Penang Culture

进到餐厅里面，室内设计是以怀旧环境为主，舒适环境让人想起以前的时光。不仅仅这样，墙上也会有一些老旧的商店，还真让人回到以前光顾的所有老商店，要找回这样的商店还真的有点困难。服务人员热心的招待把菜单交到我们手上，也拿Keropok放在桌上，先让我们开胃～ 打开味蕾，然后接下来好好的品尝所点的食物。＊这算钱哦～Keropok还真的不错，瞒好吃的～ 也许是饿了，所以什么食物放进嘴巴都会觉得很好吃。 呵呵～ 我点的食物是槟城粿条汤，他点的是槟城炒粿条。我想槟城炒粿条应该是必点的食物吧～ 饮料：热的柠檬蜜糖和冷的奶茶。 等待不久后，食物和饮料终于来到桌上：阅读更多：请到我的部落格网址： http://bit.ly/1T508ZL…Read More

Located inside the jubilee shopping center in amk, you can always watch people eating inside whilst walking around amk central. It seemed to be pretty packed everytime I glanced over, soI decided to bring my family to checkout this neighborhood eatery. We quickly realized that there was no 10% charge but there was still the usual 7% gst on top of the prices. The Mee goreng had a lot of sotong.. Making it more value for money than the char Kway Teow with two crunchy prawns. But it was quite spicy.. too spicy for me.. so I gave it away to my parents.We ordered the char Kway Teow which had huge pieces of lard. The taste was so so. I think my dad can cook better and the hawker center has better ones too! It was quite oily,but the prawns were crunchy.. that's the only good thing about the dish.. I'd much rather walk to the hawker center and get 4 plates of char kway teow there..The chendol wasn't too bad. But there was a lot of gula Melaka and it didn't have the Penang chendol jelly.. so it was a fail for this dessert which I had much high hopes for.…Read More

This shop is located at Jubilee Square and it is about a 5 to 10 mins walk for Ang Mo Kio interchange. My family and I went for dinner at around 7pm on a Saturday. We waited for a while before we get seats. We ordered:Lor Mee. It came as a shock as I didn't imagine the soup to be so black. The soup was not salty as it seems. However, it was tasteless with a unique herb taste. The only good point is that the Lor Mee has a lot of ingredients in it.Curry Chicken with Rice. My dad ordered this and it was not that spicy. I personally like curry that is not spicy as I cannot take spicy food. For my brother who love spiciness, he thought that this dish was not that fantastic. The chicken in the curry was overcooked, it was quite tough to bite.The only dish to recommend is their Fried Kuey Teow. I had forgotten to take a picture of the nicest dish. …Read More

My first visit to Gurney Drive. The food there was still not too bad but just slightly too pricy. My partner and I ordered several dishes to try. We ordered Penang Assam Laksa, Penang Fried Kuay Teow, Penang Lor Bak, Penang Cendol and Penang Rojak. I'll describe each of them one by one. Penang Assam Laksa ($5.90): Both my partner and I don't really like the taste. It seems like they have added in peppermint taste to the assam paste or it's just the taste of assam. Besides, the noodles they used were kind of like 'Mee Tai Bak' or we call it 'Lao Shu Fen' in Chinese. 1 out of 5.Penang Fried Kuay Teow ($7.50):This fried kuay teow's taste was pretty fantastic. I can finish up two servings of it if my pocket allows. The only bad thing about it is that the price is close to triple of that you can purchase in a kopitiam. 4 out of 5.Penang Lor Bak ($4.50):Very very nice! Especially the Ghor Hiong. However, the serving was really small. Worth the try but just order one serving is sufficient for you to taste. not worth to order too many servings. 4 out of 5.Penang Rojak ($4.50):I like the tao pok! very crispy and they also added in fruits like pineapple, green apple (I think) and some other crunchy fruit-like stuffs. However, they only put like 4 small pieces of tau pok, and many other fruits. For me, I prefer to have more tau pok and you tiao. So this dish isn't that appealing to me. Taste wise still not too bad. 3 out of 5.Penang Cendol ($3.50):Nice taste. Just tastes slightly different from the usual Chendol that you can find in the food court. I guess that's what makes it nice. Not too sweet and the brown sugar syrup was very fragrant. 4 out of 5.…Read More

