Valentine Day Menu at David Brown's Restaurant & Tea Terrace @ Penang Hill, Penang.

Do you have any idea where to dine during Valentine's Day for this year? It's just 5 weeks away from Valentine Day - 14.02.2016 (Sunday). It is also falls on the 7th day of Chinese New Year this year. 

Let me proudly introduce you to David Brown Valentine's Menu of 2016:

VALENTINE DAY MENU

STARTER

ROULEAU DE PRINTEMPS

Cod Fish Paper Roll & Mango Spring Roll

As a starter, I get to try two types on one plate. One with deep fried spring roll skin and one with paper roll. Personally, I love the one that wrap with paper roll. 

SOUP

LOBSTER BISQUE

Lobster Essence & Slipper Lobster Meat

Always love their bread as it always serve it warm with cold butter. 

As for the soup, it has a rich lobster aroma when it was served. For the first sip, I can taste different kind of herbs being added to the soup. Personally, I feel that it's a little bit spicy for those who cannot take spicy food. For me, it tastes alright. In each bowl of soup, it consists of lobster meat and crouton.

1ST MAIN COURSE

CHICKEN ROULADE

Poivrade Sauce & Potato Confit

For the first bite, I feel that it's contain strong spice in the stuffing but the more I try, I fall in love with it. 

(There will be two main dishes for this menu and the first main course is fixed.)

2ND MAIN COURSES

There are 3 options for 2ND main course. You can choose either one out of the following three:

STEAMED CHITEAU COD

Seafood Veloute & Chive Pomme Puree

This will be my first choice out of the 3 options available.The cod fish that I had does not have the strong fishy aroma. The sauces was just the right amount to go with the cod fish. Personally, I love the mashed potatoes with chive. It is nicely done for my liking. This is a nice plate of combination of colour and taste. 

OR

LAMB STEW

Balsamic Portwine & Potato Confit

The lamb stew is also a nice choice to choose. As the lamb was stew till very soft and tender. I think those who loves tender lamb stew will love this dish.

OR

PAN SEARED GRAIN FED TENDERLOIN

Australia Potato crisps & Aujus

DESSERT

ALWAYS SWEET

Chocolate Strawberry Mousse & Sponge

To end the meal, we had chocolate strawberry mousse and sponge cake. It is basically sponge cake in the first, third and last layer. In between, there are the chocolate and strawberry mousse. It is quite a refreshing cake. It came with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and assorted fruits such as strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and cape gooseberry.

TEA OR COFFEE

Coffee

You have a choice of coffee or tea.

VALENTINE MENU PRICE

COUPLE PACKAGE is just RM338++/couple 

or 

INDIVIDUAL cost RM170++/pax.

This valentine menu is available from 12.02.2016 (Friday) till 14.02.2016 (Sunday).

FOC RED OR WHITE HOUSE WINE

There will be FOC one bottle of Red or White House Wine for full payment made upon booking.

This promotion is only available on 14.02.2016 (Valentine's Day) only.

Please note that there are two session for Valentine's Day:

Session 1 : 5:30pm - 8pm

Session 2 : 8:30pm - 10pm

* Please note: For 12.02.2016 and 13.02.2016, they will serve high tea and A la carte menu. However for 14.02.2016, they will not serve high tea and A la carte menu.

Red or White House Wine

David Brown Restaurant & Tea Terrace

Location: Strawberry Hill, Penang Hill, 11300, Air Itam, Penang.

Tel: 04-8288337/ 018-4096277

Email: st.penanghill@gmail.com

Website: www.penanghillco.com.my

LOKE THYE KEE

When you mention LOKE THYE KEE to Penangties, I am sure majority of the people will know about this place. It was very popular restaurant which served traditional Hainamese Chinese and Western Cuisines such as Curry Kapitan, Choon Piah and Chicken Chop in the past.

Before I visited this restaurant, I google about this place and know about some of the background of the restaurant itself. LOKE THYE KEE originated as LOKE HAI KEE in 1919 by brothers LOY LOK BOON AND LOY KOK DAI. The restaurant name LOKE THYE KEE which in Hainamese means “House of Happiniess”, which was very popular venue for birthday celebration, wedding reception and even for match making arrangements. The original owner of the LOKE THYE KEE building was owned by a local businessman and philanthropist Khoo Sian Ewe. He built the iconic ship – inspired building and rent to the Loy family till 1996. The original owner then sold the building and surrounding properties to a land developer. The current owner acquires the building in the mid 2000’s and its restoration completed in 2012. You can learn more about the history and restoration of LOKE THYE KEE @ http://lokethyekee.weebly.com/

 LOKE THYE KEE now is a Malaysian restaurant with a selection of Malaysian cuisines from the different ethnic (Malay, Chinese, Indian), Hainamese Cuisines and more. Lead by the Head chef - Chef Azlin, Chef Lim (Hainanese Cuisines Chef) and Chef Effendy (Pastry Chef). 

