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YOUNG HEART RESTAURANT (养心殿) Invited Review (Part II)

Continued from YOUNG HEART RESTAURANT (养心殿) Invited Review (Part I)

3+1杯雞麵 3+1 Cup Chicken Noodle (RM7.80+RM1.00) My rating : 7/10

The '3' represents sesame oil (麻油), soya sauce (醬油)and hua diao wine (花雕酒). The additonal '+1' represents chillies (辣椒). This version has fairer colour of sauce and tasted differently from ordinary three-cup-chicken as with the addition of chillies it became more appetizing. The handmade noodle texture is thick but smooth to 'slurp'.



The chicken was cut in big chunks, however I would prefer the chicken to be smaller in size and noodle portion to be more instead. Why?! because I often finished off the noodles fast and still got chickens left behind. :)


莲藕腊肠炒饭 Lotus & Wax Sausage Fried Rice (RM8.80) . My rating : 6/10

This fried rice comes with lotus root, wax sausages, carrot and fried egg. The flavour for this fried rice is richer if compared to the pumpkin fried rice due to the addition of wax sausage. I somehow prefer the latter though. *I was biased uh as I felt that the 'pumpkin' sounded more 'healthy' lah! :) *.



豉油王煎三文魚頭 Pan Fried Salmon Head (RM15.00) . My rating : 7/10


Unlike Japanese grilled salmon, this one is oriental-style grilled with soya sauce. For those who prefer to have gravy or sauce overpowering the fishy taste, you perhaps got to let go this dish then. :) My friends enjoyed this dish as they found that the fish head flesh is much more delicate than normal salmon steak.

梅菜雞 (須預定) Pickled Cabbage Stuff Chicken (Whole Bird-RM28.00) -Need pre-booking. My rating : 6/10

This is to be served for 4-6 persons. If you do not plan to order any other chicken dishes,then this is a good choice. The mooi choy is pretty appetizing but more towards sweetness with slight sourish. The chicken texture is however seemed to be drier at inner part.

It's very addictive if every mouthful can be filled with that thin chicken skin + dipping with gravy + mooi choy, definitely good to eat with a small bowl of rice.

See how beautiful the chicken is being cut by ourselves? Don't worry, you have ample space to try your 'skill' if you are dining upstair OK?!

狗仔鸭（須預定）Braised Duck with Special Bean Paste (Need pre-booking) (Half-RM20.00 / Whole-RM38.00). My rating : 7/10

The name itself is fancy enough. The duck texture is soft and it's flavourful when braised with gelanggal ginger (南薑) . A dish to hunt for for those who fancy extraordinary kind of cooking style.

炭煮猪手醋 Braised Sweet & Sour Black Trotter (M-RM9.00 / L-RM16.00) . My rating : 6/10

Too sweet to my liking. The one we had that night is having lean part more in ratio compared to fatty part. You couldn't believe that I like to eat fatty part hor? Well, it depends on what kind of dishes lah ok?! :)

蜂蜜檸檬海椰Honey Lemon Sea Coconut (RM6.00). My rating : 7/10

This one tasted like 'tuak' initially when I had my first sip. They said I turned a bit 'dizzy' after half glass as I started to talk nonsense. :) Could I term it as a healthy cocktail, perhaps?! :)

黃金豆漿Pumpkin, Soya Bean Milk (RM6.00) . My rating : 9/10

This one is more flavourful and richer than soya bean milk alone. I like this combination.

花香馬蹄糕 Old School Pan Fried Water Chestnut Cake - 4pcs (RM5.00) . My rating : 8/10

The water chesnut cake has the mild sweetness from Osmanthus (桂花) and charmomile (洋菊) . Don't squeeze the lemon juice onto the cake if not you'll end up having a 'funny' look on your face like me. Before putting into your mouth, you can try sweeping the cake to and fro on the lemon slices instead, that will give you a slight sourish taste to ease the oiliness of this dessert.

無間道Banana, Black Sesame, Soya Bean Milk (RM6.80) My rating : 7/10

This combination is unbelievably matching! It's thick but not 'jilak'.

香草綜合莓果Mix Berry Vanilla - Ice Blended (RM6.00). My rating : 5/10. Too sweet for me.

芒果花園Mango Puree & Sago Pudding – Dessert (RM4.50) . My rating : 9/10

All my friends love this colourful dessert. Its mild sweetness won our hearts! A great dessert to finish off our meal is indeed very satisfactory!

5% service charge applies.

YOUNG HEART RESTAURANT (养心殿)
Add: 44A, Jalan Cantonment, 10250 Penang.
Opening Hours: 12.00noon-10.00pm (Closed on Monday)
Tel : 604-228 8084, 016-410 8098
WIFI available.
(opposite the Jenny cake house, the 2nd unit of bungalow house)

YOUNG HEART RESTAURANT (养心殿) Invited Review (Part I)

This food review was arranged by Young Heart Restaurant for the launching of its newly refurbished menu, which gonna effective from 31st July.

