By CK Lam
Sushi Tei, the international Japanese Sushi Restaurant Chain which originates from Singapore is now opened in Penang. Located in Gurney Plaza, the dining place with a touch of Japanese interior has a great sea view. The signature open-kitchen concept is also seen in this outlet.
The menu offers one dish meal, ramen, sushi, sashimi, tempura, rolls and grill dishes. I adore the sashimi with four different types of raw fish, garnished with lemon slices. The fresh yellow-tail, salmon and butterfish goes well with wasabi but the marbled tuna belly is best eaten on its own. This highly prized fish is also available in a single plate with five thick pieces per order.
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Located at the heart of the UNESCO heritage zone in George Town Penang is Muntri Mews. This beautifully refurbished boutique hotel on narrow Muntri Street is successfully done up by renowned hotelier Christopher Ong of Clove Hall and the UNESCO award winning hotel Galle Fort in Sri Lanka.
Opened in March this year, the hotel is currently the newest restored boutique hotel in Penang!
Iron gate opening to the hotel
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BY CK Lam
Public Cafe is just another neighborhood coffee shop in the pleasant surroundings of Gurney Drive. Located next to the famed Song River Cafe, this coffee shop is a favorite spot for me as it has a stall that serves up both delicious yet reasonable seafood noodles and porridge.
Take a pick from the striking mix of ingredients and several types of noodles. The prices varies according to the seafood ingredients, with pawns, crabs, paddy frogs (tin kai/chui kay) and varieties of fish.
Piping hot bowl of Seafood Noodle
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Tags: Chopped Coriander, Claypot, Coffee Shop, Crabs, Favorite Spot, Fish Soup, Flavors, Fresh Fish, Fried Noodles, Gurney Drive Restaurant, Light Seasoning, New Straits Times (Life & Times), Pawns, Penang, Piping, Porridge, Prawn, Prawns, Public Cafe Gurney Drive, Rice Vermicelli, Sambal, Seafood Porridge, Song River Cafe, Spring Onions, Steamy Bowl, Sweet Meat, Thick Pieces
* This article was published in the New Straits Times (Life & Times) on 17th November 2010.
Taiwan Foods is located in Double 33 Kopitiam, a corner shop lot along Jalan Aziz Ibrahim, with the Queensbay Mall just a stone’s throw away. This place is perfect for a simple quick lunch. The menu is pretty straight forward, serving mostly rice dishes and noodle dishes with several types of braised meat.
Whenever we are near the area, we would drop by for a meal in this stall, which is on the same row with the Kampar Fish Jelly Restaurant.
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Tags: 3 Cups Phoenix Noodle, Aziz Ibrahim, Bowl Of Rice, Braised Pork Noodle, Chicken Meat, Chicken Rice, Chili Sauce, Deep Fried Chicken, Double 33 Kopitiam, Flavors, Hearty Dish, JokBal Yam Rice, Kampar Fish Jelly Restaurant, Kopitiam, Magic Ingredient, New Straits Times (Life & Times), New Straits Times (Life & Times), Noodle Dishes, Pepper Chili, Popcorn Chicken, Queensbay Mall, Queensbay Mall Penang, Quick Lunch, Rice Dishes, Rich Gravy, Rm3, Rm5, Side Dishes, Taiwan Foods, Thick Pieces
During the weekend I enjoyed a wonderful lunch with friends in the newly opened Hainanese Delights Restaurant in Penang. This place is located in the low rise 1926 Heritage Hotel on Burma Road, and emerges as the newest addition to the number of Hainanese restaurant in town. This restaurant is operated by a Hainanese, while the food is cooked by a Hainanese chef too. The menu of this restaurant brings a selection of Hainanese specialties and some western-style dishes.
The nostalgic Hainanese cuisine, Macaroni Pie…
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Tags: Array, Baked Crust, Braised Lamb with Lady’s Fingers, Burma Road, Burmah Road, Button Mushroom, Chicken Curry Kapitan, Chicken Pie, Chicken Rice, Chicken Vegetable, Chili Sauce, Chinese Mushrooms, Choon Piah, Crab Meat, Creamy Mixture, Crispy Crust, Dipping Sauces, Flavors, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Hainanese Delights, Hainanese Restaurant, Hainanese Spring Roll, Hainanese-Style Mushroom Soup, Heritage Hotel, Hotel Penang, Inche Kabin, Lone Pine Hotel, Macaroni Pie, Mengkuang, Meringue, Pie Dish, Pie Dishes, Puff Pastry, Restaurant In Penang, S Finger, Spicy Chili, Spring Roll, Style Dishes, Thick Pieces, Zealand Lamb
Last week I met up with Mr Akihiko Hijioka, Deputy Managing Director of Sushi Kin Sdn Bhd , member of the Texchem group again at Miraku Japanese Restaurant in G Hotel to try out their newly launched September Autumn promotion of Salmon & Bonito Tuna. Also present was their Chief Executive Chef /Director Susumu Sakamaki.
