Foodies best destination

If you're a Malaysian you'd know that Malaysian food heaven is Penang. In fact the New York Times did their survey on "Top 44 places to go in 2009" and under category of food, Penang is the 2nd best destination behind Marrakesh (a.k.a Al-Hambra, somewhere in Morocco).

Blame Penang for my increased body weight and unattractive figure lately. Heh :)

Shahrun, he love curry (not the mamak style, the malay style), so we always seach for the best Malay curry house in town, these are the ones that we have visited :

1. Pen Mutiara

• Inside LKIM Batu Maung, around 15-20km from Penang Bridge exit.
• Serve very nive fish head curry, thick gravy and various choices of fish.
• The restaurant environment is super nice - superb view, superb landscape, bangku cantik, ada piano, etc etc.
• The price - hmm.. boleh tahan mahal (expensive), match the view lah!

2. Restoran Minah

• Located near Maybank Gelugor. Around 3-5km from USM main entrance.
• The fish head curry taste different, sebab dia bubuh bunga kantan, but very nice.
• The restaurant is and old shop, nothing fancy.
• The price - not as pricey as Pen Mutiara, but in the expensive range.

3. Kedai kat Jelutong.

• I do not know the stall's name, but it is located at the side of Jelutong Expressway, accross the Nusmetro Building (Bank Rakyat)
• They serve mainly Sembilang fish curry. Very nice, because the fishes are fresh (kan kedai tepi laut..). 
• The view is nice, sea side eh.. 
• The price - cheap, and berbaloi-baloi..

4. Kedai makan pagi-pagi (owh yea, Penangites; we eat curry for breakfast, lunch, dinner and sometimes supper, super saiko kan?)

•  This is a must go, located in Bayan Baru, Jalan Tengah. (if u are working with T* - the stall is just 1KM away from our exchange). If you're from airport, head straight to Bayan Baru, and turn left upon reaching the first traffic light (simpang empat). The stall is just at the corner.
• This stall only serve curry from around 9:30am to 11:30am. Fresh fish served, with variety of fish choice. The curry is very home style, and the cook; they  are super friendly and nice.
• View - hehe, jalan sesak.
• The price - also cheap and berbaloi-baloi hebat.

5. Paksu Curry House.

• This one is Shahrun's favourite. Located very near to our house. If you're from airport, head to Sungai Ara, just after SK Sungai Ara, turn left when u see Taman Pagar Buluh. The restaurant is actually a house turned into restaurant.
• This restaurant opens at around 5:30 pm to 11pm. Serve home cook fish curry and all other dishes (sambal prawn, chicken rendang) taste home cook.. yummy!
• View - normal, housing area, ada kids, etc. But I notice that this restaurant is clean.
• The price - super berbaloi. Murah..

Ha, sorry my HTC rosak. So no pic, walaupun aku pernah snap all these kedai's food.

So, now you know where to enjoy good malay style fish curry!