Gourmet Garden

Song River is located right smack on Gurney Drive, just a few doors up from Evergreen Hotel. We usually don’t patronise the place but because of its grilled fish, we have put in some time to try the other hawker stalls and their offerings available for the dinner and late night crowd. Charcoal grilled chicken parts are one of the attraction in Song River, especially for the beer drinkers and those looking something snack on while they chit chat. So far our favourites are the chicken wings and... (more...)

Last Thursday we were given the opportunity to scoop for a better understanding of Hard Rock Cafe, its origins and “culture”, which I would leave for my next post that would be quite tedious to compose in view of the long recording and research that needs to be carried out. Before we go bonkers with all that, let us introduce the ‘Set Lunch menus that will be launched this coming Monday. The sampling of some of the main courses available in the set lunch menus was part of our... (more...)

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Since our last review of Haven Delights we have not been back there ever since, but we have heard certain restructuring and changes that were done to the restaurant. Recently the owner of Haven Delights has finally closed down the business unit in Penang Times Square and opened a new restaurant in Gurney Plaza where Ko Fu Loft used to be. The new restaurant is named ‘小南国‘ or directly translated to  ’Little South Country’ after one of a quite well known restaurants in China. The... (more...)

A month or ago we noticed that there was a new nasi lemak stall located just in front of Sunrise Tower McD at Gurney Drive Hawker Center. At last we managed to try out the nasi lemak and fried chicken from the stall. The price ranges from RM1.00 to RM3.50 and the price of their fried chicken is RM2.50 per piece. The nasi or rice is steam and kept wram in a wooden bucket on top of some hot water. The fried chicken is fresh prepared and the taste is about 85% near to the taste of the Original... (more...)

On the fourth day of our Hong Kong trip we headed to Yuen Long (元朗) to look for Hugo Lam’s restaurant and also to soak in some of the old architecture that was left behind in the area. It tooks us 3 train rides and lots of walking to only see some of the places that was on the list. One hundred year old temple. Ping Shan Herritage Trail that brought us to many old Ching dynasty buildings that were still left standing. Looks like the haunted houses in the old Chinese vampire... (more...)

Too many backlogs! This was trip to Kluang that we had to take for a friends wedding. We drove all the way down and took us about 6 to 7 hours. Never the less we enjoyed every bit of the short excursion as we were able to sample food in Kluang and Muar. The day after the wedding dinner, we went to Kluang RailCoffee to sample their ‘kopi’ and specialties. We have actually seen a similar brand before in ‘The Curve’ in Damansara, thus was skeptical on what it could offer to... (more...)

If you are ever in the vicinity of our vibrant Chowrasta Market in Georgetown, you might want to pay ‘Kedai Kopi Soon Yuen’ a visit. Late last Sunday morning we chance upon a Koay Teow Th’ng stall that operates in that particular coffee shop. We have passed by this shop numerous of times and we didn’t thought much of what can be uncovered from this place. We were really wrong to have the perception. At Soon Yuen, one could find the branch of the famous Macalister Lane Chee... (more...)

Lameizi has been in operations for the past 3 plus years but we were only introduced to them late last year, and from then they have been one of our hot pot haunts when we feel bored of other food. We are no longer at the age where we can gorge on ‘quantity’ and ‘artificial’ food at the local steamboat buffets that offer a one price eat all you can dining. We now look for places where we can enjoy quality food with less hassle and affordable but not dirt cheap price range. We... (more...)

After hearing much hype of the Town Steamboat in Macalister Road, we finally made a point at least try out the place for once. I guess we will stick to our favourite steamboat spot for now although it is not eat-all-you-can type buffet. May be if we were younger Town Steamboat would have appealed to us more, some how with age the ‘tangki’ grow smaller. There are a selection of soup bases to choose for the steamboat, and one would be able to enjoy two at one seating. It is a buffet steamboat... (more...)

We were celebrating post Mother’s Day with Gill’s mom at La Mei Zhi. We are early so I decided to go for a cup of coffee at siTigun, which has been much blog of by many bloggers in Penang. A cup of single shot espresso is only RM 3.80, quite a reasonable price considering the average cost of espresso is around RM0.50 or so, actual cost will depend on the grade and quality. The coffee is quite aromatic and flavourful with hints of chocolate, sweetness and with a slight sour finish. They... (more...)

There is a new franchise in Gurney Plaza, Chicago Ribs House(CRH) is the name. It is under the same umbrella group for Tony Romas’ franchise in Malaysia who also brought us ‘The Manhattan Fish Market’. Actually CRH is nothing new to Penang, it was previously housed in the building behind McDonalds in Juru Autocity in Penang. The unit in Gurney Plaza is more like moving house rather than new setup. Before this visit we already heard and read of some no so positive comments on the... (more...)