The exterior and interior deco can be read from this post at YOUNG HEART RESTAURANT (养心殿), where you could find some dishes that we managed to explore last time during January.

This time I continue to snapshot some different angles which I could have missed out during last review.


One thing which I appreciated most when dining here is its ample parking space (inclusive of those MPPP parking lots at the roadside there too). I do not have to worry about illegal parking / getting summons or car getting scratches etc.


Upstair now has a room for your private gathering. It's equipped with air-cond and a TV for you to watch your DVD / movie or listen to music. This shot is taken top-down from the staircase when climbing halfway up.

Teng teng teng teng! This is the one! It looks cozy right?!

*Hey pals, I already 'open ceremony' liao. My gang and I have conquered here last week, a pre-celebration for my birthday! See all the handbags there heh?! :) * Mind you, we actually shared our yoga practice inside there too, could you believe it?!

人參烏龍茶Ginseng Oolong (RM15.00) – new item. My rating : 9/10

The ginseng oolong tea leave was originally in 'bulb' shape but once it's immersed in the boiling water for a while, it started to blossom and looked like this. It's a pretty fresh choice for someone like me who get tired of drinking those 'normal' tea.

雙花蘋果茶 Natural Flower Tea (RM9.50) . My rating : 7/10

This tea consists of rosehip, hibiscus and green apple. It smells a bit sourish and originally tastes somehow like 'ribena', ha! When added with rock sugar syrup, the taste changed and the sourness became milder and smoother. I would say that this really depends on individual preference then.

贴心滋补靚湯 Soup of the Day -(M-RM6.00 / L-RM9.00) - My rating : 9/10

Lotus Roots & Peanuts Soup (蓮藕花生湯). The soup of the day is normally cooked for at least 2 hours long under charcoal fire. The soup of the day is not fixed, it's based on whatever ingredients freshly available at the market of that day. Only one scoop and you could tell that the rich taste of the soup must have been contributed by real abundance of ingredients. Exactly like the mum's soup kind of lou for tong (老火湯).

The bottom left corner is the mak dong (麥冬). It also uses Dong Som ( 黨參) and red dates (紅棗). Not to forget somemore the chicken feets - collagen oh! *wink wink*.

These are the fresh peanuts used for this soup.

蝦仁炸餃 Deep Fried Prawn Dumpling 4pcs (RM6.00) . My rating : 8/10

I enjoyed the best when I could taste the crunchiness of the dumpling skin plus the freshnesss of the stuffed minced pork and prawns from within. For me, I would just give it a thumb-up straightaway even without dipping that special made Thai sauce (泰似辣椒醬).

龙须菜炒燒鴨肉 Stir Fry Choyote Leafs with Roast Duck Meat (M-RM5.00+ RM4.00) (L-RM8.00) . My rating : 8/10

This is indeed a very healthy fibre-rich vegetables. The uniqueness of this vege lies on its crunchy stem (which also very much depends on the source). If you could get fresh young ones then I can be sure you will enjoy this vege dish the most! It's fried with light sweet taste (cheng tee). I personally prefer the one without the roast duck meat. I like original taste mah! :)

爱心金瓜炒饭 Hearty Pumpkin Fried Rice (RM7.80). My rating : 8/10

The rice is fried with pumpkin, carrot and corns, accompanied by fried chicken wings and balanced up with a plate of vegetables. Very health-conscious kinda fried rice, don't you think so?!

The chicken wings with aromatic fragance are irresistably delicious! You can order it as an ala-carte. A MUST to order dear ! I was told that the chicken is bought fresh from market, marinated with home secrept recipe and natural ingredients. My friends couldn't stop praising "Hmm...Hmm.....Good! Good!" for its signature chicken wings (my rating is 9/10)!

To be continued......3+1杯雞麵 3+1 Cup Chicken Noodle , 豉油王煎三文魚頭 Pan Fried Salmon Head , 梅菜雞Pickled Cabbage Stuff Chicken , 莲藕腊肠炒饭 Lotus & Wax Sausage Fried Rice , 狗仔鸭（須預定）Braised Duck with Special Bean Paste , 炭煮猪手醋 Braised Sweet & Sour Black Trotter , 花香馬蹄糕 Old School Pan Fried Water Chestnut Cake , 芒果花園Mango Puree & Sago Pudding and Drinks (蜂蜜檸檬海椰Honey Lemon Sea Coconut , 黃金豆漿Pumpkin, Soya Bean Milk, 無間道Banana, Black Sesame, Soya Bean Milk and 香草綜合莓果Mix Berry Vanilla - Ice Blended ).

Aji Noren Japanese Restaurant (味暖簾日本料理) Set Dinner

Aji Noren Japanese Restaurant (味暖簾日本料理) @ Prima Tanjung

Sitting near the kitchen -the last table as it's full house oh even on a Wednesday night.

