Chin Yuen Seafood 金园海鲜 in Kim Shen Coffee Shop 金菁茶室

Deciding eating places with family and friends are very important and quite different for me.
 Friends: Shopping malls or Coffee House. Family: Kopitiam. Actually coffee house, cafe, coffee shop and kopitiam are the same, serve prepared coffee or other hot beverages but if you are Malaysian, you should know the differences between Cafe and Kopitiam.

What I blog today is kopitiam is way more traditional and old style whereas cafe is usually modern and more expensive than Kopitiam. Eating with family, I like Kopitiam cos the price is more reasonable and home style cooking.

I'm not PRO about kopitiam, yet I wanna recommend this place, Chin Yuen Seafood 金园海鲜 in Kim Shen Coffee Shop 金菁茶室, the food is up to standard and good service, worth the price! I visited it quite some time ago, it was after my Bangkok trip, right from Penang airport, haha. So, I can't label the food name and prices, sorry *duckface

Spend more time with your family, cos every meal with family is a FREE MEAL! *kidding

Chin Yuen Seafood 金园海鲜 in Kim Shen Coffee Shop 金菁茶室

Address: 827, MK13, Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim, Relau, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang

Contact: 016 - 451 4158 / 017 - 433 3371 (Ah Qiang)

Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant @ Bayan Lepas Penang

Free Salad for starting.

先免费的沙拉开始

Beef & Octopus Steamboat RM70.00

This was the first time I tried steamboat at Daorae cos usually I order either BBQ meat, rice or noodles. Assortment of mushroom, vege in it, made it tastes flavoursome and rich. Well, it may make you a lil bit thirsty. The octopus and beef were good as well, beef slices were thin and easy to slurp into mouth while the octopus not overcooked, not chewy, just right.



牛肉章鱼火锅 RM70.00

这是我第一次在Daorae吃火锅，因为之前来都是点别样。这火锅里面有各种各类的蘑菇，香菇，蔬菜，味道很有层次，不会死咸。但是吃了可能会有些口渴。牛肉和章鱼也处理得很好，牛肉切得很薄片，容易滑入口，章鱼也没有煮太过，没有难咀嚼的问题，刚刚好。

Free Korean side dishes (Refillable)

My favourite was tofu with korean bean paste, the one at right back corner smooth like baby skin, so I refilled twice. LOL Don't worry, their staffs are friendly :)



免费的小吃配菜（可以续盘）

我的最爱是豆瓣酱豆腐，右后角的那盘，滑溜到像宝宝的皮肤一样，所以我续了两盘。
别担心，他们的员工很亲切的。

Free Korean Pancake

The pancake is better than Korean restaurants that I''d previously visited, not so oily compared to them.



免费的韩国煎饼

跟我之前在其他韩国餐厅的吃过的煎饼比，这家没那么油，比较好吃

Free watermelon served with Sikhye (a Traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert)


免费的西瓜和食醯（一种朝鲜族传统甜米酒，通常视作饮料和甜点）

Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant @ Bayan Lepas Penang
Address:15-2-G, 2-1 & 2-2 Bayan Point , Medan Kg. Relau , 11900 Penang.

Contact: +604 640 2616


Business Hours: Daily, 11.30am–3pm, 6pm-11pm



Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant @ Tanjong Tokong Penang
Address: 104 & 104A, Jalan Tanjong Tokong, Tanjong Tokong, 10470 Penang.

Contact: +604 891 3616

Business Hours: Daily, 11.30am-3pm,  5.30pm-11pm

Sawara Claypot Fish Head Steamboat @ Krystal Point, Bayan Lepas, Penang

It's better to call for reservation if you wanna visit at weekends.

如果周末想吃，打电话预约以防万一没有得吃

Full house. Good food attracts crowd.

爆满了，美食才会吸引人潮

Sawara chili sauce, Onion, Fried Garlic

Sawara辣椒酱，葱，炸蒜头酥

If the fish soup were a person, he would be humble, brilliant, low profile person with an interesting story. Now can you imagin how is the soup tastes like?

如果用人来形容这鱼熬的汤头，我觉得它就像含蓄低调，却很有故事的人。你想像到是什么味道吗？

We order Set A RM88.00.

我们点了A套餐 RM88.00

Sawara Menu 菜单

You can have rice or noodles if you don't feel like eating steamboat.

不想吃火锅的话，也有其他选择

Their yong taufu are selfmade.

他们的酿豆腐是自制的

Sawara Claypot Fish Head Steamboat 砂煲鱼头火锅

Krystal Point Branch

Address: 303-1-23, Krystal Point, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.

Contact: 04-6434257

Business Hours: Daily 11.00am - 2.30pm   

                                        6.00 pm to 10.00 pm

Burma Road Branch

Address: 393, Burmah Road, 10359 Pulau Tikus, Penang.

