Kedai Kopi Ban Leong Ean 万隆轩茶室 @ Lebuh Armenian, Penang.

Restaurant that we reviewed:

Kedai Kopi Ban Leong Ean 万隆轩茶室

Address: 59 Lebuh Armenian, Penang.

Food that we savour:

Curry Mee

For those who cannot take too spicy food, you can give this curry me a try. It's not too spicy for me. The curry soup base is very tasty with the addition of the chilies paste makes it more flavourable. Generous amount of fresh cockles, cuttlefish and fried tao pok.

Hokkien Mee

Actually we came for the hokkien mee and was surprise to see they do serve curry mee as well. Well, I have the try of the hokkien mee soup base which tastes very flavourable and has a nice prawn aroma. Overall, it's a nice place to have breakfast.

Xen Teck Cafe @ Pengkalan Weld, Penang.

Occasionally, we will head to Pengkalan Weld to have our breakfast during the weekend. We normally like to go there pretty early as if you come late, normally its hard to get some seats. I always think that I had blogged about this place long time ago as I have been patronising this place for many years.

Anyway, I took this opportunity to introduce you a place for breakfast. They have a great varieties of choice to choose from:

Food that we savour:

Koay Teow Th'ng
We quite enjoy the Koay Teow Soup. Love the broth which really nice and tasty. Occasionally. I will order their been hoon soup as we love the springy vermicelli textures. If you love springy type of vermicelli, please give this a try!

Char Koay Teow

Fried Rice
Char Koay Teow and the fried rice are from the same stall. Love their food from this stall as they cook the food with the exact wok heat (wok hei in Cantonese) needed. Not everytime you get to savour their fried rice if too early. Fried rice from this stall is my princess favorite.

I brought a few visitors here before and they really enjoyed the char Koay Teow from this stall compares to the other.
* Note: I think this stall have changed proprietor since my last visit. The taste has vary.

 Curry Mee
The curry mee here is also not bad. Have the rich aroma of curry. Quiet generous amount of ingredients in it.

Wantan Mee
Sometime I will opt for wantan mee when I wish to have some dry version of noodles. The noodles have a right texture. Not too soft. 

 Hokkien Mee
The hokkien mee is also one of the popular dishes at this coffee shop. Have a nice soup base.

Bak Kut Teh

I like to enjoy a bowl of bak kut teh if we arrive pretty early in the morning. As sometime is very cool due to the seabreeze. With a cool weather and enjoy hot pipping bak kut teh is very enjoying for us. 

I love their bak kut teh soup base and my princess will usually go for the meat ball.

Ban Chang Kuih
Whenever we visit this coffee shop, hubby never failed to order the ban chang kuih. Sometime he will order the normal type, sometime with peanut butter or with bananas. They have lot of choices to choose from but normally I will prefer the normal type or with extra peanuts.Overall, this is one of the favorite morning breakfast places as they have many local delicacies to choose from under one roof.

OH LAY EE Hokkien Mee @ Presgrave Street Ghaut, Penang.

If my hubby did not bring me to this Hokkien Mee shop, I think I will never get to know this Hokkien Mee stall. It is actually not hard to find this place.

They operate as early as 5am in the morning till 11:40am only. They closed on every Tuesday and also 1st and 15th of Chinese calender.

When I arrived, it was about 7:30am and was almost full house but we managed to get a small table by ourselves.

 Aunty was busy making Hokkien Mee.

Hokkien Mee with yellow noodles

FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict:

The hokkien mee broth is very fragrant and tastes delicious. Each table they place a bottle of chili. If you want more spiciness, you can add more chilies paste. This is good for someone who cannot take too spicy food. They can just adjust the amount of chilies paste to suits their taste buds. Both with and without chilies paste taste great. The services are very good and the owner are very friendly too!

Hokkien Mee and Pan Mee @ Lebuh Carnarvon, Penang.

From the last post, I have blogged about Jit Seng Hong Kong Roasted Duck. And today, I am going to blog about the same coffee shop but different business operating hour. 

I am going to blog about the breakfast that is selling in this coffee shop. 

For my last visit, it was full with customers and I don't have the chance to capture the wall of the coffee shop.loves their tiles design.

Hokkien Mee

This bowl of hokkien mee is a large serve. The broth of the hokkien mee is rather sweet and nice aroma of the prawn. Even with the chili paste added on to the broth, I still don't feel any spiciness  in this bowl of hokkien noodles. Those who can't take too spicy food, they will love it. Like my princess. Hahaha......

