Restoran Zi Zai @ Paya Terubong, Penang

Over the past one year since I start open my blog to the public, I came to know many people such as food blogger, FoOd PaRaDise readers, owner of the restaurant where I visited and do review. Then we keep in touch with each other from time to time.

And today, I would like to introduce a place for "chu char" which I get to know him when I visited 西公园(See Kong Ooi). He is the chef there before. Then we keep in touch with each other through email. And I get to know that he is searching for new place to set up his own business.

He is Hock Chai , the restaurant owner of Restoran Zi Zai which some of you might knew him. The shop just barely 3 months ++.

The restaurant location is @

1239-G Ground Floor , Jalan Paya Terubong 11060 Air Itam. Penang.

(It is slightly opposite of Terubong Seafood and Ah Thong Paya Terubong Seafood)

Telephone : 04-8265713

Business Hour : 5 pm - 10.30 pm ( Last order at 10pm)

Close on every Tuesday.

List of the foods being served in this restaurant. There are another list of foods too but I just managed to captured one of it.

Settings of the restaurant

After the slight intro of the restaurant, let me share with you what we have order for our 2 visits:

Deep Fried Belachan Chicken ~ RM8

Before I went to the shop, I asked Hock Chai what is his favourites and he told me it's the belachan chicken. So I always kept in my mind that I shall try this as I did not order this dish back in See Kong Ooi.

The chicken turn out to be slightly burned but it is very crispy in the outer part and very tender inside. Both hubby and I found that it is a bit too salty for our liking and I have addressed this to Hock Chai and he told me that he will look into it. (He told me perhaps due to the marinating of chicken wings)

Assam Curry Fish ~ RM14 onwards

Hubby feel like having some curry for the night and so we ordered the assam curry fish. My gal like the assam curry sauce. As it is not too spicy.

Stir Fry Ladies Fingers - RM5

Usually we will order some green to go with the other foods. Since my gal is with us, we have to order something that is not spicy. So we ordered stir fry lady fingers with garlic. And my gal just loves it. And she almost finished it. ^-^

Prawn Omelette - RM6

Hubby worried that my gal cannot take the assam curry fish, so he ordered the prawn omelette for her. Mind you the prawn is rather big and fresh. We love the aroma of the omelette when it is being serve in our table.

After my first visit, I told Hock Chai about what we think of the foods and he told me that he will look into it and wrote to me again that he had introduce new dishes which I might like to try. So, hubby and I make a move there again after one month.

We ordered:

Watercress Soup - RM5

This is one of my gal favourite soups. Since they have the soup that day, so we ordered that. Mind you it is quite a big bowl of soup. It seems like we kept drinking it and it never end. So end up we leave some since we cannot finished it anymore. ^-^

Stir Fry Kang Kong with garlic - RM5

As usual, no spicy greens for my gal, we order stir fry kang kong with garlic and it turns out to be very nice. My gal enjoys it very much.

Braised Spareribs with Mushrooms - RM9

This is one of the dishes that Hock Chai asked me to try and it became quite popular dish since he introduce it in his new shop. The spare ribs is very tender and there are lots of mushrooms. It is quite a normal dish.

Fish Meat Tofu -RM15

For this dish, you can choose to have different kinds of fish and you can also have fish head too. But we order fish meat this time since it is easier for my gal. We love this dish very much and I would recommend that you try this out. It is very suitable for the elderly and the kids. Beside the deep fried fish meat, there are deep fried tofu, some greens, carrots and sprinkle with spring onion.

Recently, I received an email from Hock Chai that they have introduce another dish ~ Deep Fried Fish with Sambal Sauce. You can give it a try and let me know when you try it. If you don't like chu char, then they also serves different kind fried rice and bee hoon.

To avoid the long wait, I would suggest you to go early especially during weekends.

Invited Review - Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise

You Tiao (油條), Chinese Crullers Fried Bread Stick or Yaw Ja Kwai(油炸鬼) is one of the snack foods in Malaysia. It is easily seen in bak kut teh stall as it is normally served together with bak kut teh. Apart from that, people always eat the you tiao with kopi 'o' and some might go with soy milk, rice congee and............

Some of us are honour to get invited by Criz to do the review of Te Chang You Tiao Wang. And thanks to Criz and TH. TAN.

Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise is located at

1250-A, Jalan Paya Terubong, Penang.

Opening Hours: 6am - 5pm (Close Alternate Tuesday)

Contact number: 016-4337301

From the photos above, it's show their Te Chang You Tiao which means extra long Chinese crullers fried bread stick. It is 14 inch long. And we get the honour to take photos of Mr. Tan with the Te Chang You Tiao.

From the shop, you get to see Mr. Tan make the you tiao on the spot. It is very interesting to see how Mr. Tan roll the dough, cut into shapes and ............ (You can see that in the above photos).

