Balinese food in Penang: Nona Bali Restaurant – authentic Balinese delights & using HALAL ingredients

This is part of #RebeccaPenangHalalGuide. See full list here –> “List of Muslim friendly food outlets in Penang by Rebecca Saw”

Restaurant Name: Nona Bali Restaurant  
Address: Pasar & Balai Rakyat Gelugor (next to food court), Hilir Pemancar, 11700 Gelugor, Penang
Tel: +6012 5946116
GPS:
Latitude : 5.39839893579483
Longitude : 100.330221578479

Opening Hours: 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm (Thursday – Tuesday) Closed on Wednesday
Website: https://www.nonabalipenang.com

Halal Checklist:
Muslim Owned: : Owned by partners Peter Tait and I Made Sudiarta, one Hindu and one Muslim
Halal Certified: No
100% Halal Ingredients: Y
Cleanliness Grade – A
Serves Alcohol: N
Years of Operation: NA
Extra Comments/Notes:
Years of operation: Opened August 2013

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As far as I know, Nona Bali is the first and only restaurant to offer authentic Balinese cuisine in Penang.
Partners Peter and Sudiarta assures their diners that only wholesome, fresh and MSG/artificial and enhancer free food are served here. Furthermore, by using halal ingredients, Nona Bali ensures that diners of every race and religion are given the opportunity to have a taste of delicious Balinese food minus the flight and accommodation cost to the island itself.

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Really good chappati, sardine sambal at Waterfall Cafe, Botanical Gardens Penang

This is part of #RebeccaPenangHalalGuide. See full list here –> “List of Muslim friendly food outlets in Penang by Rebecca Saw“

Restaurant Name: Waterfall Cafe, Botanical Gardens Penang
Address: Near the entrance of Botanical Gardens, Jalan Kebun Bunga, 10350 Penang
Tel: +6012- 452 5580
GPS:  TBA

Opening Hours: 8:30pm – 7:30pm (Monday – Sunday)
Website: NA
Halal Checklist:
Muslim Owned: N (Indian)
Halal Certified: No
100% Halal Ingredients: Y
Cleanliness Grade – A
Serves Alcohol: N
Years of Operation: Since 1992, currently 3rd generation running the business.
Extra Comments/Notes: Prices are nett.

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From a simple hawker stall at the entrance of Penang Botanical Gardens, this chapatti and curry business has morphed into a full fledge eatery with numerous stalls selling burgers to nasi kandar and fried rice/noodles, all managed by the same owner. This “proper” roofed eatery began business in 2010.
For over 3 generations his family had fed the young and old but mostly hungry after their exercise from the hill and the gardens

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Steaks The Ship @ Pertama Kompleks, KL

Halal Checklist:
Muslim Owned: N
Halal Certified: N
100% Halal Ingredients: Y
Cleanliness Grade – A
Serves Alcohol: Y
Extra Comments/Notes: Meats are from halal suppliers
Service Tax 10%, 6% Government tax applies
Years of operation: About 30 years

As mentioned in my previous post, I was hunting for affordable steaks and after leaving Siang @Sogo KL (check out my dim sum meal here) we were still feeling peckish so Karen suggested “some meat” for dinner.
The Ship was just on our way to the carpark.

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Melaka 1st Pacific Coffee Flagship Store @ Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall

In 2010, Pacific Coffee first entered Malaysia and I was at the launch at IOI Boulevard Puchong.

BELOW: Alexander Leaw, Director of Perfect Cup Coffee (M) Sdn Bhd which is the franchisee of Pacific Coffee Company in Malaysia at the launch with COO, F&B division, Pacific Coffee (Holdings) Ltd, Mr Jonathan Somerville.
BLOGPOST –> www.rebeccasaw.com/pacific-coffee-opens-here-in-malaysia/

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Today, 4 years later, I stood and watched almost the same people cutting the ribbon at the launch of Melaka 1st Pacific Coffee Flagship Store @ Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall! 🙂

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MELAKA: Restaurant Dong Fung Yong Tau Foo & fishballs & delicious fish head noodles for breakfast!

Since I’m on the subject of yong tau foo and best fishballs in Melaka (have you read my latest post – best fishballs in Bee Bee Hiong ? It’s HERE if you haven’t! 🙂 ), I decided to keep the momentum going with this yong tau foo in Restoran Dong Fung on Jalan Temenggor which I had visited last month.

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Bee Bee Hiong – good fishballs/yong tau foo in Melaka!

Good fishballs/fish paste takes skills, patience and of course a great recipe.

I’m not particularly excited about yong tau foo but I do go a bit crazy over fishballs. I love them springy with genuine fish flavour (oh duhh) and bursting with the natural sweetness of the sea.
A high order I know, with the perfectly spherical machine-formed, MSG-fied and flour laden ones that all of us are subjected to these days that it’s possible to even forget what a really good fishball is supposed to taste like.

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