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Sunshine Bay Seafood Restaurant in Tanjung Bungah, Penang

Posted by: CK Lam in Chinese, Chu Char, Fried Noodle, Penang, Seafood, Tanjung Bungah

A visit to Sunshine Bay for dinner had the few of us indulging in several types of seafood dishes. This eatery, located in Kedai Kopi Sin Eng Huat at Tanjung Bungah is just right beside the traffic light junction, directly opposite the famous Penang Tanjung Bunga Goreng Pisang stall. The place looks quite old with the fluorescent lightnings going on and off during our visit on a rainy day. Anyway, the food was awesome!

I am sharing the absolutely scrumptious noodle dishes first. The Kappa Mee Suah and the Stir Fried Noodles with Crab are two lovely choices that we started with. Meesuah was smooth on the tongue and extremely flavorful with the egg and fresh kappa.

On the other hand, the yellow noodles are stir fried with crab, robust with the crustacean juices. The noodles are best left absorbing the gravy as it tends to get slightly moist and more flavorful. I could not resist a second helping of the noodles! The crab flesh was juicy, and with the gravy coating it, the dish was heavenly!

The main dishes we ordered to complement the delicious noodles!

Guiness is usually cook with pork and it was great idea using it with chicken. Their Guiness Chicken is rightly flavored with Guiness. The dosage of Guiness used in marinating the chicken was just right. It added extra earthiness to the chicken. It whetted the appetite for second helping. A definite must-order on your trip here. The chicken pieces were tender and juicy.

Moving on to another type of seafood, which is prawns! The prawns were stir fried with thick black sauce till they are evenly coated with the gravy…with the chef expertly preparing it without overcooking the prawns!

The next dish will undoubtedly impress fish lovers. The Steam stingray with lemon was generally good served with generous squeezes of lemon, garlic, ginger and chili which added spiciness and flavor to this mouthwatering dish. This texture of this particular piece of fish was very smooth. White rice is definitely needed, and I enjoyed a bowl with this particular dish!

The fried vegetable with pieces of Pee Hu (dried sole) rounded off our meal. Its amazing seeing so much Pee Hu in this dish of vegetable. The fried Pee Hu was quite an addiction, giving a great flavor to the bland vegetable which was fried in a delicious gravy. Great dish to end the meal!

With its fresh and generously portioned food with reasonable prices (RM112 for our meal), we will definitely be back for more. Click here for the Map Location.

Sunshine Bay Seafood Restaurant
569-B Jalan Tanjung Bungah
11200 Penang

Business Hours: 6.30pm – 10.30pm

Closed on Tuesday

Tel : 012 4737276 & 016 4689168

GPS Coordinates : N5 27.972 E100 16.807

**Updated June 2011** - The new location is located diagonally opposite the road…

Sunshine Bay Seafood Restaurant
584-B Jalan Tanjung Bungah
11200 Penang

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27 comments so far

ahKOK

Kappa Mee Suah and the Stir Fried Noodles with Crab! special… gonna check this out next time…

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:12 pm

Do take note that the place is closed on Tuesday

April 28th, 2010 at 5:15 pm

Life for Beginners

Oh I love mee suah, and with gravy this yummy, I’d want seconds and thirds!

CK Lam Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Haha…that’s what my friend did. He took a third helping.

April 28th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

hApPy HaPpY

Thanks for sharing this find …. i love seafood noodles & these dishes look perfectly for me & family

CK Lam Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 3:03 pm

Good to mark down this place to makan on your next Penang trip.

April 29th, 2010 at 12:08 am

NKOTB

Geeee… that’s cheap.

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:13 pm

Very reasonable prices with generous portion too.

April 29th, 2010 at 8:32 am

baDboyzs

Seafood O seafood ! By the real sea !

Not like some unique “seafood” but with no unique sea

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:14 pm

The restaurant is nearby the sea but most of the seating area can’t really get the seaview.

April 29th, 2010 at 9:11 am

lingzie

the mee suah looks really good!! cant wait to try out this place!

CK Lam Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 3:04 pm

I think your grandpa will like it too…delicious food in an ‘old feel’ place.

April 29th, 2010 at 9:45 am

taufulou

grrr…till now still have not manage to eat Guiness pork ribs or chicken yet~

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:15 pm

We must get together and visit this place on your next trip back…

April 29th, 2010 at 11:09 am

Big Boys Oven

I am drooling like heading to heaven….. floating now!

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:15 pm

Haha… that is over fascinating.

April 29th, 2010 at 1:23 pm

email2me

The flat fish is my fav. Must use the spoon to carve the meat out! yummy!

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:16 pm

The fish was real fresh and the sauce enhances the whole dish.

April 29th, 2010 at 6:06 pm

food-4tots

Wow! The food is so cheap!!! Love the stir-fried noodles with crabs.