  

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We are having our dinner at first floor. Following are the setting of the first floor restaurant: 

Let me share with you the foods that I have tried out in this restaurant. It was Saturday that we visited LOKE THYE KEE. Therefore, we have the honour to try out theirs: 

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SATURDAY MALAYSIAN BUFFET

Time: 6:30pm to 10:30pm

Cost: RM60++ (Adult), RM30++ (Child)

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APPETISER & SALADS SECTION

* Photo of salad credit to noweating.com

MAIN COURSE SECTION

DESSERT CORNER

FRUITS AND JELLY CORNER

ICE-CREAM CORNER

ICE-KACANG CORNER

HOKKIEN PRAWN MEE CORNER

ROJAK CORNER

Following were some of the foods that I tried during the Saturday Malaysian buffet:

FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict for SATURDAY MALAYSIAN BUFFET:

Overall, the buffet have varieties of choice to choose from. For the appertiser section, I like the mango salad, spicy fish salad, shredded chicken salads. As for the main course section, braised lamb were quite delicious but it was a bit too salty for my liking. As for the duck with yam, I like the yam very much.

Hokkien prawn mee was nice.They also have the coffee and tea corner which I did not include in this post. However, I make myself a cup of snowman coffee from the coffee and ice-cream corner.

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Apart from the SATURDAY MALAYSIAN BUFFET, they also offer

 SUNDAY BUFFET BRUNCH

Time: 11am to 3pm

Cost: RM28++ (Adult), RM14++ (Child)

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If you are not interested at their buffet, you can try out their  

ALA CARTE MENU/SET LUNCH/SET DINNER

Time: Tuesday to Sunday 11:00am to 11:00pm (Last call @ 10:30pm)

Closed on MONDAY

Following were some of the ala carte that we tried:

HAINAMESE CHICKEN CHOP 

HAINAMESE CHICKEN RICE

The chicken rice looks dry by the looks of it. But when we tasted it it was nice but some claimed that it was a bit too oily. The chicken was tender though.

MACARONI PIE

Hmm........ if you are a cheese lovers, perhaps you can give this a try! I think my sister would love this very much as she is a cheese lover!

Following were the menu for the ala carte:

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LOKE THYE KEE ROOFTOP TERRACE BAR

Time: 11:00am to 11:00pm daily (Except Monday)

It is located on the roof terrace. It is simply just above the restaurant. It is quite a nice place to relax just before dinner or after dinner. There is a selection of wines, beers, drinks, cakes, snack and etc.

Following were the ROOFTOP TERRACE BAR set up:

 After our dinner, we decided to visit the ROOFTOP TERRACE BAR. 

Red and White wine.

I wrap up my day with a glass of white wine. It was a nice place to sit down, relax and catching up with friends. It will also be a nice place to hold private functions.

Following were the menu for the ROOFTOP TERRACE BAR:

FOR MORE DETAILS, you can contact them:

LOKE THYE KEE

Address: 2 Jalan Burma, Georgetown 10050, Penang, Malaysia.

Telephone number: +6042641919

Email: contactus@lokethyekee.com

Hardwicke House @ Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Penang.

Two weeks ago, a bunch of food blogger's are invited to attend the review of Hardwicke House. And would like to thank the Management and Staff for their invitation and Gourmet Garden for their arrangement for this review.

Since it is a weekday dinner, so we had to rush down to town after work. So by the time we arrived there, it's almost 7pm. Therefore, we start our jobs by taking the photos of Hardwicke House outlook and also some of the interiors.

Hardwicke House, some of the interior design and table settings.

After we arrived at Harwicke House, we were asked to take some photos of the hot beverage as following:

All the hot beverages : Flat White @ RM4.80, Cappuccino @ RM 5.50, Cafe Latte @ RM 6.50, Espresso @ RM 3.80 and Regular Black @ RM 3.80 (not shown in the photos above).

I had no comments about the hot beverages mentioned above as I did not have the chance to try any of those. As some of us are too busy with the photos snapping.

If you love this type of coffee, you are welcome to buy it from them. As conversation with Mr. Balan, he told me that they sold CAFFE Molinari Espresso Coffee Pod " Oro ~ it is selected blend of Arabica and Robusta coffee and CAFFE Molinari Decaffeinated Espresso Coffee Pod "Pro" ~ it is also selected blend of Arabica and Robusta coffee decaffeinated. (Both sachet can be seen in the above pictures)

On the other hand, they also sell various types of coffee machine. If you are interested, please enquiries with them.

