin Bee Tea Restaurant
124 Lebuh Noordin (Jee Tiao Lor)
10300 Penang
Tel 04 2611761
Business Hour: 12noon – 3pm & 6pm – 9pm
Closed on every alternate Wednesday
GPS Coordinates : 5.412422 100.329947
Penang Food – Dim Sum @Aik Hoe Restaurant
Posted by: CK Lam in Chinese, Dim Sum, Georgetown, Media, Penang Restaurant
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The day started with a “yum cha” session at the old eatery, Aik Hoe Restaurant located in Carnavon Street. This restaurant which occupied two shop houses still managed to retain its old nostalgic charm after fifty over years. The fixtures of old ceiling fans with flooring of small squares of blue and white tiles still remain there after all these years, making this place a real heritage in its own way.
Nothing much have changed and the restaurant still has the very ‘Chinese old school look’, even still with its signature metal chairs. The shop’s name has been embedded into the metal chair itself; a real rare find nowadays.
Teapots waiting in a row to be fill with Hot Chinese tea which is a must have to go with the dim sum as it helps in lightening the richness of the food. There are many varieties of tea leaves, from the more common tai yip to the fragrant ti kuan yin.
No push carts were seen here but instead you will be served by waiters walking around carrying the bamboo basket filled with dim sum. Customers just choose the items from the baskets. We selected a few items. One of the signature items was the lor mai gai ( glutinous rice) with pieces of chicken and mushroom. The texture of the rice is well done; the grain is QQ enough and not mushy soft.
The rolls of Fun Cheong Kuen have a very translucent layer of skin as compared to those sold elsewhere. A cut piece of it reveals the luscious filling of pork, shrimp, black fungus and Chinese water chestnut. This roll is subtly flavored with the additional grounded ginger.
One of the must-have is the prawn dumpling, more commonly known as the Har Kow. This steam dumpling shape of a shell has the succulent taste of prawns and lean meat.
Har Kow
The next item was the old-time favorite, Bau! From the steaming basket of Bau, we ended up picking the Char Siew Bau and Pork Bau. The texture of the Bau itself is firmer as compare to the HK version which tends to be lumpy when you bite it. The Char Siew is also marinated very well.
The sweet juicy filling of barbeque Char Siew
Pork bau with robust taste
Next on the menu is the ‘must have’ in this restaurant, mainly because these two authentic dim sum are rarely seen in other shops around Malaysia. The first one is the Gai Chat (steam chicken on Chinese cabbage). It is described as a food item that can induce the old nostalgic feeling that is derived from the good old times.
Gai chat
The second item is the Yoke Aun Kuen (pork roll). It is basically a piece of thin lean meat wrapping up a piece of fat, liver and Chinese water chestnut. The soup/gravy tasted just like home cooked steamed meat…very tasty.
Yoke Aun Kuen
There will always be times that you may be craving for some specific dim sums that are already sold out. In the case, customers can request for it and if the ingredients are available they will prepare it fresh on the spot for you.
Requested items prepared on the spot
Another item that we ate was the fried turnip squares. There are also many more other flaky pastry items, char siew sou, lin yung sou and the wu gok (taro dumpling).
This dessert with filling of corn is personally too sweet for me
Thanks to Lee Choo, the feature writer from Guang Ming for introducing this restaurant and also organizing this yum cha session. Her write up article was published in Guang Ming Daily on 29th March 2009, with the online version available here.
Lee Choo & myself
I would recommend you to try out the dim sum. It’s worth a visit for the few ‘must have specialty’ items. Parking can be a bit difficult as it is located right in front of the morning market. Click here for the Map Location. It is a few houses away from the busy Chulia Street.
These specialty dim sums are getting rarer nowadays, with many outlets preferring more commercial and basic ingredients, instead of those that need extra long preparation and effort. Does anyone know any more of these “old school look” eating outlets and anything along those lines to recommend?
Aik Hoe Restaurant
No.6 & 8 Lebuh Carnavon
Georgetown
10100 Penang
Tel no : 016 472 0971
Business Hours : 5am – 2pm
Closed on Monday
GPS Coordinates : N05 2502.8 E100 2009.8
Penang Food – Terubong Seafood @ Paya Terubong
Posted by: CK Lam in Air Itam, Chinese, Chu Char, Penang, Restaurant, Seafood
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Terubong Seafood is one ‘chu char’ that is tucked away in a row of shop houses facing the very busy Jalan Paya Terubong. This place specializes in seafood and is popular among the neighborhood!
Straight to the good stuff! They commonly serve this small prawns deep fried as prawns fritters. It tasted good dipping it in chili sauce.
Then it was the grilled stingray served with a tamarind sauce with onions. Very appetizing with the white rice!
The sauce of the grilled fish was spicy sweet, coupled with the fantastic onions!
Next was the homemade fishball soup which itself was very fragrant with some added Chinese wine! The fishballs in the soup were squarish in shape with a soft texture. I would recommend everyone to try out this dish.