Unagi & Sashimi Set @ RM32+ . This set consists of pickles, salad, miso soup, 3 pcs of salmon, grilled unagi, rice and fruits.

Tempura & Sashimi Set @ RM26+ . This set comes with pickles, salad, miso soup, mixed sashimi (3 types : salmon, tuna, octopus), tempura, rice and fruits.

When the tempura was served, I have finished up most of my dishes except left with one slice of sashimi and half bowl of soup only. Wahahahahaha!!!! *Hungry ghost*

The tempura got mushroom oh!

I personally felt that the bento set is considerd reasonably priced by judging from the serving size and combination of food, which actually make it looks like not 'grand' or 'WOW' enough. If Aji Noren could have prepared the bento or set dinner to be like Momiji Tei or Miraku one which started with RM38+ or RM39+, meaning ~RM40 onwards, then it could have added more food varieties in one set, bigger serving and looked more 'Wow'! BUT hey, no good for our pockets loh. :p

Hokkigai (Ark Shell) Sashimi @ RM35+

I was enchanted with this Hokkigai since I first had a very good one at Ryoma . The serving cutting sooo small lah over here. :) Of course lah how can I compare ? Different price range right?!

10% service charge applies.

Aji Noren Japanese Restaurant

Add : 98-G-35, Prima Tanjung, Jalan Fettes, Bandar Tanjung Tokong, 11200 Penang.

Tel : 04-8994720

Business Hours : Lunch : 12 to 2pm. Dinner : 6-10pm (closed on Monday)

Jom pi Penang Floggers 4th Gathering!

Mari lah mari *ooh*

Kita berseri *ooh ah*

Kita bersama-sama pi

Bulgaria party! *wowo*

(* denote the 'expression' to be sung with UMPH! immediately after the last word)

This is the set dinner menu for this event.

Double Good Hong Kong Style Roasters (好好飯店港式燒臘飯店) Opening Promotion

Double Good Hong Kong Style Roasters (好好飯店港式燒臘飯店) @ Lintang Batu Maung.

Double Good has set its footprint at Batu Maung on 21st Jul at the ex- Fu Hao's premise. It is now having a opening promotion till 27th Jul - every chicken dish will be sold at RM1.80 only!

Roast Chicken w/Rice (香港燒雞飯) normal price @ RM2.80 (now @ RM1.80).


Basically the price range for rice set is RM2.80 - RM7.50. Got chicken, duck and BBQ pork. Of course there are combo varieties such as twin mixed, triple mixed and etc. If you wanna order roasted meat alone in one big plate to be shared among friends or colleauges, you can opt for their combo mixes which range from RM12- RM24.

Noodle set price range is RM4.00 - RM8.00.

Roasted Chicken Drumstick Noodle 燒雞腿面 (RM5) -The drumstick has been chop-ready for you therefore I couldn't find the SHAPE of my drumstick liao leh! *Waaaaaaaa~~~!!!!*

Under SNACK, got curry fish, thai style laksa, curry chicken, onion egg, beancurd, sotong, softshell crab, mantis prawn, vegetables and etc. Therefore one can actually order these dishes like at zhu char also loh!


Drinks basically priced RM1.50 to RM2.50

好好飯店港式燒臘飯店
45-01 & 47-01, Lintang Batu Maung, Batu Maung, 11960 Bayan Lepas, Penang
Tel : 04-6262188
Business Hours : 11am-3pm, 6pm-10pm

好好飯店槟城總行 (HQ)
Add : 26, Jalan Tun Dr.Awang, Sungai Nibong Kecil, Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang.
Tel : 04-6434188

北海分行Buterworth Branch:
Add : 1681-F2, Jalan Perusahaan, Auto City Juru, Prai, Penang.
Tel : 04-5014188

Chulia Street Beef Koay Teow with 'muscle bak' nia nia

打石街牛肉粿條飯湯 (Beef Koay Teow) @ Chulia Street

The one we had on last Saturday looked like this. A bowl of koay teow soup with muscle meats only. RM7.50. Wahlau ei..............


The soup taste for this beef koay teow stall is basically mild (or should I say milder than other similar stalls?). However I heard some saying that their soup base for Saturday is actually a lot milder than the weekadays one (perhaps due to the 'hoi tong' hour is later than usual?!). Anyone has compared before the weekdays vs weekends one? Confirm uh?!


Grrrrr.........Although RM7.50 is a bit CKA, but it's worth spending as none of the beef slices below is KBT (kah beh tui) leh!

太空包. I was yearning for the taste of roti similiar to those sold by indian trishaws during childhood but I was a bit disappointed...it's not leh. :(

打石街牛肉粿條飯湯 (Beef Koay Teow) @ Chulia Street (opposite Bomba)

Located right at the juncture of Beach Street & Chulia Street traffic lights.

