Archive for the ‘Eating places’ Category

Chulia Street night hawkers

Chulia Street is one of the main roads in Penang. It connects Penang Road, which is the town area to the jetty and heritage zone. So, traffic is usually very heavy. There are lots of backpacker motels along Chulia Street and hence, it is one of the more interesting street in Penang. At night, a [...]

Yaw’s Grill & Roast best lamb shank

Yaw’s Grill & Roast lamb shank is better than Secret Recipe’s acclaimed lamb shank. It is also tastier, more value for money and much more original than most restaurants. And the best thing is, it is only RM24.90 with huge portion, enough for two small eaters. I have featured Yaw’s Grill & Roast in my [...]

Some fishballs and curry mee at Green Garden/Jalan Sir Ibrahim

It is hard for me to describe the location of this curry mee stall. But if you are one of those motorists who have to go from Lam Wah Ee to Convert Green Lane that side, you will definitely pass this Jalan Sir Ibrahim which is off Jalan Batu Lancang. The curry mee stall is [...]

Frog and eel porridge – Soothing for a cold, stormy night

Penang has been experiencing very stormy evenings these few days. With the focus on the by-elections, it reminds me of March 8th, 2008 when rain pelted down in the evenings and yet, none of us were daunted by the wet weather. I still walked over to the counting centre next door, in the rain, just [...]

Kedai Makanan Song River, Gurney Drive

In Penang, we have so many eating places. Kedai Makanan Song River is one of the oldies and have been around like 30 to 40 years. So, it is not in one of our regular eating places simply because they have been around for too long and there are plenty of newer, brighter and more [...]