Archive for the ‘Eating places’ Category

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 [...]

Yaw’s Roast & Grill (formerly Top Top Restaurant)

My son took us to this place hidden amongst the residential houses in Midlands. It is near the Jalan Kelawai, Gurney Plaza side. It turned out to be the former Top Top Restaurant. Long before we have TGIF, Chilli’s or even KFC and McD, we have Top Top, Tip Top and Eden in Penang. These [...]

Eating pan mee rituals (Pan Mee from Air Putih morning market)

There is a nice pan mee stall at the Jalan Air Putih morning market. It is located in one of the coffeeshops. Jalan Air Putih is off Jalan Air Itam. Long time ago, this gentleman used to sell pan mee in Bayan Baru. Normally, I like my pan mee in the crude and rough way, [...]