Barry’s Cafe is a cafe-cum-restaurant in the heart of Georgetown (Address: 27, Lebuh Bishop, 10200 Georgetown, Penang. Tel: 012-8911869). It serves a variety of Western and Asian food, cakes, coffee, beers, and wines. Some of the food served here are pork ribs, stewed beef ribs, lamb shank, grilled chicken chop, fish and chips, pasta, char koay teow, fried… Read More »
Bibik’s Kitchen is a Nyonya restaurant in Georgetown, located at 73, Jalan Sri Bahari, 10050 Georgetown, Penang (Tel: 04-2610681). The restaurant is on the same row of shop houses as Saigon House Cuisine (Vietnamese food), and diagonally opposite The Ship Restaurant (Sri Bahari branch). It is opened Tuesday–Sunday, with the opening hours from 11.30AM-3.00PM and 6.00PM-9.00PM. The restaurant… Read More »
I recently had the buffet lunch at The Light Hotel (July 2018). The buffet is located at Spice Brasserie on the ground floor. The unique thing about The Light Hotel lunch buffet is that it serves many dishes that you would find in a nasi kandar restaurant: curry fish, curry chicken, curry squid (sotong), curry prawn, curry lamb,… Read More »
Li Er Cafe, located along Jalan Burma (Address: 349, Jalan Burma, 10350 Georgetown, Penang. Tel: 017-4643757) is well known for its Nyonya kuih. The cafe is opened from 7.30AM-4.30PM daily, except Thursdays. In Penang, Nyonya kuih can typically be found at stalls near the market (pasar). At Li Er Cafe, customers get to enjoy Nyonya kuih in a… Read More »
The most famous char koay teow stall in Air Itam is probably Ah Leng Char Koay Teow (Address: Lorong Zoo 6, 11500 Air Itam, Penang. Tel: 012-4983962). The stall is opened in the evening, around 5PM to 10.30PM. At Ah Leng Char Koay Teow stall, you can order either a “Regular” or “Special” char koay teow. The “Regular”… Read More »
Last weekend (22-24 June 2018), there was an Asian Food Festival event held at Straits Quay, Tanjung Tokong, Penang. Many food stalls were setup at the Straits Quay promenade (along the marina area), selling unique street food from many countries in the Asian region – South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and others. Here are some pictures from… Read More »
Will Western Delight is a restaurant serving “local Western food”. It is located on the ground floor of the Centrio Avenue low-medium-cost (LMC) apartment (Address: Centrio Avenue, Jalan Permai, 11700 Gelugor, Penang. Tel: 017-4134330). The restaurant is opened in the evening: 5.30PM-10PM (Tuesday – Friday), 5PM-10PM (Saturday & Sunday). Will Western Delight has been operating for quite some… Read More »
Sai Lam Coffee Shop (Kedai Kopi Sai Lam) is an old, corner coffee shop located at the intersection of Lebuh Carnarvon and Lebuh Chulia (Address: 8, Lebuh Carnarvon, 10200 Georgetown, Penang). Ah Gu stall operates within Sai Lam Coffee Shop, selling Wan Tan Mee and Beef Soup Mee (beef soup noodles). The wan tan mee at Ah Gu stall… Read More »
Nowadays, there are more and more Vietnamese restaurants in Penang. I visited Saigon House Cuisine for some Vietnamese food recently, on 21 May 2018. Saigon House Cuisine is located in one of the shop houses at Bahari Parade (Address: 77, Jalan Sri Bahari, 10050 Georgetown, Penang. Tel: 04-2612301). It is roughly opposite The Ship Restaurant (Sri Bahari Branch).… Read More »
Char Koay Teow is one of Penang’s most popular hawker food. There are many good char koay teow stalls all over Penang island. A few months back, on 2 February 2018, I tried the Googgle Man Char Koay Teow at KTG Cafe (Address: 82, 84, Lorong Selamat, 10400 Georgetown, Penang. Tel: 016-4994646). The stall is located on the… Read More »