Chicken/Pork Rice at Restoren Loon Heng at Burmah Road, Penang

Can say that we use this road quit often, but never really notice this humble shop on the right side of the main road of Pulau Tikus. It's directly beside Sawara Restaurant.

It was a random afternoon lunch and he decided to eat here. He ate there once and didn't really like it but we decided to give it another try.

Difficult for chicken rice to go wrong, isn't it?

Boss at work.

Roasted chicken and barbequed pork (char siew)

He says: Looking at it makes me hungry already! A lot different from what I can remember but its pretty good. 

She says: The dark sauce coating the meat is yummy. The bbq pork is quite hard. If it's softer, it would be really yummy.

They have different kind of soup that you can order if you do not the usual clear soup or kiam chai boey.

Six Flavor with Chicken - RM5

He says: I could just eat this with rice. The soup tastes just nice but in a way rich in its herbs at the same time. 

She says: It's a lil oily but the taste is yummy. I would love to try the other soups!

Chicken/Pork Rice at Restoren Loon Heng at Burmah Road, Penang

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:

His rating: 7/10

Her rating: 6.5/10

Famous Thai Food at Annathai-Kitchen Restaurant at Pulau Tikus, Penang

Dinner time with a few friends. Okay, not a few actually. I think it was like 10 of us or something.

As usual, we always struggle to decide where to eat, especially when you go in such a big group. So, her sister and brother in law suggested this Thai Restaurant at Pulau Tikus.

Almost immediately we both agreed and kee chiew! Hahaha.

You can either sit inside or outside of the house-converted-into-a-restaurant.

Our two guest judge for Annathai-Kitchen :)

Tomyam Kung

He says: Pretty good.. You can taste the richness of the spices/ingredient. Mixture of sweetness, sourness and spiciness.

She says: Nice. It's not too sour, not too thick or thin. Love this tomyam!

Rachel: I love it! Spicy and sour!

Kahwei: The soup taste great but needed more ingredient for it to be included into my list of favourites.

Signature Fish

He says: Normal fried fish only.

She says: Deep fried fish.. Hmm.. Normal le. The mango kerabu however is yummy. 

Rachel says: Normal deep fried fish with kerabu and another type of sauce. nothing to shout about.

Kah Wei says: Fish is not my "type of food". Look interesting though for having 2 type of sauces to your own liking

Phat Phak Liang - RM10 (small) / RM15 (big)

stir-fry vege (liang) with egg

He says: Just okay. Really.

She says: It definitely tasted better than it looks. It's quite a yummy dish. The vege somehow is quite special. One plate for me not enough. Hah.

Rachel says: Love this dish! The main reason I will go back to the shop! The fragrance of the eggs and vege is simply superb, with white rice..ooh la la! Oh..and the vege is not found here. Only found in Phuket apparently.

Kah Wei says: This dish is one of my favourites which lures me back to Annathai. Never fail i order the big size one with 2 person meal. No regrets!

Yum Khai Yao Ma - RM10 (small) / RM15 (big)

Century egg salad

He says: Highlight of the day! I think this dish is a must try here! My first time trying this and it is really really good!

She says: The sauce of this dish is superb. I don't love it that much but I don't hate it also. Quite neutral with this one.

Rachel says: Aanother must-haves for me! The combination of the century egg (imported from thai) and the onions, cili padi..NICE!

Kah Wei says: I usually don't long for century egg but this is a total different league of food taste and texture. This dish is a MUST and goes well as appetiser as well as part of your dish.

Kar Moo Tord - RM15 (small) / RM25 (medium) / RM40 (big)

pork knuckle

He says: The pork knuckle is good. The amount of meat and the 'bak eu' is just right. Nice!

She says: Teated pretty bland to me. Didn't really enjoyed this dish. Sauce also like not much taste. 

Rachel says: Not a fan of deep fried knuckle. Too oily for me. Sauce is oily as well.

Kah Wei says: Pork knuckle i only target for it's fats. Taste is good as well but didn't fit into my top 2 dish.

Thai dessert with coconut milk and water chesnut (Tub Thim Krob)

He says: Rich, u can actually smell the santan from a distance. Jkjk.. This one is quite good..

She says: Quite a yummy dessert. The santan is not too diluted or thick. Just ngam ngam.

Rachel says: Okay. Not bad. Wish to have more nangka though.

Kah Wei says: I'm not a sweet tooth person. So no comments.

Famous Thai Food at Annathai-Kitchen Restaurant

at Pulau Tikus, Penang

Location: 26, Moulmein Road, Pulau Tikus, Penang

Price: Expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 3/10
Her rating: 5.5/10
Rachel's rating: 6.5/10 (expensive if dine in big group)
Kah Wei's rating: 5/10

Tammin Pasembur at Bangkok Lane, Pulau Tikus, Penang

What's the PERFECT food after swimming on a very sunny day?

