1013 Vegetarian

金瓜百香果 Pumpkin Passion Fruit Salad

Yummy! Pumpkin Passion Fruit Salad. They are pickled in sugar + lime juice, making this a really good appetizer. It came along with set lunch we ordered in Cafe 1013 Vegetarian Restaurant at Bayan Baru.

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32.3% Score for This Restaurant

323 Seafood, Pantai Bersih, Penang, Malaysia

Previously, we visited a seafood restaurant at Pantai BersihLobster Village. It had only a few customers that time and  made us worry at first but turned out to be a good experience. Thinking of trying other restaurants there, we visited 323 Seafood Restaurant this time.

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Journey to Healthy Food

旅人河粉 J2L Hor Fun

Finally, a vegetarian Hor Fun (a.k.a 旅人河粉 J2L Hor Fun @ RM8.90) with Wok Hey (elusive flavour from hot and seasoned wok) . Moreover, it was topped with organic vegetables. This is just one of the specialities from low-profile vegetarian restaurant at Queensbay Penang旅人 Journey2Life.

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Great place for sunset

龙虾村海鲜 Lobster Village, Pantai Bersih, Penang, Malaysia

Ouch! We were a bit late for the sunset. The big red sun just disappeared from the horizon the moment we arrived at Lobster Village Seafood Restaurant at Pantai Bersih. Figure above shows the picture taken from the restaurant. The island on the left is the Penang island.

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Homecook Dishes in Georgetown

Kang Kong with Shrimp Sauce 咸虾蕹菜

Kang Kong with Shrimp Sauce 咸虾蕹菜 (RM6.00), a specialty you hardly found in any restaurant. Kang Kong was blanched and topped with unique salty dried shrimp paste… my first encounter at Heng Kee/Hing Kee 兴记 restaurant at China Street, Georgetown, Penang.

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Indian vegetarian by donation

Annalakshmi, Off Barrack Road, Penang, Malaysia

“We would like to order… eh… uh…?”. It was an embarrassing moment when we were uncertain of most Indian food names on the menu. Fortunately the friendly host walked back to kitchen and randomly selected few items for us. The arrangement was great and the food tasted good.

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Where is my chips?

O'Briens Classic Tripledecker

O’Briens Classic Tripledecker at a promotional price of RM10. It consists of 4 triple layer sandwich. Tasted good especially with the addition of chicken crisp in it… but wait… where is my chips?

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Do you really need an order kiosk?

House of Kolomee, D'Piazza, Bayan Baru, Penang

Self-service ordering system and a counter LED as seen in public service offices. Basically you queue up in front of that touch-screen monitor, enter food orders, took number, wait your number to be called, take food, eat, and finally pay at the counter before leaving. Question is: Do you really need this system in a small restaurant?

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How expensive can a porridge be?

Instant Noodle with Mixed Seafood (RM12.00)

Guess how much is this bowl of seafood instant noodle came with Chinese Silver Pomfret (Tao Tay), two fish balls, two bird eggs, and fish maws? This bowl of seafood was ordered at Joo Leong Cafe 裕隆茶室 at Sungai Tiram (see answer below).

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New Pizza shop near USM

New York Signature

Yummy! Chicken pepperoni with cubes, topped with pineapple, mushroom, capsicum, tomato, onion, and of course – cheese. This is New York Signature pizza from newly opened New York Pizza at Yellow House, Sungai Dua, Penang. From now until 15-Jul-2012, get 2 regular pizza, 4 pcs chicken wings and garlic breads at RM35.

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