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ChokDeeThai is a Non-Halal restaurant in a two-storey shop house located in the heavy traffic Burma Road, Penang. It starts operating at this new premises since it shifted from its previous place in the neighbourhood of Island Glades. The interior of the restaurant has a very relaxing and pleasant environment.
The menu has a wide selection of authentic Thai cuisine. It was nice to hear from the owner that the level of spiciness of the food can be cooked according to each individual personal taste. We started with a plate of assorted green vegetables which was accompanied with appetite-whetting sambal belacan.
We chose one of their delicious soups ... the hot and sour clear seafood Tomyam soup. The soup has prawns, fish and squid together with mushrooms, tomato and chili. The fresh seafood enhances the taste of the soup.
Stir-fry chicken with basil leaves. The aroma of the basil leaves with the soy sauce is a tasty gravy to go with white rice.
Thai fried fish cakes served with sweet chili sauce (minimum four patties per order). It has finely shredded kaffir leaves and bits sizes of green beans.
Spicy long beans fried with meat.
We were introduced to this dessert known as Tao Suan (1st photo). It is sweet mung beans porridge serve with slightly salty coconut milk and is eaten warm. Tasted good...recommend to try it out.
The above dishes with two delicious dessert cost RM78.
ChokDeeThai is at 231 D-Burma Road, Penang. Reservations can be made at 04 2291492. It is open everyday except Monday from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm (lunch) and 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm (dinner). There are ample parking space at its long drive way entrance and also by the side road of Jalan Loh Boon Siew.
This stall is located on the ground floor of Sky Hotel on Chulia Street, Penang which has a number of budget hotels and small cafes. You could easily spot this blue-ish building with the stall 'WAI KEE' right in the front entrance. Here you will find delicious assorted roast meat.
A sumptuous lunch with my choice of soup, blanched vegetables, siew bak and char siew.
Always try to go early as the crowd gets larger around lunch hour.
Do try out other food outlets along Chulia Street :
Ecco Cafe
Sky Hotel
Rainforest Bakery
Restaurant Kapitan.
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The stall of this hawker food is located in Jalan Susu, off Macalister Road, Penang. I came to understand that there are three brothers, each selling these snacks in different locations around Georgetown. One of the location is found in Cintra Street.
Dumpling cost RM2.50 to RM5 depending on the ingredients. Yam cake RM2 and red bean soup at RM1 per bowl.
The stall is beside the Sun Yat Sen Memorial and diagonally across the UMNO Building.
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While running errands in the banking and financial centre of Georgetown, I came across this simple roadside snack from a hawker stall. One get to savour packets of nasi lemak, hot crispy roti bakar (toast bread) with soft boil eggs. Not only that, but also tasty cups of teh tarik.
It is quite good as a light breakfast and also a in-between snack. It is open everyday except Sunday from morning till late afternoon. This stall is located in Union Street off Beach Street, opposite the Standard Chartered Bank and Hongkong Bank.
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Our family had the experience to taste Bulgarian food at the newly opened Vintage Blugaria Restaurant & Bar located at Tanjung Bunga, Penang recently. This is the first Bulgarian restaurant that makes its debut in Penang and is located right beside Ingolf's Kneipe German Restaurant.
The big signboard of this restaurant first caught our attention when we were dining at Ingolf's for their special pork knuckle that is serve only on Wednesday (yet to post the review). At that time, it was still under renovation.
A mezzanine floor is constructed in this shoplot to create more dinning space. Walking up the stairs lead you to the upper floor which has a dining area and a bar whereby diners get to enjoy a drink before the meal. Downstairs is another spacious dining area.
Bulgarian cuisines is influence by the Greek, Middle East and Turkish. The food are mostly grilled or sauteed. There is a wide range of mouth watering dishes to choose from the menu. We started off the dinner with the Shkembe Chorba, which is basically a tripe soup. It is very different from our local tripe soup. Do bring yourself to try it, it is very tasty!
Shepherd’s salad - a salad consisting of a selection of fresh vegetables, ham, button mushrooms, hard cheese and olives garnished with grated hard boiled egg accompanied with some dressing.
Platter Bulgari - Bulgaria trio consisting sausages, meat patties and chicken steak accompanied by a large portion of boiled potatoes, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. This plate of mouth watering grilled meats of ground pork patties (rich in herbs), sausages (with lots of spices) and chicken steak is a must try!
Steak Bulgarian style … tenderized chicken steak topped with creamy mushroom sauce comes with the same large portion of mixed vegetable. The chicken meat is tender.
We had an enormous Balkan platter which has a trio of lightly sautéed chicken livers and onion, gizzards in butter and veal tripe with mushrooms and herbs. It is a very fragrant dish. Recommended to share this dish around.
Photos of the cozy interior dining area and a shot of me with Silviya Georgieva who is one of the partner. I had a chat with her and she told us that they had the the interior of the restaurant decorated quite similar to the Bulgarian country side cottage. They even had a Bulgarian chef brought over here to head the kitchen. She did hint that they might introduce more dishes in the near future such as tarator (cold cucumber soup) and banista (pastry).
This restaurant gives Penangites the opportunity to explore the many flavors of Bulgarian cuisines. Definitely worth checking out this place. This dinner was indeed a brand new culinary experience for us. We also bumped into Lingzie who was dining there with her family, Penang definitely is a small island!
For reservations, call 04 8981890.
Address : 1E Jalan Sungai Kelian
11200 Tanjong Bungah
Penang
I came across this 'beauty' in the restaurant, guess where does it leads to?