Laksa? Err.. actually yes hah. Laksa is quite nice for tea time after a swim. Anyways, that's not what we had after a good swim dip in the pool.

We had PASEMBUR! 

What is PASEMBUR?

Our local Malaysian Indian salad with all its goodness (potatoes, beancurd, deep-fried prawn fritters, shredded cucumbers, bean sprouts etc) mixed together with the special homemade kuah (dressing)!

It's literally finger fork-licking good kind of dish. MUST HAVE IF YOU ARE HERE IN PENANG! 

You can add more ingredients as you wish or if you're really hungry.

The special recipe kuah/dressing for our local salad.

And here you have it, PASEMBUR for three persons.

He says: It's a bit cold already. Great combination of sauces but could be better if it is served hawt!

She says: First spoonful, it's alright. Second onwards, not that nice as it looks. I would love it to be a bit more spicier. Ingredients are okay.

Tammin Pasembur at Bangkok Lane, Pulau Tikus, Penang

Location: Bangkok Lane, Pulau Tikus, Penang

Price: Slightly expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 5/10
Her rating: 4/10

Famous Fried Yong Tau Foo along Burmah Road at Pulau Tikus, Penang

HELLO ERRBODEEEYY!

We have reviewed at this area before on its mee hoon thn'ng and tomyam. So now it's only complete that we reviewed this too. 

Everytime when we are with friends, or sometimes when it's only the two of us, we always HAVE TO order side dishes! It's like a typical thing to do in Penang. So many kind of food you want to eat but for sure can't finish, so BEST THING TO DO IS GO WITH YOUR FRIENDS! :)

Ingredients vary from not fried to deep fried.

There's this special gravy that comes together with the ingredients.

He says: Gotta say this one the BOMB here. A special gravy being poured onto the freshly fried yong tau foos! fulahhh.. Come try this, you will not regret! teeehee? haha.

She says: I don't usually take yong tau foo but this one is like the best ever in Penang! NOT KIDDING YOU! They deep fried then pour their own thick gravy over it! *drools*

Joshua says: When I first came to this place and eat, was thinking what on earth is that, and who eats that, until my friend ordered and ask me to try and BAM!! SO GOOD! Especially the chilli. From that day onwards, if I have 2 or more crowd, we will order and share.

Chilli sauce for dipping.

He says: Sweet and spicy at the same time. Yums! POWER.

She says: THE BEST BOMB IN THE WORLD! 

Joshua says: THIS IS SO GOOD.

Famous Fried Yong Tau Foo along Burmah Road at Pulau Tikus, Penang

Location: It is directly across from the junction of Burmah Road and Codrington Avenue.

Price: Quite expensive

Ratings:

His rating: 8/10

Her rating: 9/10
Joshua's rating: 8/10

Sawara Restaurant at Burmah Road, Penang

She has been craving for fish steamboat for a very long time already, and the last time we actually had one was in March, which we posted over here. This time, it was a bit crazy if we were gonna drive across the Penang bridge for one dinner, right so we went to Sawara at Pulau Tikus.

She was definitely a happy girl. Tummy happy, everyone also happy. haha :)

So, appetizer we ordered Cold Cut Sliced Pork.

He says: Haha. This one is ahhhsome! Weird at first bite but after that that you'll love it.

She says: THIS IS AMAZING! SO YUMMY! At first, I thought it was gonna be like weird to eat cold cut sliced pork, but it was so delicious. The aroma was amazing.

The chilli sauce

He says: Sour kind of sauce. Little bit sweet as well.. Not bad..

She says: TWO THUMBS UP! Spicy and a bit sour and sweet. Yums to the max.

Claypot Fish Head - small (RM45)

He says: Gotta love ya. gotta love ya. gotta love ya....

She says: WAHHHH! This one is spoon-licking gooood. Ours is not really steamboat. It's more like a pot of all goodness dumped inside. Their steamboat sets are fro like 3-4pax or even more. But this is as good la. The soup is lovelyy!

Sawara Restaurant at Burmah Road, Penang

Price: Slightly expensive

Ratings:

His rating: 8.2/10

Her rating: 8/10

Famous Fish Head Bee Hoon along Burmah Road at Pulau Tikus, Penang

One of those nights where we did not dine at home and decided to makan with a bunch of good friends. The same group that commented on our famous Pulau Aman trip. This time, we decided to include the man who introduced this amazing place to us.

Everyone, please meet Joshua Tan.

The fish head bee hoon soup is located next to a Tua Pek Kong Temple. There's also another stall that sells Fried Yong Tau Foo which we tried too. The compound of the place is pretty huge but only a number of tables are set up. It also gets a bit too dark as the night comes. That's probably why only a few tables are available. The shop behind the fish head beehoon stall is pretty small.

