Goh Huat Seng, Teo Chew Food

Last Thursday, we had the usual dinner-break from college and were faced
by the usual predicament of choosing a place to eat. The modern
commercialized food like nasi kandar, western food, fast food, japanese,
thai and hawkers were getting dull to the tongue.

We decided a switch to good old rice with dishes and ended up in Goh
Huat Seng, one of the oldest chinese food restaurants in Penang.
Located at Chulia Street, this none-air conditioned restaurant has been
running for generations. Famous for its teo chew food, it draws
customers from abroad as well.

The place.
Unlike your typical 'choo-char' or
'tai pai tong', this place comes
with plastic chairs and table
clothes, instead of metal
stools and tables.
No air condition though,
but it's breezy enough.



Weird old decoration.
The place is decorated with
old antiques like this giant
mirror here. And those
wooden plank with chinese
words. Alfred gets high
for unknown reasons
while Kenny stares blankly
into his own reflection..


Fish Fritters w Black Bean Sauce









Price: RM15++ (++ means estimation as I've forgotten the actual price)
Mildly fried fish slices cooked in tao cheong or black bean sauce.
It was good as you can taste slight spiciness from the red chilies as
well. Very appetizing with white rice. Fish was fresh too.


Chicken Saute with Assorted Vege
Price: RM10++
It was okay. The usual
saute taste. Nothing out
of ordinary. Has some
weird vegetable inside.
And it's a bit oily.




Fried Oyster in Black Bean Sauce
Price : RM15++
I am not a fan of oyster.
I had 2-3 servings and
that was enough. The
sauce is something like
the fish fritters, except
you get an extra oyster
taste to it. Alfred almost
cleaned the plate alone.


Stewed Pork Leg









Price : RM13
Yes, this is like 'Yim Tai' that you get from restaurants. Only in a
different style and cheaper. I can't say it's the best stewed pork leg I've
tasted, but this was very nicely prepared. No, the meat isn't stewed to
the extend that it melts in your mouth (You can only get those in KL),
but it was really good. Not too soft, not too tough, it's the best
you can ask for from a place like this. The sauce was a bit bland, but
it's the style. You can't complain about it. In fact, I like it. Very nice.


Overall, it was a good meal for me, finally another place that doesn't
have spicy or sour food in its menu. But that was until the bill came.
It was RM59.00+. Yeah, that's a near RM60 for you. 3 persons only.
No service charge or any other extra charges. It's RM20 per person.
You can dine in some semi-fancy jap restaurant with that kind of price.
It's ridiculously priced IMO but they wouldn't give a damn. They have been
in Penang for generations. But the food is 1 of a kind in Penang
(unless your family is Teo Chew and actually cook those food at home).
Expensive or not, it's up to you to decide. But I wouldn't mind going back
there again...once in a blue moon..for that pork leg. Oh yes, the pork
leg...Mmmm.

Fettes Park Western Food

By the time we went to Fettes Park, I was barely aware of anything that's
happening around me. I have been awake for 20 hours without sleep. Don't
ask me why, I do not know. Let's just call it sleeping disorder.

I reached there first. 2 meters away from my car, and it started to rain. In
less than 30 seconds, it became a downpour. I ran inside to wait for the rest.
Alfred arrived first, followed by Kenny then Sze Chie and Kiki. Kiki? No, don't
ask. I do not know her real name. But her boyfriend's definitely Lala.

I thought of taking pictures of them running soaked and wet. But the
blog's about food. So, too bad.

The place itself.
Located at the same place of Fatty
Loh's Chicken Rice, this western
food outlet is considered to be
1 of the more famous western
food stalls in Penang. There
are other stalls there as well,
but I couldn't be bothered.


Mushroom Soup
Price: RM2.50
Alfred and I ordered this. Taste
very bland. Something like
diluted Campbell's soup mixed
in a very big pot. And there's
that familiar taste you get from
it. The taste you get from Pizza
Hut, Careme's or any place that
cooks their soup in a big giant pot.

Potato Salad
Price : RM2.50/3.00
For that cheap price, it's as
close as you can get to a
japanese restaurant's potato
salad. It's really good if you
are into real potato flavour
without those overly sweet
mayo.


Fried Butter Fish
Price: RM7.50
It was average. You can find
this at any of other stalls.
What set it apart is the fresh
fish and the richly minced
onion tartar sauce which goes
smoothly with the fish.



