Agua Mediterranean Restaurant Penang

On celebrating Mother's Day [first Mother's Day :) ], we went to Straits Quay and have our lunch at Agua. They serve mediterranen cuisine.  I'd the mother's day set which cost at RM68.80 which comes with a starter, main course, dessert and house wine, while my hubby had ala-carte. Overall it's worth the visit. The food was simply scrumptious except the house wine :-) The hospitality was good too with friendly customer service from the waiters. Thanks to my hubby for treating me! Give a try if one is in Penang!

Celebrating 1st Mother's Day with hubby and baby

Tomato Soup with Crouton - good and we feel that this soup can be perfect as the gravy for pasta :-)

House wine (red) - not much to brat ....not to my liking...probably it's merlot

Lemon herb fish fillet ~RM34.90 - This is good! The lemon and herb blended perfectly. The fish meat taste fresh

Medallions Pork (as this the main course of the set but if ala-carte is RM36.90) - This was splendid. The meat was tender and gravy was good. The side dishes that came with it were cube potates wedges and shallots....they were nice too....normally i don't really like potatoes but this time I can finish all the potatoes here... :D

Lemon pie with vanila ice-cream - nice too!

Weissbrau @ Straits Quay Penang

Last weekend we went to Weissbrau, the german restaurant at Straits Quay Penang. It's good to have a few other german restaurants around town as previously there is only Ingolf @ Tj Bungah. I just love the roasted pork knuckle even though it's like a replica of chinese roasted pork. :)



German beer Franziskaner 300ml - There are a few German beer sold in the house but my hubby prefer this 'old man' beer :)



Crispy German Pork Knuckle RM38 - The knuckles was a bit small in size compare to the one i'd in bavarian (the curve). Somehow i still prefer the knuckles from bavarian bierhauss. The skin of this knuckle was not that crispy comparatively but the meat is still tender enough. Here you can choose the 2 sidelines. I'd sauerkraut and roesti (swiss dish - roughly grated potato cook like hash brown style)

 

German sausages with 2 sidelines (buttered grilled vege + spatzle). This pork sausages were good and served with BBQ sauce. Spatzle is a german food and it is a type of egg noodle.

Address:-
Straits Quay,
Lot 3C-G-1, Jalan Sri Tanjung Pinang,
Tanjung Tokong,
10470 Penang.
04-8901810

Restoran Ah Pek Lee Kou Hock @ Sitiawan (near Kg Koh)

On the way back after Pei Yee (my hubby's youngest sister)'s wedding ceremony at Swiss Garden Damai Laut, the whole family stopped by Sitiawan to have seafood lunch. This restaurant was recommended by Pei Yee but she and her hubby was unable to join as they need to fetch the photographer back to Ipoh first. The restaurant is divided into two sections: air-conded and non-airconded. Service was a bit slow probably that's how the restaurant name came about...hehe... It took about 1hr before we get our food even though there were a couple of tables before us only. Food taste was good. The seafood are fresh. Below are some of their specialties besides mudskippers (which we didn't manage to order)

The signature chili sauce from Kg Koh used in the restaurant

Steamed Fresh Squid ('Pak Cheok' style) - fresh and only fresh squid can be steamed this way



Curry Grouper Fish - not to boost about ...just average as the coconut milk is more than the chili...lack of oomph.... :)



Deep-fried Oyster (Or Chen) with egg (without the tapioca flour type) - can taste many small  baby oysters in it

Stir-fry small kai lan - many of us were guessing what vege is this as it doesn't look like kai lan. I feel that it looks more like spinach with more crunchy bite. It's fresh and nice.

Steamed prawn with egg - fresh and good

Steamed Grouper - Very fresh and the fish meat very smooth and soft :)

Address:
Lot 135, Kampung Cina,
Sitiawan, Perak
012-5409478/019-5055348
Business Hours: 11am - 10pm

Dragon One @ De Garden Ipoh

During Chinese New Year holiday when back to my hubby's hometown (Ipoh), we went to new happening place called De Garden. There you can find varieties of food/cuisines (paparich, wong kok, daorae, tutti frutti, Oh Sushi, etc) and fashion boutiques. After going through the whole complex, we finally settled into Dragon One Shanghainese restaurant.  The price is reasonable for a restaurant and overall the food taste good. There is only 10% Service Charge and no Gov Tax. You can give a try!

Avocado with Kataiti RM5.80 - Crispy and Sweet

Steamed Shanghainese Meat Dumpling With Superior Soup RM6 - nice but still can't beat Dragon-I's.

Steamed Prawn Dumpling With Spinach RM4.80

Deep-fried prawn roll RM4.80 - Crispy and good

Baked Prawn Dumpling with Cheese RM5.80

Minced Pork and Spicy Sauce La Mian RM9.80 - It not spicy for me, it's tasted like szechuan hot and sour soup. Still quite appetizing.

 



Fried Rice with Salted Egg Yolk RM9.80 - Coated goldenly with nice taste of salted egg yolk



Address:
G-R-15&16, De Garden,
Persiaran Medan Ipoh,
31400 Ipoh, Perak
05-5495393

Restoran Ming Feong @ Pusing Perak

During New Year weekend, we went back to my hubby's hometown Pusing in Perak. We decided to have the Sunday lunch at this old restaurant in the town called Ming Fong. If not mistaken, this restaurant has been established more than 30 years. I think this is only my 2nd visit to this restaurant since 10 years ago. I remembered during my 1st visit, the food here was very nice and I like it. They offer chinese cuisine like chu-char (stir-fry). Most of the customers are locals and some are from other states. If you are on the way to Lumut/Pangkor Island, one can always stop by this old town which veil a number of infamous food here.