Pan Mee - RM4.50

The new pan mee stall is just operated from July 1st this year. Since we were there, we surely will give it a try. The work station is very clean with the noodle machine on the shelves ready to make on the spot pan mee.

We order the dried version of pan mee to try. It was quite nice but I felt that the pan mee is a bit soft for my liking. But it tastes good for my hubby though as he is noodles lover I would said. Hahaha.....

Dumpling - RM3.50

Apart from that, we ordered the dumpling to try. This bowl of dumpling consists of 3 dumplings. The textures of the dumplings were firmed and the ingredients in it included some vegetables and meat.

FOOD REVIEW FROM:

Address: 246 Lebuh Carnarvon, 10100, Penang. Malaysia.

Cifu Omar hokkien mee and Koay Teow Soup @ Tanjung Tokong, Penang.

FOOD REVIEW FROM

CIFU OMAR HOKKIEN MEE AND KOAY TEOW SOUP @

Kafe Goodall 万和饮食中心

Address: 6 Jalan Tanjong Tokong, Tanjong Tokong 10470, Penang.

Business Hour: From 10am till finish (Monday to Friday)

Close on Saturday and Sunday

Hokkien Mee

This is the first time I am trying out the halal version of hokkien mee. Yup, you heard me right, that's my first time savouring halal hokkien mee. From the outlook of the hokkien mee, it's totally the same as the non-halal type of hokkien mee.

The taste vice, it is rather sweet type of hokkien mee even with the chili paste add on to it. I think those who cannot take spicy food would love this bowl of hokkien mee. This bowl of hokkien mee loaded with small prawns, half boiled egg, shredded chicken, crab stick and fish ball.

Koay Teow Soup

They also selling Koay Teow Soup.We ordered the chicken version of koay teow soup. You can order the beef koay teow soup or even mixed chicken and beef. Hubby had this bowl of koay teow soup and I tried some of it.  It has a sweet broth like the hokkien mee. This bowl of koay teow soup also loaded with fish balls, shredded vegetables and chicken. It also served with the chili paste. You can add all the chili paste into the koay teow soup, then it will turn slightly red in colour but not spicy.

FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict:

If you would like to try out the hokkien mee and koay teow soup, my advise is to come early. Heard that there are many customers waiting for the owner to open their stall as early as 10am. We were lucky that we have the chance to savour the food on our first visit. As after we finished, we were told that they have sold out and it is just barely 12:40 pm. I am happy to try out both hokkien mee and koay teow soup. We ordered 2 bowl of Hokkien Mee, 1 bowl of Chicken Koay Teow Soup and 1 glass of Ice Mata Kucing cost us RM15. 

Bridge Street Hokkien Mee (桥头福建面)

Bridge Hokkien Mee  (桥头福建面) 

Location: 533 Beach Street, Penang.

This place is quite easy to find. But it's took me long time to visit this place and blog about it. Most of the time, if I am on my way from town area to Bayan Lepas area, I would have passed this area.

The first time, I visited this shop, I tried their hokkien mee. After the first sip of the hokkien mee, I told hubby that my gal would like this. Perhaps can tag her along next time. Another thing about this hokkien mee is that you add the chili pastes yourself. Usually each table will provide you a ketchup stored bottle. Which they put their chilli pastes inside. So you can add as much chilli pastes as per your liking.

Those who cannot take too spicy hokkien mee, this would be an alternative suggestion. The broth itself has the strong aroma of prawn and the sweetness from the prawn itself. 

Bridge Hokkien Mee

                               

                                                Hokkien Lor Mee

During the second visit, we tag along my gal to try the hokkien mee. And My hubby opt for the hokkien lor mee. Perhaps the next visit would try the pure lor mee.

(* Picture taken from my hand phone*)

After your meal, perhaps you can walk a few steps and took the following Penang's Street Art from the wall:

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Sarkies Corner @ E & O Hotel, Penang.

It's been quite a long time that I did not blog about Sarkies Corner. The last time I blog about them was few years back, where their's buffet was still at Sarkies Corner. Review can be viewed here. As for now all the buffets were moved to new wings - Sarkies. 

Today, I am going to blog about Sarkies Corner. But this time I am going to elaborate more about "The Bakery", Weekend Local Specialties and some of the ala carte menu.

SARKIES CORNER - THE BAKERY

The bakery is just located on your right at the entrance of the Sarkies Corner.

It's operates daily from 11:00 am  to 9:00pm.

