Aquarium Restaurant - Pineapple Garden

I just feel like want to talk about this unique aquarium restaurant in Penang. It is a pretty innovative restaurant. :) An aquarium inside a TV!!! Have a look...

Food / Overall - 7/10

Not the food are supper good here, but I'm attracted by this unique aquarium. :)

The "balacan" fried chicken, most local people will order this. :)

Curry fish, and sorry, I don't really like it.

This grassy jerry (also known as"cincau") drink is the famous one and you MUST order this.

Location Information

 
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Address 
1,Pesara Mahsuri 5,
SG. Nibong Kecil,
Bayan Lepas,
11900 Penang.

Business Hours
Lunch & Dinner (I assume everyday)

GPS Location
+5° 19' 51.55"
+100° 16' 55.43"

Curry Fish Head at Sunshine Square Food Court Penang

This is one of the best curry fish head that I have tried in Penang since I started to work here (i.e. > 13 years ago)!

Food/Overall - 8/10

If you don't like or don't know how to eat fish head (somehow most people are), you can order just the fish meat and you can also add on prawn and squid. Without fish head, I feel it is not that nice. Perhaps if you really don't enjoy fish heat, this rating will not be 8/10. You can also order "Oily Vegetable"(油菜) as side order.


Location Information

Same location as Tom Yum Noodle soup that I recommended,  you can check out the location information in this post:

• Best and Unique Tom Yum Noodle Soup

Best and Unique Tom Yum Noodle Soup in Penang

This kind of Tom Yum you can only get it in Penang and not other places. I will say this is one of the must try food in Penang. First impression, it doesn't smell good. It smells like a pee indeed  :) But after you get used to it, it is really tasty and spicy. If you enjoy spicy food, this is for you! If it is not hot enough, you can add more chilies which you can get it directly from the stall.

Food/Overall - 8/10

It is a hawker food style. There are only 2 places that you can get this type of Tom Yum which I find the best in Penang. First one is the Food Court at Sunshine Square and second one is the Sunshine Market which is also very nearby, the other side of Jalan Mayang Pasir (see map below).

These 2 owners are brothers. You can order pork meat or fish meat or mixed pork and fish meats. I usually order the mix one. Yummy!


Location Information


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Address
Sunshine Square Food Court (First Floor),
1 Jalan Mayang Pasir,
11950 Bayan Lepas
Penang

Business Hours
11 am - 8 pm
Open daily

GPS Location
+5° 19' 33.14"
+100° 17' 14.74"

Best Fish Head Mee Hoon Soup in Penang - Joo Leong Cafe

I'm not sure why I used to call this place fish head "Mee Hoon", perhaps the more accurate should be the seafood Mee Hoon/noodle or porridge. But not exactly seafood too because the most delicious food that I like here is the "Tian Ji"(田鸡) or frog. In fact, frog and "Tian Ji" is not the same. "Tian Ji" is one kind of  frogs that lives in paddy field. It looks very ugly in the skins (very rough and not smooth) where else frog's skin is very smooth.

At night, it is mee hoon, noodle soup and porridge. In the morning, the breakfast is very famous too, served with half boiled eggs and famous toasted bread! You still can order boiled eggs and toasted bread at night but for the mee hoon soup, it is only available for dinner.


Food - 9/10

I honestly very enjoy the food here. 2 food that you must try here, the mee hoon soup and the toasted bread. For mee hoon, noodle soup and porridge, you can choose what you want as below.

It serves other stuff too in the morning such as "Nasi Lemak", fried mee hoon/noodle but there are just so so. If you're really want to try more, just try out the half boiled egg which is very famous here. At night, other food that you may find here are "Satay" and salted chicken but those food are just normal.



Price - 5/10

It is very expensive in my opinion. One meal can cost you more than RM10 depends on what you order, it could be even more expensive. I've no idea why some reviews said the price here is reasonable. I don't really agree with that. But if you don't mind $$$, go for it!


Overall - 8/10

Highly recommend to have your dinner and breakfast here if you drop by Penang!


Location Information

Address
Joo Leong Coffe Cafe 1
79-H, Sungei Tiram,
Bayan Lepas Penang,
West Malaysia.


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Business Hours
6.20 am to 11.30 am (Breakfast)
6.00 pm to 11.30 pm (Dinner)
Close on Monday

GPS Location
North 05 degree 18' 4"
East 100 degree 6' 29"