Steamed Assam fish… their sauce was very unique! Fish fillets done just right, and with the sweet and sour sauce, it topped off our meal.
We had the sambal belacan fried with lady fingers. It came with great aroma and nice belacan flavor. This dinner cost RM85 inclusive of drinks.
Sambal belacan lady fingers, awesome!
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After our first enjoyable visit, we went there for the second time and had several different dishes. Started off with the huge red snapper which was cooked in two ways. The upper part of the fish was cooked in a claypot with a nice flavorful gravy to go along with it whereas the tail section was grilled in a spicy chili sauce.
This claypot & panggang red snapper dish cost RM39.
Next was the Kam Heong prawn that was recommended by the owner. The prawns were stir fried with their special sauce with curry leaves. The prawns were very fresh and juicy.
Kam Heong Prawn – RM22
We topped off the dinner with some Stir Fried Kangkung (RM6) and some Chinese tea, rounding off a bill of RM74!
Besides the Chinese tea and the usual drinks, we enjoyed delicious cold Red Blood and creamy glass of Coffee Latte concocted by the owner’s daughter. She is more than happy to prepare these specialty drinks to share with her customers whenever she is free.
The coffee shop is located further up from the Paya Terubong You Tiao (crullers) stall. After the stall, continue driving pass the Lintang Paya Terubong/Jalan Paya Terubong traffic lights. Be on the look out for the Fire Brigade station (on your left) followed by rows of shop-houses. You will not miss this ‘chu char’ as it is visible from afar with its big signboard hanging right above the shop. Click here for the Map Location.
Terubong Seafood
1238-T Jalan Paya Terubong
11060 Penang
Tel : 04 8660903
H/P No : 012 4103303
Business Hour : 5.30pm – 11pm
Closed on Wednesday
GPS Coordinates : N05 2314.1 E100 1629.1
Tho Yuen Chicken Rice Restaurant, Penang
Posted by: CK Lam in Chinese, Chu Char, Dim Sum, Fish Beehoon, Georgetown, Noodles,Penang
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Tho Yuen Chicken Rice Restaurant is an old Cantonese restaurant located in a two storey building at Campbell Street right next the popular sundry shop, Kwong Tuck. Business has been going around for many decades now and the place is still as popular.
This restaurant serves dim sum for breakfast and varieties of noodles, porridge and Chicken Rice during lunch hour. The interior of the restaurant was recently given a new paint job for a cleaner and brighter outlook! I was there during lunch break and the place was filled with customers with some having to settle for the tables set up in the pavement.
One of Tho Yuen’s specialty dish – Fish head steam with noodle
Fish Head steam with noodles – Our preference was having two plates, one with vermicelli and the other with hor fun. The fish head steamed with ginger was served together with the noodles in a wonderful aroma soy sauce. It’s delicious with the natural ‘sweetness’ of the fish. It goes well with cut red chili.
Fish head steam with hor fun
Next up was the Stir Fried Yin Yeong! A mix of hor fun and vermicelli, coupled with seafood and char siew was fried to perfection!
Apart from the two noodles, we also have Sang Mee (noodle) with braised duck and ginger. The noodle was firm and came in a flavorful gravy with pieces of well braised duck together with slices of ginger.
Sang Mee with braised duck and ginger
We ordered a bowl of Sui Kow (dumpling) soup separately. The Sui Kow skin wraps up a generous amount of water chestnuts and minced pork meat.
Of course, we also sampled on several dim sum dishes while waiting for the noodles to be served…deep fried bean curd roll (Fu Chuk quen) and baked Char Siew buns (Siew Pau).
The place was very busy and the ambience was bustling and lively. The surrounding was quite airy and bright with the skylight coming in with the adjustable roofing over the air well.
Tho Yuen is one of the very few restaurants which have maintained their standards over the years. Do check out their kiam chai boi and chicken rice too. Click here for the Map Location.
Tho Yuen Chicken Rice Restaurant
94 Campbell Street
10100 Penang
Tel : 04 2614672
Business Hour : 6am – 3pm
Closed on Tuesday
Penang Food – Restaurant May Foong
Posted by: CK Lam in Chicken Rice, Chinese, Koay Teow Th'ng, Penang Mainland, Penang Restaurant
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Restaurant May Foong is an old establishment in Bagan Dalam, Butterworth, Penang which is famous for its Ipoh Hor Fun, Steam Chicken (pak cham kai) and Prawn Dumpling (wanton). It is located nearby another famous dim sum eatery, Sweet Paradise Restaurant.
The Hor Fun has the smoothness and silkiness in it, exactly like the ones we had in Thean Chun coffeeshop in old town, Ipoh. There are two version, the dry ones and the soup ones. The dry ones are served with some light sauce instead of the usual black thick sauce. The soup is very clear and tasted the same as those in Ipoh but only lack the redness appearance.
