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

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:April 3, 2014
Post category:Food Penang Travel
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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

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:March 31, 2014
Post category:Food Penang
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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 3^rd 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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Mee Sotong Penang & Coconut Shake – (Halal) at Padang Kota Lama (Esplanade)

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:February 28, 2014
Post category:Food Penang Travel
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This is part of #RebeccaPenangHalalGuide. See full list here –> “List of Muslim friendly food outlets in Penang by Rebecca Saw”

Restaurant Name: Hameed ‘Pata’ Mee Sotong
Address: 6, Kota Selera Padang Kota Lama (Fort Cornwallis Food Court), Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah,10200, Georgetown, Penang
Tel: + 6013 4319384
GPS: N05° 20′ 14.6” E100° 18′ 37.6″

Opening Hours: 11:30am – 8:00pm (Monday – Saturday) Closed on Sunday
Website: NA
Halal Checklist:
Muslim Owned: Yes
Halal Certified: No
100% Halal Ingredients: Y
Cleanliness Grade – A
Serves Alcohol: N
Years of Operation: Not sure.
Extra Comments/Notes:
Prices are nett.

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The Padang Kota Lama aka Esplanade is next to the famous Fort Cornwallis in Penang. On one end is this foodcourt, aptly named Padang Kota Lama as well.
Just opposite is the sidewalk by the sea where you can enjoy both the refreshing breeze and view.

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Penang Halal: Restaurant Yunus Khan (Jiao Sai) @ Jalan Agryll, Georgetown, Penang

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:February 28, 2014
Post category:Food Penang Travel
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This is part of #RebeccaPenangHalalGuide. See full list here –> “List of Muslim friendly food outlets in Penang by Rebecca Saw”

Restaurant Name: Restaurant Yunus Khan (Jiao Sai) Mee Goreng
Address: 159, Jalan Agryll, 10200 George Town, Penang
Tel: + 6013 4319384
GPS: N05° 25′ 3.4” E100° 19′ 24.5″

Opening Hours: 5:00pm – 5:00am (Monday – Sunday)
Website: NA
Halal Checklist:
Muslim Owned: Yes
Halal Certified: No
100% Halal Ingredients: Y
Cleanliness Grade – B
Serves Alcohol: N
Years of Operation: Not sure.
Extra Comments/Notes:
Prices are nett.

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I was amazed when I was told by a friend that there is an outlet in Penang serving “the best mee goreng” she has ever tasted. Now, we all know that “best” is subjective but the curiosity levels tripled when I found out that it is the “jiao sai” mee goreng.
The hokkiens would know what that means but if you don’t understand Hokkien then let me translate for you. “Jiao siao” is literally “bird shit”.
The fact that this particularly distasteful branding actually works in their favour is astonishing. We are literally associating shit and glorious (so they claimed about this mee goreng) food directly in this case and people actually find that acceptable?

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What to eat in Penang (Pork Free): #RebeccaPenangHalalGuide

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:February 13, 2014
Post category:Food Penang
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1. Ayu Mee Udang, Teluk Kumbar Penang Directions, pictures, review: https://rebeccasaw.com/halalmuslim-friendly-food-outlets-in-penang-ayu-mee-udang-teluk-kumbar/ 2. Nasi Tomato Batu Lanchang Directions, pictures, review: This starts only at 11pm every night. And the queue is 30…

Halal/Muslim friendly food outlets in Penang: Ayu Mee Udang, Teluk Kumbar

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:February 11, 2014
Post category:Food Penang
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This is part of #RebeccaPenangHalalGuide. See full list here –> “List of Muslim friendly food outlets in Penang by Rebecca Saw“

Restaurant Name: Ayu Mee Udang
Address: 936B, Lengkok Kampung Masjid Satu, 11920, Teluk Kumbar, Penang, 11910, Malaysia
Tel: 04-6493881, H/p: 012-4652823
GPS: N05° 17.316′ E101° 13.690′

Opening Hours: 1.00pm – 11pm daily
Website: NA
Halal Checklist:
Muslim Owned: Yes
Halal Certified: No
100% Halal Ingredients: Y
Cleanliness Grade – A
Serves Alcohol: N
Years of Operation: Not sure.
Extra Comments/Notes:
Prices are nett.

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Teluk Kumbar is quite a distance from Georgetown but Ayu Mee Udang is worth the drive if you can spare the time and if you have willing company.
A standard bowl with a choice of kuey teow, mee hoon, mee or maggi mee or even fried rice plus 3 large prawns starts from RM14.00.
The Mee Udang Special is RM22 while the largest portion labeled “Mee Udang Mangkuk” is RM39.00.

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The famous and popular Penang Char Koay Teow at Siam Road – charcoal fried, duck egg

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:September 4, 2013
Post category:Food Travel
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I don’t quite get the hype of this Siam Road char koay teow. I was in Penang earlier this year for a trip with Berjaya Air and queued an hour for my char koay teow here. What I got for my endurance was though undeniably a plate of fragrant and delicious koay teow, it was way greasier than a good CKT should be.

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Hawker Centres in Penang – Padang Brown Popiah, Char Koay Teow, Roti Babi and Yong Tau Foo

Post author:Rebecca Saw
Post published:September 2, 2013
Post category:Food Travel
Post comments:9 Comments

Part of Penang’s charm is the availability of food at (well, almost) anywhere at anytime.
Usually the dearth of dining options in-between the lunch and dinner hours of 2pm to 7pm is an issue for some areas/states, but in Penang there are plenty of hawker centres that caters to the food loving crowd.
While one can argue that there are independent cafes and the F & B establishments in the shopping malls are open 11am – 10pm, there’s nothing like enjoying fuss-free, CHEAP and authentic local cuisine in a hawker street setting right? 🙂

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