Bukit Tengah - Seven Village Restaurant

Taman Bayu Mutiara, a place I pass by almost every week (sometimes everyday), and keep passing by this restaurant, and yet I never think of actually pay a visit. Until one day when I logon to facebook, and saw one of my friend (where his company just upstair) post on his wall about this restaurant, and proclaim it as "famous", I was like "wow, damn"......

The name of the restaurant is actually Seven Village Noodle House (七廊果条汤), the restaurant is started in Butterworth (I guess) and this is their new branch at Bukit Tengah. I'm not sure why it is actually called as "Seven Village", maybe it is created by people from seven village, or the seller sale at seven village before or the place where the restaurant started is called seven village or.......since I never have the habit to chit chat with the owner, you'll need to find out by yourself. :P

It is quite easy to actually get to the place, if you are coming from the PLUS highway, just turn out from the JURU exit and turn left, then go straight until the traffic light, you'll see the Taman Bayu Mutiara infront of you. Go straight and then turn left into the shop houses area. Since there is only single row of shop house, just keep going to and flo until you see the restaurant. :P


The restaurant is on a corner lot, there a big mandarin yellow "seven" sign, so it is very easy to notice it.



Inside the restaurant, where the workers working on brewing the drinks you order.


The menu......it is actually nailed on the wall, shiny and classy.......never imagine that selling Koay Teow Th'ng can be so classy as well...and the most important, notice the price, so... so... kopitiam price......cheap!!!

There are 2 sections of the seat, one area with air-cond and another one without. So, sure find the seat at the air-cond area lar....


Utensils......so neat, so clean......100 mark. :P


Nice seat, how good it will be if every kopitiam or food court also like this.


cold cold drinks......in square glass - RM1.10, a sip in the mouth - priceless......


Closer look at the drink....


Now, we reach the highlight, the nice nice "loh bak" and "guang jiang". Guess, which one is which? :P
The most left is "loh bak", others are "guang jiang". When I saw "guang jiang" on the menu, I have totally no idea what is it (maybe because I'm not "Penang Lang"), when it is server, I'm still don't know what is it. And actually until today (after eating a few more times), I'm still don't know what is it. I just know it is nice and something make from glutinous rice. :P


Closer look at the "guang jiang".


"loh bak", nice nice, must try!


For the main dish, it is either the "Koay Teow Th'ng" or this ramen. They put a soft boiled egg in it together with some green veges and minced meat. So, the key is mix them all and you'll get a nice, soft and smooth ramen.


Closer look at the ramen (I love my Panasonic LX3!!!)...


The main actor of the day - "Koay Teow Th'ng"!!!!


Closer look of it.

Address:

58 Jalan Bayu Mutiara 1

Bayu Mutiara, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang

GPS coordinate(5G shop DIY Hardware): 5°20'35"N   100°26'10"E
The coordinate will bring you to the same row of the shop houses as the restaurant.

Juru Auto City - Manhattan Fish Market

Manhattan Fish Market (MFM) is another franchise restaurant that I like. Eventhough there are 99% of the workers there are foreigners, they are always well trained. Again, I was at the Juru Auto City for a dinner as birthday celebration for my little girls (more like I want to eat the food there. :P).


I always like to visit Juru Autocity's outlet (any restaurant), the outlet there is always spacious, the waiter is always more pro (proper english, smiley face, fast services)...This is the outlook of MFM...


Once we walked in the restaurant, this is the view came into the eye, nice.....


The table setting, stated there established since 1822, woot...hmm.......I got curious, so I did a google search (of course after ate finish and back to home to search online. ;P)

Woohoo! MFM
This is one of the most powerful restaurant website I encountered before, they even have their menu and prices on the website! If you are interested with the restaurant history and story, everything is there...except the kitchen sink.


From the table, looks like MFM is in Singapore and Bangkok as well......


Standard saurce: got tartar, minced garlic and salsa, not bad not bad. Nice......
It seems like no matter what you order, these are the sauce they will put on the table.


Woot woot, pepper and salt, cute! But I still prefer ceramic type. :P


Coaster, made from wood with nice carving. Looks like the restaurant really put in lots of effort on the decoration.


Captain's Quencher - Carbonated orange twist, nice......the CO2 + Ice + Orange, it did give some kick to open up my taste buds.