Prawn Wanton (shrimp dumpling) is very fresh with thin and smooth wanton skin.
Chicken in oyster sauce… the meat is tender yet fully cooked. The chicken tasted much better than those that I have eaten so far and goes well with its watery chili sauce which has less garlic.
This lunch for two person cost RM15 inclusive of two glasses of herbal tea. For those who like to try out this delicious Ipoh Hor Fun, do check out their Map location …
4274 Jalan Kampong Benggali
Butterworth
Penang
Where to Eat
1. Food hawkers can be found at Guerney Drive (Mount Erskine - hawker centre Gurney Drive - night hawker centre.
2. New Lane (along the access road to Sunway Hotel).
3. Pulau Tikus & market area – 400 yards from Gurney Drive. Lots of food stalls day & night.
4. Many coffee shops along Penang Road & Campbell lane and surrounding area.
5. Air Hitam (at roundabout).
6. Hot Wok - Nyonya food - found in Jln Nagore and near Island Plaza. Very tasty dishes.
7. Kampong Malabar hawker stalls - walking distance from E & O; up along Penang Road, on the left just about 100 m after Odeon Cinema.
8. Lebuh Kimberley - further away from above, on the left after Chowrasta market; down that road maybe 200 m from Penang Rd junction (coffee shop called New Bee Hooi, or something like that on the right).
9. "Feng Wei" along Sri Bahari Road off Penang Road. 04-261 1918. Chinese – high quality.
10. "Goh Huat Seng" along Jalan Kimberley further down from the hawker centre (on the right). (MUST go here – old and highly recommended) Kimberly Street. From Carnavon St turn into Kimberly St. Find parking before or around "Bee Chin Heang" (selling chinese religious stuff). The place is busy for both lunch and dinner. For dinner, before 7pm is a good time. After, is it busy, busy.
1) Traditional Steamboat (using bronze ware and powered by charcoal). Depending on number of people, the price may range from RM30, RM50, RM60, RM70
2) Bean Curd and Leak stir fry (tau kua suan na)
3) Fried Teow Chew noodle (teow chew mi tiau)
11. High end restaurants are "Salsas" at Continental Hotel, "No. 32 the Mansion" next block to E & O car park
12. Eden at Hutton Lane. Seafood & western grilled food. All food is Halal. Opposite is Tandori Restorn with northern indian cuisine, Khasmiry and local rice and curries.
13. Kayu Nasi Kandar. Leith street where Cheong Fatt Tze mansion is located is also flanked by smallholder beer gardens.
14. local hawker food, Macalister Road would be a good choice. Right out of Traders – straight ahead to junction and straight ahead again (across Jln Penang)
15. Penang Famous Cendol - Opposite Police Head Quarters down a side street.
16. Next to Cathay Hotel. - Indian Restaurant
17. Red Garden (Hawker food) Located between Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion and The Chocolate Boutique on Leith Street. A VERY good town center hawker center with lots of choice. Try to stop the staff pouring your beer for you – they will do it every few minutes and it becomes annoying.
18. Esplanade (Hawker Food)- located near The Padang and on the esplanade, this is a cool breezy place to eat. Good for Penang Rojak and Pasembur – but lots of other choice with a variety of great Malay and Chinese Food. Found at Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah where the Road takes a 90 degree turn. Or walk from the Fort with the sea on your right side.
19. Red Rock Hotel on Macalister Road (think it is at the junction with Jln Rangdon). 10 minutes walk from Traders. GREAT Chinese food (the chef used to work at the CRC). Try the Braised Belly Pork – yummy. Enter hotel – turn left – go up stairs – restaurant is in front of you. MAKE SURE YOU VISIT.
20. Seafood : Teluk Kumbar, Bukit Tambun
21. Japanese : Tao Buffet (E-gate and Auto-City)
22. Malay : Sungai Ara (opposite Chinese School)
23. Golden BBQ in Jalan Nagor off Burma road. Great place to cook your own choice.
24 Jalan Nagor has been developed into a foodies heaven called Nagor Place.
25. Sea Pearl ("Hai Shen") Restaurant at Tanjung Tokong. Seafood
26. Kheng Pin Cafe along , junction Jalan Sri Bahari/Jalan Penang for Wonton Noodles, Lor Bak. Won Ton ( Dumpling ) Noodles. Heaps of plump dumplings, red-roasted meat, flakes of chicken flesh, shiitake mushrooms, bok choy and spring onions topped the dish.
27. Anson Road hawker stalls
28. Steamboat at Town Steamboat Restaurant at 63 Jln Macalister. only Rm 19.90. Booking advised. Tel: 04-2297273 (Near to Red Rock Hotel – only 10 minutes from Traders Hotel).