What is the special deal for THE BAKERY?

Normally you will get a slice of cake for RM12++. If you like something extra to go with the cake. Like a cup of hot beverage, just pay RM18++. (applies for DINE-IN only)

Another good news, you get 50% off bakery items from 6pm onwards.

Let me show you what kind of cakes, pastries and muffins that are being served from the pastry counter at THE BAKERY during my visit.

This choc banana cake has a very rich banana flavours. If you are banana lovers, you will love this. The chocolate itself does not really empower the banana flavours. I like the white chocolate coated nuts on top of it. It is very crunchy and nice as well.

Their Tiramisu is a bit special. As the outer part of the Tiramisu is cover with layer sponge cake. The layer sponge cake consists of different spices. Which remind me about the Indonesia layer cake. Something different and special.

The dark choc mousse will attract those who loves dark chocolate. I think I can classify myself as the dark chocolate lover category of person. The chocolate use in this cake is imported from overseas. My gal told me that it is not too bitter nor sweet. She said she loves it. Guess may be can order this for her birthday cake this year. 

Pavlova......... oh it's been quite sometime that I did not had this. Pavlova always reminds me about my years back in Melbourne. All the memories flew back. This mini Pavlova is quite nice. Give it a try!

They also served different type of scones, pastries and muffins. You should be able to get something that suits your taste buds here.

Chef Naza is the chef that bake the above different types of cakes, pastries, muffins, scones and etc.

LOCAL WEEKEND SPECIALTIES

Every week they will have different weekend specialties which I am going to elaborate further in the following post.

Week 1 - Roasted Chicken and Duck Rice, Popiah and Pie Tee

I was told that their roasted chicken and duck rice are on of their famous best sellers food. After I tried it, indeed I am agreed with them. While writing this post right now, I still cannot forget the chicken and duck meat. It is very tender and juicy. hmm...... perhaps I am going back soon over the weekend to fulfill my wish. Hahahahhahahah.......

I am actually not the popiah fan. But the popiah is quite nice and as for pie tee, it is very crunchy at the outer part and inside it is very juicy. My friends just put all that into their mouth in one go. They said its nice with the combination at one go.

Week 2 - Laksa Lemak and Bubur Pulut Hitam

Are you the lemak laksa fans? If you are, you will definitely like this. It is very lemak and spicy.

Week 3 - Penang Prawn Mee and Rojak Buah Buahan

Week 4 - Nasi lemak and Ice Kacang

WEEKEND LOCAL SPECIALTIES IS ONLY APPLY ON EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FROM 12 NOON TO 3PM. COST: RM 20++ PER DISH.

ALA CARTE MENU

Beef Rendang served with steamed rice

It is basically local spices beef stew with coconut milk, chilli and lemongrass.

Mamak Mee Goreng

Fried yellow noodle with prawn, chicken meat, chicken egg, bean sprout, bean curd, potatoes and peanut sauce. I quite enjoy this mamak mee goreng as it has a rich aroma of peanut sauce use.

GRILLED GRASS FED BEEF SIRLOIN

Grill beef served with wild mushroom ragout, tomato relish and shallot sauce.

KOAY TEOW SOUP

Flat rice noodles served with rich chicken broth, fish balls, fish cakes, chicken meat and choy sum.

Spaghetti Pomodoro

TAGLIATELLIE CARBONARA

Tagliatellie served with roasted chicken breast, mushroom and cream.

You can choose to use chicken egg or duck egg for this the Char Koay Teow. I usually will opt for the duck egg as I feel that it is more favourable. The Char Koay Teow was presented with cone shape wrap with banana leave. When being served, they will just open right in front of you. It's like you are waiting for something special to review.

AMERICAN BEEF BURGER

It consists of Cheese, mayonnaise, tomatoes, cucumbers, onion rings, gherkins, lettuce, chicken egg, beef and served with sesame seed bun plus French fries.

SEASONAL TROPICAL FRUITS

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EASTERN & ORIENTAL HOTEL

SARKIES CORNER

Address: 10 Lebuh Farquhar, 10200 Georgetown, Penang.

Operating hours 11:00 am - 11:00 pm (Daily)

Enquiries & Reservations:  +(6) 04 222 2000 ext. 3175

To wrap up my blog, I would present you the following collage shots of  E & O scenery. It is quite a nice strolling place after coffee break/weekend local specialties or any ala carte food from the menu. Sometime, it's good to stop, sit back and just relax!