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Once a while we will see someone made the biggest cake to share with hundred of people, but how big a person can handle with a burger? Brad Sciullo managed to finish 15 pounds (6.8kg) cheese burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania recently.
 泡菜 Kimchi |
 Kimchi Fried Rice |
Located opposite of Penang Chinese Girl Schools is a korean restaurant called Arirang. Compared to Japanese restaurants, Korean restaurants are fewer in Penang. Korean food is famous with its kimchi (a.k.a gimchi/kimchee). It is usually made of Chinese cabbage (baechu in Korea or 大白菜 in Chinese) stuffed with various seasonings. It is rich in fiber and vitamin C while low in calories. It tastes sour and little spicy. Some locals, however, may not able to cater for the taste.
 琵琶鸭 Pi Pa Duck |
 烧鸭腿面 Roasted Duck Drumstick Noodle |
“Chu Yoke Weng” is a real Chinese martial art character under a famous sifu called Huang Fei Hong (黄飞鸿). Initially he is a butcher selling pork. In Penang, however, you can see a restaurant with his name and surprising their main dish is Pi Pa Duck. It is located at Jalan Pekaka (opposite to Tesco Extra) and is called 猪肉荣琵琶鸭专卖店 in Chinese.
 干炒莺鸯 |
 龙眼水 Longan Drink |
Each week I spend one evening jogging at Air Itam Dam. When traveling back to home, I usually have my dinner at Nan Shan Coffee Shop (南山咖啡店) at Paya Terubong (垄尾). There are many coffee shops in Paya Terubong but I prefer this place as it is more hygiene with easy and free parking.
When my friend in KL told me that they had lunch at “FISH MARKET” more than a year ago, I though they were having seafood in wet market where people selling fishes :??? . I only found out that it is a western restaurant with specialties on fishes after an outlet is opened in Queensbay Mall, Penang.
Flame Platter for One
One of its specialties is the Flame Platter (RM25.90++), which is served with fish fillet, prawns, french fries, and fragrant rice. The staff will bring along a torch flame and BBQ the cheese on top of the prawns in front of you. Kind of smokey though but is a good dish to order for first time visit. There are Flame Platter for Two/Four as well.
 Alaska Pollock and Chip |
 Sweet Alabama Smoothie |
 Hot Chocolate |
Not all people can afford the meals there. Some people will most probably order Fish and Chip (RM15.90 ++), which is the cheapest main course. The smoothies are also cost about RM8.90 ++. The price has increased RM1.00 during my last visit in October 2008. Even the hot chocolate (which taste like Milo) and mineral water also cost RM6.90++ and RM2.90++ respectively.
 Baked Fish In Garden Herbs |
 Garlic, Chili, and Tartar Sauces |
 Fried Country Mushroom |
If you don’t like french fries, there is a healthier dish good to try – Baked Fish In Garden Herbs (RM19.90++). The boneless fillet is baked in aluminium wrapper with herb. Kind of like local “ikan bakar” style but the quality is there. The homemade sauces which consist of garlic, tartar, and chili sauces are good. For starter, Fried Country Mushroom (RM9.90++) is worth trying. Recently, the 6 pieces juicy mushrooms have been recently sliced into smaller chunks and fried into golden color. Good thing is the dish looks become “bigger”. Bad thing is that there is more flours used, which made me feel like I am eating flour more than the mushroom itself. I still prefer the good old 6 full pieces mushroom style.
As a whole, even though MFM is not an everyday’s restaurant, it is worth trying if you really like fishes or undergoing certain events. There are now 3 outlets in Penang – Autocity, Queensbay Mall, and New World Park. Its website is not Firefox-friendly though.
Food: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Ambient: 3/5
Value: 1/5
Name: Manhattan FISH MARKET
Address: Lot No. LG120, Queensbay Mall, Persiaran Bayan Indah, Bayan Bay, 11900 Penang.
Tel: 04-6461620
Web: www.manhattanfishmarket.com
Tony Rama’s is famous of its steaks but my friend went to Pavilion branch for some set lunches last Friday. Similar to TGIF, the dishes are at expensive side (e.g. rib eye costs about RM50++) and set lunches cost about RM16.90++ each. My friend ordered Rosmary Chicken served with potato soup, bread, and drink.
The french fried is more than the chicken itself.
The soup comes with a pack of biscuits. Wonder it is from Khong Guan or not.
The bread is wrapped in a paper. Kind of unique but my friend feel kind of cheated as 6 of them share 2 breads. Does it mean than one person will entitle only 1/3 of the bread?
