David Brown Restaurant, Penang Hill

I was having a fruitful great weekend with my friends...

I was having my 1.5 hours hike from Botanical Garden up to Penang Hill, we had a wonderful breakfast at David Brown Restaurant.

Nice view:

The kids are happily enjoying their time there too....

There comes our hi-tea set...There were sandwiches, scones, apple pies and some baguette with ham.... 

The dining area inside David Brown restaurant...

It's a great place if you would like to overview Penang. It has the Lounge where you may enjoy your cocktail or wine while enjoying the panaroma view of Penang island...the relish appreciation of the nature...

Wu Jia Chinese Cuisine; Penang

For those who would like to try Chinese dishes, you can try this at Pekaka area, Sungai Dua...

This shop used to be a vegetarian shop. Now it has taken over by Wu Jia Chinese Cuisine.

The recommended dish by the chef is their Curry Prawn..

And we had a try, u know what..it's simply delicious...!! The price is quite reasonable, only RM30.00, medium portion.

The next yummy dish is the Nutmeg chicken coated with mayonnaise.

RM15.00

They marinated the chicken meat with nutmeg. Then, deep fried it and coat it with mayonnaise. The chicken meat is tender and the coating is just thick enough.

We ordered Asparagus stir fried with garlic. It was a simple and a good dish.

Next dish was quite special. It's ...Fish cook with yam in a claypot...

RM37.00

The stir-fried vegetables with century eggs...

the Omelette with carrot and spring onions....

This is the broccoli with mushrooms..

Address:

11, Lebuh Pekaka 1, Gelugor, Penang 11700

Chinese Restaurant, Coffee Shop

Restaurant KGCR Mikuriya Station

Thanks to my friend to recommend this restaurant to me.

We always find it hard to find a good place with air-conditioned restaurant in Kulim during lunch hour. You may find this Restaurant KGCR Mikuriya Station in the Kulim Golf & Country Resort Clubhouse (KGCR) itself. You might wonder how does this Mikuriya name comes from? The name Mikuriya Station actually comes from the railway station in Japan: Nagasaki & Tottori.

They have this Express Set Lunch served with RM14.80/set. This include 1 fish dish with 1 type of vegetable of the day with unlimited rice.

They have 5 different types of sauce and cooking style for the Tilapia fish…We ordered every of the sets to try out together.

*The Spicy Nyonya style steamed Tilapia fish with add-on of vegetable.The sauce has the turmeric with garlic and chilis. It is not too spicy and too aromatic for me…

*I prefer the Steamed Fish with some garlic. It’s just a simple sauce with steaming of the fish yet it’s quite good.

*Another good one is the Sweet and sour tilapia fish.

*Those who like spicy one can choose the Spicy kampong style curry fish, catfish.

*For those that cannot take too spicy dish, can try the Deep-fried Tilapia fish Set.

We had the boiled Celery with garlic as well.

It's quite worth the price, with the size of the dish...

My suggestion is to call for booking 15minutes before you reach.

The opening hour:

Monday - Friday 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m : Set lunch

6.00 p.m - 9.30 p.m. : A La Carte

Sunday 11.00 a.m - 2.30 p.m / 6.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. : A La Carte

Contact no. : 011-10710710

If you are looking for vegetarian food, i would suggest you come to Quay Cafe.

The food here are quite good. The Laksa is delicious. Others dishes like the Nasi Lemak, Char Hor Fun are quite good too.

You can locate this Quay Cafe here:

2,Church Street Ghaut,

10300 Penang.Business hour: 11.00a.m. till 2.30p.m.

Closed on Saturday

Every 1st and 15th of Lunar Calendar, business hour is 11.00a.m. till 8.30p.m.

Contact number: +012-403 6659

Penang Food Heritage 2011

Thanks to Vin for inviting me to join the Penang Heritage Food Trail 2011 which is organized by YourFoodReview.com. It's been a pleasure to be in it.

We get to explore the Penang novel restaurant within Georgetown UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Moreover, I had the chance to meet other penang bloggers there as well.

We get to dine and taste their dishes.

And the more excited part is there were reality game show where we need to dare other participants to earn points. The one who has the most points will get the HTC Wildfire S.

I do enjoyed our dining at both restaurants as i only joined at one of the episode. For more details about our experience, please refer to my previous posts about Cafe 55 and Nolstagie.

Nolstagie Cafe and Boutique Hotel, Penang

The next station for the Penang Heritage Food trails is the Nolstagie Cafe & Boutique Hotel, along Stewart Lane as well. It is within the project George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It was good that they reburbish the building while preserving the heritage kinda structure that Penang is famous for as 'Penang Heritage City'. It has those neo-classical architecture that resembles the origin of the Pearl of Orient.

It was a great concept of business that it has Restaurant and Hotel rooms on the top floor. This is convenient for their hotel guests to enjoy good food as well.

The ambience is definately resembles the classic old houses; indeed it's a nice place to bring friends or family members for chit-chatting.

It has another corner with some comfy chairs at the second living hall. It has also an open-air in the center of the house as to ensure good air circulation around the house.

Pizza Chicken and Feto RM28.

It is thin crust with basil pesto,cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and feta cheese.