9am to 3pm (closed on Sunday) .

Seafood Hokkien Char @ Jing Wu

海鮮福建炒 @ 精武体育馆, 車水路。
Seafood Hokkien Char @ Jing Wu, Burmah Road (night only).

Jing Wu is located directly opposite the Chok Dee Thai.

This sambal is killing. Aromatic spicy.

The hokkien char comes with small-sized mantis shrimps (hae kor) .



The 菜胆 (cai da) remains a MUST ORDER dish for me. CRUNCHY but not hard ok?! I really like the way this Ah Pek cooked this dish!

Side order - char kappa! It's a DRY version with little sauce/gravy but it remains a finger licking good seafood dish though!

That's how ugly my photos are back in 2007. Give face leh, don't laugh lah can ah?! *wink* :p

Secret Recipe got Sarawak Laksa eh?! Ei khi or beh khi leh?

Wowo! Secret Recipe also serves Sarawak Laksa now uh?! Who tasted it before? Please tell me what the similarity percentage of this dish is if compared to the genuine Sarawak Laksa. I am eager to know!


Apple Cheese Cake. A bit sourish yet cheesy, kinda appetizing as it's not merely sweet.

Chocolate Cake. I would say, NORMAL lah.

Two beh khi meals!

Firstly it's City Bayview Set Lunch's chicken chop.

It's priced at RM9.90 ++ (RM11.40 nett).

It seemed like only Fish & Chip is the one that worth ordering. You could be assured by seeing the fish & chip dishes on most of the tables.

Don't order CHICKEN CHOP pls. Beh khi one leh! The chicken is very hard, 'siap siap' and no flesh one! Yong Chow Chao Fun also so-so only but at least 5x times better than chicken chop.



Proof! Very skinny chicken. Dry. Just oily skin I managed to eat.

Secondly, the Express Cafe @ Penang Times Square.

Herb's Baked 1/4 chicken with fried rice. RM7.40.
Creamy sandwich. RM2.20. Don't order this! Plain roti with ice cream?!
Herb's Baked Chicken Dry Noodles (serve with soup). RM7.90.
Butter Kaya Toast. RM2.50. Don't order this! Butter is butter, kaya is kaya, roti is roti. :(

The herbs-baked chicken was not too BAD but frankly, it's a bit too dry.

The 松花阪面 (song hua ban mian) is very special uh? Curly curly at the edge. Lack of frangance though. Chicken is chicken, noodle is noodle. Kao hmm mai leh! *shrugged* I think they need to put more effort in this dish.

"The very first in Penang 'Steam Milk' " ? OH NO.....NO pls.....Don't spoil the good memory I had on the famous Macau steamed milk pls. How can a steamed milk have semi-solid, gel-like texture one?

The Portugese eggtart was sold out. Hmmm......from this meal alone, I don't think that I will put much hope on that anymore!

Express Cafe 港式茶餐廳 (溫馨休閒站 (Golden J&C))
1st Floor 77-1-44 &45, Penang Times Square.
Tel : 04-2267988
Business Hours : 10am to 10pm.

Annabelle's Place again?!

Last Saturday I had a sweet gathering with my gfs. I believe Annabelle's Place is a good place for ladies to get together and have tea talk.

Choccocino. RM7.90. (I got to double check got 4 letter 'C' there. :) ). This one is pretty thick and rich with chocolate all over.

Classic English Cream Tea for Two

A pot of tea of your choice per person, served with four freshly baked English scones, clotted cream and strawberry preserve. RM18.90 for two to share.

We never fail to order the scones from Annabelle's Place everytime. They were soft and warm. We particularly like its clotted cream. It so nice that Y even licked finish every bit of it! An extra scone is charged at RM2 each oh, fyi!

Buck Rarebit RM7.80. A welsh rarebit (涂着干酪泥的烤面包片) topped with a poached egg. I don't quite like this as it's nothing special. Hmm...perhaps I should try the Yorkshire Rarebit next time.

Hokkaido Fried Rice. RM8.90. This is the item under 'Asian Delight' menu. Sweet way of fried rice with sausages, crabsticks and prawns. Very ngam ladies' tastebuds.

Mocha Avalanche. RM10.90. Pretty thin. Not impressed though.

The menu has our photos in it. I spotted mine and some from Food Paradise one loh.

Price quoted is NETT. No service charge.

You can get the direction from my Annabelle's Place Visit I - Ocean Treasures, Tuna Nicoise, Carbonara Pasta, Seafood spicy Olio Pasta, Crème Brûlée, Tiramisu, Classic English Cream Tea (for Two to share).

Click here for Annabelle's Place Afternoon Tea -" The Windsor Tea" (2009).

