Kedai Kopi New Cathay @ Pulau Tikus, Penang

I am sure this is the place where it is not a stranger to anybody in Penang. As this coffee shop serves nice and varieties foods. We tend to have difficulty to get a seat no matter whether you go during weekdays or weekend. It is usually full house. Normally we will go there during breakfast in the weekend but during one weekday whereby hubby taking day off, we decide to go there and check out whether there are as many patrons as always.

So one weekday, we arrived Kedai Kopi New Cathay around 8.10am and we still mange to get table for two. So hubby went around and order the foods and mind you, he is so hungry that day and he order a lot. hahahhahaa......

Mee Jawa

Hubby opts for the stir fry version of mee jawa. And we found out that the way the stall owner add in the egg into the mee jawa is something different. Every piece of the noodles is cover with egg. Hubby comments that the noodles are not bad.

Chai Koay

Hubby cannot wait any longer and bought some chai kuih and kuih from the kuih stall. The chai koay being serves there are not too bad. The skin and fillings of the chai koay are ok.

Kuih

I am not really a fans of nyonya kuih. But I do take it from time to time. I am not sure when, I started to dislike the kuih that coat with coconut. But hubby insist me to try and told me that it tastes nice. As an adventure person, I will always try my best to try. Overall, not too bad.

Hokkien Mee

Both of us share this hokkien mee. And this bowl of hokkien mee is quite nice. Have a nice aroma.

Wantan Mee

This is one of my gal favourites. I remember when she last visited this cafe, she loves it so much. Hubby loves the springy textures of the wantan mee and he told me that it is worth the waiting time. lol

Koay Chap

This is actually my order of koay chap. I like to try different stall of koay chap. Each stall has it own aroma and flavour. And the textures of the koay chap varies too. Overall, I found that the koay chap here are not bad. If you don't like the coriander, then you have to ask the stall owner not to put as it will immersed into the koay chap soup base.

My previous post about the pancake can be view here.

Invited Review ~ Kim Tavern @ Sunway Carnival Mall, Seberang Jaya

There is one newly opened food outlet in Sunway Carnival Mall. It is just barely 3 weeks. If you are the regular customers in Sunway Carnival Mall, you would have noticed

Kim Tavern
Location: LG 04, Sunway Carnival Mall, Jalan Todak, 13700 Seberang Jaya, Penang.
Tel: 604-399 9879, 012-428 8066 (Mr. Andy Liew)
Business Hours: 11.30am-9.30pm Daily
GPS: 5.398695, 100.397875

Map Location



Interior of Kim Tavern
Before I elaborates more about the foods, I would like to thanks Andy (the owner), Taufulou and CK Lam for the invitation.

Menu
There are many different kind of foods, drinks, finger foods can be found in the menu and we were told that this is only 40%. As they will introduce more foods in the near future. So, remember to go back and check every time. ^-^

Drinks
We have total of 9 drinks for that day. They are
D16 Fresh Carrot-Orange (RM3.50), D20 Honey Lemon Ice (RM3.80), D29 Mango Smoothies (RM5.50), D32 Wheat grass Smoothies (RM5.50), D40 Peppermint Mocha (RM7.80), D41 Blueberry chocolate (RM7.80), D42 Hazelnut Latte (RM7.80), D43 Almond Latte (RM7.80) and D44 Tiramisu (RM7.80)

We have the opportunity to taste each drinks with a spoon and end up with had one of the drinks by our self. And I had the Hazelnut Latte which is quite nice. If you like something cooling, perhaps you could order Honey Lemon Ice, Wheat grass Smoothies (which every one love it very much) and Mango smoothies. There are lots more to choose from and I am sure that there are something that suits your taste buds.

For the review, we have the chance to try up to 15 different type of foods as following:

M1 Spaghetti Chicken Bolognese (RM6.90)

We started off by having the spaghetti. As usual, we take turn for the photo session. Then we start to dig in. The spaghetti chicken bolognese are not bad.

