[Invited Review] Pearl Palace Chinese Restaurant

Up on a small hill near the Sungai Ara area, there is a country club by the name of Setia Pearl Island. This place is owned by a major construction company, SP Setia.

On the 1st floor of this building, there's a restaurant by the name of Pearl Palace. This restaurant serves Chinese food and also provides 8-course meals for wedding dinner. You can check their wedding packages menu, here.

When you enter the restaurant, there's a scenic night view of the Setia Pearl Island township. A perfect environment for family reunions and dinner. We are all impressed with the huge and old Ginseng displayed on the left of the restaurant entrance wall, which cost RM 200 000.

Chef Wong and Miss Tan, our host for the night, introduced to us a few of their dishes. Among the dishes we had are:

Fish Steamboat 鱼锅 RM 45

This plate of slices of raw fish, tofu and different types of vegetables is served together with the fish steamboat.

While in the fish steamboat itself, there are fried slices of fish. For more steamboat packages, please click, here.

Steamed Beancurd with Salted Egg and Prawn 百花蛋香豆腐蒸凤尾虾
(S-RM 25, M-RM 35, L-RM 45)


Braised Fresh Mushroom with Bamboo Shoots 浓汤竹笙扒玉菇
(S-RM 15, M-RM 22, L-RM 35)


Braised Dry Abalone and Sea Product in Claypot 小干鲍烩海味褒
(S-RM 80, M-RM 160, L-RM 220)


Deep Fried Chicken With Marmite Sauce 妈密鸡

(S-RM 12, M-RM 20, L-RM 30)

This plate of marmite chicken was presented with carrot crafted artistically into dragon by Chef Wong.

Pomfret in Two Preparation 俩味斗昌 (depends on market price)


Fried Wet Hor Fun with Slice Abalone 鲍片湿炒河粉
(S-RM 12, M-RM 24, L-RM 38)


Double Boiled Aloe Vela with Red Dates 冰糖芦荟红枣
(S-RM 8, M-RM 18, L-RM 30)

Food Promotions team would like to thank Jason & Gill for organizing a good dining experience for us at Pearl Palace. Among the dishes served, our recommendations are, the Fish Steamboat and dessert, double boiled aloe vela with red dates. Other than that, we have friendly and attentive waitress serving us while Chef Wong spent some time after the tasting section to hear our feedback and suggestions.

You can also drop by to read, the reviews from others who attended:
http://www.gourmetgarden.com.my/
http://allaboutpenangfood.blogspot.com/
http://yummy-station.com/
http:/www.alliefoodtalk.com
http://buzzingbee.blogsome.com/
http://cariso-food.blogspot.com/
http://www.stevengoh.com/
http://crizfood.com/

Pearl Palace Food & Beverage

Setia Pearl Island Country Club
8 Persiaran Kelicap

11900 Bayan Lepas
Penang, Malaysia

Tel: 604-643 9888/644 9355
Fax: 604-645 9888

Business Hour:11am - 3pm and 6pm - 10pm
Close on Monday

*Halal*

Sunshine Market Food Court

Bayan Baru Market Food Court or also known as Sunshine Market Food Court bring together wide varieties of Hawker Food suitable for all races. Today we will share with you, our most ordered drink and lunch meal there.

We would sit near Bong Stall No.19 that sells refreshing ice blended drinks.


Corn Ice Blended RM1.00


Coconut Ice Blended RM1.20


One of the popular stall in the Food Court is Lai Hoe Stall No.99


Deep Fried Fish

Lai Hoe price list shows 2 types of soups (pure soup and tom yam) and 3 types of ingredients (fish, prawn and pork) choice. Additional charge for extra orders.

You can choose bee hoon or maggie noodle, fried fish or non fried fish too. Below are some of the fish noodles examples:

Fish Tom Yam Bee Hoon


Deep Fried Fish Tom Yam Mee


Deep Fried Fish Tom Yam Bee Hoon


Deep Fried Fish Pure Soup Bee Hoon

It is enjoyable and tasty, however good things requires time and effort. Take note that you need to check and remind the owner of Lai Hoe Stall on your order constantly. Enjoy~~

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Nasi Dagang Jalan Post Office Lama Kota Bharu

There is a great variety of delicious food in Kelantan. One of them to share, is the famous Nasi Dagang. Some from the West Coast claim that Nasi Dagang is in fact “nasi lemak” of the East Coast, in the states of Kelantan, as well as Terengganu.

At the junction of Jalan Post Office Lama, there is a coffee shop by the name of Restoran Kwang Ling, selling Nasi Dagang, which was once introduced 阿贤 (A Xian), the Astro food show host.

Nasi Dagang (or Nasi Dagae in Kelantanese), means “Trader’s Rice” is a special type of reddish brown tinge steamed with coconut milk.

It is served with ikan tongkol (fish curry) most frequently, together with half hard boiled egg, crispy fried salted fish, cucumber and some chili paste.

Other dishes available such as the daging kerutuk (juicy, tender beef pieces), prawns and gulai ayam (chicken curry). Price range from RM 3.50 to RM 5.00 depending on choice of dishes.

