Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant 玉宮海鮮酒樓

Jade Palace is the place where my dad used to bring us when we’re small. From City Bayview Hotel to now in Choo Plaza, we’ve been patronizing them and this is also the place for us to host our guest for dinner or lunch.

Used to be a very famous place for many business associates, am sure right now also.

Recent Father’s Day we had a family lunch down there which is organized by my sister-in-law. To all of us we were pretty disappointed with the food quality and the surrounding too. Seriously a renowned restaurant like this, honestly need some proper maintenance, the room that we were there was a bit stinking.

We have Peking Duck for a start… it has to wrap with a fresh spring onion, cucumber and some Hoisin sauce for the duck skin. This food is rather famous in many restaurants, and it used to be their signature dish.

The duck meat will be stirred fry with spring onions, ginger and celery as a second dish.

Special Homemade Beancurd with Steamed Egg White & Mince Seafood (玉带豆腐) is a simple dish, best for toddler and old people. It’s always best to served with steam rice.

Deep Fried Kailan is not only Thai Food specialty but also Chinese Restaurant’s food too. This is seriously disappointing lots of us, cuz, it’s very oily.

Stewed Pork-rib ala Jade Palace served with Buns (红烤招排骨) is my father-in-law’s favourite. This must have been cooked for sometime, the meat is tender and juicy. They also added some fried mantau (deep fried bun) for sauce dipping.

Cantonese Steam Cod Fish can never go wrong, unless the fish is not fresh, right?

Last … assorted fruits to end the lunch that we treated our father-in-law.


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Address & Contact Number
Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant
玉宮海鮮酒樓
3F Choo Plaza
No 41 Abu Sitee Lane
10400 Penang
Tel: +604-227 5758 / +604-227 57 59
Fax: +604-227 5755

Business hours:
12.00 noon - 3pm
6pm - 10.30pm

Kozue Japanese Restaurant

Gurney Plaza has now come up with a lot eatery shops, down from Chinese to Japanese, you could see lots of these outlet full of customers.

When you see there are many eatery shops out there and you tend to list it down for your own, and Kozue is one of them in the list.

Rather a small place that next to Kim Gary in Gurney Plaza, but it can house a few tables of customers. And was told it has built up solid regular customers since day 1 they opened. From all these recommendations, am sure they serve quality food.

All these while I either have sushi or sashimi, but this time I have something different and I opted for Pork Sukiyaki. Not many people like Sukiyaki, probably it tastes too sweet, but down here is slightly less sweet and the ingredients that they served are basically generous.

A Tempura Bento was served with steam rice, cawanmushi, salad, miso soup and fruits.

Teriyakki Salmon Bento was appetizing too.

I had order a Salmon Sandwich as well… it’s something different and unique. And I saw mostly tables will have a plate of this too. I guess it’s one of the famous dish to order.

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Address & Contact Number
Kozue Japanese Restaurant
170-03-59A/60
Plaza Gurney
10250 Penang
Tel: +604-226 9336

Old House Café 老房子

It has been raining the whole day that Saturday and we didn’t get to step out from the house, and that made us craving for some typical Penang food, like Char Koay Teow, Hokkien Mee and all that.

Since it’s a gloomy weekend, we both decided to drive down town and take our parents out for a quick bite. While driving around town, we spotted this heritage green house and I told hubby I remembered I saw this in one of the local Chinese paper. Without second thought, hubby said let’s check it out… perhaps I was too busy to read blogs lately, I didn’t realize Cariso had actually reviewed this place.

Anyway, having the 2 old folks with us, they were happily walked into this heritage building with us.

We were impressed with the decor and the design in the shop but not the traditional ancient long wooden kungfu bench, as it’s a bit inconvenient for the old people to sit on it as it has no support for the back. In fact, before it turns out to be a café, it was once a residential house and the far end corner lot was a coffee shop.

When we were handed the menu, I told hubby newspaper did features some local delight of this café, and one of them is Hokkien Mee. Thus, hubby had a bowl of that (regular size RM7.50), that consists of a prawn and a pork rib.

And I was craving for some Char Koay Teow, without second thought this was my order. (regular RM7.50)

Parents have Braised Meat Rice and Koay Teow Th’ng each for themselves (RM7.50).

And some side orders like spring roll (RM2.50) & vegetarian duck meat (RM5.00) to add into the savour.

