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.

Authentic Thai @ Tan Jetty

 You just gotta come to this place.

It is authentic Thai, the Penang way.

Why ?

Cause the venue is so uniquely Penang.

I can't even find words to describe it.

Whether you are a tourist or a local, if you have not been here, please go and try it.

The food is good.

The atmosphere and ambience is great.

If your timing is not good, you need to bring 'patience' along cause it may be a long wait.

That said, it's not all bad cause you can soak in the richness and originality of Penang.

Maybe the best time is just before sunset, sometimes you may bump into couples taking their wedding photos during this time, also if you are the early bird, the wait is not that long.

 So, what's good here ?

They serve laksa for lunch.

It's rather authentic Thai cause the chefs are Thai.

Most things here are nice and reasonably priced.

 These deep fried mushrooms and chili sauce goes superbly well with beer.

 Fish of the day is fresh and it comes with a little bit of extra gravy.

Everything is spicy :-)

 Seating on stilts.

How can you beat that ?

Watching the sun set in front of your eyes.

Good company

Good food

Good drinks

Good ambience

Penang indeed has it all ...

 And this is the thing I always say about Penang.

Penang is so 'real', all this heritage is not a show.

It is real life, everyday life intertwined with heritage.

In the midst of your meal, you have this playful little boy, not wearing any shorts, running around and having a good time fooling with his brother.

Fusion Gone Wrong - House of Udang Galah

 The name sounds really high end and so is the venue.

Unfortunately, the food is not great.

To be direct, it's lousy :-(

Foodie has decided to check this place out, since there has been much mentioned of it.

If you are travelling on your own and would like to come here for dinner, please be careful, it is pretty dark and quiet and may not be that safe at dawn.

Right, let's get back to the food ...

 we got the set meal ... and you would imagine for the grandeur of it's name everything would be featuring the tiger prawns ie udang galah ... nope ...

it is mainly Chinese dishes ... Chinese dishes and more Chinese dishes ... 

 a very typical 4 season platter err.. look closely ... siu mai ???

 half filled bowl of soup which is half cooled as well cause they were short of waiters ...

never mind ...

 here's where the fusion food starts going wrong ...

look closely, yes, nice fresh garoupa ... steamed with 'kei chi' and 'dong gui' ???

nothing beats a simply steamed fresh garoupa I stress ... just simply steam it - timing is the key.

So this fish tasted funny, not to mentioned it was over done ... what a waste ...

 more Chinese dishes ... over cooked chicken

portions are very large but not very tasty ...

 then comes the Udang Galah ... steamed Thai style ... plenty of sugar ... a lot of lime and chilli ...

why ??? masking of the unfreshness of the prawns ...

sorry folks ... this is a major let down ...

the long awaited udang galah ... the dish of the day ...

is a major major major disappointed :-(

 we end with the 'sugar fried noodles' ...

super sweet

once again huge portion but ...

 Nice seating area upstairs and downstairs ...

Ah ... one more thing before we end ...

Mr Skinny manager was not a good combi to the fusion gone wrong ...

no smile, service is never pleasant with a grouchy manager ...

 Therefore, this place has been rated a NO GO by Foodie's standards

Sorry guys ... the food is just all wrong ...

Yean Yean @ Tanjung Bungah - Cheap and Good

 If you wish to have a regular place for home cooked food and don't want a hole in your pocket, this is the best place to be.

I would rank this as the Best Chu Char in Tanjung Bungah area with very reasonable charges.

Most of the dishes here are good. 

 Selection is vast.

You can choose from the simple steam egg to the braised pork leg.

 If you are in for a healthy choice, you can choose from a wide selection of vegetables and also you can have steam fish or curry fish.

 For those who want to have some alcohol with you food, you can BYO :-)

And the prawn rolls go very well with your drinks...

 With so many beautiful pictures, there really is little to say ...

A picture paints a thousand words, so if you are at this part of town, wish to have something simple, this is the place to be ...

Address: 93 Jalan Lembah Permai, 11200 Tanjong Bungah, Malaysia
Phone:+60 4-890 3408
Closed on Wednesday
Dinner Only