Jasmine Garden Cafe ( PF)

7th January 2013 :

I don'tknow what's happened. Whether the kitchen is on strike or the chef has got a better offer elsewhere but the usual foods below which we ordered were dissapointing.
No taste. Not salty enough. Rancid char siew. Undercooked chicken. 

Earlier post :

Although YMCA lies just a little further down, across the road , most tourists give this a miss, preferring to venture elsewhere without ever realising, that they have a gem right at their doorstep .

Instead a bulk of their customers nowadays, consists of Indonesian medical tourists and staff from the hospital nearby.

Belacan chicken is excellent.

No overpoweringly, bitter belacan flavour.

Just heavenly.
You absolutely have to try this dish when you're in Penang.

Springs Town Restaurant ( NH )

Every Penangite worth their salt, knows how to sniff out and make a beeline, for an out of the way, gem such as this.

Prices of most dishes are so ridiculously low , you might want to pinch yourself,
 seeing that the setting inside, is almost palatial with nice airconditioning and lighting even

Passions of Kerala ( PF )

This restaurant combines the best of both worlds....

a nice banana leaf meal, in clean, air conditioned comfort .

One vegetarian set costs just $5.50

Nameless Nasi Kandar at Chowrasta again ( U )

Earlier post : http://gostansikit.blogspot.com/2012/03/6km-for-nasi-kandar-at-lebuh-tamil.html

It's been sometime already since my last visit and I'm thinking that this blog of mine is beginning to resemble some kind of food diary. Up to date Penang food reference this.

Rest assured the food here is always good. Acar is a must !

Sotong, beef, fried slice of bawal hitam

Omg...just looking at the picture is working up my appetite again.

2nd dinner at Lebanon, Batu Feringghi ( U )

Following my earlier visit, the day before, (refer to http://gostansikit.blogspot.com/2012/10/lebanon-restaurant-batu-feringghi.html ).....this time we went for the Grilled chicken ( no pics because we bulldozed straight into it) , Hawaiian pizza ( same case) , a fish briyani (very good)  and the Greek salad ( only recommended for people who like homemade spanish salads) ....

Tried the Lebanese cocktail
So, so....

Lebanon Restaurant , Batu Feringghi ( U )

Batu Feringghi it was tonight, as I craved for Middle Eastern food.

Upon opening the menu, I found that they didn't just specialize in Lebanese or Middle Eastern fare.
But western grill selections with spaghetti and pizza ???

Have to admit I thought of walking out, but I am very glad I stayed .

Lamb Briyani.

Panicked because all I saw was a mountain of colourful, rice.

While the rice was a little on the dry side, as well as a little salty, I found it most fragrant and enjoyed the texture immensely.

 Seriously..the best briyani rice I have had on Penang Island to date.

Golden Gate Steamboat ( NH )

This restaurant has been around for some years already.

Some people having been patronising it from their childhood days

It's housed in a grand old bungalow....

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co at The Curve

One might be forgiven for thinking that a Long Beach diner had been airlifted right smack into the middle of Mutiara Damansara

The entire restaurant is doted with memoribilia connected to the movie Forrest Gump

888 Hokkien Mee, Sar Tiao Lor ( NH )

In the morning,there are a few great hokkien mee stalls on Penang island. Far less though at night.

This place ranks in my acceptable category when I'm looking for a decent bowl of Hokkien Mee after 8

There is a silly new rule in force now.

If you sit inside this shophouse where 888 is housed , you may order food from other operators.

But should you decide to sit elsewhere in other kopitiams, you can forget about trying it out because the others apparently won't allow you to call this hokkien mee over to their side.

Newday for teochew porridge ( NH )

At night this is the only place to go to for teochew moey.

Anything that runs out in this food station is replenished el pronto

Ah Leng CKT - Zoo Road ( NH )

Finally found where he operates his night time business ! It's at Zoo Road in Air Itam

Funny.

You know how it's been raining like crazy the past few days ?

Char Koay Teow doesn't taste so good during cold weather. I think it tastes better when we have to sweat it out.

Padang Brown hawker food ( NH )

It's been years since I last came here . Think there are less hawkers these days .However unlike ten years ago,today, there's rubbish all over the ground, discarded by couldn't care less customers.

Ordered wantan mee because it seemed to be a crowd favourite here.

At $3 per bowl (crazy cheap),I think they're actually doing everyone a great service . The dumpling has more meat than other places and the whole dish provides a substantial meal.

T.G.I.Fridays ( PF )

How to spend what the courier brought in. 



Head here

Restoran Cheng Heong Bah Kut Teh ( NH )

It has been some years ever since my last visit. Don't know if  the same people are running this place or not. But it's raining miserably tonight in Air Itam and I didn't want to get my feet wet eating by the roadside

Awfully quiet in here. More like a neighbourhood restaurant in some small town.

As I recall, a husband and wife team used to run the place, they couldn't have grown THAT old overnight could they ?

Keeping my fingers crossed right now

Gee Seng Seafood - 1.3 kilo crab ( NH )

You have to come early if you want to be able to select the choiciest picks 

Besides if you come at night, you won't be able to enjoy the swampy river view when its dark

Oh Sushi ! ( NH )

Sick of the holiday crowds, we fled to this corner today for a little bit of peace and quiet .

At first I wondered why the waiter herded us to the back as the front portion looked much cosier.

I soon found out why.

Paul Bakery ( PF )

Paul is a french bakery chain that is reknowned for its rather reasonably priced offerings

Heard so many rave reviews about it being THE place for bread, established in the 1889 bla bla....thus I want to try this out for myself today

Our £5.20 takeaway feast from Sainsbury's ( NH )

Sainsbury's makes it possible to have a filling meal for slightly more than a fiver in the middle of expensive London. Just head over to their roast counter.

Take one (gigantically barbaric sized )

cooked gammon shank  priced at £ 2.75

Nando's London ( U )

There are approximately 65 Nando's restaurants in London alone with more than 250 outlets spread over the UK .

We decided to dine here because we wanted to make a comparison with the outlets we have back home.

Downstairs was too cramped for comfort so up we went

Khoon Hiang Cafe ( NH )

Khoon Hiang is more famous during the day because of Ah Leng Char Koay Teow. At night, the chu cha stall takes over.

As you can see in this picture it draws a mainly local crowd of ageing regulars who come from as far as the Rifle Range flats for their quick fix .

I usually go for the Gulai seafood which is extremely hot and spicy. On most days you get a nice mix of squid, prawns and fish meat with ladies fingers. Crabmeat is a bonus on others.