Since the Old House Café decoration represent an olden days Chinese Tea house, we choose to savour a pot of Pu Er Chinese Tea (RM12.00) as it is linked with older tradition of Yum Char which has its root back in the ancient Silk Road where people stop for rest and this is why teahouses were established along the roadside. It is also said to aid digestion after an oily meal.

Append below some photos for viewing pleasure… oh ya, I spotted a customer using Nikon D60 for photo shooting.



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Address & Contact Number
Old House Café
老房子
145-153 Kimberly Street
10100 Penang
Tel: +604-2622 113

Business Hour:
12pm to 3pm
6pm to 10.30pm
Close on Tuesday

Chin Kang Hu Restaurant 真功夫美食館

When you’re running out of idea what to have for breakfast, you will tend to find other food or invade into other place for food.

Well, I am invading to Juru for food for today’s breakfast. If it’s not because of we are running out of places to have our breakfast, guess I won’t be that adventure to get into another town for food.

Juru or rather Bukit Tengah has developed a new township, where you could see lots of residential houses and shop houses around that area. And am sure people from Bukit Mertajam, Nibong Tebal will find food around this area.

It was a spontaneous decision to find food around this area, we never thought of driving all the way down here for food too… while we were looking around we saw this big sign board, opening on 9 July 2009 which is last Thursday. I believe it’s something new for us to try.

Without second thought, we walked in. Clean and simple decoration of 2 shop houses that made into 1, which make this place spacious and cater for more customers.

For breakfast, they are serving noodles like Koay Teow Th’ng and Hokkien Mee. For lunch they serve steam rice like mushroom chicken, garlic spicy chicken, minced pork, salted fish minced pork, etc.

Apart from the main dishes, they also have side dishes like steam grouper, chicken, bean sprout, vegetables, spring roll, lobak, fried fish ball, etc.

I believe they are not only cater to the surrounding residents but also Prai Industrial Estate Phase IV which is rather near to this township.

What we have for our 1st visit was a bowl of Hokkien Mee for hubby.

And I have a bowl of Dried KTT.

A plate of bean sprout as side dish as well as their famous lobak.

I would have to mention down here, perhaps they are new, the lobak is rather tiny and little for customers, wish they could improve on that.

I like the cup that they serve for hot drinks like white coffee, coffee, milo, holick, etc. Isn’t this cute?

I have a glass of hot longan… look at it the stirrer, isn’t it sexy?

Chin Kang Hu Restaurant 真功夫美食館
No. 32 & 34 Jalan Bayu Mutiara 1
Taman Bayu Mutiara
14000 Bukit Mertajam
Penang
Tel: +604-501 3318 / +604-501 3319
Fax: +604-501 3317
Website: http://www.chinkanghu.com.my/

Contact Person: Queene Lee, Customer Service Supervisor
+6016-401 7938
queene@chinkanghu.com.my

Home Cooked Deep Fried Egg

I know I’ve been disappearing for long enough that people would be wondering what have I been up to.

Well, long story… and to cut it short. I was busy and will be even more busy for this quarter of the year too. I know I’ve been neglecting this blog and also have not been updating anything about it.

Guess, that’s only 1 sign… that’s either my blogspot is growing bigger and am running out of space, or I basically no time to write something.

I know I feel guilty for leaving it aside, thus, would like to share something simple today. Not any food review… but something simple instead.

Sometimes, we gotta give those credits to our mother, whom being creative and realistic. On Sunday night she was watching this program called One Day Five Meals (一日五餐) that host by Chui Ling.

And one of the meal, Chui Ling was introducing was lunch in Jalan Alor the Muar Restaurant. And I know many bloggers in KL had blogged about this place.

Well… my mom didn’t specially make the sauce which was claimed by the originator, but she put dark soya sauce instead. Well, how do you find it?

It’s typically deep fried egg, and what people called it…. ‘Char Tan’ 炸蛋.

What you need is a pot of oil, heat it with light flame till it’s burning hot, and deep fried the eggs within few seconds and lift up.

Add the dark soya sauce for seasoning.

Good to serve with hot steam rice….. if you’ve visited Muar Restaurant in Jalan Alor, do let me know how do you find this compared to the one from the restaurant.

Ivy's Kitchen

We have been blogging about hawker delight, Korean food, Japanese food, Western food, but how many of us blog about Local Authentic Malaysian Food??

Well, it’s not difficult to find now. In fact, recently we were invited for a food review session which organized by Criz to Ivy’s Kitchen which is few doors away from Jemputree & Isaribi Japanese Restaurant.

