The Cruises - beef steak

Trying to get a good steak in Penang these days , seems to be an almost impossible feat .

Thus , even though I'd heard good feedback about this place , I still had my reservations . Anyway , I need my red meat .....it's driving me crazy , that's why we're finally taking the plunge here come what may .

Very frankly , I don't like the mish mash set up ( mix and match tables and chairs ) but the waitress is such a sweetie pie , you can just keep looking at her flitting around chirpily before you get down to the business of eating .

Kiddo went for the rib eye .

Medium to well , turned out to be more of a New York style steak , bit dry yet still juicy on the inside but not too runny for a river of blood to trickle out and spoil the appetite. 

What I did not like were the vegies. Someone please tell them to stop coating them in a sugar syrup .

Otherwise , this meal would have been great .

Lunch at The Ship , Batu Feringghi

After one dissapointment after the next ,over so called new hip dining places , sometimes I prefer to fall back on the good old places we Malaysians love best.

According to hubs, the old Esquire Kitchen boss has a hand in this ( not sure how true this is but I spotted him in Nam Heong last time with a bunch of his pals, again pointed out by hubs ) . He mentioned that this category of western food is in the same category as Coliseum in KL.....essentially a colonial Hainanese western restaurant. The Hainanese chefs learnt how to cook from the Brits, but along the way, the recipe here at The Ship,  has become more Americanised with a strong oriental influence.

( NH ) Euro Deli Biergarten, Penang

 

How wonderful it is, to be able to watch their progression as the years go by.  I've been a fan, from the time they first infiltrated our supermarkets to the exciting dining options they present to us today.

Take a look at this unbelievable All day long offer .

We don't need convincing since we know, just how smooth the dark Erdinger beer here is.