SG PINANG FOOD COURT & STRAITS QUAY

All of us were in Penang for a night stay to explore and indulge hawkers food and also sight seeing in the beautiful Straits Quay.

East Coast BBQ captured my immediate attention when we reached Sungai Pinang food court.

assorted fresh seafood

After you picked your choice of seafood, this is the section where the chef will cook your food by barbecuing only!

Our pick....BBQ fresh scallop top with aromatic chopped garlic + chilies sauce.
sweet and huge in size..awesome

BBQ Spicy Tiger Prawns... meaty and tasty
Both BBQ Scallop + Prawns cost RM34

Penang Hokkien/Prawn Mee (RM4)
Soup lack of flavor but the fish balls and prawns was fresh

Fried Oyster/Oh Chien (RM6)
Plump and juicy oysters...however the omelette not soft enough for my liking


After dinner, we headed to Straits Quay in Seri Tanjung Pinang for a short sight seeing.

a beautiful view at nite!

FARLIM SHELL STATION LAKSA CAFE

This coffee shop is located under a multi storey car park and easily to locate the bright and big red signage.

It was my last day in Penang and so it is a must for me to have a hot piping and delicious bowl of Penang Assam Laksa. Well, my best friend took me here, a place which I don't even know the existence of this famous eatery selling the best Assam Laksa and sweet soup in the island.

I was surprised to see all the workers are Indonesian who cooked and run the stall. But how could this be the best assam laksa whipped up by non-local? Actually, the owner is a local chinese (married to an Indonesian lady) who control the quality of the soup. Now, this is making more sense to me.

Boiling soup in a big metal pot!

I usually like my bowl of assam laksa with big pieces of boneless fish meat, lots of bunga kantan, peppermint leaves, pineapple, onion, cucumber, prawns paste and not forgetting chili padi. And this was exactly served to me plus 2 pieces of half size fried fish balls. The soup was so aromatic and even more ump with the hot cut chili padi! Definitely much better than assam laksa sell outside the Kek Lok Si Temple.

The fried spring rolls was crispy and tucked with tasty turnip + carrots filling. Best eaten with chili sauce or dip into the assam laksa soup. I love eating both ways.

Ice kacang (ABC) was awesome and filled with lots of ingredients.


Leng Chee Kang with lots of ingredients

Total food bill was about RM12


Address:-
Medan Angsana 4
Bandar Baru Air Itam, 11500 Penang
GPS:5.390472, 100.283139
Contact no: 016-4597179

SHABU-SHABU BUFFET STYLE

It was nice having lunch and catched up with Gill & Jason during my trip back to Penang last year. This friendly hubby & wife team strongly recommended Tsurukame located at 3rd Floor, Queesbay Mall, Penang. I do admit this restaurant served lots of high quality food which is value for money compared with my 'worst' dining experience in Rest Tao @ E-Gate, Penang.

We were spoilt with the variety selection of sushi, kim-chi, fried stuffs, salad, fruits, dessert and most importantly good soup to complement with quality ingredients for shabu-shabu .

I love the ambiance and restaurant setting where you can opt to sit and eat facing the mall or the sea.

We kicked start the afternoon by partaking on the buffet spread before satisfying our tummies with the DIY Japanese steam boat and two type of soups i.e plain and kiam chye (salted vegetables).

assorted sushi...fresh

different types of kim chi...tantalizing

fried stuff, fruits & salad counter

our fave was the hot & crispy fried chicken wing and fish


soup for the steam boat


condiments....chopped parsely, garlic and chili padi

plates of fresh ingredients on the conveyor belt

seats facing the mall

dessert ...ice cream

look at our table....so much food

happy tummies ....happy faces ((^_^))

Tel no:04-6435260/016-411162

DIM SUM @ ZIM SUM

When my friends talked loud about having early breakfast dim sum in Zim Sum Tea Garden, Jalan Anson, Penang (located direcly opposite KDU), I wasn't game for it especially when I looking toward indulging hawkers food only. But, I gave in when they insist that I must try the highly recommended mouth watering food. I personally feel that all the dim sum looks good with cheap price tag but taste medicore only.

fried stuffs

steamed dumplings

side dishes

hong kong style chee cheong fun

various greens stuffed with fish paste

sweet and savory pastries

steamed buns/pao

three of us had this and total bill (including 1 pot of hot chinese tea) came up to RM23

RESTAURANT TAO , E-GATE PENANG

I have been feeling very lazy lately especially when it comes to blogging. Anyway, I'll try to blog as much as possible whenever I have the mood to do so, ha!ha!ha

Here are the food photos taken during my reunion dinner with ex school mates in Penang on 31.12.2010 in Restaurant Tao.

To cut long story short, I totally dislike the buffet served here because this restaurant 'concept' is non-friendly when compared to hotels buffet . We were given two hours only to eat and drink. There is no buffet spread and instead serving staff will show you a menu for you to pick and select food of your choice. Not much variety and quality food for the amount we paid.

Party pack for each diner

some of the food we indulged....

Total damaged for the ten of us.....not worth the amount we paid but ultimately
it is the company that matters most!