Kim Hee Chinese Restaurant 金禧樓冷氣海鮮酒家 @ Prai, Penang

We had Thai food for lunch the day before and my colleague Y,  suggested we go go Chinese this time around and try out Kim Hee. Hey !Wiki Lim, if you are reading this, yes, I am doing it again, it’s Y, F, T or any other alphabets in place of names for others,  but when it come to you, I have to spell out your surname in full, consider it an honour mah..rather that being a non descriptive L , right ahhhh ? Complain somemore la..i will write your surname and last name somemore, then you know …

Sorry, back to food …

I always face the problem where – when you ask the captain about what they have to offer,  they go through a recital- all in one breathe too , example what type of vegetable do they have : kannataugehsiaopaichaisietathienwangkangkunglorsoonlorhonchai… ahh..can you please repeat again one more time  ? kannataugehsiaopaichaisietathienwangkangkunglorsoonlorhonchai ..Grrrrr…

 From the decoration and settings, Kim Hee seemed like the kind of restaurant where wedding banquets are held ( i saw that many tiered cake at one corner) and grand birthday parties too.

Our lunch include :

Siong thong yuen choy – watercress in superior broth . the broth was rich and tasty, the watercress was tender , plus the bits of century egg and salted egg yolks..ahh..bliss ! wonderful ! We also saw a few tables ordering the same dish, I wonder is this a house specialty ? or did we start the trend ?

Claypot curry fish slices – hmm..this was very rich and tasty. The prominent fragrant of powdered curry wasn’t too overpowering that it eclipse the sweet freshness of the fish slices. Fish, ladies fingers, onions  and tomato quarters disappeared in a matter of minutes..Yummm..

House specialty tofu – the tofu were mashed, added with meat and vegetable and then ‘re-assembled’ and deep fried. It works for me. This was good. Crispy on the outside, smooth on the inside.

 We were served Chinese tea which was way way too thick… I think I turned a few shades darker just from drinking this lah.

 The bill plus 3 rice and 1 pot of Chinese tea came to less than RM60 ..which was reasonable considering that we are comfortably seated in an airconditioned environment, good service and fabulous food. Ah…must bookmark this place !

 Kim Hee Chinese Restaurant
22-24, Jalan Todak 4
Pusat Bandar Seberang Jaya
13700 Perai
Penang
Tel: +604-397 6905

Starview Restaurant 仙景樓飯店@ Prai,Penang

When times were good , the company used to indulged in Chinese new year dinners for customers and for a few times, these dinners were held at Starview Restaurant, and I would most probably be in my new year outfit, something with a Chinese collar , in red probably …. and get mistaken for being one of the kitchen help…well, since times have not been so good…these were some of the perks that were discontinued…ah..that put me in a somber mood…

Anyway…back to the present..

At that time of our visit recently, Starview was having a steamboat lunch promotion thingy for RM18/pax- which seemed rather  reasonable but as we didn’t feel like cooking our own meal, we decided to have rice and order some dishes ( and ours was the only table to do so)

From the picture in the menu, 6 spring rolls fit snugly onto a plate, so we thought, ok- that will do…and when the popiah (RM12)  arrived..they were very much larger ! we could have been happy with just 1 .The filing was tasty- well seasoned meat and vegetable wrapped in beancurd skin ( fu churk) . Tasted kinda like woo kok (yam pastries). Nice..

 

Codfish in pounded ginger (RM30)  – when the fish arrived at our table,  covered in green gravy, I thought that there has been some mistake, ginger- where got green one ? anyway, there was no mistake lah. The flavour of spring onion seemed to overpower that of ginger but hey, no complaints, this was nice, the fish was steamed just nice –  sweet and succulent .

 

Broccoli with prawns (RM20) – it’s always like this, it happens everywhere …. when we order some vegetable with prawns, the prawns always manage to turn the table, shining the spotlight on itself screaming Me ! Me ! Look at Me! I saw more prawns than vegetable and some cold fear creep into my heart..…how much will we be charged for these delicious sweet, fresh and succulent M-sized prawns…

 

Fried Tofu (RM10) – Deep fried tofu….there were nothing in the tofu but more tofu, yeah..if this was fried tofu with prawns..you know what could have happened ! anyway, plain it may be, but in taste- this was not bad, crispy deep fried outer layer and soft on the insides, the aroma of tofu permeates the taste buds with each bite..hmmm..

 

Overall, a rather enjoyable meal..and i hope they bring back the company Chinese New Year dinner

Starview Restaurant (Prai) Sdn Bhd.,

2832-2834, Jalan Baru,

Bandar Prai Jaya,

13600 Prai

(Kompleks Megamall Penang- China town)

Tel : 04-397 1221/222

 The main Starview Restaurant is at Penang Island : Burmah Road –Tel : 04 226 6544/5213