29. Teluk Bahang - Teluk Bahang Market and eating shops near the village round-a-bout
30. Tanjung Bunga - Hawker Centre opposite Mar Vista Resort (popular Malay food stalls here)
31. Hawker Stalls & Coffee Shops – NEW LANE off Macalister Road - near to Sunway Hotel. BIG, BIG selection and choice. Bust at night.
32. Junction of Burma Road and Macalister Lane (Larong)
33. Food Court at Komtar, Penang Road; CLOSED FOR RENOVATION 25.9.08
34. Kek Seng Coffee Shop at Penang Road (near Komtar)
35. Macalister Road coffee shop opposite the District Education Office
36. Lorong Selamat Low Eng Hoo Coffee shop and roadside stalls
37. Banana Leaf restaurant’s : Service Road, Burmah Square, Kaliamans at Little India, Jaya's at Gelugor or Passion of Kerala at Jalan Chow Thye. Sri Ananda Bahwan Restaurant located at Penang Street
38. Restoran Kapitan, 89G, Persiaran Bayan Bay
39. Thai - Bukit Genting for Thai delicacy on top of durian hill. Jalan Teluk Kumbar, Balik Pulau, Penang • Tel:604-827 9805 (usually you don't need to book)
I suggest you go around 5pm (reach there at 6pm) for the sunset view, after you finish your dinner (around 7.30++) you can enjoy the island night view.
40. HOCK LOK SIEW BISCUIT TRADING, 120, Lebuh Noordin, 10300 Penang, Malaysia.Contact: 604-2622162, 016-472 4565. Opening Hours: 9.00am – 7.00pm (Daily). From Trader’s Hotel along Jalan Magazine, keep to your left until you reach the traffic light. Turn into the first road on your left (Jalan Gurdwara) and then the first left turning into Lebuh Noordin. The shop is just somewhere in the middle on your right within a row of heritage houses. ALTERNATIVE: use short cut thru ally opp Traders.
41. Fun Tea Garden - opposite Pizza Hut, Prangin Mall. 150 & 152, Jalan Dr. Lim Chwee Leong, 10100 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: 013-421 1274 (Danny Ooi)
Opening Hours: Effective 4 August 2008 - Dim Sum: 12.00am – 12.00noon
Economy Rice: 5.00pm – 1.00am Dim Sum served until 12 noon. Lots of food choice.
42. WONG CHAU JUN RESTAURANT, 73 Jalan Rangoon, 10400 Penang, Malaysia. Contact: 012-555 9046, 012-470 9549. Opening Hours: 8.00am – 2.30pm Closed Tuesday. From Traders go up to Jln Macalister – walk ahead to Jln Rangoon (before Red Rock Hotel) – turn left into Jln Rangoon and it is just ahead.
43. HAI NAN TOWN RESTAURANT - 8A Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay), 10300 Penang, Malaysia. Contact: 604-263 8633 Opening Hours: 6.00pm – 11.00pm)
located within the vicinity of Penang’s Inshore Marina, Church Street Pier and QEII along Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay).
44. MING XIANG TAI PASTRY HOUSE, 133 Jalan Burma, 10050 Penang, Malaysia. Contact: 604-227 9880 Opening Hours: 9.30am – 8.00pm (Closed Monday)
From Komtar go to Jalan Burmah – go past the traffic light in front of Telekom. The shop is just after Lorong Madras on your left. Chew Thean Yeang Aquarium is just diagonally opposite this shop.
45. SIN HONG KEE SEAFOOD, 8 Weld Quay, 10300 Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: 604-263 5231. Opening Hours: 5.30pm – 11.30pm (Closed Tuesday)
Not far from the junction of Lebuh Chulia & Weld Quay the restaurant is just by the Shell petrol.
46. KIM MAOU CAFÉ, Lebuh Cintra, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.
Opening Hours: 5.30pm – 10.30pm the shop as it is at the junction of Lorong Kampung Malabar and Lebuh Cintra. In fact the stall is the row as the famous Rice Dumpling (Bak Chang) shop.
47. HOT WOK, 124-E&F, Jalan Burmah, 10050 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 604-227 3368 Opening Hours: 11.00am - 1.00am - the restaurant as it is situated within two shoplots just between Nagore Place and Giant Supermarket along Jalan Burmah.
48. GUANGZHOU CAKE HOUSE, 158, Lebuh Carnavon, 10100 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 016-470 3392. Opening Hours: 8.30am - 4.00pm. from Prangin Mall go along Jalan Dr. Lim Chwee Leong, turn left into Lebuh Carnavon. Go along until you have passed the second road (Lebuh Kimberley) on your left and you will see the unnamed shoplot displaying those yummy delicacies right in front of the shop. Normally, it would be an elderly lady selling those yummies. Make sure you reach there early to get the best choices.
49. KRYSTAL SEAFOOD CAFÉ, 224-B Jalan Burmah, 10350 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 604-227 2218, 012-438 3962, 016-445 6882 (Mr. Y.K. Lim) Opening Hours: 6.00pm - 2.00am. located in Pulau Tikus.
