BY CK Lam

There are many new cafes with interesting ambience and unique features to explore in Penang, especially with the cafe culture gaining much popularity over the last few years. Most of these quaint cafes managed by both locals and expatriates are located in the heritage enclave of George Town and it is definitely worth exploring on foot.

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Wish Everyone Merry Christmas & Best Wishes for a Beautiful New Year 2012!

With Christmas and New Year around the corner, nothing spells the celebrations better than with excellent feast and cuisine. Hope everyone have a great time rejoicing the stomachs and taste with your favorite holiday dishes from what2seeonline.com list of Penang’s restaurants.

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The lunar New Year is fast approaching, and with that comes the family gatherings, celebrations and banquets with delicious cuisines. Here are some dining venues that offer Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, Gong Xi Fa Cai Buffet Lunch & Kong Hei Fatt Choy Buffet Dinner, with some complemented with tossing of Yee Sang.

As Valentine’s Day is just round the corner, this list will also include venues for the celebration of this special romantic day as well.

AGUA MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE
3A-G-18 &19 Straits Quay
Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang
Tanjung Tokong
10470  Pulau Pinang
Tel: 04 8908668

Celebration the Chinese New Year with special seafood Mediterranean recipe from Agua.

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Christmas and the festive season is upon us, and the beautiful year of 2010 is coming to a close. I hope everyone had a great year, and here’s wishing to an even better 2011!

Events and entertainment are definitely in order this delightful time of the year. With this I present to you the  compilation of hotels, eateries and restaurants with their respective selections of buffets and food promotions for you to indulge with your family and loved ones.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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*This article was published in the New Straits Times (Life & Times) on 15th September 2010.

I recently discovered the tempting taste of spices at Passions of Kerala. There are currently two outlets in Penang – one in Gelugor, and the other in New World Park.

The menu in the New World Park outlet consists of banana leaf rice served with an assortment of vegetable dishes as well as other popular curries and fried chicken, squid and fish.

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* This article was also published in the New Straits Times (Life & Times) on 14th August 2010.

Bayview Hotel Georgetown is one of the many hotels in Penang offering Ramadan buffets in the holy month of Ramadhan. The Buka Puasa buffet or breaking fast at this hotel offers a spread of mouth watering and sumptuous selection of traditional local cuisines and international favorites.

Revolving Restaurant sitting on top of the hotel

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This was our family first visit to Coconut Palms Delicious Seafood Restaurant located on Jalan Burma, Penang. Though opened recently, this restaurant is quite popular and usually crowded with diners.

Coconut Palms Delicious Seafood Restaurant has a wide spread menu ranging from pork, chicken to seafood. The place has a large dinning area, air-conditioned in the front and  non air-conditioned at the rear of the restaurant.

Steamed fish to get the appetite rumbling!

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Another Penang food that most people enjoyed eating is the Penang Lorbak. It is an appetizer, a side dish of fried mixed stuff of fish fritters, fried beancurd, spring rolls, fried octopus, preserved century eggs and the lorbak roll.

The lorbak roll itself consists of chunky bites of marinated five spiced pork wrapped with bean curd skin (fu-pei). All these are eaten with a dipping of chili sauce and thick starchy lor sauce with beaten egg swirls.

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*** Update:  Young Heart has closed

Recently, I was invited by Ann Kee of Young Heart Restaurant at Pulau Tikus to a food testing session as they are launching their Chinese New Year Special Dishes. Together with a group of food bloggers, we visited this restaurant located on Cantonment Road. I truly enjoyed the food of my last visit to this restaurant with my family.

This restaurant with its motto; The Fragrance of the Refreshment comes from the Heart has been around since 2005, emphasizes on simple dishes that do not reliant much on extra artificial flavoring.

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