M5 Cheesy Chicken Lasagna (RM9.90)

Lasagna is another food that we try under Western Paradise. I prefer the cheesy chicken lasagna then the spaghetti chicken bolognese. As the taste suits me better. Usually when I ordered lasagna, I will usually share with some one since taking lasagna alone, it will fill my stomach up pretty fast. Therefore, I usually will try other things to go with lasagna. If you are lasagna lover, remember to order this to try!

F06 Tomyam Seafood Fried Noodle (RM8.50)

Next, we try some South East Asia Favourite. I gather both of the tom yam flavour next to each other so that it's easy for my readers to read through. This the tom yam seafood fried noodle. From the names, you should know that the noodles are cooked with tom yam and sea foods. The textures of the noodles is nice as it is not overcooked. However, I prefer......

T01 Tom Yam Seafood Noodle (RM9.90)

yup..... I prefer the soup version of tom yam. All the ingredients uses to prepare the Tom Yam is fresh ingredients. And this tom yam is a bit sourish. Some might find it spicy but for me, it is ok. If you like sourish type of tom yam, you will definitely love this.

We were told by Andy that they have "white color" tom yam in the future. I am sure gonna give the white tom yam a try when they introduce it in the future. I will keep you updates!

T02 Ipoh Chicken Slice Noodle (RM6.90)
If you like something that is not spicy, perhaps you sould give this a try! Something sweet in the soup.

S01 Nasi Lemak Curry Chicken (RM7.90)
Craving for nasi lemak? Perhaps can give this a try. I love the anchovies serves as a side dish here. It is very crunchy and delicious. The chicken is very tender and the curry has a nice aroma. It is nice to go with the nasi lemak. The papapdam are not bad as well.

S02 Nasi Lemak Rendang Chicken (RM7.90)

If you don't like the nasi lemak like my gal, then you can order this Rendang Chicken as the rice serve is using "white rice". As my gal prefer white rice than nasi lemak. As she doesn't like the nasi lemak textures. lol

Anyway, the rendang chicken is very tender as well and has a nice aroma.Oh not to mention that the sambal top on the white rice is a must try! I am sure my gal would love that too! Will bring her there and try out in the coming school holiday.

S04 Udang Sambal Rice (RM7.90)
I am really a fans of prawn. In my house when I am a little, I am already be crowned as "Queen of Prawn" and I remembered that once my dad bought be 1kg prawn and deep fried it and I sitting there eating almost the whole plate of prawn. lol OMG, can't believed that I can eat so much prawns while I am young. lol

The udang sambal that being served here is nice and the prawn is very fresh. If this is my plate of udang sambal rice, I think I would have finish it in no time. lol

S06 Dry Curry Stir Fried Chicken Rice (RM6.90)

This is actually "Kam Hiong" chicken rice. Normally we had our kam hiong with seafood's. But the boss here stir fry it with chicken. The kam hiong is very nice. If it cooked with seafood's, it would be the best but because Andy would like to offer some value meal, if he uses seafood's, the price would have increase.

F02 Capsicum Prawn Fried Rice (RM7.90)

The fried rice has it aroma and full of "wok hei" And with the combination of color, it is very appetising and I think the kids would love it very much as it is not spicy at all. But for the adults, please do try the sambal. It is very popular and the taste is very nice. Give it a try!

B02 Sweet & Spicy Fish Bento (RM8.50)
Next, we try Japanese Asian Style Bento. And it cost only RM8.50. I am sure you will be full after having this bento as it has generous amount of rice, sweet and spicy fish bento. Apart from that they also serve with some salads and soup. A note that I should mention here is about the soup. It is not miso soup being served in this bento. It is the chef create the soup themselves. Something different.

J01 Unagi Fried Egg Rice (RM12.90)

Ah.... I found that my gal would love this unagi fried egg rice too. As she is the fan of unagi. Most of the time, she will order unagi when she dine in Japanese restaurant. OI personally found that the combination in this bowl of unagi fried egg rice is very tasty.