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:18 pm

Good tasty food has this place packed every weekend.

May 2nd, 2010 at 12:23 am

buzzingbee

thanks for recommending. Pass by this place often but hardly notice this restaurant.

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:18 pm

You are most welcome Bee!

May 3rd, 2010 at 12:48 pm

sam lee

man, the noodle does really look delicious!!

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:19 pm

Both of the noodles are equally good… in taste and aroma.

May 3rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm

Michael Lim

It look great, must try it when back to Penang during month of July ….

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Do take note of the closing day…it is on Tuesday.

May 3rd, 2010 at 9:23 pm

Mav

looks good, would definitely try the meesuah with kappa . thx CK

CK Lam Reply:
May 5th, 2010 at 11:21 pm

Remember to share with me your experience too!

May 5th, 2010 at 5:21 pm

cam

ck,

you have missed mentionning the bitter gourd fried with egg. this is probably the signature dish.

warm regards

CK Lam Reply:
May 6th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Great to know of this dish. Will sure to add it in my next visit.

May 6th, 2010 at 11:35 am

My Food Fetish

The Kappa Mee Suah and the Stir Fried Noodles with Crab look really good. I actually have never heard of this restaurant. Must try one of these days. Thanks.

CK Lam Reply:
May 9th, 2010 at 3:26 pm

Do share your favorites with me too!

May 8th, 2010 at 11:48 pm

Sara

Instead of noodles Crab, we tried meesuah crab which is absoloutely delish! Most of the dishes there are pretty good altho a tad oily.

May 13th, 2010 at 8:17 am

Thanks for recommending. We are less lucky … tried the Kappa meesuah. The Kappas were not fresh and we had to return it. Tried the stingray too, we were given the part where there was hardly any meat to eat other than a thin layer of skin. We also tried steam prawn with egg white, but the taste was so blend that my husband had to pour one table spoon of chilli soy sauce on each prawn.
Good thing … was really cheap !

May 21st, 2010 at 11:12 pm

Frances pheng

saya telah beberapa kali mengunjungi restoran itu dan memang tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa makanan di situ memang melazatkan sehingga menjilat jari.!Beberapa hidangan yang masih terukir dalam ingatan ialah udang tom yam dalam kelapa,mee goreng dengan udang galah ,kappa mee suah, claypot fish with yam,kam heong crab,
…harga yang berpatutan berbanding dengan harga di kl. Memang berbaloi walaupun memandu berjam-jam untuk sampai di kedai itu.

June 14th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Linda

Tried this place when we visited Penang last month, we boooked a cab there n fro as we are not local, manage to find it and MUST SAY Good food, my little gal ate everything without us having to force feed her~ We are going back there again on our next visit to Penang in July~
Thanks for the recommending this place~ “)

June 16th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

Ann Lim

Love the food here. Fresh and good price. Had the Stir Fried Noodles with Crab. Yummy. Tomyam also fabulous.

June 28th, 2010 at 11:18 am

ida

just asking whether the restaurant is pork free or not?….thks

December 4th, 2010 at 11:48 am

Two of us were there at their new place, opposite Good Hope Inn and the food is not as good as you have written. WE order a plate of crab noodle ( 2 small blue crab) for RM26.00 ( for one person portion) and a small bowl of kappa mee suah (RM5) with less than 10 kappa and a plate of steam sting ray (RM22). The crab nooddle (mee) is so soggy and it’s overcooked and the miserable crab is also not that good and think that it’s not worth RM26 for this dish. You have overatted this restaurant and would not definitely go there.

August 12th, 2011 at 9:35 am

I just stay somewhere around & all my friends from local & outstation also complained very EXPENSIVE n like restaurant price.

August 25th, 2011 at 7:05 pm

Karen

We had kappa mee suah, steam prawns wt egg white, fish head wt yam and baked crabs. For 2 persons, the meal cost RM103. Food was good. Enjoyed it. Will definitely return.

October 3rd, 2011 at 12:49 am

J Keats

I have just been to this place – last week, to be exact. And I must say that I am pleased. The entrance is quite easy to miss but then there is free parking. You don’t get that very often nowadays.

Food is good – nothing to complain about, so far. We ordered nothing fancy, just a fish curry, stir fried vege and asam prawns. They were all decent in quality. I am surprised at number of prawns – medium size – that they give you. Taste was good. We finished with a bird nest dessert that the lady owner (I think) recommended at RM16 per medium size bowl. And of course, you don’t really think we are gulping down bird’s nest, do you?

The price was reasonable.

There is even a satay stall operating at the restaurant – run by a Malay guy. We ordered a few sticks just to try out. It was okay.

Conclusion, nice place, good price. Can try.

November 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 pm

Alicia

delicious….!!! btw, how long it takes to reach frm Georgetown….as we will be only 2 days 1 night trip here….

December 11th, 2011 at 12:10 pm

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