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Curry Mee @ Restoran Mika, Taman Sri Kijang
Feb 16th
This Curry Mee stall at Taman Sri Kijang is listed in malfreemap’s food directory and was also recommended in the forums. I went to try it this morning out of curiosity. Unfortunately it turned out it was a very bad Curry Mee that I will never touch again lol. This made me wonder if I tried the wrong one. But this is the only Curry Mee stall I saw in the area, hmm.
Anyway, besides the same ol’ ingredients it also had deep fried bean curd sheets, which is not commonly found in the traditional Curry Mee. The soup was bland tasting and the chili paste was not able to complement the Curry Mee at all. I only had a few taste and decided to discard it totally. No point elaborating further. If I were to give it a rating, it would be at most 3/10.
Taman Sri Kijang Curry Mee
Restoran Mika, Bukit Mertajam
GPS Coordinates: N5 19.286 E100 28.347
Duck Egg Char Koay Teow @ Jalan Pasar, Bukit Mertajam
Feb 13th
I am back in Penang for the Chinese New Year celebrations! Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone. When you’re reading this I am either having some homemade pineapple tarts, cookies and cakes; or I am enjoying a can of Shandy haha. This alcoholic lemonade beverage is a must for us (at least for me) or the Chinese New Year will seem to be lacking lol. The weather is crazily hot at Penang currently so a can of chilled Shandy is so-oh-enjoying!
Anyway during the Chinese New Year I will surely have BM’s famous Duck Egg Char Koay Teow for supper, which has sorta became an annual habit for me. So either I have it with my friends after our annual CNY gathering, or I go alone.
This year, the Char Koay Teow stall that I frequent the most at Jalan Kulim did not open for reunion dinner eve. Then the one near the train station doesn’t taste the same anymore ever since the youngest brother took over. Which left me only to look for the other brother’s stall located next to the taxi station.
6 To 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak @ Happy Mansion, PJ
Feb 11th
When I first heard about 6 to 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak, I thought they are open from 6am to 10pm. One Sunday I went the restaurant at 11am and didn’t see any customers around. Then I shat bricks. Little did I know, their business hour is actually 12pm to 2.30pm, then continued from 6pm to 10.30pm.
Being located within a rather quiet housing area, there was no where else I could go lepak while waiting for them to be ready. I couldn’t even find newspaper to read lol.
Luckily I was told that their nasi lemak was going to be available in half an hour’s time so I simply waited. It was their famous nasi lemak that I was anticipating anyway. If you don’t know, 6 to 10 Grill’s nasi lemak is well known for their rendang dishes especially pork rendang. The minced pork sambal was quite well received too. Besides, I think it is quite rare to see pork rendang and sambal made using pork, right?
Well it seemed like a bad day for me, as they were not preparing any pork rendang that day. But mutton rendang was the recommended alternative. I had no choice but to take it.
Anyway with minced pork sambal thrown in as well, this serving of nasi lemak actually cost me RM10.50. FYI that’s the defined price. Nasi lemak + 1 dish = RM7, additional 2 dishes for RM10.50 and 3 dishes for RM14. Not exactly cheap but lets see if it’s worth it.
Ho Soon Tomyam Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Bukit Mertajam
Feb 8th
Ho Soon Thai Tomyam Seafood restaurant was recommended by the helper who comes to help clean our house weekly. According to her the restaurant is always buzzing with families – something she knew because she works in the restaurant at night. Taking this as a hint of good food as well as to try something new, we decided to have a Thai meal at Ho Soon for our Christmas family dinner.
Well she was right about the buzz. During dinner time around 6pm, the restaurant was already almost full by the time we reach. If we reached 5 minutes later we would had have to wait for an empty table.
Needless to say, Tomyam is a must and we had a small portion of Tomyam Seafood @ RM18. The amount of seafood like prawns, squids and slices of fish was good, fresh and justified for the price. I like the Tomyam soup too. It was quite thick and slightly sweet, not too sour nor too spicy. Personally, I prefer this variation more because I am not too fond of sourish stuff.
Thai Steam Black Pomfret with Chili Lime Sauce @ RM38. We felt the portion was a little too big for the four of us but we enjoyed it nonetheless.