Chicken Cordon Bleu
Price : RM7.50
I had no idea how it taste like.
I'm still new to this food
blogging thing. Didn't really
dare to try Kenny's share.
Looks large in size. Should
be worth while for its price.



Hawaiian Chicken
Price : RM??
Your average Hawaiian Chicken
with ham and pineapple. The
melted cheese on top should
set it apart other than the
usual. Oh, did I mention
the fish was fresh and the
tartar sauce was good?


Fettes Park Western Food is a long standing member of the 'elite' western
food stalls in Penang. Its dishes has survived through the years against
all competition and still manage its quality - fresh food, mild flavouring
and those minced onion tartar sauce!!

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Four Leaves Cafe

I drove down to town to pickup Fred who came over from the mainland at the
jetty. We would later meet a bunch of friends at night to see off Junjie who
was going back to another state.

It was 2.30pm. The weather was extremely hot. 10 minutes later,we find
ourselves at the Four Leaves Cafe at the Gama Complex for a late lunch.

Entrance.
The entrance of the place is located
beside the main entrance of the
complex itself. From its look, one
can tell it's one of those many
localized 'cafes' serving the usual
local food with a higher price in
exchange for a better presentation
and yes, air conditioned environment.


Interior.
Nothing in particular to point out
about the decor.







Fred.
Quite a nice shot, too bad the back
lighting spoiled the photo.







Me
This is my 5th shot. People around me
was starting to look.








Fried Garlic Rice w Spicy Chicken.









Price : RM6.90
It was today's special, so each of us had one of these. The rice is fried mildly
with garlic, it's not so heavy in the taste, but it's enough to make a decent
garlic rice. The chicken is fried and soaked with some spicy and sourish sauce.
Kinda goes well with the rice. Not too spicy but a bit sourish.


Hokkien Char
Price : RM6.90
Your typical Hokkien Char from the
hawkers served in a mini wok. It
tastes utterly average and it may
have more meat than a usual plate
from the hawker, but the whopping
price of RM6.90 do not do justice at
all.In addition to that, it comes with
some disgusting sauce.

Disgusting Sauce
(comes with Hokkien Char)
On the left would be soy sauce. On
the right would be disgusting sauce.
Common sense tells me it's sambal,
but after tasting it, it's disgusting
sauce to me.




Jelly / Agar-agar Thingy
Price : Free
I am not into jelly or agar-agar. So I
have no comment on it. After all, it is
free. Still, it looks like frozen urine to
me.




Overall, Four Leaves Cafe has been around for quite sometime. Its rice dishes
(fried rice + chicken, garlic rice, nasi lemak) are not bad and it only costs less
than RM10.00 to enjoy a no-sweat meal. However, keep away from the
western food and the hokkien char. They are just average. And yes, keep
away from the disgusting sauce as well.

Introduction from Frederick Sim

Hello, This is Frederick Sim here, you may refer to me as Fred, Freddy, Sim or you may prefer my another nick, Diaz. I am quite surprised that JC invited me to this Sex Blog... i mean Food Blog.
Of course, i accept it. I mean i am not the professional food journalism type that appear on The Star or other magazines, but i enjoy eating, eating it's 1 of my hobby, just like having hot fetish sex with food. You will get what i mean!
Well most of the time i will be accompanied by JC to taste the food and give comment/review on it, i do also cover the mainland part. We will take picture for reference and post it on the blog, talk about pictures, eh i also lack of DC (Digital Camera), so i gonna use my Nokia 7610, the first megapixel phone to capture.

Look at that, ain't that phone looks so classy and cool? i leave that question to you. I do also got another backup phone for better photo quality: The Nokia N70. But i need to get it from my sister. In the nut shell, that's much about myself on The Glutton Monkeys and i will start to share our food review/comment to the blog.

Introduction from JC

Yo, wassup. Jermaine or JC here, whichever you wanna call me. This blog is about my opinions on food that I find and eat all over Penang, Malaysia. This is not a food review blog cause I do not think I have the experience or qualifications to do so, but it's pretty much like it.
And food preferences varies from individuals, therefore there's never a definite answer to one.
But, I do obsess about food and that's why this blog is created to record my experience and opinions on the food I take. I don't have a working digital camera (my nikon is dead) but I would be using my n70 to snap up photos. After all, I think it would be awkward if I started photographing the food with an actual camera...so a camera phone would do fine, I guess.

My trusty N70 (taken using Fred's 7610, hence the low quality of the picture)