Food is serving is reasonable and the price is affordable too, especially each of everyone is under going this economy downturn, this is the place for you and me.

Let me share with you what does Ivy’s Kitchen offer.

Combo Set Meal
A – Chicken Rendang RM9.00
B – Beef Rendang RM8.50
C – Nasi Lemak RM7.50
D – Fried Fish Meal RM9.00 (choice of cintan noodles, bee hoon, tanghoon and porridge)
E – Curry Prawns RM9.00
F – Curry Lemak Fish RM9.00
G – Curry Assam Fish RM9.00

**All set meals will include fresh fruit juice and a jelly.
Add on desserts are as follow –
Rojak +RM2.00 (normal RM3.00)
Red Bean Soup +RM1.00 (normal RM1.60)

The combo sets range from RM7.50 to 9.00 is affordable and mostly cook by Ivy, that’s how the name came about.

We were served with all the combo sets which I had mentioned.

1st we were served the typical Malaysian all time favourite, the Nasi Lemak (Combo C). What I would like to really shout about this is the rice is fragrant and it’s real creamy as in ‘lemak’. Nasi lemak that is come with half hard boiled egg, some anchovies, cucumber, fish crackers, sambal, deep fried fish and chicken wing. Don’t find this tempting? I personally do!

2nd is the beef rendang (Combo B), what serves with this is plain rice, but of course you can op for nasi lemak too, come with it are papadum, pineapple and cucumber pickles, half hard boiled egg and some anchovies. Since I don’t take beef, but I know many had given good comment about it.

Chicken Rendang (Combo A). Very strong spices and the chicken meat is tender and juicy too.

Fried Fish Porridge & Bee Hoon (Combo D). First was served the porridge, taste wise was slightly bland, but it was nice to me, as such food is good for people like me that wants to on diet. (LOL) Then after follow by the bee hoon. It’s also the same type of food, but you can op for porridge or noodle.

Combo E, F, G is the set where it comes with the steam rice, half hard boiled egg, papadum, anchovies, pineapple pickles. And op for either assam fish, curry lemak fish or prawns.

All sets mentioned are nice, but am sure ladies will op for the assam fish.

Ivy’s Kitchen also has variety choice of beverages to offer, down from fresh orange, cucumber + mint, pineapple, watermelon, plum sour, carrot, etc.

Apart from all the set meals, they also have other snacks to offer. Snacks like lobak, popiah (spring roll), penang assam laksa, deep fried stuffed fish aka cincaru, ju hu char, deep fried chicken and many other more.

Guess what that end the review? Of course the dessert!!!

Everyday the base would be the red bean soup, and what combine into the soup is either dried lily bulb, white fungus, or dried longan.

Before I end this wonderful review, let me share something with you… with the creation of Food Point of Interest, here’s the fusion style of Ju Hu Char. Isn’t it creative?



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Address & Contact Number
Ivy’s Kitchen
58 Jalan Chow Thye
10250 Penang
Tel: +6013-433 7878 (Mr Tan)
+6016-433 7130 (Ms Ivy)

Notes:Business Hours: 8am - 9pm (except Saturday) & 6pm - 9pm (Saturday)

GPS Coordinates : N05 2529.0 E100 1914.6

Seventies 70's Latin Coffea

More and more eatery outlet had set up in Upper Penang Road, well, I believe it’s all cater for those people that having their time in Momo, Slippery Senorita, etc.

And am sure some people after a few drinks would want to have some snacks. Found this Seventies 70’s down here, well, don’t get me wrong, am ain’t having any drinking session thus need some quick bite.

In fact, this was told by my cousin sister who recently came and visit. And during the day she has nothing to do, she and her younger son wandering around and they found this place.

Probably their food is acceptable; she told me that they had a good time that afternoon.

Well, with that in mind, we visited them once, and that time was in a rush, and hubby needed a quick bite.

So happened we were around the corner, and that’s how we landed at this place.

He has a cup of coffee and I have a glass of orange juice. I know it looks miserable, but the word juice has answered all the queries.

Fried Wonton. It’s about 12 pieces…. I guess. In fact, it’s over fried.

Mee Udang, to me it’s more of like Mee Rebus. It looks really good, but hubby said it was just too bland. He said he’ll bring me for better one. And I shall see when would that be, hahahaha!!!



Address & Contact Number
3G, Ground Floor
Upper Penang Road
10000 Penang
Tel: +604-264 5568