Kayu Nasi Kandar

Can't find a nice place for supper? Go Origial Kayu Nasi Kandar, satisfaction is guaranteed. But, the most suitable foods for supper is Roti Planta ( pronounce as  row - ti  plant - ta ) and Roti Tisu ( pronounce as row - ti    tissue ) .

Roti Planta is a kind of bread, very thin, crunchy, sweet and covered with margarine, which comes with a bowl of curry gravy.

Roti Tisu is something like Roti Planta, but it's more thin and bigger in size. It's covered with large amount of condensed milk.

Teh-Tarik ( tea ) is quite popular too.

As a reminder, this restaurant will full with customer during weekends or there's a important football fixture live broadcasting.

Operating Hours :

24 hours / 7 days per week


Address :

No. 15, Lebuh Nipah, Bukit Jambul, 

11900 Bayan Lepas,

Pulau Pinang.

Contact Number :

(04) - 6464767 

Rating :

Taste:  9.5/10 - Overall best among his competitors

Service:  7.5/10 - Normal

Pricing:  5.5/10 - Quite expensive

Beauty Level:  8.5/10 - Depends

Surrounding:  8.5/10 - Normally it's ok, just sometimes there is quite a lot of thrash on the floor


Website:

http://www.originalkayu.com.my/

Chin Yuen Seafood Restaurant

One of my favourite restaurant, the Chin Yuen Restaurant in Sg. Ara, is one of the best you can get in Penang. Almost everyday full house, but the quality of the food never change and the people here are extremely friendly, service is good.

There are a few food which I highly recommend.

1. Bitter Gourd Mee Sua

2. Seafood Tom Yam

3. Hokkien Char ( add a Fried Egg if you want )

4. 3-Taste Eggplant 

4. Salted Fish Pork

5. Sabah Bean 

6. Sour Plum Fried Chicken 

7. Belacan Chicken 

8. Curry Fish Head 

Honestly, most of the food from this restaurant is crazily irresistible, trust me, you will fall in love with it.

The chef are a pair of Chinese couple, which is a family business.

Besides, the drinks here are very nice too.

Must Try Drinks: 

1. Ice Coffee 

2. Nutmeg Juice

3. Ice Lemon Tea with Honey 

View from outside

Operating Hours: 

Lunch: 11.30 a.m. till 5.00 p.m.  

Dinner: 6.00 p.m. till 10.00 p.m.

Monday off

Address: 

Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim, Bayan Lepas, Penang

Rating: 

Taste:  9.5/10  -  Indescribable Fantastic

Service :  9.0/10  -  Bit slow during weekend due to too much customer 

Pricing :  8.5/10  -  Consider quite cheap 

Food Choice :  9.5/10  -  Large variety, you just name it

Beauty Level :  8.5/10  -  Appealing, but not on weekend 

Surrounding :  8.5/10  -  Typical Penang Coffee Shop 

Ah Lai Under Big Tree

Like to eat Curry Maggie Mee ( a very welcomed instant noodles in Malaysia )? Want to eat special Curry Maggie Mee but very lazy to cook? And, you like toasted bread a lot but can't make a delicious one for yourself even unable to find a stall who sell delicious one? Then, this is definitely the best place for you! 

This store at Church Street Ghaut offers you a a perfect meal to start day! 

Although it wrote Nasi Melayu, but eventually, they don't sell any rice, just sometimes they sell small packed nasi lemak. Most of the time, or can say as almost all of the time, they sell only noodles and toasted bread. 

Now, let me introduce you to the most welcomed noodle of this stall ---- the delicious, spicy, mouth watering and healthier than normal home-cooked Maggie Mee, the Signature Curry Maggie Mee! 

They also offer other flavour of Maggie noodles, such as Clear Soup Noodles, Duck Noodles and TomYam Noodles, but they just failed to compete with the irresistible Curry Noodles! 

Okay, and next, the toasted bread! They offer 3 kinds of toasted bread, which is the Toasted Sandwich Special,  Kaya and Butter Toast, and Toasted Bread with Half-Boiled Egg. 

1. Special Toasted Sandwich - Toasted Bread stuffed with sausages, ham, egg and cheese.

2. Kaya and Butter Toast - Toasted bread with butter and kaya ( tradisional coconut jam )

3. Toasted Bread with Half Boiled Egg - one word to describe ..... unbeatable! 

Alright, all the foods have been introduced, it's time for the drink... my favourite drinks --- "Cham" , you can read as "Charm". " Cham " is combination of Coffee and Tea, and trust me, it's refreshing and really can cheer up your day! 