Contact: 04 - 226 0516

Business Hours: 11.00am to 10.00pm

品味舒食 Idealite Wellness Restaurant @ Queensbay Mall

Haiyo, my bro ah, spoiled my pic. It's a mum-bro-sis-me lunch. We always become indecisive when it comes to decide what to eat but I think most people have this first world problem HAHA.


We didn't have much choices, considering my bro's skin allergy and dietary restriction, we had to choose a restaurant which provides really healthy food that suits him. Hmm of course, healthy food doesn't mean it has to be plain, boring or yucky. My aunt recommended 品味舒食 Idealite Wellness Restaurant @ Queensbay Mall, so we decided to give it a try!

I almost did a stupid thing that would embarrass myself though I do it constantly because I'm kinda BIG HEAD PRAWN person but luckily my sis stopped me and opened the cutlery drawer attached with the table when I wanted to ask for cutlery, pheww~ STUPID ME ARGH

(AIYAYAYAYAAAA~ don't know why the pic so blurr, sorry ya will improve HEHE)

Mummy ordered de Signature Hakka Lei Cha RM14.70.

Basically I think it is okay and suitable for people who try Hakka Lei Cha for the first time, their Hakka Lei Cha had moderate basil taste. (Pounded Tea or 擂茶, the green green liquid la, commonly has heavy basil taste, in case you can't accept heavy basil for the first time.)

My friends who really know me well can tell what kind of food I'll order from menu, and they know that I have the guts to try "non-mainstream food" which has big possibility to PHAIL! Normally, I will pick the food names I have no idea what they are. I stick with "non-mainstream food" although they often screw me up, I love surprises! 

Okay okay, get to the main point, this was what I had, Soya Steamboat RM22.70. It sounded interesting to me and it's one of their signature dishes, I made a right choice, it came with a bowl of grain rice as you can see, the soup, ahhhhh it tasted rich and healthy, ingredients were fresh, slurppp yummy!

They served the hot pot cooking to maintain the heat.

Sister's Herbs Vermicelli RM13.70, hmm just okay. I told her to choose Kolo Mee, she refused. (Nahh! I told you, you tak mau dengar, you better finish it WUAHAHA!)

Bro's Bak Kut Teh Rice RM13.70. He liked it, me as well. He had been complaining about his dietary restrictions for not having much choices of food and Kakak's "super duper boring healthy food". 

Most of the time, he rather to stay at home than looking at us eating "Holiao" in front of him. It's unusual of him to finish healthy food willingly happily, even my mum said he can come here more to eat after he starts studying in Penang. Aiyo, mummy arrr, you really think too far ahead LOL.

Cold Soya Milk RM3.70
 Celery+Green Apple+Purple Cabbage RM8.70  
 Pumpkin Barley RM4.70



All tasted good especially the middle one, veggie fruit juice tasted better than I expected.



I'm satisfied with their service and food, an enjoyable meal. Most people's tongues are spoiled by MSG, bad seasonings, misled on definition of good food, we need to redefine. Good food has to be healthy and good for our health, otherwise it can't be called good food. I don't know is this restaurant a vegan restaurant since they never state themselves as. I think they are quite vegan friendly and they have some vegetarian dishes if I'm not mistaken. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)  The prices shown above haven't included 10% service charge.





Idealite Wellness Restaurant 品味舒食
Address: 3F-19() Queensbay Mall,100, Persiaran Bayan Indah,11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.

Business Hours: 11:00am - 10:00pm Daily


Main Outlet
Address: 27C, Gottlieb Road, 10350 Georgetown, Penang

Contacts: 04 - 2286650 / 04 - 2263650
Fax: 04 - 2299240

Business Hours : 7:30am - 11:00am Breakfast
11:00am - 3:00pm Lunch
6:00pm - 10:00pm Dinner

 Closed on Monday

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/idealitepg
Website: http://idealite.blogspot.com/

Soba Yoshi & Hanayoshi Japanese Restaurant, Krystal Point

Today I'm gonna blog about a Japanese cuisine restaurant around Bayan Lepas named Soba Yoshi & Hanayoshi Japanese Restaurant which located at Krystal Point.

You can find a shop sign outside the shop.

Seasoning that provided.

I've forgotten what was it because I had this quite some time ago, but I believe it is Oyakodon which means Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a sauce and then served on top of a large bowl of rice.  

Sukiyaki. It is a Japanese dish, of the soup or stew type, prepared and served in the Japanese hot pot style.
The price range is about RM20 and above.

Soba Yoshi & Hanayoshi Japanese Restaurant
Address: 303-01-15, Kristal Point, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,11900 Bayan Baru, Penang.

Contact: 04-646 8650
Fax: 04-646 8614

Email: sobayoshi@where2go.com.my

Business Hours:
11:30am - 2:30pm
6.00pm - 10:00pm
Closed on Sunday