M4 Mushroom Chicken Chop with Garlic Butter Rice (RM9.90)
We were attracted by the name butter rice. Wonder if it too oily? Well, the answer is no. It tastes nice and aroma with a bit of herbs. The chicken chop is rather too dry as may be because we asked the kitchen to hold on for our order as we are not be able to cope with the photo shooting and testing. And since the chicken chop is rather thin and it over coked a bit. But the chicken is quite tender and the mushroom sauce that cover on top of it is nice.

E5 Honey Pepper Roast Chicken Drum (5pcs - RM6.90)
This is one of the finger licking foods that I recommend that you should order. If you are not too hungry, perhaps you can order this to try with some drinks. But please be reminded that it is only 5pcs in the normal order. From the above photos show it is double the normal order which gather for our photo shooting session.

P03 Seafood Mushroom Porridge (RM7.90)
At the last dish that we try is seafood mushroom porridge. I found that it is a bit salty for my liking but overall the porridge is nice.
You can find other review as following:
ATTENDEES:

Taufulou of http://www.taufulou.com/
CK Lam of http://www.what2seeonline.com/
Criz Lai of http://crizfood.com/
Lingzie of http://www.lingzie.com/
Alan & Amanda of http://allaboutpenangfood.blogspot.com/
NKOTB of http://mylovemyfood.blogspot.com/

Townview Seafood Cafe @ Macalister Road, Penang

Last Friday, hubby decided to eat out for dinner. So he informed me early not to cook for the night. As a lazy wife like me, I am so happy as I can relax for a day. hahhahahhaa..... Without knowing where should be go for dinner, hubby drove down to town and when we are in Macalister Road, hubby spotted this cafe. So he make a U turn and decided to give it a try. So my gal and I have not objection but just concern about the waiting time. lol

Townview Seafood Cafe

Location: 11 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Penang.

Tel/Fax: 04 - 2283645

Business Hour: Economy Rice ~ 10am to3pm

Chu Char 5pm to 12am

Supper (Economy Rice and Porridge) 10pm to 5.30am

Map Location

Interior Settings

Hubby as usual go and make the ordering and gal and I are busy looking at the aquarium with different kind of prawns and also some fishes. Sorry, I did not took any photos of it. Then we were seated. After a while..... came the waitress who order our drinks. And we waited for quite sometime for the foods being served. Later we found out that they just open on Friday, 30th October 2009. But their open ceremony will be much more later date. So we can understand that the new staffs still need some more time to familiar with the operation. But their service are great.

So for that night we order:

Pak Chiok Prawn ~ RM18

This is always has been their signature dishes. And both gal and I are the prawn queen, we enjoyed eating it very much. The prawn is just cook to the perfect timing. And we also have some one to help us to remove the prawn shell. lol Oh... I guess I don;t remembered to take the chili photos again. So forgetful of me. lol

Stir fry Kailan ~ RM6

Hubby and I love the kailan very much. It is very young kailan and the textures is so crunchy and sweet.

3 cup chickens ~ RM10
Hubby ordered 3 cup chickens to try and the taste is quite nice. But if you don't like basil. Then you should skip this dish. All of us take basil , so we love it very much. However, hubby and I found that the chicken piece is too big.

Curry Fish ~ RM20

This curry is very nice. A bit sourish and spicy. My gal found it too spicy for her liking. But she cannot resist the curry aroma. And she put some curry to go with the rice. Mind you, she took more than one bowl of rice that night.

There are many fish meats in there and also lots of brinjal, tomatoes,lady fingers....... At the end when we foot the bill, we realised that the fish that we had taken is around 400gm but it seems too many for us. lol

*****TownView Seafood Cafe are running special promotion right now for their opening. That is all the CRABS, any style of cooking is just RM23 per KG. So for the crabs lover out there, grab this opportunity and try it out! (But it is only applicable for dine in.)*****

I will certainly go back for the crab meals...... lol