The price is depending on the ingredients that you would like to add into your soup.

They have bee hoon (thin and fat ones), maggie noodles and even porridge. They also serve both clear soup and tomyam soup.

Tomyam Soup with Maggie Noodles.

He says: Tastes just okay to me.

She says: It's unlike any tomyam I've tasted and its like a bit funny kind, but I kinda like it. 

Joshua says: It's alright for me. Taste a bit weird at the end.

Clear Soup with Mee Hoon (rice vermicelli)

He says: Like this one.. =D The soup tasted really good.

She says: Perfect for those who don't feel good. This is like yums to the yums. THUMBS UP!

Joshua says: Favourite place to eat so far! Mee hoon not too hard, not too soft, and they've got many choices to choose :)

Famous Fish Head Bee Hoon along Burmah Road at Pulau Tikus, Penang

Location: It is directly across from the junction of Burmah Road and Codrington Avenue.

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:

His rating:  Mee hoon th'ng 6/10 tomyam 3/10

Her rating:  Mee hoon th'ng 8/10 tomyam 6/10
Joshua's rating: Mee hoon th'ng 8.5/10 tomyam 4/10

Isaribi Tei Japanese Restaurant at Chow Thye Road, Penang

She saw this deal (AGAIN!) on Groupon and immediately bought it as she really wanted to try those mentioned in the set menu. RM88 for 2pax. That's like 44% discount of its original price. Actually, we will never order so much in a Japanese Restaurant and to total up to that amount! Imagine with that money, we could have better meals by the roadside. But again, cannot compare la since this is Japanese food whatt. Our favorite Japanese restaurant will still be Yuzu. Sadly, they don't have one in Penang. Oh well...

Do enjoy our photos as you can notice that we have included our name/brand into each photos. She discovered PicMonkey and she had fun editing pictures because it's very user friendly. Sort of. So yeah, enjoy reading us! :)

Front entrance of the Japanese Restaurant.

The very green-themed-garden-like walkway to the restaurant.

Inside of the restaurant. 

Grilled Tuna Maki (RM25.00)

Grilled maki sushi rolls with tuna.

He says: Grilled perfectly.. The sticky rice is a bit dry though..

She says: Very unique taste! I didn't even know that this is tuna! Yummy. Love this one.

Shima-aji Cavlor and Salmon Carpaccio (RM25.00)

Special Carpaccio dish made with striped jack fish and salmon.

He says: The best! what a combo right there! People go try this one.. =)

She says: Pretty colors right? The salmon and avocado is perfecto! It's very yummy! The avocado makes it so creamy and just compliments the raw fish. And it's so fresh! OH SO FRESH! Love this dish to the max!

Sanma Kabayaki (RM18.00)

Japanese saury marinated with teriyaki sauce and grilled.

He says:  Probably my first time eating Sanma fish. Smells like... fish oil? probably because of the rich fish oil inside this fish! Haha. 2 thumbs up! After eating this, I burped and it smells really fishy!

She says: I don't and never will like this kind of long fish. I don't know how to explain it. But the way they grill this goodness is heavenly! The sweet kind of sauce they used is finger licking good good! Sweet and tasty! :)

King Prawn Thermidor (RM40.00)

King prawn stuffed with cheese and cream and served au gratin style 

(au gratin refers to a dish that is baked with a topping of seasoned breadcrumbs and cheese)

He says: Look at that! Just imagine the cheese and prawn all over your mouth! fuuulah!

She says: Prawn is fresh. The cheese is very chewy which is such a lovely thing. And the sauce that accompanies the baked prawn is very nice. Quite creamy and delicious. Thumbs up for this one! :)

Tai Shabu Shabu (RM35.00)

Mini steamboat dish with fresh red snapper cuts.

He says:  The soup is really really really sweet. The mushroom and bean curd is really delicious too.. I think the can cut down on the sugar though..

She says: Mini steamboat! Yay! The cuts of fresh fish fillet is super fresh. The soup is sweet. perhaps too sweet for me. Too sweet to drink a lot of time. If its less sweet, then it'll be like so perfect! :)

Black Sesame Homemade Ice Cream (RM5 per scoop)

He says: No way I'm not gonna eat that again..

She says: Err.. it's alright. It's unique because I never tasted one ice cream like that. It's like eating the fried sesame bun called " han chin peng"! Haha.

Isaribi Tei Japanese Restaurant at Chow Thye Road, Penang

Location: 60 Chow Thye Road, 10350 Georgetown, Penang

Direction: Next to Jemputree.

Price: Quite expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 7/10
Her rating: 8/10