50. Ribs BBQ on Burmah Road (just past Jln Nagore – next to Giant Supermarket). Pm – 11pm
51. Tree Shade Sea Food On Weld Quay opp Ferry Terminal. Order at the counter.
52. Eiu Char Koay – Lebuh Cintra …Cintra Street has many many food places Wen Chang Hainan Chicken Rice shop; located just right opposite, sells traditional Hainanese Chicken Rice. Ng Kee Cake Shop. This bakery shop sells a wide selection of freshly baked Cantonese biscuits and snacks. Dim Sum shop, De Tai Tong Cafe. Dim Sum is served during breakfast and dinner, while there is an ala-carte menu for lunch. Opposite the dim sum cafe is a small stall selling pancake and steam rice cake. It may look modest and simple, but I reckon this stall sells the best Ham Chim Pang & Pak Tong Goe in Penang. Across the junction of Cintra/Campbell, you will see the popular Dumpling shop - Cintra Food Corner on your left. This place is famous for its bak chang, tau chang, yam cakes and red bean tong sui boiled with dried orange peel. Two doors away from the 'chang' shop is the Curry Chee Cheong Fun stall. You get to savour this curry version with tender pieces of chicken (only drumstick) and soft potato for RM3.50
53. Toh Soon Café top of Cambell St near Penang Road (for Roti Bakar, eggs n bread)
54. Tuai Pui Curry Mee on Weld Quay with junction of Gat Lebuh Archeh.
55. One Corner Café - junction Burmah Road & Bawasha Road (nr Jln Nagore) try Lok Lok. Laksa here is sour/spicy.
56. Jemputree Restaurant. 64 Jln Chow Thye off Jln Burmah – 1 block past Jln Nagore. Open 5.30pm to 2am – Closed Mondays. Mixed food choice – open air, but undercover. Sort of ‘posh’.
57. Starview Restaurant in New World Park, Burmah Road. Chinese (on right before Jln Nagore)
58. Restaurant Kapitan at 93 Chulia Street - one of the best claypot Nasi Briyani in Penang. Open 24 hours a day. Upstairs area is Air Con.
59. Tang Dynasty Imperial Noodle Restaurant. 70-A, Jalan Zainal Abidin – between Jln Burmah & Jln Mcalister. Dumplings & noodle dishes – noodles are special type from China.
60. Ghee Seng Tomyam Seafood Restaurant. Thai restaurant located just off Weld Quay (side road down to sea just across and down from Gat Labuh Melayu – by Wisma KGN) good reputation for serving authentic Thai cuisine reasonable prices. Has air con.
61. Nan Yang Chinese Cuisine Restaurant is located right at the centre of Georgetown. It is just opposite Yap Temple; sitting at the junction of Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling/Armenien Street. Great food in old fashioned building – good prices.
62. Hoe Ping coffee shop located at Penang Road/Kampung Malabar (stall at Beach/Chulia intersection.) Hakka Beef noodles, spring roll etc. Beef noodle is hard to find.
63. Rojak KING stall in front of a coffee shop at Macallum Street.
64. Sin Kheng Aun Restaurant located in Lorong Chulia. This restaurant has been operating for decades, and serves excellent Hainanese food at very good prices.
65. Tasty Restaurant for fantastic roast meat - siu mei . On Anson Road opp Anson Road market - 1 block off Jln Macalister. And, beside the coffeeshop selling the famous duck meat - koay teow th'ng.
66. Colonial Restaurant 35 Armenian Street for traditional Hainanese food. Lovely building with a little fountain area open to the sky. Bird song was pleasant. Traditional decore – worth a visit. Open lunch & dinner.
67. Line Clear, junction of Jalan Penang/Lebuh Chulia - On Jalan Penang, walking toward KOMTAR. It is diagonally opposite Odean Cinema and Nasi Kandar Kayu. Next to Nasi Kandar Yasmeen.
68. Kafe Heng Huat good for Char Koay Teow Lorong Selamat, Off MACALISTER ROAD, I think it is open until about 12 and closes at 7pm (not sure, but I've been there at 11am & 8pm - closed!!).
69. HAWKER FOOD - Walk up Penang Road on the east side between Lebuh Kimberley and Lebuh Campbell. On one of the corners not sure where there is a coffee shop that does awesome Char Keow Tao and Asam Laksa at good local prices (3-4RM). You will know which shop it is as on the other
corner is a bag stall with loads of bags and purses.
70. New World Park on Jalan Burmah. Its like a big food court with both hawker food and restaurants.. Go before 8pm (after 9pm it gets quiet and starts close down)
71. Another good coffee shop that sells great local food is on the corner of (Jln) Cantonment Road and Burmah Road(Jln). You can go here for breakfast. Get things such as Char Keow Tao, Soup Noodles, and sweet thick fluffy pancakes with all types of fillings inside - you choose (corn, banana and peanuts are very good). Price is around RM3-4
72. Collection of stalls on corner of small street off Lebuh Chulia - almost across the road from Love Lane
73. The Samosa pushcart at the corner junction of Market (Pasar) Street and Queen Street, Little India - opens daily, rain or shine, starts at 12 noon until 7pm.
