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

Edgecumbe Mee Goreng

I was told this is one of the famous mee goring in town apart from the Esplanade & Bangkok Lane. Though I have not tried both of these mentioned. But it was very famous back in 1980s, and they were located in Edgecumbe Road which is off lane of Kelawai Road. That time, the customers will stand next to the smelly drain just to savour this famous mee goreng.

But seriously how many of us know this stall was originated from the Padang Brown? Well, I was told that time they were waned due to change of traffic flow in Padang Brown, then they shifted to Edgecumbe Road. Then from there they moved over to Kompleks Makanan Persiaran Gurney.

What’s surrounding the stall, they have Mamak’s Rojak aka Pasembur.

Drinks stall like Coconut drinks and even the cooling one like this…

Ais Kacang! This would be the best selling during this season, the El Nino attacks season. Right?

They were also featured in RasaRasa & also NST.

Though many had find them drop in their standards, however, once the master chef had left the place, some how the quality of the food will be slightly affected. And customers should anticipate that.

This is the plate that hubby had order. It looks so red, and I could only taste chili. It isn’t that bland or tasteless like others had mentioned. If one would willing to improve the quality of food and the hygiene of the stall perhaps that would give this plate of mee goreng a better taste.

Well, I may be wrong,… well, if one do not take the initiative, ended up the business will be slowly waned.

Here’s the price list of the additional, down from ordinary to special taste and squid only.

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Opening Hours:
8am to 7.30pm
Close on Friday