Annabelle's Place
10, Lebuh Lembah Permai 4, 11200 Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

Tel & Fax : 04-8901098

Business Hours :

Tue-Fri : 11.30am to 2.30pm, 4.30pm to 10.00pm

Sat/Sun : 11.30am to 10.00pm

Closed on Monday (except Public Holiday)

Melting Pot Set Meal (with addition)

Melting Pot Restaurant @ Sungai Ara

Melting Pot serves steamboat mainly. It also serves ala carte but pretty limited choices. It has opened for quite long (years?) but I've never stepped into it until one fine day I was sicked of eating economic rice again.

I was pretty impressed with its Chicken Chop. Surprisingly it is tender and actually nice to go along with its special gravy. Unlike those normal chicken chops which is either deep fried till super OILY or just a piece of chicken with fried skin and dry texture in within. I also liked their garlic buns, they were soft in whole and just slightly crispy at outer skin. FYI, I really hate ROCK buns one leh .... that reminded me of SMOKY JACK. Hmmm!

Chicken Chop Set RM8.90 nett.

The complimentary dessert comes with the set- Ai Yun Bing (愛玉冰)

Mee soup RM4.50. Pretty normal.

Set Menu Oriental Cuisine (Set : RM8.90, Non-set : RM7.50)

Hot Curry Chicken With Rice
Portugese Devil Curry with Rice
Black Pepper Chicken with Rice
Black Pepper Fish with Rice
Sweet & Sour Chicken with Rice
Sweet & Sour Fish with Rice
Sweet & Sour Minced Pork with Rice
Lemon Chicken with Rice

Set comes with a cup of drink (herbal tea or chinese tea) + ice cream OR a bowl of Lemon Jelly & laici.

Western Food

Chicken Chop (Set :RM8.90, Non Set: RM7.50)
Fish and Chips (Set :RM8.90, Non Set: RM7.50)
Tom Yam Chicken Chop (Set :RM11.30, Non Set: RM9.90)
Black Pepper Chicken Chop (Set :RM11.30, Non Set: RM9.90)
Lamb Patties (Set :RM14.30, Non Set: RM12.90)
Beef Patties (Set :RM14.30, Non Set: RM12.90)
Spaghetti Bolognese (Set :RM8.90, Non Set: RM7.50)


Set comes with a cup of drink (herbal tea or chinese tea) + ice cream OR a bowl of Lemon Jelly & laici.

Black Pepper Chicken with Rice (Set : RM8.90)

Portugese Devil Curry with Rice (Set : RM8.90). This one is a bit spicy, 2x chicken + 1x fried egg.

Melting Pot Restaurant
Add : 1E-1, Jalan Kenari, Desaria, 11900 Sungai Ara, Penang. (From the Sek Men Sungai Ara traffic light, turn right into Jalan Kenari. It's at the row of shop houses at your left hand side)
Tel : 604-6441601
Business Hours : 11.30am to 2.30pm, 6.00pm to 10.00pm (Closed on Monday)
Steamboat Buffet Dinner Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Yee Heong Choy Kon Tong (菜乾湯)

Yee Heong 宜香茶樓飯店 @ Campbell Street

Yee Heong which is located at Campbell Street (opposite the wet market) is one of my favourite restaurants for chu char as it's very reasonably priced with above average quality.

No fancy dish presentation. No fancy interior decoration. The food quality proves it all.


Choy Kon Tong 菜乾湯 (RM6.00). My most favourite lou for tong (老火湯) from this restaurant. RM6 for such a big bowl woh, tai tou lan lah, hai mai xin?!

Herbal Chicken 藥材雞 (RM15.00).


Lor Hon Chye 羅漢齋 (RM8.00)

Claypot Tofu 砂煲豆腐 (RM8.00)

Ham Yu Zheng Yuk 鹹魚蒸肉 (RM8.00)

宜香茶樓飯店
Kedai Makanan Yee Heong

Add : 12.14 Campbell Street, 10100 Penang.

Tel : 04-2616990

CANTON-i Satisfying Meal

Canton-i 香港粥麵家 @ Queensbay

This time our meal turned out to be rather OK due to 'experience' learnt from the past visit. I believe one will need to pay more visits to narrow down their safe-to-order dishes uh?! :)

Roasted Pork (叉燒皇) RM16. This time we were served half fatty half lean. PERFECT ah! This is of course far better than the last visit when it's served as mainly lean.

Stir fried Pepper Udon (黑椒雞炒烏冬) RM16. I like this dish as it's not sheer pepper taste like normal fried pepper udon served elsewhere. Somemore the udon texture was just nice, the inner part was not too hard and the outer part was not too soft either! BUT then....RM16....CKA!

Mango Glutinous Dessert (香芒糯米茲) RM6. I was impressed that it uses mango slices as stuffing, NOT mango cream. BUT one bite is RM2. Wahlau..... CKA !

Finally I was able to taste their soup already!