If you are planning to visit Kelantan someday, remember not to miss this out!

Nasi Dagang
3282, Jalan Post Office Lama,
Kota Bharu, 15000 Kelantan
HP: 012 - 921 5200
Business Hours: 7.30am- 12pm

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La Mei Zi Restaurant Set Lunch Steamboat

There are 2 branches of La Mei Zhi Restaurant in Penang located at Jalan Nagore and Crystal Point. The Crystal Point branch offers a very reasonable set lunch steamboat for 2 pricing from RM20.80+. Set lunch is available daily from 11am to 5pm.

Upon entering the restaurant is the open seating.


There are 3 privates room available for the customers.


We were served this braised peanuts RM2 as appetizer.


Chinese Tea RM1. As drinks is not included in the set lunch.


Garlic and chilies.

There are 4 choices of set lunch steamboat from RM20.80 (beef, lamb, pork and seafood) with 5 varieties of soup base (spicy, pig leg, chicken, old duck and tom yam) to choose from. Click here for more info.

We ordered Lamb Set Lunch Set RM20.80 with Spicy soup base. The lamb set lunch is as below:

Spicy soup


1 maggie noodle and 1 bowl of rice


1 basket of vegetables


1 plate of mix steamboat ingredients


Overall view of the lamb set lunch


Enjoy the hot and steaming pot of spicy steamboat at La Mei Zi Restaurant

Environment: 7/10
Peaceful, quite with air conditioner. Thus a good place for steamboat.

Food Presentation: 6/10
Food is neatly arrange and well presented. It would looks nicer to present the vegetable in plate or bowl in stead of plastic basket.

Portion: 7/10
The portion may look average. However it is really filling when you consume it with the rice and noodle.

Taste: 6/10
The ingredients is fresh but the soup is slightly bitter.

Service: 6/10
Food is served fast and soup is refilled. One point to improve, the waitress should knock the door before they enter the room.

Value for money: 8/10
The price is worth it. As you can judge such price in comparison to its ala carte order or others' restaurant steamboat buffet.

OVERALL
A good dining experience of steamboat, economical yet satisfying. You can add on ala carte orders for more varieties.

Lameizi Restaurant
29,30 Krystal Point II
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah
Bayan Lepas
11900 Penang
Tel: 04-641 5958
Business Hour: 11am - 11pm

Lameizi Restaurant
5 Jalan Nagore
Georgetown
10050 Penang
Tel: 04-227 9969
Fax: 04-228 0246
Business Hour: 5pm - 5am

Menu and price list: http://www.foodpromotions.com.my/2009/09/la-mei-zhi-restaurant-menu-and-price.html

Tonki Bento Lunch Set Meal

Tonki Bento is well known for it's affordable and big portion of bento set lunch. Delivery also available for busy working adults. Check out their menu here.

The available promotion is as low as RM 6.80 only. Believe it or not?

The seating in Tonki Bento restaurant is Japanese inspired, with it's wooden tables, chairs and partitions.

All the set lunch comes with a free refillable Green Tea (hot/cold). Among the set lunch we had:

Unagi Kabayaki RM 9.80
Grilled eel with sauce served with rice, salad and macaroni.


Salmon Fried RM 7.80
Deep fried salmon served with rice, salad and macaroni.


Tori Katsu Set RM 13.00
Deep fried chicken teriyaki served with salmon, fried vegetable, rice, salad, pickled and fruits.

Environment: 5/10
Tonki Bento has a simple setting. It is clean, compared to the coffee shop.

Food Presentation: 4/10
Rice and dishes are nicely put in a bento box.

Portion: 6/10
A lot of rice but fish and meat slices are thin.

Taste: 5/10
Rice in the bento set is not pure Japanese rice. Taste is moderate.

Service: 6/10
Serve food fast. Drinks are refilled often.

Value for money: 6/10
Price offered is cheap compared to many other Japanese restaurant. You'll get what you paid for.

OVERALL
Good to go if you are on a tight budget yet craving for bento meals. More choices for dinner.

Tonki Bento
No. 2, Lintang Burmah,
Pulau Tikus,
10250 Penang.
Delivery Service: 017-475 7100/016-439 0606

Business Hours:
11.30am-2.30pm/6.00pm-9.30pm
Close on Tuesday

Ogio Jelly Dessert

Let us introduce this delicious jelly dessert which Penangites called Ogio, or know as Ai Yu Ping 爱玉冰. Ogio dessert is made of soft jelly with some orange hint, lychee and a small piece of lemon with some mixed sweetener and ice ball.

Selling at Rm 1.30, this dessert is very nice to eat during sunny afternoons.

Ogio Rm 1.30




The van selling Ogio, parked under a tree at the corner of Weld Quay and Gat Lebuh Acheh.




Opposite on the left is the Thean Thean Cafe.


Opposite on the right is the Tan Bee Eng Bird Shop.

Once again,

Our sweet yet sourish lemon flavoured Ogio jelly! :)
What a nice afternoon dessert we had.

Map to Ogio Jelly Dessert

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