Interior of the restaurant - with antique fans, wooden chairs and marble tables. The wall tiles and red cement floor were previously installed by my father-in-law. He used to work as a renovator but now he runs an orchard.



Their hand-made egg noodle in soup served with prawns RM16 - somehow this is one of their specialties but i found it to taste average as noodle that day was not really springy and the soup has stronger taste of the noodles instead of the sweetness from the chinese cabbage or prawns

Stir-fry vegetable



Here come their main specialty - claypot doggy duck RM24 for half duck. This dish is very nice. It is called 'doggy' because last time in Pusing claypot dog meat dish was quite popular and probably this dish is somewhat replica of the dog meat dish with the way it is cook but nowadays there is no more dog meat dish.



Address:
37, Main Road, Pusing

Perak, 31550
05-2881362

Related post - http://www.j2kfm.com/a-hard-days-work-batu-gajah-pusing/

Restaurant Hooi Wang Bukit Mertajam

Actually I've been to this restaurant many times for dinner but didn't really blog it down.Yesterday when visited this restaurant, i decided to take some photos with my phone. Overall, the taste here is good and price still reasonably ok but sometimes i feel the price can be off the reasonable range. The below dinner for 2 costs us for RM41. Besides chinese cuisines, they also have steamboats. The restaurant is also open during lunch time.

Garlic Steam Fish Fillet

Kam Heong Chicken - quite nice with the combination of honey and kam heong taste. I think even kids should like it too. The chicken meat is cook just right and this is one of their signature dish!

Stir-fry U-mark in fermented beancurd - refreshing with a light fermented beancurd taste

Address:
Jalan Padang Lallang
Taman Mutiara, Bukit Mertajam
(situated opposite the BM Wholesale Fish Market)

Restoran Nelayan Kuala Juru

Yesterday my hubby and I went to this restaurant at Kuala Juru. This restaurant is by the river mouth opening to the sea. It has quite a nice view of the mangrove river and sea. There are also some fishermen's boat park by the restaurant. Besides the food that we ate, there were mee udang, ikan bakar, tomyam, etc. I guess their specialties also include fish crackers and shells food as many tables were having that.

View behind the restaurant

View from the restaurant - Kuala Juru (sorry...it's a bit blur...as photo was taken from mobile phone and sun is setting)

Shells used as pavement by the river by the restaurant

Nasi goreng paprik RM4.50 - average taste



Nasi goreng cendawan RM4.00 - average taste

Appetizer - FOC

3 Taste Bawal (Pompret) RM14 - quite reasonable price and taste good.....my suggestion is to order the stir-fry (chu-char)

Directions

From Penang Bridge/Juru Highway, exit Juru and turn right towards Auto-City. Then turn left at the traffic light in front of McDonalds. Go straight until you reach a cross-road junction with traffic light. Then turn right at the traffic light. Go straight until you reach a T-junction with a signboard to Kuala Juru or Sg Semilang. Turn right towards Kuala Juru. Drive more about 5 mins and the restaurant in on your right.

Yi Xiang Bak Kut Teh @ AutoCity Juru Penang

Yesterday my hubby and I went to try out this new bak kut teh restaurant at AutoCity. The restaurant has a simple kopitiam-style ambience. Most of the waiters/waitresses there are part-time workers...probably there are 16+ years old. The customer service there was not favorable. This is because when my hubby was trying to pull a chair from another table for me with one hand on the phone, nobody give a helping hand. Most of the workers there just standing around, chit-chating, having fun and gigling among themselves. There was also this couple workers...(i think there are foreign workers)...the guy was forcefully pulling her and the lady worker was reluctant being pulled. They started from the kitchen entrance to the toilet then back to the kitchen entrance and finally the guy forcefully pulled her out of the restaurant towards the opposite flats......the guy looked fierce.....like harrassing her...Anyway, when we pay our bills, we mentioned this to the acting supervisor which I think in his early 20s and he just say sorry........Besides that, the waitress that served us do not really know how to recommend the food in the restaurant especially when we ask her how many pieces of spare ribs there is in a boil....she just replied..."I don't know"....Price here a bit higher compare to other bak kut teh stalls around Penang.



Spare Ribs RM10.50 The meat is tender but a bit tasteless.

                      

Meat Ball RM4.50 The meat balls were small and not springy, taste average

Dou Kee (Fu Zhu - Fried beancurd sheet) RM3.00



Yu Mark (Lettuce) RM5.00




The portioned here is relatively small..



All the bak kut teh soup is the same regardless of what ingredients in it and they don't allow you to mix and match the ingredients. The bak kut teh soup was thick and smooth  and a bit sweet but very lack of the herb fragrant and taste. For me, it probably contain quite a lot of MSG and my tongue felt numb after that. As you can see in the photos, the bowl that used to serve the bak kut teh ingredients is relatively shallow. The food is served on a burner.

P.S. They have other branch like in Macalister Road - http://eatlah.blogspot.com/2010/10/yi-xiang-bak-kut-teh-macalister-road.html