Loquat Fig & Fish Maw Soup (枇杷無花果花膠湯) RM16. When this soup is served, I couldn't help but comparing this to the 中國民間瓦缸煨湯 at Sungai Ara (whereby their one big claypot alone only costs RM15- RM20 and the serving size is easily 3-4 times bigger than this one oi).

With so many ingredients stuffed in one such small pot, of course it's super tasty lah! :P

One piece of fish maw found inside the pot. I wanna cook this type of soup too! :)

Add : GF-12 & GF-13, Queensbay Mall,

100, Persiaran Bayan Indah, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.

Tel : 04-6456688Fax : 04-6457788

No Eye Deer Restaurant (Invited Review)

No Eye Deer Restaurant @ Prima Tanjung

I was impressed since my first visit to NO EYE DEER a few years ago. I still remember how my Spaghetti Marinara tasted like at here.

Top left where you can see watermelon cubes : Wacky Wizard (RM8.80) Delicious & wacky smoothie of mango yoghurt & pineapple. I dislike the taste of this smoothie as it's sourish + sweet at the same time. I believe it's very much dependent upon the fruit source of that day.

Top right where you can see the one with green apple cubes : Drama Queen (RM8.80) Glamarous smoothie of pink guava & pineapple with sour plum. Sourish taste all along.

Bottom : Chunky Monkey (RM8.80) : A rich and delicious banana smoothie with ice cream & chunky peanuts. Out of the three smoothies, I favoured this Chunky Monkey the most! I could taste a good combination of banana + peanuts blended with frangance.

Wacky Wizard & Pink guava juice (RM4.20) . There are also Lassi available which are priced at RM4.80 each.

Laotian Laksa (Beef or Chicken) RM12.80 [My rating : 9/10]
NoEyeDeer famous signature dish of rice noodle in a spicy & piquant soup with tender beef or chicken, bean sprouts and basil. This is my favourite dish of that night! I seriously fell in love with this dish. I particularly liked the beef version. The beef was tenderly-cooked. Slurping the soup, topped with rice noodle plus that aromatic basil all in one scoop was simply awesome! I couldn't stop but scooping more and more for that appetizing soup !

Chicken Parmigiana (RM18.80) [My rating : 6/10]
Italian styled chicken fillet with stewed tomato and Mozarella cheese. Served with mash potato and salad. This is best eaten when it's served hot. The chicken was a bit dried, not that up to my expectation; perhaps due to our long photoshooting time. I was impressed last time when we had it here .

Today Special : Meaty Beef Pie (RM16.80) [My rating : 5/10]

Served with golden french fries & fresh crisp cos lettuce. The beef stuffed inside was a lil bit too sweet to my liking though. I prefer to have some other side dishes to balance up my tastebuds after each sweet bite of that beef.

Pan grilled Sea Bass with white sauce (RM19.80) [ My rating : 7/10]

Pan-grilled white fish fillet with a tangy white sauce and served with fresh crisp salad & mashed potato. I dislike thick creamy sauce but this white sauce version seemed to be OK for me. However, I still prefer their Chilli Lime Sea Bass more (click here ) as it's more refreshing and appetizing, just like the Laotian Laksa.

Chicken Cheddar Sausage (RM15.80) [My rating : 8/10]

Smoked chicken sausages served with mashed potato and salad. I liked this one too! Their sausages have never failed to please me, frankly. It's a safe-to-order dish as it still tasted good even after long exposure time! (photoshooting lah, what else uh?! :p)

Not too sourish, dipped with the special sauce made me a happy lady!

Traditional Grilled Steak (RM29.80) [My rating : 8/10]

Char-grilled tender beef steak with traditional rich brown gravy and served with homemade mashed potato, broccoli & carrots. The look from my photo here may be ugly but please dear, this is a dish which you could never judge by its look. It was juicy and tender, I would say it matched well with the brown gravy.

Caveman Platter (for 3-5 pax) RM68.00 [ My rating : 6/10]

Mixed platter of char-grilled lamb, chicken kebabs, chicken sausages, chicken wings & pepper lamb sausages. Wow! This came as our very last dish as a CARNIVOROUS feast! :) OH NO, soooo BIG SERVING ah? I had difficulty capturing the best shot for this dish as it's ALL black, gosh! :p

The grilled lamb was OK in overall although some parts were over-grilled. I found that the chicken wings were a lil' bit too dry. The sausages were like what I expected, a 'safe' item to consume despite some charred area. The chicken kebab was surprisingly succulent and I like it when it's balanced up with some green sweet pepper/ capsicum annum.

Coffee Jelly (RM5.80) [ My rating : 7/10]

'Frantastically refreshing" Japanese Jelly dessert served with silky fresh cream and syrup (voted Best Jelly in Malaysia by readers of 'The Star' Newspaper 23rd March 2008)

I was a bit doubtful "The best jelly in Malaysia huh?" at my first scoop. But then after having more scoops I started to like it! It's a creative recipe indeed to come out with such coffee-taste jelly and not the usual pudding that we used to eat. It's a healthy LIGHT dessert.