Wife ordered 100 Plus, it looks just like when I ordered the same thing at the food court near my house, except the price :P


Happy wife and daughter......

Fried Calamari, nyam nyam, my favourites. The only problem is that we also ordered the "Manhattan Seafood Platter for Two" where there are also one whole row of fried calamari. So, I got a "sotong hangover" after the meal. First I feel myself like a blur sotong.......but don't get me wrong, the fried calamari is nice. :)


Manhattan Seafood Platters for Two! Got fried fish fillet, got fried oyster, got flaming prawn with cheese!!!! got butter rice and fries!!!!! Superb!!!!! But I need to warn you first, the serving is really huge......let's say if you can only eat one McChicken for one meal, that is like 4 McChicken's serving.

GPS coordinate (Juru Autocity): 5°20'16"N   100°25'43"E

Seberang Prai City - Chego Restaurant

This is not the first time we went to Chego Restaurant at Seberang Prai City, but it was the first time I bring my parents to eat Korean food. The restaurant is located on the first floor, on the stretch where all the restaurant located.

I like the environment and the ambience in the restaurant, which I think is very suitable for a meal for families and friends. I particularly preferred the tatami seat......


Wife and daughter, waiting for food after place the order.


Happy family.....the tatami seat with a barbeque pit in the center of the table.


Daughter posing for the camera......


If you bring kids along, they have special plastic culinary set for the little one.

We ordered a barbeque set which complies of 7 small dishes, 2 flavor of barbeque chicken, one tofu soup and one stone rice. Besides that, we also ordered a special dishes (limited time offer) which is "fried glutinous cake" (炒年糕). It is supposed to be a popular dish for Korean restaurant.


The small side dishes, you can keep refill it. :P


Closer look at the Kimchi......nyam nyam......


The marinated chicken barbeque......There is worker to do the job for you, and also if you don't like the heat, they can even barbeque it for you at the next empty table (that is what I ask them to do, because it is dangerous to have kids around the barbeque pit).


The vegetables come with the barbeque chicken (waiting for being barbequed as well).


The barbequed chicken, cut into pieces and serve to you. You are supposed to use the salad leaves provided to wrapped the chicken and eat it. The salad leaves can be refill.


There is also sauce given for each person for the barbeque chicken.


The tofu soup, the smell is strong and it is sweet and spicy......my all times favourite......


The waiter helping out on mixing the stone rice.....


This is how it looks like after everything mixed together. I consider this is a must try also if you dine in a Japanese/Korean restaurant. :P


The “炒年糕", thought that it would be sweet, but it is salty, totally surprised me and it actually taste good! Beware, it is expensive. :P


Happy grandma with granddaughter.....


Finally, finish all the food......the portion is quite a lot, and we actually ordered the 2 persons barbaque set. So, if you are small eaters like us, becareful when you placed the order. :P


Prepare.......


Cheese!!!!!

GPS coordinate (Seberang Prai City): 5°22'9"N   100°26'21"E

Sunway Carnival Mall Seberang Prai- Kim Tavern Restaurant

After visiting to Penang Bird Park, it is lunch time. Since it was raining, we decided to eat indoor at Sunway Carnival Mall, which is just 2 mins away from the park.

There are plenty of restaurant in the mall, we decided to choose something that we never try before - Kim Tavern Restaurant.


It is located at the Lower Ground level (LG-04) near to Nandos and Kopitiam Junction. This is the entrance of the restaurant. The setup of the restaurant is quite nice, but the lighting is a bit dim, I'll like it to be brighter.


The table has been ready with the culinary set...nothing special though.


Little girl happy with her seat and busy reading the menu...the waiter's attitude is not very good, it gives me a "look" when my little girl not willing to return the menu, and I can see there are still plenty of menus at the counter...


Parents and my 100 plus. :P After a round of walking in the bird park, time for rejuvenation with 100 Plus.


Nasi lemak with curry chicken...the rice is not fragrance enough (in my opinion lar), I prefer a stronger coconut milk taste...


Dad's nasi lemak with rendang chicken, not bad...


The bills......

If you out of idea on what to eat when you are in Sunway Carnival Mall, you can give it a try. :)

gps coordinate (Sunway Carnival Mall): 5°23'54"N   100°23'52"E