Auntie Gaik Lean's Nyonya Food

Father's day around the corner. We decided to treat our father with his favourite food - Nyonya style meal. In Penang, it is not uncommon to find many Nyonya style restaurant especially around heritage area. Many of these food outlet are serving equally delicious and authentic Nyonya food which can't find any where else in this planet :)

We had chosen Auntie Gaik Lean's cooking today, which located near Lebuh Bishop, near Georgetown area. The restaurant decoration is full of nolstalgic items like old bicycle, bikes, lamps etc. It is very hard not to notice this unique place beside the main road.

The food is awesome, to us its almost on-par to my grandmother's cooking :p and best of all, my family likes the dishes and they had enjoy this meal together.

Here is what we had ordered:-

Loh Bak - Crispy fritters with chicken/pork mixture served with special Chilli source. Must Try! It was served hot right after it is ready. 

Otak-Otak - famous fish cakes. We can still see the fish flakes inside this dish as we dig in. Something that we don't get if ordered in other places.

Prawn cooked with Asam - sweet and sour taste with prawns served with Sambal. The prawns are fresh!

Fried Chicken Nyonya Style - crunchy and flavourful. Its extra tasteful with the dip sauce.

Chicken with bitter guard - tastefully prepared with carrots slices.

Goo Leng Peng - Sweet drinks mix with milk. My favourite drink since childhood.

Overall, the food is great and served in 10 mins after ordered. I definitely will come back to try out other dishes like curry fish, kerabu rice, any mor chip chicken and many more....

P/S: I had lost my receipt but overall these set of meals cost only RM120 + which is value for money.

More info: http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/Restaurant_Review-g660694-d4992326-Reviews-Auntie_Gaik_Lean_s-Penang_Island_Penang.html

Enjoy!

Hot day dessert - Coconut Jelly

Recently the weather has turn from rainy day to really really hot day.  It has come to a stage where you may find yourself start sweating right after you step out from the shower.

Other than air conditioning and ice drinks, there is one dessert that definitely will cool you down. Atleast I find it works (for now) :)

It is Coconut Jelly, a dessert start popular few years back and now still going strong especially under such hot weather. I remember I would go together with my colleagues to takeaway atleast 20-30 of these back to office after lunch time back in those days.

The shop is located near georgetown Time Square along the old shop houses.

These coconut are relatively smaller than normal and its content is scooped out to replace by Jelly made from coconut water which is not too sweet. Just nice.

It is best served in chilled condition.

For more info about the location and other friend's feedback, can goto 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joez-Coconut-Jelly

Enjoy! 

Malaysian Style Breakfast - Roti Canai

Breakfast in Malaysia, or typically Penang are of many choices. One of it is mamak style roti canai which is my all time favourite since childhood. This Saturday morning, we decided to go to Transfer Road for the ever famous roti since decades ago.

It is not a restaurant, but an authentic stalls by a busy road side, a true Penangites style. :) Customer would park their vehicles opposite road, or just next to the stalls. Mostly they come in motorcycles as parking space are limited.

The owner of the stall are preparing the food at the stove setup outside as well. As you may noticed, they are preparing more than 5 roti at once for customer, their business is good.

We decided to get Roti Telur (roti with eggs) and chicken curry. The taste is superb and filling. 

Of course, not to forget our favourite drinks - Teh Tarik (Pull Tea). Its abit sweeter than my likings though.

Overall, the food is nice and authentic. There are other choices like murtabak, roti bengali, half boiled egg etc. It is very nolstagic to me and definitely will come again soon.

Enjoy!

Koay Teow Teng - Noodle Soup

This is my favourite noodle soup that I used to have ever since I was a child.  There are quite a numbers of famous stalls selling this around my hometown Penang, Malaysia. Each stalls has its unique taste of the soup, the combination of the garnishing to the width of the noodle itself.

It is basically a clear soup served with noodles, chicken/pork/duck meat, fish/meatballs, and green onion. The base of the soup can also be chicken stocks or pork, or even duck. Its how the seller put all these ingredient together that makes it stand out and delicious.

One particular stalls that I love to visit for breakfast during weekend is at Pulau Tikus market place.

Here is closer look to what is in my bowl of happiness during breakfast :) The serving is just nice for a light breakfast.

Additionally, if you feel like you want to have a dessert after this savoury noodles. Best recommendation is to have this soya bean pudding or Douhua with dark sugar syrup. The taste is divine. :) Smooth texture, freshly prepared daily..........I feel like I want to have a bowl right now just by thinking of it.

If you would like to go try out these delicious delicacy of Penang where mostly only locals knows the place, you can follow the direction below
http://www.penang-traveltips.com/pulau-tikus-market-hawker-centre.htm

Enjoy!
Bon Appetite~

Relish @ Gurney Paragon

Relish Restaurant is our choice of today to have our Sunday lunch. It is a true Malaysian's food outlet where it serves combination of Malaysian delicacies including curries, nasi lemak and chendol etc.

Restaurant is located at Gurney Paragon 2nd floor, outside the mall. The restaurant atmosphere is very pleasant with colourful designs.

We had ordered the famous dish - Nasi Ulam with Ayam Percik, which is a combination of Nyonya delights and Malay's. I can say this dish tasted delicious and flavourful. Like it.

Cost MYR21.90

Second dish is Nasi Kunyit with Curry Chicken. This curry dish is really hitting all the right notes of our taste bud. Not too spicy and also very "lemak". :)

Cost MYR14.90

Then dessert is serve with Durian ice cream which is typically what Penangites likes the most. This one is a combination of durian flavour ice cream, chendol, gula melaka and a lot of red beans etc. 

Cost MYR9.90

Overall, the food is delicious. Service is good and fast.

I would recommend this to traveler who want to try out authentic Penang food to this restaurant.

Enjoy!

Cheers from Teddies~

Address:-

RELISH Gurney Paragon

Lot L2.33A & al-Fresco Area, Level 2

Gurney Paragon Mall

Persiaran Gurney

10250 Penang

Tel/Fax: 604-218 9216