74. Lip Sin Garden, next to the Jubilee Wet Market is a very popular hawker center.
Has free and ample parking. Unlike most hawker centers, it opens for breakfast, lunch as well as dinner/supper. Offers the usual choices of popular hawker dishes. It is walking distance from the Sungei Nibong Bus Station. Local bus does pass by.
75. Sup Hameed - 48 Penang Road: This hawker food is easy to find. Start your walk up Penang Road from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel and three minutes walk up the road, opposite the Continental Hotel you will see the bright carts parked in front of Sup Hameed's. They serve Nasi Bryani, Nasi Kandor, Tandoori Chicken and vegetarian curry and dahl and lots of other dishes.
76. The Fat Diva Char Kway Teow - at Jalan Selamat (Kedai Kopi dan Ice Kachang) reputed to fry the best noodles in town.
77. Satay @ Food Court, Prangin Mall, look for the only stall selling satay, two types, honey and tom yam, with tom yam being the spiciest.
78. Nam Hong Coffee Shop - Penang Road: Near Penang Road bus stop, 2 shops after the chinese temple. Hainanese chicken rice.
79. New Lane is off Macalister road and is just a few minutes walk from Sunway Hotel. The recommended to try are: Char Koew Teow, satay, chicken wings, Curry Mee, Chee Cheong Fun.
80. Star Coffee Shop, Corner of Lebuh Carnavon and Jalan Cheong Fatt Tze (previously Lebuh Hong Kong) - was part the Star Hotel (now closed). The coffee shop has 2 stalls - Roast Duck Rice and Hokkien Mee. Roast Duck is one of the best on the island. While the skin is crispy, the meat is very tender and juicy with flavour. Roast Duck is only available from morning till lunchtime. VERY busy – get there early.
81. Seri Weld Food Court, Beach Street. Very good Nasi Lemak. Typical Penang Nasi Lemak consist of rice cooked in coconut milk, served with fried anchovies, peanuts, spicy gravy and sliced cucumber, wrapped in banana leaf. VERY BUSY AT LUNCH TIME.
82. Ah Leng Char Koay Teow in Kimberley Street ( at night only ). Tips:
1) make sure you ask them to cook the clams till its well done, otherwise, you might end up with a bad stomach. OR, just tell then NO CLAMS.
2) make sure you tell them how big you want your plate to be, else they will happily give you the biggest one
83. Larong Madras: off Macalister. Lots of food. opens about 4pm to 5pm and ends late. Try out char kuay teow from a stall which is near to the bank and Laksa across the road. Must try is roast duck (stall at the end of the other stalls). Also, Taiwan sausage with mango sauce or spicy sauce.
84. Leong Café (and/or place next door). 94C Lorong Maclister (Lane). Near Komtar. Open between 7am -11pm. Everything is good – try Fried Butter Bread with egg (available till 3pm). Also try the chee cheong fan with prawn paste and fried carrot cake.
85. Disneyland along Macalister Road for Dim Sum (tim sum)
86. Midland Court - Chinese-cantonese - One Stop Pulau Tikus - 04-226 7788
87 Jade Palace - Chinese-cantonese - Choo Plaza, Aboo Sitee Lane - 04-227 5758
88. May Garden – 70 Penang Road next to Cititel - 04-261 6435 - Chinese cuisine – specializes in Seafood. Try the roast suckling pig. Recommended
89. CRC Restaurant - CRC Club ,Burmah Road - 04-228 9787
90. YMCA 211 Jalan Macalister - Restaurant is lcoated on the ground floor of YMCA. Recommended for various dishes – very, very busy at weekends.
91. WONG KOK Kitchen in Prangin mall (Level 3). Pork dishes, Duck Noodle soup & BBQ pork noodle soup.
92. SWEE BEE 228Chulia street. Roast suculent chicken rice. Airconditioning. Very clean kitchen. Tucked away you have to look hard for it!
93. 29 & 30 – Level 3 Prangin Mall - underneath the escalator – very popular esp. the duck dishes. See below (no 99 for more info).
94. Love Lane no 53 - a restored shophouse with an interior that looks like an art gallery and antique shop combined with lots of pictures, wrought iron lamps and tables made out of sewing machine bases. Great menue with lots of great Teochew (Southern Chinese) food at reasonable prices.
95. Sun Fook Dim Sum House 105 Cintra Street 6am - 12pm
96. De Tai Tong Cafe 45 Cintra Street - 6am to 11am (dim sum)
97. Rong Ping, Jalan Sungai Ujong (or Hujong) - The street right opposite Komtar tunnel – back entrance leading towards Cintra Street. Opens at 5 am in the morning, handmade dim sum and self service tea refill found in traditional dim sum restaurant.
