Invited Review - Demax Restaurant @ D'Piazza Mall, Penang

This is actually a late post since I am busy for the past few months and do not have time to upload the pictures. Since recently I have more time, I decided to blog about this first since this review was done end of February, 2010.

Few days ago, I passed by D' Piazza Mall and realised that there are more restaurant compare to late February, 2010. But I still have no chance to try out any of those restaurant yet. However, I am going to review

Demax Restaurant

Location: No. 27 Jalan Mahsuri,

11900 Bayan Baru, Penang, Penang.

Business Hour: 10.30am to 2.30pm, 6.00pm to10.00pm

Email: demax_restaurant@hotmail.com

Interior of Demax Restaurant (Ground Floor)

Interior of Demax Restaurant @ Level 1

Interior setting @ Level 1

Comfortable Couch @ Level 1

Let me started by sharing with you the beverages that we had tested for the night first:

Ice Blended Smoothies Blackcurrant (RM4.50) & Ice Blended Smoothies Mango (RM4.50)

Ice Blended Smoothies Milo (RM4.50) & 滄 海 一 香 Shandy + Champagne + Sea coconut (RM5.90)

I have tried several smoothies in the past and I found that the smoothies serve here are just average but something caught my eyes were the Shandy , Champagne and Sea Coconut. I found that the proportion of the shandy and champagne are not handle well. I found that the shandy covered the champagne taste. But the colour of the drink looks nice.

Detox health drink 排 毒 健 康 飲 品 (Carrot, cucumber, apple, beetroot, celery) RM5.90 & Fresh Lemon Honey Drink (RM3.50)

They also offer some detox health drink. You can try it out if you need some detox. The drink is quite refreshing. The fresh Lemon honey drink is also very refreshing.

Special Fried Rice 霸 王 炒 飯 (RM12.00)
This is one of their popular special fried rice. I quite enjoy this plate of fried rice. As the fried rice got it's "wok hei". Although there are not much ingredients in it. However, I found that the price is a bit too steep. It is for 2 person share.

Tom yam Noodles (RM5.80)

If you like tom yam and you couldn't handle spiciness, this might be one of your choice as the tom yam is not spicy at all. It is rather on the sweet side. However, I like some spicy and sourness on my tom yam.

Seafood Noodle 海 鮮 清 湯 麵 (RM6.50)

If you like something light, perhaps you can try their seafood noodle.

Oyster Noodle (RM5.80)

Are you fans of oyster noodles? Here, they also serve some oyster noodles.

Lime Steamed Siakap 酸 柑 蒸 石 甲 (RM28)

Want some "chu char"? Here, you also can enjoy "chu char". We try some of the foods such as lime steamed siakap. It is quite an appetising dish. As it is something spicy and sour.

Salad Chicken (Small RM8.00, Large RM16.00)

Care for some salad chicken? Well, the chicken does not look appetising, it's look rather dull. But when we saw the photos on the shop, it's different story. So I think they should maintain their consistency.

Curry Sotong (RM8.00)

Curry Sotong are not bad. As I love curry very much. But I prefer bigger sotong in my curry. ^-^

Special Tofu 招 牌 豆 腐 (Small RM8.00 / Medium RM10.00 / Large RM12.00)
This is one of the dishes I found that is not bad. But I think for those who hate the "Shaoxing" wine would not like it as I think they have put a bit too much of that in the dish. But I enjoy that. ^-^

Ice Sour Plum Pork Rib 冰 梅 骨 (Small RM8.50)
The looks of this dish are nice. But I found it rather sweet than sour. Perhaps they should put more sour plum in there. But like the textures of the pork rib.

Thai Style Chicken 泰 式 雞 (Medium RM14.00)

This dish is not too bad. If they can fry the chicken till golden brown, it would be better. The textures of the chicken are not bad.

Apart from all that, they also have some special set lunch:

Set Lunch : Big Bowl Rice 大碗飯 (Including Rice + Soup of the day + Drink + Fruit) RM11.90 nett.

Drink's choice are Yin Yong Milk Tea, Soya Milk or Lemon Tea.

Sample Lunch Photos

(a) Special Fried Fish (Sa Bee Hu) 三味魚.

(b) Sweet & Sour Chicken

c) Kong Pou Pork

Overall, I find that they have some space for improvement. The good news to dine in this place is there are no government tax nor service charge.

I would like to thank Mr. Tonny and Cariso for the invitation.

Second visit to Nippon Yataimura @ Queensbay Mall, Penang

This is my second visits to Nippon Yataimura. The first visit is some time last year, which you can have a look from here. Since the last visit, I did not managed to try the desserts so I went back again with my family to try out their other stuff as well.

NIPPON YATAIMURA

During the visit, hubby is quite full since he got late lunch on that day, so he decided to order different types of sushi to try. I am so concern as he keeps on order the sushi and I am afraid to finish it all up. lol But luckily that he managed to order just the right amount for all of us.

Nigiri Sushi Combo

Closed up

Closed up of some of Nigiri Sushi Combo ~ RM18

There are some wide spread combination in the sushi combo. So each of us have the chance to taste some of them. Even my gal had the chance to tastes the shrimp sushi and she loves it.

Salmon Sakura Roll ~ RM21

Hubby and I quite enjoyed this plate of salmon sakura roll. It has a nice combination and lay out.

Maguro (RM4) and White Tuna Sushi (RM4)

In our last visit, we tried the white tuna sashimi before and we fall in love with it. So this time, we try the sushi. And it tastes nice too. As we like the tenderness of the white tuna and it can melt in your mouth. Maguro are not bad too.

Nabeyaki Gekikara ~ RM24

Since my last visit, I try Gekikara Ramen, this time I told hubby that I would like to try the other types of noodles as well. So after browsing through the menu, we decided to try Nabeyaki Gekikara. Then I asked the waitress that take our orders whether it is "spicy" and she told me it is not very spicy. So I give it a try and for me, it is not too "spicy" and the soup base is very nice. And the textures of the noodles are great. I let hubby and my gal try some and they love the noodles textures. My gal even is adventure enough to try on the soup base. lol At first sip, she say nice and not spicy and second sip, she grab her drink as quickly as possible. But at least she try but I warned her that it's spicy for her. At least she did not burst to tear. lol

Children Set A ~ RM13

Since we ordered most of the foods that my gal can't have it, so she asked for children set and after browsing through the children set section, she decided to have some fried rice. So for Children Set A, it consists of fried rice, sushi, fish fingers, sweet corn, Vitagen and sausages. She finished all the fried rice. But she don't quite like the fish fingers and sweet corn. As the sweet corn is a bit hard for her. Overall, she quite enjoyed her set meal. Following are some closed up photos of Children Set A:

Close up Sausage and sushi

Close up

Close up of fried rice

Closed up Vitagen and Sweet Corn

Anmitsu ~ RM11

After all the dinner, here comes the desserts. We browse through the menu and some of the desserts we would like to try is out of stock. End up we try Anmitsu. Which is green tea ice-cream with some jelly and red beans. As you know my hubby is the great fans of green tea ice-cream. He reckon that it is ok. It is best to go with red beans. As for the jelly, it's a bit hard.