Upside Down Ice Cream (RM4.80) [ My rating : 6/10]

Double scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with melted chocolate and roasted nuts served with a wafer cone in an ingenuous way.

This is the first invited review that I have ever had whereby we were given freedom to choose whatever dishes we want from the menu. I 'salute' to the boss, Mr Ken Low for his generosity, courage and also confidence. Also thanks Steven for the organization.

No Eye Deer Restaurant
Add: 98-1-26 Prima Tanjung, Jalan Fettes. Tanjung Tokong, 11200 Penang.
Tel : 04-8990488.
(Near to traffic light, located at upstair, on top of 7-11 shop).

Nasi Ayam Periuk Besar - story time again !

Nasi Ayam Periuk Besar @ Monrods Kitchen, D' Piazza Mall

I believe this is another newly opened restaurant that aimed at attracting FTZ workers as customer base during lunch hour but then NOT READY to serve the crowd.

Initially I thought 'Nasi Ayam Periuk Besar' is something like chu char that we gonna order curry chicken in big pot (sort of) until.......................

The story began like this....

We went in a group of 10 persons and we were ushered to the 1st floor since downstair was fully occupied already.

1) We waited nearly 45mins to get our first dish of nasi ayam served. Each time the waiter can only take two plates of nasi ayam on his tray and use that spiral staircase climbing up to 1st floor. When the first 4 of us had finished up their nasi ayam, the rest 6 of us were still waiting for our nasi ayam. [Why not they invest on a lift-type kinda system to tranport their dishes up? even a manual pulling-rope type is GOOD enough to serve the purpose! ]

2) Iced milk tea is priced at RM1.80 but the glass size is like our old time hawker's soya milk that type of small glass. Our first glass of drink was served after waiting for ~20 mins, somemore it's a very thin milk tea. [Why not they use a larger size glass? if smaller glass pls bancuh thicker lah.]


3) Our takeaway order came before our dine-in orders. The take-away nasi ayam which was nicely packed was sitting on our table for ~ 15 mins before our 1st dish of nasi ayam came. [This is simply ridiculous! Don't know who to blame to?!]


4) In between the 4th dish and the 10th dish of nasi ayam served on our table, we detected the waiters were serving three dishes of nasi ayam to the next table who came after us and ordered after us. There is an online system for the waiters to key in orders but then the management couldn't control on the accurate serving sequence. They already kelam- kabut with so many customers rushed in during Friday lunch hour. [They must allocate a supervisor on upper floor too!]


5) We ordered 9x 'madu' and 1x 'panggang' one, it ended up all were served 'madu' one. We simply couldn't afford to return you the 'madu' to exchange for 'panggang' one anymore as we've spent nearly 1 hour of sitting-and-waiting in here already! [Again, the management needs to control and ensure accuracy and speed in serving.]


LUCKILY the waiters although inexperienced, polite still.


Let you see the Milk Tea @ RM1.80+ .



Nice packaging uh?! Take away packaging was charged @ RM1.00+ each. :)



Nasi Ayam Madu (RM5.50+)

Sauce on the chicken was really not bad though! The soup and the chilli sauce were good too.

The chicken breast sooooooooooooooo like that, HARD and DRY! 'siap-siap' one. Perhaps next time we gotto specify 'boey bak' portion uh?! but then I wonder if such request will be entertained?!

Reasonably priced. 5% service charge applies.

Monrods Kitchen1-67, D'Piazza Mall,
Persiaran Mahsuri, Bayan Baru,
11920 Bayan Lepas, Penang.
Tel : 04-6307136 Fax:04-6307133

老房子 Old House Cafe Vegetarian Set

老房子 Old House Cafe @ Kimberley Street

My dining experience last Thursday at the Old House Cafe was a rather pleasant one. The service was pretty OK. I didn't face any problems e.g. confronting waiters who would never serve you the cili padi or drinks even after repeated reminders being made (that's what my colleagues encountered on last Sunday).

I was actually having lower expectation for cafe kinda food but the dishes that we ordered turned out to be rather OK despite the higher price range.

Take note on the table. Focus on the leg space area under the table. It gonna be not so convenient or comfortable for people sitting at sideway. Where you gonna stretch your legs uh?

Old House Braised Meat with Rice 滷肉飯 (RM7.50 nett).


Serving is big. This is good for those who are carnivorous! :)

Old House Vegetarian Set 素食套餐 (RM12.00 nett)

It comes with vegetarian duck, mushroom, vegetarian lor bak, vegetarian curry chicken and simmered cabbage. I was satisfied with each type of ingredients, not too bad lah!

Before I started eating, I thought,"Aiyoh, enough or not har? must add rice or not leh later?" but at the end, I was totally FULL.