98. Tang Yen hawker Stall opposite Traders Hotel. Famous for its tang yen or tong yuen (glutinous rice ball). There are two types of syrup based or soup and also two sizes of the tang yuen. You can opt for either plain pandan white sugar syrup or the brown sugar ginger syrup. As for the sizes, there is either small like marbles or bigger one like squash ball which has peanuts filling inside.
99. PRANGIN MALL There are many food places in Prangin mall – I found the best ones to be the ‘coffee shop’ type operations with hawker stalls located on the 3rd and 4th floors near the area called The Atrium (don’t ask). Café 75 is one place but there are a number of others. Just grab a table, go order your food – pay when it arrives. Drinks can be ordered from your table. Recommended.
For info, I was not impressed with the formal restaurants located in the mall e.g. Wong Kok on the 2nd floor. Food was just Ok – nothing special. Also expensive compared to the ‘coffee shops’.
100. Edelweiss in Armenian Street (non-halal, Swiss restaurant) Went here with the Penang Food Bloggers – a great experience. Food is very good and, if you wish, makes a nice change from typical Penang fare. I loved the old heritage building with is big clocks, photos and furniture. The open area in the middle was very attractive. RECOMMENDED.
Hainanese Delights @ 1926 Hotel, Burmah Road (Spring roll)
There are many posts on Hainanese Delights Restaurant. However, most of them are on their ala-carte menu. So far I have yet to see any posts on their Set Dinner Menu.
Not to divert any further from the main topic, the direction to this restaurant is not hard to locate. If you know how to drive to Burma Road, Union Primary School is on your left and you are on a one way drive. Just follow the road for another 200 meters and you will see Heritage Hotel 1926 is on your left. Turn left at the side entrance and there are plenty of parking space available.
Editor’s Review (5 Stars Rank):
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Operation hours: 11:45am – 2:30pm; 6:00pm – 9:30pm (Close On Monday)
Contact: 04-226 1926
Address:227, Burma Road, 10050 Georgetown, Penang
GPS: 5° 42′ 39.81″ N, 100° 32′ 05.18″ E
Penang Chu Char – Hokkien & Hainanese Dishes @ See Kong Ooi
Posted by: CK Lam in Chu Char, Georgetown, Hokkien, Penang Restaurant
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See Kong Ooi Restaurant in Transfer Road Penang which specializes in Hainanese and Hokkien chu char dishes is fondly refer as Sai Kong Huin by most of the Penangites Hokkien. It has been around for several decades now, and is still going strong until today!
This post is a collection of my trips to this restaurant, so don’t be shocked by the amount of food! I’ve made the trip there several times with my family and food bloggers BBO, Lingzie, Ken and NKOTB.
First time visiting a “KEDAI MAKAN”!
It would be very easy making your selection at See Kong Ooi as their menu has remained unchanged throughout the years. Their menu is hung on the wall for convenient viewing.
Among their selection of seafood, we started with the Black Promphet in three flavours. It may be more well known as “SAR BEE” (three flavours in Hokkien), and it was indeed appetizing! Their gravy was very tasty and the chili + onion combo was just fantastic! The Assam Curry Fish has the sourish taste and freshness of the fish, and topped with plenty of onions, tomatoes and lady fingers! The gravy is darker in color as compared to many Assam Curry Fish that I have savored around George Town.
Assam Curry Fish, great accompliment with white rice!
Another seafood item was the prawns, which I find to be quite reasonably priced at See Kong Ooi! Throughout several of my visits there, I managed to try out the Assam Prawn and Sambal Prawn. Both really packed with flavor and succulent flesh. The Assam Prawn can be enjoyed just on its own while the Sambal Prawns with its pungent gravy makes a great dish with the rice.
Assam Prawn
Recommended Sambal Prawn, yummy!
Next on the menu was the meat selection. The fried pork had an authentic feel with the soy sauce tastefully done. We also had the Steamed Mince Meat + Salted Fish, which is very similar to the typical homecooked version.
Fried pork
Salted Fish Steam Minced Meat
Oh well, with all the meat and seafood, of course there must be vegetables to balance it all up. The vegetable were stir fried with wok hei, ranging from the choice of long beans and bean sprout with salted fish.
One of their unique dish was the Shanghainese Vegetable cooked with Pork Slices! The salty preserved vegetable and the spicy taste of the chili makes a very flavorful dish.
We enjoyed the recommended Egg Soup. Mixed with plenty of minced meatball, vegetables and a fried egg, this simple and tasteful soup rounded off the meal nicely.
This restaurant run by owners Peter and Teddy is located in the folds on Transfer Road, where you can find The Ship and Fung Wei Chinese Restaurant nearby! Parking is abundant right outside this restaurant. Click here for the Map Location.
P.S. This restaurant is accessible using both Burma Road and Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah.
