Public Cafe and Gurney for Lunch or Brunch ?

Are you in the mood for hawker food ?

Here is somewhere you can go ...

Do you feel like eating a little bit of everything,

and don't feel like lining up for the most famous ones in Penang,

Try Public Cafe at Gurney Drive

Aunty Mary's biscuits

This aunty has been here forever !  Respect !
You can see her walking or cycling around the area, support local home made biscuits

Great variety

This Char Koay Teow is not bad too, worth a try :-)
Looks pretty good !

Pretty good place for a one stop centre

Fresh, Fast, Cheap !

Have you heard of 'Chu Chang Kar' ?
Literal translation from Hokkien dialect - Tree Root
But this place is called
Weld Quay Tree Shade Seafood Restaurant
18 & 21 Weld Quay, 12000, Georgetown, Penang
(Just opposite Penang Ferry Terminal)
and sometimes The Restaurant Under the Tree ...

Whatever it is called, if you want 'chu char' which is fresh, fast and cheap, here is the place to be.
There is a wide selection of seafood which you choose from the 'open-kitchen' and you also decide how you want it cooked.
Also a good selection of vegetables for the healthy people.

If you are not a seafood person, you will not be left out as there is a variety of meat and chicken dishes you can choose from. 

Appetizer with chilli sauce

Coconut water - Fresh

If you have guests from afar, the whole experience is rather unique.

The ambience is different.

Walk around, old georgetown where all the murals are, take a visit to the 3D museum nearby, 

then walk to this venue.

They are opened for lunch and dinner.

One of the strengths of this place is they are super efficient.
If you are hungry, the wait is not long at all.
You may be the one wasting time choosing what you want.
Once you decide, the dishes will come your way before you can warm up the seat!

19 & 21, Pengkalan Weld,  

Georgetown Pulau Pinang, Malaysia‎

+60 12-429 2579 (Ah See)

Business Hours: 11:30am - 10:00pm (close on Wednesday)

Still in the mood for Chinese food ? How about May Garden ?

If you are an old timer, you will remember the best suckling pig is from May Garden.

Not sure if this has changed.

But if you are looking for a good suckling pig meal, this place will never let you down.



Here is also one of the rare restaurants in Penang which serves roast on a normal day.

And they do it pretty well too.

Tried this menu sometime back ...

Nothing to complain.

Plenty for everyone.

Again with festive season now, advance booking necessary.

Prices may have gone up though.



Happy Chap Goh Meh !!!

Best Crab Porridge @ Nibong Tebal Cheang Kee

Cheang Kee

60 & 62 Jalan Besar (Air Lintas, Taman Merbah)

14300 Nibong Tebal

Penang

Tel : 04 594 37 28

This place has the BEST Crab Porridge and it is also Cheap & Good

Therefore it has made itself on both the 'Penang Best' and 'Cheap & Good' List

Here's why ...

 Location is good, easy to find and with sufficient parking.

 This one is a must try.

You start with one small plate, you may end up ordering at least two.

 Seafood is fresh and reasonably priced.

 The crab porridge is to die for ...

Crab is fresh.

Soup is super tasty.

The sweetness and freshness of the stock itself soaked in the porridge without eating the crabs is already heavenly enough for those of you who are too lazy the get your fingers dirty.

Service is fast.

Beer is reasonably priced.