After making the you tiao..... it went to the deep fried process. Which was done by one of Mr. Tan workers. From the photos above, you can see the deep fried you tiao and black and sesame twins.

First of all, I would like to introduce you to Black and White Sesame Twins which some called it as Ma Keok. And the textures is a bit different from the you tiao. A bit soft compared to the you tiao.

Black and White Sesame Twins (Ma Keok) cost RM2.00/pc.

Next, the original te chang you tiao and honey + butter you tiao. We get to try the original taste of you tiao. And the texture is crispy. It cost RM1.00/pc for the original.

Then we tasted the honey + butter you tiao. I personally cannot taste the honey flavour as may be the piece that I try is not coated well with honey. If you are honey lovers, you can give it a try, Honey + Butter You Tiao cost RM2.00/pc.

Tuna + Mayonnaise is another choice that they offered. And their tuna is using Ayam Brand tuna. The You Tiao is coated with tuna, mayonnaise and some coleslaw.

This cost RM2.50/pc.

If you like sausages, then you can try their Sausage + Mayonnaise. This cost RM3.00/pc.

Chicken Floss lovers...... here something for you to try...... Chicken Floss + Mayonnaise You Tiao which cost RM2.50/pc.

If you want something sweets, you can choose Kaya + Butter and Peanut + Butter. Both items cost RM2.00/pc.

As for beverages...... we try their Black Soya Bean RM1.00/glass.

You can pop over to other attendee review: Criz from Criz Bon Appetite , Steven Goh, Bee from Buzzing with Food, Allen from Yummy Station, Jian from Cokeworld Citizen, CK Lam from what2see: Best of Penang Food!, Lingzie from Lingzie's Tummy Treats, Carrie from Cariso Delicacies Corner, Eunice and Siew Ying from Malaysia Food Promotions, Alan Choong from All about Penang Food and KDU F&B Lecturer ~ Khoon.

Kedai Kopi Nan Shan @ Paya Terubong, Penang

Today I am going to blog about

Kedai Kopi Nan Shan @ Paya Terubong, Penang.

Each time we passed through this place during dinner time, it is full of customers. So during one outing last month, we decided to give it a try. And we arrived there around 6.30pm and after browsing all the stalls we decided to order:

Sizzling Crispy Noodles

I am having this...... as I saw many people patronise this stall. And when the owner of the stall passed by me to serve another customer, I was impressed with the noodles. So hubby ordered this for me.

Three of us fall in love with the sizzling crispy noodles and there are lots of ingredients in it too!

Bitter Gourd Soup

huh...... you must be wonder? Why bitter gourd soup? Well... actually hubby intend to order salted vegetables soup with rice but when he approached the stall, he saw "bitter gourd soup". So he decided to try it.

The soup base is very tasty. My gal enjoyed it very much and for the ingredients, there are lots of them in the bowl such as bitter gourd, minced pork, tomatoes, slice pork, pork spare parts, tofu, vegetables........

Fried Rice with Curry Chicken

My gal is having this. And she loves the fried rice...... although the fried rice look normal from the photos.... but there are lots of "wok hei" in there. And the curry chicken is very tender and tastes not bad.

We enjoyed our meals in this shop but one thing that we don't like about this place is the flies........ it irritate us so much. As we need to busy chasing the flies away and busy eating. ^o^ Perhaps we went in the wrong day of the week.

Ah Thong Paya Terubong Seafood @ Paya Terubong, Penang

Location: Taman Indah, Paya Terubong, Penang.

Home Made Fish Ball Seaweed Soup

Not bad.....

Stir fry mixed vegetables with kai lan

Normal.......

Famous Bean Curd

very nice.......

Bean Curd Sauce

Sauce is excellent.......

Ikan Bakar

It is the restaurant famous dish. It is very nice.....

Ikan Bakar Sauce

Stir Fry Lady Fingers

Normal..... but nice.....

Chilli Tomatoes Crab

Not too bad........

Overall..... the food is ok..... not too bad.....

Terubong Seafood @ Paya Terubong, Penang

Location: 1238 T, Taman Indah, Paya Terubong, Penang.

Tel: 04 - 8660903/ 0124103303 (Close twice a month on Wednesday)

Deep fried fish garnish with some small chillies and soya sauce

Wow..... it is very crunchy when it is hot. Very nice!!!!

Grilled lady fingers with special sauce

It is a must when you visited this shop. It taste sour and spicy. GOOD!!!!

Deep fried prawn

It is very crunchy. And it is deep fried with the prawn shells.

Home Made Fish Ball soup

Their fish ball is very nice and their soup is cook with some chinese herbs and wine. Great!!!

Steam Flower Crab

Wow..... this is introduce by the restaurant. It is in fact very good! Very sweet indeed.
Overall, the food is very nice and cheap too. The above cost us RM68.40 plus 3 drinks and 3 white rice.

Tips: If you want to visit this shop please go early. If not it is hard to get a seat and you have to wait for longgggggg longgggggg time.