Figure above shows ice lemon tea. As a whole, the shop is good for its ribs but not others. The chicken set is too small and there are many options around with this kind of price.
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WTF? You ask. This is streaky pork (五花肉/三层肉) made by my friend. Not so presentable but here’s the ingredient:
五花肉 Streaky pork
大蒜 Garlic
八角 Aniseed
豆油 Soy Sauce
糖 Sugar
盐 Salt
黑胡椒 Black Pepper
绍兴酒 Shaoxing Rice Wine
Again, it is tasty according to her. My family used to make this kind of dish (we called it Black Pepper Pork) but without the addition of rice wine.
My friend lastly proudly shown her homemade peanut soup, which claimed to be delicious:
It is made of the following ingredients:
花生 Peanut
红枣 Red Date
莲藕 Lotus
贻贝干 Dried Mussel
排骨 Pork Rib
According to her, adding dried mussel greatly improve the taste of the soup. You may try it out one day. Any question kindly drop a comment here. Thanks.
This is my first time writing a food review not physically consumed by me. Anyway, here it goes.
My friend went to Melaka last weekend for business trip (actually is her husband… she just went for kepoh) . When going to Melaka, visitors like to try their chicken rice ball and satay celuk. The different between normal and rice ball is on the rice itself, in which it was made into round shape. There is a story in which busy workers in ancient time used to slot in a piece of chicken into the ball so that they can carry them around and consume it easily. Kind of like “Chinese” sushi.
There are many chicken rice ball shops in Melaka nowadays and you may need to queue up in the famous one. Since one of the famous shop is closed, my friend went to another shop and had bad experience on it.. so she complained, complained, and complained…..
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Chicken rice ball
First of all, the chicken rice ball is tasteless.
Quarter of Steamed + Roasted Chicken
Secondly, the steamed and roasted chickens (RM7.00 per quarter) are not tender and the texture is not nice.
Lime Juice
Thirdly, the shop is kind of commercialized (e.g. like Chicken Rice Shop), which is lacking of a “local” feel.
Fourthly, the price is expensive (e.g. Bean Sprout = RM5.00).
Fifthly, half chicken for 2 persons….. IMHO, I don’t think this is an issue. Once I even ordered half chicken in Nandos personally.
;))
As a whole, this shop is not recommended by my friend. There is a similar article about chicken rice ball in Melaka here and the blogger had the same opinion as well.
Restoran Famosa Chicken Rice Balls
No. 28-30, Jalan Hang Kasturi,
Off Jonker Street, 75200 Melaka.
Tel: +606-2860121
Fax: +606-2824595
Located at a business center namely Kristal Point, when El Mondo Pizza restaurant was first opened in September 2007, I visited the place and ordered their specialty – El Mondo Special (RM20.90 Net) which is wooden baked. It has rich topping and thin base which make it a better choice compared to one of the popular pizza chain restaurants here.
El Mondo Special
The restaurant at that time is smoky as there is a microwave near the counter used to toast bread for soup of the day. Now, the environment becomes much better and I noticed a Coway air purifier installed next to the door. They also provide western food and set lunch in the menu. Once, they offered set lunch below RM10, which is quite reasonable.
Chicken Chop Set Lunch
The restaurant, however, is not crowded most of the time… perhaps it is due to high competition over there. There are more than 3 western restaurants and another famous pizza restaurant (Domino) opened recently. During lunch time I saw many white collars went for economic (mixed) rice instead, which is fast and of course cheaper. My last visit is on Oct 2008 in which I ordered Fish and Salsa set lunch. At first I thought it is pan fried fish fillet topped with a salsa sauce available in market, but in the end it is fresh tomato chunk with onions and parsley (香菜/欧芹), and served with butter rice. Quite nice but is little small for me. The set lunch comes with vegetable soup, dessert (Tiramisu), and drink (Ice Lemon Tea/Coffee/Tea). It was a Thursday and surprisingly I am the only customer from 12:00PM – 12:45PM.
 Soup of Vegetable |
 Fish and Salsa |
 Tiramisu |
As a whole, in order to attract more customers, El Mondo should revise its menu to make it more attractive. The addition of 10% service tax compared to net price when it initially opened is not everyone’s favourite as well. White collars have limited time for lunch and they prefer cheaper meals during weekday. Also, Kristal Point is well known of its difficultly in finding parking space. With all these factors taking into consideration, El Mondo Pizza can be a successful business.