Apart from the hot beverages, in this review, we had the opportunity to try three wines selection, which I will elaborate more in the following:

During the wine testing session, we had Mr. Balan to brief us with all the wine we tested for the night. First we start of by having some Friulvini Verduzzo IGT (RM 55.00). It is founded in 1959.

The characteristics of the wine are as following:

Colour: Straw yellow with greenish reflections.

Perfume: Delicate, slightly fruity, pleasantly aromatic.

Flavour: Pleasantly, amiable, slightly acidulous and full bodies.

We were told that it goes well with the entree, confectionery and fruit. That's why this is the first wine we tried before we proceed with our foods.

FoOd PaRaDiSe Comments: I quite enjoy this wine. And I think it will suits people that they started to take wine. This would be the first choice especially for ladies. ^-^

The second wine we tested were Terranoble Sauvignon Blanc 2005 (RM 63.00). It is a wine from Maule Valley, CHILE.

The characteristics of the wine are as following:

Colour: Yellow colour with some greenish tone.

Perfume: Intense fruity aromas in which may find tropical fruits, especially pineapple.

Flavour: Fresh wine, dry and well balanced. It has a good structure and nice natural acidity which remains long permanence in mouth.

Terranoble Sauvignon Blanc 2005 ideal as an aperitif (ie. usually served to stimulate the appetite before a meal), with seafood and fish. It is best drink at 7°C - 8°C.

FoOd PaRaDiSe Comments: This is my favourites drink for the night. I love the aroma very much.

The last wine is Schubert Hardwicke Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 (Recommended Retail Price is RM 118.00. Promotion Price now is RM 60.00), from New Zealand.

The characteristics of the wine are as following:

Colour: Deeply coloured.

Perfume: Combination of blackberries, plum, dark chocolate with notes of walnut and spices.

Flavour: Well structures with layers of super ripe tannins complemented by long, sweet and dark fruit filled finish.

FoOd PaRaDiSe Comments: If you like red wines, I would like to recommend you to try this wine.

Next, let me bring you to the varieties choice buffet by Hardwicked:

This is the salad corner. Where you have variety choices of vegetables such as tomatoes, zucchini, lettuce, carrots, cabbage, pasta, button mushroom, onion, raisins, olives, mustard and not to mention their sauces such as Thousand Island, Mayonnaise and...........

This corner are from soup to main course.

First Row: Cream of Asparagus, bun, butter, Spaghetti and Bolognese Sauce
Second Row: Fried Rice, Brinjal Sambal and Dhall

Third Row: Mee Goreng and Cabbage Poriel

First Row: Mashed potato, corn kernels, bbq sauce, mushroom sauce and black pepper sauce.

Second Row: Lamb Rogan Josh, Roast Beef

Last Row: Tandoori Chicken, Naan, Baked Cured Salmon with Cheese

Chicken Lobak and Crispy Vietnam Prawn Roll

BBQ Section ~ Which is located in the main entrance of Hardwicke. Photos above are the roast Lamb being serve.

Other BBQ choices are squids, crabs, prawns, sausage, capsicum, Lala and fish.

Fruits Corner, Coffee and Tea section

Desserts Corner

And More Desserts

Ice Cream Corner

After reading this blog, if you like to try this place out, I have something to share with all of you. That is Hardwicke House is having promotion of Buffet Lunch for RM18++ (Monday to Saturday)and Buffet Dinner for RM38++ (Monday to Saturday).

And good news are kids get to eat for free daily. (Terms and condition: below 7 years old with one per paying adult). For senior citizens (55 years old and above) 30% discount daily.

That's not all, for December 2009 and January 2010 promotion, you get a free flow of non alcoholic beverages with all buffets.

Sunday Buffet Brunch is @ RM 20++ and Sunday Buffet BBQ Dinner is @ RM38++

*****Please note : Free parking for dinner only*****

Hardwicke also have some promotion running in their facebook. Which is on your birthday, you will receive the following gifts:

- Free Buffet Lunch/Dinner for the birthday boy or girl

- Complimentary VIP room (Subject to availability)

- Free 1 bottle of red/white wine

-10% discount for group booking

- minimum 10 persons and above

If you are tempted, please give them a call to reserve a place to avoid disappointment.

Hardwicke House B.B. Q Buffet Restaurant

Address: 67 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah,

10500 Penang, Malaysia. (Next to Gleaneagles Medical Centre)

Tel: 04 - 2264998

Fax: 04 - 2283393

Map Location

***** Please note that Hardwicke House is an independent restaurant that only served international buffet lunch and dinner. They did not have any a la carte Menu. *****