Price : 

Noodles  -  RM 3.50

Special Toasted Sandwich  -  RM 3.80

Kaya and Butter Toast  -  RM 1.40

Toasted Bread with Half Boiled Egg  -  RM 1 - 2.00

Operating Hours : 

9.00am-5.00pm (Mon-Fri)

9.00am-3.00pm (Sat) – off Sunday & Public Holidays

Address : 

15, Gat Lebuh Gereja, 10200 Penang, Malaysia

Rating : 

Taste : 9.0 / 10   -  taste good

Service : 7.5 / 10  -  friendly, but the speed of serving is relatively slow

Pricing : 7.0/10  -  normal, market price

Food Choice : 7.0/10 - limited choice, but able to satisfy most people

Beauty Level of Food : 8.5/10  -  the toast are so appealing

Surrounding :  6.5/10  -  the big tree provide shade, but the tree is somehow irritating because of ants

[ Attraction ] - Chew Jetty ( Clan Jetty )

Chew Jetty, an old Chinese waterfront settlement, is the largest and most lively jetty at the end of Gat Lebuh Armenian. The Chews originated from the south-eastern coast of China - from Tung Aun District, Xin Lin She Village, Quan Zhou Prefecture of Fujian Provice. They were maritime clan communities in China. Thus when they emigrated, they also built homes for themselves at the waterfront. The Chew Jetty settlement is the biggest of the lot, having grown from about 10 families back in the 20s to over 1,500 residents today.

The entrance of Chew Jetty.

In the 19th and early 20th century, the upsurge in trade with Asian countries increased the demand for port labourers. This, attracted many Chinese immigrant, who initially worked as coolies, but as time went by many became self-employed as ferry operators, transporting people and goods between anchored ships and the harbour. The hard work, thrift and perseverance of these migrant workers eventually paid off when they able to bring their families over from China and settled.

The "streets" of Chew Jetty.

There were also some other clan jetties besides Chew Jetty. 

Fishing Boats parked at Chew Jetty.

The Clan jetties consist of eight jetties, named after their surnames, “Lim”, “Chew”, “Tan”, “Lee”, “Yeoh”, “Koay”, “Peng Aun” and Mixed Clans. “Chew” is the famous last name and it means the entire long stretch of jetty are residence with “Chew” as their last name.

Beautiful Decoration!

A Clan Jetty is actually a village built on stilts and these were built by some pioneer Chinese immigrants. Each jetty comprises of row houses on stilts joined by wooden walkways over the water. These ‘water villages’, set up more than a century ago, house the descendants from Fukien Province in China, who shared common historical, geographical and clan origins. They left their motherland in droves as the Manchu rulers of China lost their grip on power, and widespread poverty, famine and hardship became the order of the day. They are the anchor for nearly arrived immigrants who, through kinship ties, were able to find jobs as stevedores and cross -channel ferry boatman in the bustling port of Penang to stake their survival in the new land.

Today, Penang in 21st century, we have the Clan Jetties in Weld Quay that have physically survived, however, their social-cultural mechanisms have long been reconstituted. Among the remaining jetties, only the Chew Jetty continues to have any clan-related activity - the once a year annual worship of its Temple Deity and "Tee Kong" (God of Heaven or Sky-God ). The event take place on the 9th of Chinese New Year (Lunar Calendar) annually. This distinctive and grand event attracts throngs of people to Chew Jetty to enjoy lion dance and , dragon dances.. On that day, resident place the worship food on the long altar table for praying. 

A Chinese temple just outside Chew Jetty.

Website:http://discoverpenang.evomediatech.com/chewjetty/

Other Attraction Nearby : Other Clan Jetties, Esplanade, Harmony Streets, Heritage Core Zone, Kuan Yim Temple, Kapitan Kling Mosque, Khoo KongSi

Notes: Remember to take a look at the wall painting at Chew Jetty.

Wall Painting of Penang

 Ernest’s neighbour, Mr. Ng Chai Tiam, famous wooden clogs painter
 Location : Armenian Street Art Cafe, George Town

 “Little Girl in Blue”
 Location : Muntri Street, George Town 

 
“The Awaiting Trishaw Paddler”
Location : Penang Road, George Town (near Red Garden Cafe & Cititel )

 
“Reaching Up”
Location : Cannon Street

 
“Boy on a Bike”
Location : Ah Quee Street, George Town ( next to “Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur” )

 
“Little Children on a Bicycle"
Location : Armenian Street, George Town

 
“Children in a Boat”
Location : Chew Jetty

“Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur”
Location : Ah Quee Street, George Town ( next to “Boy on a Bike” ) 






All these 8 pieces of wall art came from the hands of Lithuanian artist, Ernest Zacharevic, who was the first one who drawn these beautiful wall arts, which made Penang UNESCO Heritage Site Core Zone more interesting.