Pink Guava 番石榴 (RM2.50 nett) & Lor Han Guo 羅漢果 (RM1.50 nett) .

Drinks were reasonably priced compared to the ala carte dishes. I particularly like this thick glass which has handle at the side. :)

Some shots of the menu.

Old House Cafe (老房子)
Add : 145-153, Kimberley Street, 10100 Penang.
Tel : 04-2622113

Business Hours : 12pm - 3pm, 6 pm - 10.30pm

George Town White Coffee Beh Khi leh!

George Town White Coffee @ Komtar


No doubt the ambience is very comfy and cozy but....

I did not care about how bad the reviews were on the food for the past few months but from the verdict of this dining experience on one of the weekdays (last week), it's simply not worth my second visit unless going for a drink.

Hainanese Fried Mee (RM8.90+) - A serving size same like hawker stall, with 2x prawns, 2x to 3x fish cakes and a few vege slices, tasted too sweet for me. Why should we spend here then?

Chicken Porridge (RM7.90+) - It's not comparable at all to the porridge offered at Mr Pot @ RM6.60 nett nor Roti Bakar Kopitiam fish porridge @ 6.20 nett one. Somemore this price of RM7.90 is for chicken, not fish. The porridge is teo chew 'rice' porridge type with peanuts and ikan bilis. The ikan bilis is not crispy enough and seemed to be starchy after continuous chewing.

Apollo Float (RM4.80 +) - ice cream plus roti?! Ice cream is ice cream, roti is roti. What's that?! *OMG!*

George Town White Coffee

No.1, COncourse 1.01 Komtar,

10000, Georgetown, Penang.

Tel : 04-2616699, Fax : 04-2618699

@ The Sun : Set Lunch Part

Spring Chamber Restaurant @ The Sun, Macalister Road.

The Sun 4-course-set lunch is priced at RM28 NETT.

It's SUNDAY and yet set lunch is available! Main course alone costs you RM18.

Complimentary drink. Small glass of mango sparkling. Super good ah!


Appetizer : French bean tuna salad with potato. For me, I think I've made a right choice by choosing this compared to the below onion soup. :) I particularly like the way they blended the tuna so well together with the salad. It won't be too greenish raw nor merely mayo-creamy.


Appetizer : Homemade French Onion Soup. The soup is very watery plain. Not impressed.

Grilled chicken mushroom sauce served with potato wedges and saute vegetables. We personally favour this chicken set more if compared to the lamb set below. The mushroom taste in the sauce is super rich!


Grilled lamb loin mustard sauce served with mashed potato and saute vegetables. Three pieces of grilled lambs like this definitely is considered a reasonable to big serving! I personally like its medium cooked texture but yet I got to let go some chewy parts.

Pan Fried Salmon Paprika cream sauce- the third choice available in the menu. No idea how it gonna taste like. I gotto wait for you to review then.

Dessert wise, I think it's not comparable to The Opera one. They are something that neither will we make a "O'-shaped lips nor "WOW!" at it when it's serve in front of you.

See it to believe it dear!

Mango cake with coulis and fresh fruits.

White chocolate tart with fruits.

Ice Lemon tea and Peach tea. Normal only.

I couldn't help but comparing this The Sun set lunch to the Opera Set Lunch.

The Opera :

Price @ RM18 + = RM19.80 nett. (WIN!)

Not available on Sunday.

No before-meal complimentary sparkling drink.

No choice on appetizer and dessert. Fixed. Two choices on main course.

Iced lemon tea is very impressive! (WIN!)

Main course serving size is smaller.

Main course is good, no matter which you choose! (WIN!)

Dessert is very outstanding! (WIN!)

@ The Sun :

Price @ RM28 nett.

Available on Sunday. (WIN!)

Serve very good before-meal complimentary sparkling drink (WIN!)

Got choices on appetizer and dessert. Three choices on main course (WIN!)

Iced lemon tea is normal.

Main course serving size is bigger (WIN!)

Main course is less impressive!
Dessert is less attractive.

OK, judge yourself! :)

At The Sun Sdn. Bhd.
Sun Yat-Sen Centre,
65, Macalister Road,10400 Penang.
Tel :604-2265181

The Sun : Deco Part

The Sun @ Macalister Road

It's inside the compound of The Sun Yat Sen Center.

Park your car inside and get your ticket 'chop'-ed to waive parking fees.

Beautiful table setting.

The spoons, knives and forks are all HEAVY one oh ! Mai siao siao! :)

I found that any interior walls painted with this type of green+dark choco colour will make the whole interior deco looks very modern, classic and yet CHIO!

The dining area can accomodate about 10 tables in which three of them are for big groups (6-8pax).

Follow me to explore.....

Ladies vs Gents

Ladies, don't you think this is lovely? Creative antique uh?!

Gentlemen - you need not envy, you can find similarity in yours too. :p