Penang Bay Kopitiam

Name of Restaurant:
Penang Bay Kopitiam

Address & Contact:
66, SS15/4, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel:+603-56317899

Business Hours:
Not available

Price:
Average - relative to an aircon kopitiam

Specialty:
Traditionally  it is the "char siu pau" but now a variety

Rating:
3.0/5-Star. Service ok. Aircon/open air

Remarks & Opinion:
Did not know what to eat and was driving around and chance upon this interesting place - comtemporary decor with clean white brown theme! Just gives you a feeling of comfort and cleanliness! Probably It was the decor that caught my attention. Though I like the decor, on second thoughts was thinking will I be making a wrong decision as most kopitiam don't serve good food and in addition most are ready made/microwaved food. Anyway can't leave as I have entered - will give it a shot! Herein my opinion on the food:-

With a wifi of 5mbps and ample power points, this is one place to consider to work and eat for those who do not like to be bogged down within an office environment like myself.

    Penang Assam Laksa

When it was served, I was not paying attention (was replying to an email) as I have actually resigned myself to just enjoy the environment and not the food. The aroma from the assam laksa was so captivating that I put away my phone immediately and focus on the bowl of inviting assam laksa. I tasted the soup and I am right - the aroma and the taste is as good!It is not watery and not spiking or ascerbic. It carries a well balanced savoury tatse with a tinge of tanginess that keep you scooping the soup. I would have rated this assam laksa higher if not for the noodle. It is too soft. Well, what is left of a full bowl of soup tells you something special about the soup!

Ordered ice almond milk - on its own it taste fantastic. It is creamy but not thick and "sandy"! and most important it is not overly sweet. However, something is wrong with me. How can I order almond milk to go with assam laksa!Gosh!

Restaurant Kar Heong

Name of Restaurant:
Restaurant Kar Heong

Address & Contact:
SS14 Subang Jaya ( Next to Teochew Bak Kut Teh)
Tel:N/A

Business Hours:
Open For Lunch and Dinner Only

Price:
Depending on menu

Specialty:
Various

Rating:
3.0/5-Star. Service ok. Aircon.

Remarks & Opinion:
This update is over two visits. The first we ordered the Curry Vegetable, Steam Fish with preserve vegetable, pumpkin tofu. The 2nd visit we ordered Assam fish head, pan-fry french beans with "mui choi",  pan-fry "yaw mak" with black bean fried dace fish, and a yam basket. Herein, my opinion on them individually :-

C u r r y   V e g e t a b l e: This dish is surprisingly nice and good. Taste is not pungent yet it is aromatic. Am sure it is cooked with coconut milk but it does not give you that heavy feeling. Cost RM9.

P u m p k i n   T o f u : This dish is wrongly named. It is supposed to be pumpkin tofu with eggs. If you didn't know this dish is supposed to be a tofu dish, you would have mistaken it to be steam eggs! The taste is great, riched in eggs and pumpkin but cannot really taste tofu. Thus, based on the name of the dish, it fails, but if it is named as pumpkin eggs with tofu, then it is a different story.but dish is wrongly named! Cost RM 9

S t e a m   T i l a p i a   w i t h   P r e s e r v e d   V e g e t a b l e : Tatse good and fish is fresh. The sauce is not overwhelming but just enough to mask the funny tatse of tilapia. Cost RM 23.

A s s a m   F i s h   H e a d   ( S o o n g   F i s h ) : This dish surpass my expectation. It is so good that the moment it is served, you can get the aroma of the assam mixed with the fish. At that moment, I thought the taste will be overwhelmed by the assam with the stinging taste that will shock the taste bud. Surprise! Surprise! the sauce not only it did not sting the taste buds, bud actually blends in with the fresh fish meat that it leave a feeling of wanting it more! Cost RM20.

Pan-fry "Mui Choi" with French Beans : This is a failure! It is too watery. They should have thickens the sauce and allow it (together with the mui choi) to stick on to the french beans. However, it is too watery to do that. Though the taste is ok, but just did not pass the test. Cost RM7.

P a n - f r y   y a w   m a k   w i t h   b l a c k   b e a n   f r i e d   d a c e : Again this is a failure! Same disastrous cooking method as the french beans. Cost RM9.

Yam Basket: The yam is good, but the accompanying vegetables is too bland. Cost RM9