This is most probably the closer to what we can get here from Penang. I would not say this tasted like the real thing there but it tasted close. It mixed the yellow noodle with thin bee hoon then served in tasty prawn stock with medium sized prawns, fishcake and kang kong. It served with a spoonful of chilli sauce to be mixed into the noodle. It has very minimum level of spiciness. All the ingredients tasted fresh though. …Read More

:bowl: don't know where to have your lunch or dinner? have it at this place then!we ordered Premium Seafood Fried Kway Teow, Penang Laksa, Pink Guava Ice Blended & Ice Kopi. Penang Laksa is nice and strongly recommended if you love Penang Laksa. As for the Fried Kway Teow, it taste normal, just like those Fried Kway Teow at Hawker Centre. Ice Kopi is highly recommended for Coffee lover, it has a very nice aroma and thick coffee taste. Whereas, Pink Guava Ice Blended taste like using syrup and added ice in.The service crew is friendly and attend to us even when we are outside looking at their menu. Overall, I find it not bad.:)…Read More

Those who can't go to Penang to try the food. You can head to Gurney Drive.Heard from frens that their penang laksa is good. So me & my wife went to try. They have 4 outlet in Singapore. We went to the branch at Jubilee at AMK. The place look like toast box outlet with their chairs and table like old coffee shop.My wife order the Penang Laksa ($5.90) and I order the Nasi Lemak ($5.90) and Cendol ($2.90)After the staff took our order, they will check with us the correct order is taken, very politely. They will even ask us if we want our cendol to be serve togfather or after we finish our main meal. That is GOOD.The food came fast, waiting time is able 5-6 minute after order.The Penang Laksa - does not taste sour and spicy. This dish come with a heathly logo on it. So for those who like to eat laksa but scare unhealthly. This you can try.The Nasi Lemak - guess it from penang. Does not come with fish, just like our local nasi lemak. But come with curry chicken. That is the 1st time I try this manner of serving. Taste nice. The chili is not really hot. Just nice for me.After we finish our main meal, the staff will come over to ask if we like our cendol to be serve. That really feel nice.Really like the place. Staffs is polite. Place is clean and cosy.Will go back there to try their other menu.We will be back there soon...............:):):)…Read More

My friend and I ate dinner here under her recommendation. I ordered a Hokkien Prawn Mee and she the Assam Laksa.Overall, the servings were generous. The Hokkien Prawn Mee had an original taste and the prawns tasted fresh. The pork ribs were also tasty and soft. 8/10The Assam Laksa was quite sour and very different from the laksa you can find in hawker centres. The soup tasted nothing like laksa, as it was more assam than lemak. But it was very appetizing and not a bad choice as well. 7/10Both bowls cost about $6-7 each.They serve cold water at 30 cents per cup so bring your own water unless you're ordering a drink.…Read More

Went to this Ang Mo Kio's Gurney Drive Restaurant for dinner with my friends- were very excited to visit this place and try it when I pass by the restaurant once before, and I am interested to try out Singapore’s penang cuisine. So here I am today to try it... but guess what... Fried kway tiao is not very nice, although the photo looks not bad. It is like too blend. Service was also so only, took a quite long time to entertain us. Don't think I will be back again.…Read More

Dinner @ Ang Mo Kio's Gurney Drive Restaurant - was very excited to visit this place and try it when i passby the restaurant twice before.So here i am today to try it... but guess what...Prawn noodles (Although I don't take prawn noodle often, but the soup base tasted quite good!) prawn quite big, pork ribs and fish cake is just nice..But the Lor Mee was really a big disappointment experience for me. Worst Lor Mee I ever had before.... i dont know what i am eating... and barely a few mouth i gave up the whole bowl...service was also so so only...Don't think i will be back for more... sorry.…Read More

