The Little Chef, located in Arena Curve, is a restaurant that serves “fusion” Western food, i.e. Western food adapted to the local Penang taste bud. The restaurant’s address is 72-01-2, Arena Curve, Jalan Mahsuri, Bandar Sunway Tunas, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang. It is right beside Nyonya Willow, and diagonally opposite Arang Coffee. The dishes here are quite similar… Read More »
Sushi Wafu is a Japanese restaurant at Moulmein Rise Shoppes, Pulau Tikus, Penang (Address: Jalan Moulmein, Pulau Tikus, 10350 Georgetown, Penang. Tel: 04-2951084). The location is near the Pulau Tikus Wet Market. The main attraction of Sushi Wafu is probably the low prices of the food. Sushi on the conveyor belt are priced at RM1.80 and RM2.80. There… Read More »
I was at Gurney Paragon Mall last Sunday (10 March 2019), and was intrigued by the i.Jooz orange juice vending machine located on the Lower Ground Floor (LG), beside the lifts. The i.Jooz vending machine sells pure orange juice for RM7 per cup, with “no added sugar”, “no added water”, and “no added ice”. Each cup contains juice… Read More »
I visited Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) with my family recently (on 13 February 2019), and had dinner at the popular David Brown’s Restaurant & Tea Terrace. The restaurant sits atop Penang Hill’s Strawberry Hill (hill upon a hill), and is the highest restaurant in Penang. We went up to Penang Hill at around 5PM, wanting to have a… Read More »
Starview Restaurant is a popular Chinese restaurant in Georgetown, Penang (Address: 341, Jalan Dato Keramat, 10150 Georgetown, Penang. Tel: 04-2266544). The restaurant is located in the former Federal Place cinema. There is a car park at the back of the building. Restoran Tong Hooi, which houses the Famous Ah Leng Char Koay Teow stall is located right beside… Read More »
Sushi King is a popular Japanese restaurant chain in Malaysia. It was established back in 1995, and was the first Japanese restaurant in Malaysia to serve sushi on a conveyor belt system (“sushi on the kaiten”). Sushi King restaurants have Halal certification. Today, Sushi King restaurants also provide sushi-making classes for kids and adults (needs special arrangement) –… Read More »
TGI Fridays is an American restaurant chain with over 1000 restaurants in 58 countries. The TGI Fridays restaurant that I usually go to is the one at Queensbay Mall (Address: Lot GF 131 & 139, Ground Floor, Queensbay Mall, 100, Persiaran Bayan Indah, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang. Tel: 04-6413363). I haven’t been there for quite some time, but… Read More »
Inderawasih Koay Teow Soup Restaurant is located in Taman Bayu Mutiara (Address: 24-38, Jalan Bayu Mutiara 1, Taman Bayu Mutiara, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang), opposite Poslaju Bukit Mertajam, and near the 7 Village Noodle House in the same area. It is an air-conditioned restaurant, so customers can enjoy koay teow th’ng in a comfortable environment even in a… Read More »
Garden Cafe is a restaurant in Shangri-La’s Golden Sands Resort, Batu Ferringhi, Penang. It is located right beside the hotel lobby, and is open from 6.30AM to 11PM daily. Recently, I had the lunch buffet at Garden Cafe with some friends. It was a relatively small buffet spread, with about 4-5 hot dishes. There were also a salad… Read More »
Apong Guan is a famous roadside apong/apom stall along Jalan Burma, Georgetown, Penang. The stall is right in front of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Union (Union Primary School). The stall owner, Mr Uan Cheng Guan has been in the business for a long, long time – it is a famous, old stall in Penang. Apong (or apom) is… Read More »