Kafe Aik Hwa - Ah Sai Economy Rice In Perak Road
October 23, 2008 by email2me · 9 Comments
Penang …… commonly know to people as the hawker foods heaven by tourist and outstation folks. But to us which came from the island we always run out of idea what to have for lunch or dinner. I guess we are too pampered with all these choices. So normally if I ran out of idea of what to eat for lunch/brunch (Breakfast + Lunch), I’ll go for economy rice.
One of the regular shop which I will visit would be an old shop located at the busy Jalan Perak. This shop have been operating for the last 30 years (if not mistaken). The shop is constantly crowded and the foods are always hot.The shop which I mentioning about is Kafe Aik Hwa.
The ambiance are very old school as it haven’t change much since it is opened till to date. The tables and chairs were made of stainless steels and marble tables mix with some of it fully stainless steel.
Inside this kopitiam, there are only one stall which selling only economy rice. Ai Sai Economy Rice have been selling for a few generations.
Ah Sai Economy Rice is very famous for its asam stingray curry which they cook daily and sold out at the same day without any left overs. In fact most of their foods don’t have any left overs. All the foods are constantly warm as they just cook a portion enough to sell at that period. When finish, immediately they cook it again at the back. You can opt to DIY to choose your own dish or they prepare for you. If they prepare for you, all you need to do is just point and it will be serve to your table.
From Top Left : Home Made Sardines, Deep Fried Minced Meat Cake Cook With Ketchup and Cucumber and Stir Fried KangKung Belacan
From Bottom Left : Roast Porks, Soya Sauce Chicken and Curry Fish
From bottom left counter clockwise : Kembung Fish Curry, Pomfret Fish Curry, Steam Fish and Stir Fried Kangkung Belacan
Fried Lala With Chili and Garlic
Stingray Curry …. Look at the gravy …. Eventhough it is diluted … but the taste are superb …. I can even drink it as soup. It is there for you take as much as you want provided you can finish it. At the back is Chinese pork roll (Loh Bak).
On the top rack, those green packets were steam otak-otak
At the bottom right, you can see the whole piece of pork trotter there. You can choose which part you want and they’ll chop it for you.
The rest of the dishes ……. I guess by looking at the pictures, you know what it is ….. Too many to list down …
The one in the middle is pork balls. (BAK WAN) Recommended!
My deep fried pork balls (BAK WAN). This is nice to be taken with the stingray curry. The pork ball can absorb the curry if you soak it in the gravy.
Chinese Pork Roll …. Loh Bak… full with spice, onions and tight wrapping of pork strips under the bean curd skins.
Curry Fu Pok
Crunchy skins roast pork … A perfect cut of the roast porks
The best stingray curry in penang
Pricing of the foods
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And not to forget to order the drinks here. Try go for their Kopi Oh Peng! It is so thick and taste really good!
Place: KAFE AIK HWA
Location : Jalan Perak nearby the firestation
GPS Coordinate : N5 23.950 E100 18.902
Location Maps :
Address : Refer Map
Contact No :
Website :
Business Hour : 8am to 9pm
Off Day :
Food Type: Chinese Foods
Price: Cheap
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 2/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone :
Tax : None
Recommended Foods : Stingray Curry
Recommended Drinks : Kopi Oh Peng Kow !
Remark:
The best time to visit them are during lunch time where their dishes are still fresh.
Kedai Kopi Yong Kee Yong Tau Fu
July 30, 2008 by email2me · Leave a Comment
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Place:Kedai Kopi Yong Kee Yong Tau Fu
Location : Melodies Garden, Johor Bahru
GPS Coordinate : N1 29.709 E103 45.928
Google Maps : CLICK HERE
Address : No. 92, Jalan Meranti, Melodies Garden, 80250, Johor Bahru, Johor
Contact No :
Website :
Business Hour :
Off Day :
Food Type: Chinese Yong Tau Fu and Noodles
Price: Any bowl of basic noodle RM3.50 and RM0.80 per piece on the Yong Tau Fu
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 3/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : Yes
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : Yes
Tax :
Recommended Foods :Yong Tau Fu
Recommended Drinks :
Remark:
Very crowded during lunch time and they have a wide variety of choices on the yong tau fu. All standard bowl of noodles come with 2 pieces of fried fish cakes.
Restoran Foong Foong (Ampang Foong Foong Yong Tau Fu)
May 26, 2008 by email2me · Leave a Comment
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Place: Restoran Foong Foong (Ampang Foong Foong Yong Tau Fu)
Location : Ampang Yong Tau Fu Street
GPS Coordinate : N3 08.667 E101 45.802
Google Map : CLICK HERE
Address : 621-A, Jalan Merdeka, 68000 Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Contact No :
Website :
Business Hour : Daily 10am to 7pm
Off Day :Tuesday
Food Type: Chinese Food
Price: RM0.60 per piece
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 3/5
Food Votes : 3/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax : No
Recommended Foods : Yong Tau Fu
Recommended Drinks :
Remark:
Compared to Ampang Homeland Yong Tau Fu which I have done review earlier, this restaurant does not live up to my expectation as per describe by locals which said this restaurant is where Yong Tau Fu is born. The environment is very hot and your clothes will have fried yong tau fu smell after having your lunch there.
Choices wise, you can’t pick what you want for first order. All you need to do is to tell them how many person’s portion you want and order extra per items when it is not enough. This is fine for me. So we end up ordered for 5 persons portion which serve pretty quick even the whole restaurant is full house.
Taste wise, we don’t find it good as the soup are pretty salty. Overall it is just so so.
Seoul Garden Korean BBQ Steamboat Buffet at 1Utama
May 21, 2008 by email2me · 7 Comments
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Place: Seoul Garden Korean BBQ Steamboat Buffet
Location : 1Utama
GPS Coordinate : N3 08.910 E101 36.954
Address : Above SOHO by Jun restaurant
Contact No :
Website : http://www.seoulgarden.com.my/
Business Hour : Mall time
Off Day :
Food Type: Korean BBQ Buffet
Price: Refer picture
Payment Terms : Cash / Credit Card
Cleanliness Votes : 4/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : Yes
Halal : Yes
WIFI : Yes
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax : 5% Gov and 10% Service
Recommended Foods : Korean BBQ Buffet
Recommended Drinks :
Remark:
The choices here are not as many compared to the one in Melaka and Penang Gurney drive.