See Kong Ooi
9 Transfer Road
Penang
Tel : 04 2627845
Business Hour : 11am – 11pm
Category : Non-Halal
GPS Coordinates : N5 2520.5 E100 1952.5
Maxim Dim Sum @ Taman Pekaka
Maxim Dim Sum Restaurant @ Taman Pekaka
Maxim have several branches in Penang. Mainly serving dim sum. Located at Gurney Plaza, opposite Queensbay Mall, and Taman Pekaka. Price are reasonable.
Dim Sum (Fried)
Dim Sum (Steamed)
Dim Sum
Chinese Tea
Chinese Tea (for 2 pax)
My Orders
Fried Crispy Prawn – RM3.20
Siu Mai – RM2.00
Steam Pork Ribs – RM2.80
Egg Tart – RM1.30
Har Kao (Prawn Dumpling) – RM2.80
Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun – RM2.80
Environment
The dim sum was nice.
Highly recommend for readers.
Location: Bangunan Lip Sin 2-G-11 & 12 Lebuh Pekaka 1,
Sungai Dua,
11700 Gelugor,
Pulau Pinang.
Tel : 04-6560915
Toast (Roti Bakar) & Coffee @ Toh Soon Cafe, Campbell Street
Toh Soon Cafe was located at a small back lane in Campbell Street. It operate in a small stall for a very long time ago. They use the traditional way (charcoal) to toast the bread (the truly ROTI BAKAR). Customers like to having their breakfast in Toh Soon for past many years ago. Early in the morning, you will find out that many customers, no matter wearing formal with tie, school uniform, or housewife preparing go to the near by Chow Rasta Market, will be there having a cup of kopi/kopi ‘o ‘with toast bread, nasi lemak and half boiled egg. You can try to start your great day with a set of breakfast over there and this is what usually the regular customer would do.
Kopi – RM1.00
Kopi O ‘Kao’ (Thick Black Coffee) – RM0.80
Its make my day.
Charcoal Toasted Bread
Toast Bread – RM1.60
Toast Wholemeal Bread – RM1.60
Half Boiled Egg – RM1.40
Nasi Lemak -RM 1.40
Toh Soon Cafe – Environment
Location:
Toh Soon Cafe @ Campbell Street (a small lorong @ beginning of Campbell Street)
Campbell Street,
10200 Georgetown, Penang.
Closed on Sundays.
Penang Food – Seafood Beehoon and Pork Porridge @Lam Kei
Posted by: CK Lam in Bayan Lepas, Fish Beehoon, Hawker, Jelutong, Penang, Porridge,Seafood
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Fancy having a bowl of piping hot seafood beehoon or pork porridge? I had my share over at Lam Kei located in Nam Thean coffee shop along the busy Jalan Jelutong. This stall has been around for thirty-five years with the second generation taking over now. They have another stall selling this similar food inside Kedai Kopi Leong Huat Seng in Sungai Tiram, near to the Penang Airport.
Seafood with thick beehoon
Seafood porridge
Each individual bowl of noodle and porridge are made to order. You can pick your favourite ingredients to go with your bowl of porridge or noodles. For the pork porridge there is a choice of minced pork, pork slices and also innards of kidney, liver and intestines but these ingredients are not available on Thursday, Saturday and public holidays.
This pork porridge (bak moay) with the texture of the rice grain still retained in its wholesome shape. The soup is very savoury and delicious. It’s served with some cut spring onions and garlic oil.
Another specialty item is the deep fried fish skin. This crispy side order can be left soaking in the piping hot soup or just eaten on its own…delicious in every bite.
As for the noodles, you can choose among the thin beehoon (yew), the thick beehoon (cho), mee sua and cintan mee. This bowl of beehoon with combination of white fish and mince meat is very flavourful and tasty.
The owners spend more than seven hours daily in preparing all the ingredients to ensure its freshness. The soup is boiled with pork bones for three hours.
Look out for this coffee shop; it’s on the left hand side of the road if you are coming from Jalan Jelutong, just a few houses away from the Mobil station. Click here for the Map Location.
Nam Thean Coffee Shop
Jalan Jelutong
Penang
Business Hours : 6.00pm – 11.00pm
Closed on Sunday
GPS Coordinates : N05 23.642 E100 18.957
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For those working or staying around Sungai Tiram area, do look out for their other stall locatedinside Leong Huat Seng coffee shop. Make sure you visit this correct stall and do not be mistaken with the one selling beside the van, right outside the coffeeshop. Click here for theMap Location. It is on the left hand-side of the road if you are travelling from the airport to Georgetown.
This stall is run by another sister and they offer the similar ingredients plus some additional items too.
Kedai Kopi Leong Huat Seng
186G, MK 12, Sungai Tiram
11900 Bayan Lepas
Penang
Business Hours : 5.30pm – 11.30pm
Closed on Sunday
GPS Cordinates : N05 18.136 E100 16.527
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