For the jackfruit juice - Fresh jackfruit blended to give a soothing taste. Helps digestive system in the human body. Thick with bits of jackfruit in it, blended with ice.Signature Penang Hokkien Prawn Noodle, accompanied with luxurious crayfish!The pork ribs in the prawn noodle is well cooked that it easily removes from the bones.Assam Curry Fish Head - Fresh fish head simmered in a smoothed Assam curry with succulent lady fingers, tomatoes, red and green chillies, served with 2 plates of white rice as a foil for the tongue-tingling gravy.Very thick and spicy gravy.Lemon Mantis Prawn - Made from fresh mantis prawns. Stirred fried in lemon sauce.Very sweet and tasty. Do not look or taste like prawn. Very small amount.Grilled Stingray - Succulent stingray grilled in special homemade sauce.The stingray is grilled just right as it is still juicy and not dry. Very tasty and spicy sauce.Penang Cendol - Fresh Cendol and red bean served in coconut milk and shaved ice sweetened with special brown sugar syrup. Too bad not fresh coconut milk. But the Cendol taste good and soft.…Read More

Our first visit with great anticipation. We have got a $30 worth of voucher to spend and after glance through the menu, we decided to skip the side dishes as well as the desserts and to order Penang Hokkien Prawn Mee ($6.20), Penang Fried Kway Teow ($6.20), Assam Laksa ($5.90) and Penang Curry Mee ($8.90) together with a regular Iced Coffee ($2.80). The Penang Hokkien Prawn Mee came first. It served with a spoonful of chilli sauce aside. I poured it in then mixed it well with the bee hoon and yellow noodle. It is the authentic Penang style of serving a mixture of bee hoon and yellow noodle in prawn broth. It came together with sliced lean meat, sliced fish cake, a piece of pork rib, 2 pieces of medium sized prawns and a handful of bean sprouts. Though the prawn broth might not be as concentrated as expected but it tasted pretty close to the real thing that i had at Gurney Drive in Penang.The Penang Fried Kway Teow served soon after. It might not be able to compete with Ah Leng Char Kwoy Teow over at Penang but it tasted rather nice as compared to others that i tried in Singapore. The slices of lup cheong were sliced in thin slices and nicely fried to release its fragrance. It was fried with egg, bean sprouts, chinese chives, cockles and slices of fish cake. It got a hint of slight wok hei and it might be even nicer if it is a little spicier. I do not remember finding cockles in those fried kway teow eaten over at Penang so i guess cockles were added to better suit the taste of the locals. This was one of the better version i have tried in Singapore. Next, came the Assam Laksa. The noodle resembled those that i had in Penang hence it gotten me all excited. The first mouthful was a disappointment. It did not have the pungent taste of sourness and spiciness as compared to those that i had in Penang. It would be nicer if the portion of shredded fish meat was a little generous too. The dish was garnished with mint leaves that complimented the slices of red onions, cucumber and pineapple rather well. It served with a spoonful of a prawn paste aside, a typical Penang style. The prawn paste is not as thick and concentrated as compared to those in Penang.Lastly, the Penang Curry Mee came. A reasonable portion of bee hoon and yellow noodle served in curry sauce. The curry sauce is different from what we have in Singapore. The taste of coconut is in a greater proportion then the curry paste. The spiciness was rather mild. Ingredients like pieces of cuttlefish, tau pok, chicken can be found in it. The dish was garnished with mint leaves as well.Amongst all, the Iced Coffee reminded me the most of Penang. It was the typical white coffee commonly available there. It was still a satisfying lunch somewhat.…Read More

Prawns, pork ribs, fish cakes, bean sprouts and kang kong in special prawn based soup made from the chef's secret recipe, garnished with fried shallot.Best dish among all ;) Broth was flavourful but the slices of pork ribs and prawns were not fresh. The prawn is too soft and it is like too scatered.and the soup is also too salty.Im quite disappointed about it.…Read More

Decided to go for a dessert trip this time.We tried the Ice Kacang - Penang Style.In addition to the usual ice kacang ingredients,there was brown sugar sprinkled on top and strips of sweet preserved fruit (kana), as well as some other ingredients that we couldn't figure out.It was okay to try once, but I won't be back for more !…Read More

When I think of Penang food, the first thing that comes to mind is Penang Assam Laksa and that is what I had here. The Assam Laksa was not too sour nor fishy and had generous amounts of ingredients. One thing that I found strange was the coarse beehoon looked and tasted a bit like Japanese udon.…Read More