This is Chicken and Basil Pesto Fettuccine RM21. Its cooked with virgin olive oil. Additionally it is served with pan-fried chicken breast and some cherry tomatoes.

The pizza has lotsa topping with the fresh shrimps. Its filled with mozzarella, tomato sauce and tops with some fresh basil leaves.

Prawns and Chilis RM30.

Spaghetti Marinara with Prawns RM24.

Capturing my interest was the pan-fried fresh prawns that are cooked with marinara sauce and topped with cheese. You might wonder what is marinara sauce. It is a southern Italian tomato sauce which the ingredient are usually the tomatoes, garlic, herbs and onion.

It is satisfying to have the meal with chilled juice, such as the Cranberry Longan RM9.

For coffee lover, you may order the Iced Café Latte RM7. They do have others as well, likewise the Espresso Double Shot, Capuccino, Iced Mocha. If you like the local coffee, they do have the Kopi O and the White Coffee to be served either hot or cold.

Most of us will wait for the best part, the dessert. We had their mastery recipe of the Carrot Cake filled with toasted walnuts and raisins, coated with cream cheese frosting.

Come and feel the ambience yourself.

The address:

Address: 34 Lorong Stewart, 10200 Penang, Malaysia
Phone : 604-2610977
Opening Hours: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm (close on Thursdays)

Coffee Atelier : 55 Cafe & Restaurant at Stewart Lane

I was one of the lucky one to be able to join the Penang Heritage Food Trail. We had a great chance to have our food review at the Coffee Atelier situated at Stewart Lane. I had wanted to try the meal at this café which used to be known as Kopi Cine before this ; when I passed by during the Canon Marathon last year.

I had a great start on my Saturday lunch, being greeted by the organizer Vin Lim and of course the friendly lady boss from Hong Kong named Lorita. We were brief first by the Outlet Manager, John about the Coffee Atelier origin.

One must be wondering why is it name as Atelier? What does it mean? It defines the french words for workshop. This relates to the collection of the 5 interlinked shophouses which ranges from Cafe to Coffee Museum to Art Gallery and Boutique Hotel. this Coffee Atelier was bought over by the Gehrig’s couple, Stefan Gehrig & Lorina. The idea is indeed a good concept of preserving the Penang heritage culture.

When we step in 55 Café & Restaurant, I had a homey feeling as if I’m back to my old house. Mediterranean dishes were serves here.

First of all, we had our Appetizer of the Cold Cut Platter consist of the fresh salami, French ham, smoked pork rib eye, meat balls as the main ones, with some side dishes of the pickles and some bread to eat with. The slices of the salami and ham were cut just at the right thickness for the bread bites.

Next is the Cheese platter. Those who are familiar with cheese will know. It has Gruyer, Emmentaler, Brie and Gorgonzola. This normally comes together with pickles and bread as well.

A nice corner for chit chatting.

Of course, never forget the Spanish dish, Tapas. They serves Cold and Hot Tapas. This time we tried the Hot Tapas called Gambas Aljillo. It has big fresh shrimp cooked with turmeric, dried chillis and thin slices of garlic, sprinkled with some bean sprout on top. It was somewhat I would describe as delectable. You should try, it’s sure a mouth watering dish. RM16

And also the Albondigas con Salsa de Tomato. A mouthful of the pork meatball gives a tantalizing taste of satisfaction. Good combination with some white raddish and peppery as the toppings. This costs RM13.

Next one is called Gambas Capane. It's was crispy bread wrapped with shrimp which gives a zesty feeling.

Grilled Eggplant could be a favourite dish for those who like brinjals. It’s flavoured with some basils and some slight spicy taste at the end.

Next is the strong tasting of the Champignons which are stewed with whole piece of Garlics and tomato sauce.

Pastas pastas is next. We had the Carbonara Spaghetti filled with bacon, mushroom egg and parmesan cheese. I bet you, with just the first mouthful, you could feel the tasteful creamy feeling. It’s just lip-smacking…and the price is reasonable, just RM24.

Next is the Aglio Olio Spaghetti which served with smoked salmon, extra virgin olive oil , some garic chips and parsley. The fresh salmon gives the extra point for this.

The next unique one is called Al Gorgonzola Penne with Rucola salad and mini tomatoes. It’s quite a rich pasta dish with the more known as the blue cheese in the sauce. It’s quite worth to try with some extra gain on the calories. However, not to worry, you could order this as a sharing for maybe 4 pax.

Good choice for vegetarian, you may order Siciliana Spaghetti. It’s cooked with Eggplant, onions,basils in tomato sauce, with some parmesan cheese on the top.

They do serves varieties of Coffees, Tea and other beverages.

We had a try on their Long Black, Café Latte, Café Mocha. It was aromatic.

They do serves the signature coffee from Kim Guan Coffee beans as well.

Accompanying with savory desserts are the best.

Pudding with Apple filling.

We are pleased to have a tour around the boutique hotel as well.

The Cafe is number 55, then the Coffee Museum at 53, Art Gallery at 51 and for 49 & 47 are the Boutique Hotel.

For more information, you may log in to:

Coffee Atelier

47-55 Lorong Stewart

Georgetown

10300 Penang

Website: www.coffeeatelier.com

Contact number: +604 261 2261