Of course, the prices here will be slightly higher than most of the other hawker stalls in Penang; but the environment is the distinction compared to the roadside dining and to burn off another of your worry, there is ample parking space within the compound as well.
There is a wide variety of food presented by the neatly lined stalls in the food court; ranging from local hawker food such as Wantan Mee, Hokkien Mee, Teluk Kumbar Mee Udang, Popiah, Pasembur, Dim Sum, Fried Oyster, Grilled fish, Yong Tau Foo, to international delights such as Japanese Teppanyaki, Mexican quesidillas, French gourmet, Western sets, wood fire pizza even, and lots more.
Try a set of BBQ milkfish courtesy of the Filipino's local cuisine from iHaw-iHaw (RM11.90)
This fish, apparently is one of the most common fish found along the Philippine's waters and is constantly served.
However, one point to note though, the fish is definitely bony!
You will get tired crunching and removing the frail bones from the flesh.
The light roasted taste goes well with the sour tomato/chili sauce atop the fish and the fresh lemon scent and the fresh crunchy salad is the best condiments to go by this dish
The milkfish is so famous in the coastal waters of the country that it is in fact, the national symbol of the Philippines where it is known as Bangus.
This fish is definitely bonier than most of the other fish found around.
This Filipino stall offers much more variety of their local recipes including pork and chicken (BBQ, etc) and is worth exploring into if the local fare is not your cup of tea on that day.
For a hot sizzling meal, there is a stall selling noodles served in a sizzling pan.
At RM4++, I find it on the average and nothing to shout about as I have tasted much better versions of this elsewhere.
Pasembur, an Indian version of Rojak is found in 2 stalls around here.
This is from the Chinese stall; selling Jawa Mee too.
The pasembur is spicy but mediocre compared to the others in Penang.
French Gourmet is one of the limelight stealing stall around here as the chef is also an Ang-Moh (not sure whether he is really French or not).
There is a local running the stall with him and she is the one taking the orders, etc.
Chicken Crepe (RM12-13.90)
What was thought of as a starter dish became a main course meal.
The crepes were egg battered and wrapped the minced chicken meat, with a topping of tomato sauce
A very filling dish; with the vegetables as well.
Danish pies and pastries; the stall which is located just next to the French stall
Chicken Pie (RM9.50), an interesting way of serving in a mug
The filling was in the form of creamy sauce with the floating marinated chicken chunks in the sauce served in the mug.
The crust of the pastry was made to cover the top of the mug
The gravy with the chicken chunks; tastes better if you were to scoop it and accompany it with a bite of the pastry
They serve a variety of fruit juices and herbal tea here as well, take your pick
They even have ice kacang
Priced at RM3.60, they just dump everything in and with shaved ice, it's just lovely
And I don't even need to decide which flavor of drink, now that's lovely! =)
(I shall post more on Northam Beach cafe in the future, stay tune)
Did you go alone for the meals? That looks too much for 1 person.. :P
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Are you ppl waiting for that chicken pie till the day became night? Very long waiting time one leh normally.
ReplyDeletei like this place as well.
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