This time around I get to discover the various preparations of the Bonito Tuna and the Salmon. The Bonito (also known as skipjack tuna) is a seawater fish belonging to the mackerel family with a rich red color and firm texture. We began our dinner with the delightful SP Sashimi Moriawase consisting of an assortment of both fish which was sliced to just the right thickness.
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Tags: Akihiko, Aoba, Bonito Flakes, Citrus Sauce, Fish Dish, Grilled Prawns, Japanese Hosts, Katsuo, Mackerel Family, Mayonnaise Sauce, Perilla Leaf, Ponzu Sauce, Raw Fish, Raw Flesh, Refreshing Flavor, Salty Taste, Seawater Fish, Shiso, Skipjack Tuna, Sushi Bar, Tatami Room, Thick Pieces
An evening with a sumptuous BBQ Buffet awaited us in Eccucino @ Prince Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. This is one buffet that you can also taste different type of cuisines, ranging from Japanese to Italian. There are several stations displayed with delicacies including meat, appetizers, salad and desserts which are catered for most palates. The buffet was accompanied by free-flow of selected wines, beers and fresh juices.
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Pan mee is a delicious noodle that is handmade manually on the spot. I found a stall located in Yi Garden coffee shop along Macalister Road / Lorong Selamat selling this delicious pan mee. Also known as mee hoon kuih in Hokkien, you can have it with soup or the dry version; with many different sizes.
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Tags: Anchovies, Array, Black Fungus, Boiling Water, Business Hour, Chili Oil, Chinese Mushroom, Coffee Shop, Dark Soy Sauce, Delicious Bowl, Delicious Chili, Delicious Ingredients, Delicious Noodle, Early Evening, Extra Effort, Family Auto, Flavour, Font Definitions, Font Format, Frontage, Guang Ming, Halal, Happy New Year, Hokkien, Hot Stuff, Lorong Selamat, Lot, Mcalister, Mso, Noodles, Pan Mee, Penang, Penang Food, Rm3, Serving Bowls, Shredded Meat, Sized Pieces, Small Lumps, Spring Onion, Stock, Thick Pieces, Thin Strips, Tight Container, Torn Pieces, Wet Version, Yi Garden Coffeeshop
Azuma is the latest Japanese Restaurant which opens its door on 27th December in Queensbay Mall, Penang. This restaurant is very spacious with many tables and customers can choose to have a window seat to enjoy the view of the Penang Bridge. A section of this restaurant is occupied with a sushi bar, surrounded with a conveyor belt filled with plenty plates of sushi.
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Peanut Butter !!! There are many varieties of peanut butter. I have been using peanut butter as a spreader since ……can’t even remember when. I loved the Skippy creamy ones although I sometimes have the extra chunky version too. Another favourite of mine is Smucker’s black current and strawberry. They make a tasty spread for bread as well as cream cracker.
Besides making peanut butter toast at home, my hubby and myself like to eat those sold at Eng Loh coffee shop located at Church Street. The bread is known as Taiwan Roti and the thick slice is sold for RM3.50. The main ingredients is margarine, peanut butter and crushed peanuts. The bread is the ordinary fresh white bread which is sliced into very thick pieces. It is toasted with a layer of margarine. Peanut butter is then spread on to the melted margarine with crushed peanuts sprinkled on top.
The warm crusty bread and the stickiness of the peanut butter is delicious. On the first bite, it tends to stick to the gums…. and glue the jaws together for few seconds.
And not forgetting a hot cup of kopi-o kau that goes hand in hand with the toast. Super breakfast 
Eng Loh Coffee Shop
Church Street (Jalan Gereja)
Penang
Opening Hours : 8am – 3pm
Closed : Sunday
GPS Coordinate : N 05 25.106 E 100 20.457
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