MAX GOURMET (美食之家)

I think most of the penang-lang tried Max Gourmet at Gurney Plaza before. This is one of my all time favorite restaurant for Cantonese style cuisine too. The best ever dish you cant find anywhere else is the fried radish cake and the second best is the steamed glutinous rice with chicken. Trust me, order this and you wont get dissapointed. In fact they have so many best dishes that i would recommend like the spicy and sour beehoon soup, steamed keow teow with fish and the duck rice.

There are many people most of the time so if you were planning for a relax meals while chatting with friends, this is not the right restaurant because you will feel the pressure of people standing beside you waiting for table. Unless you went there not during the lunch/dinner time, you will be able to enjoy you food slowly then.

The best fried radish cake ever

Steamed glutinous rice with chicken

Duck rice for my daughter

dumpling soup-not the best though, but for my duaghter

My rating:
Taste: XXXXX
Service : XXXX (very fast)
Environment : XXX (a bit hot)
Price: $$ (very reasonable)

Heaven Gate

The name itself has made me excited, so do the food! We went there at lunch time and they only served set lunch, so we don't have much choices (a slight disappointment at first). I ordered the seafood spaghetti and my husband ordered the chicken dish. The food turns out to be very delicious, way above our expectation and the price is reasonable too.

I like the spaghetti with just nice amount of cheese and not so oily taste. It has such a aromatic smell and the prawn are very fresh. The chicken is awesome too! Tender and not dry. Overall we like the food so much and will sure to come back next time for dinner to try out their a la carte menu. In fact I think they should serve a la carte menu during lunch time too cause their choices of set lunch is really limited.

The romantic environment of Heaven Gate

seafood spaghetti

You can find more info at their fb :https://www.facebook.com/HeavenGatePG

My rating:
Taste: XXXXX
service: XXXX
environment: XXXX
price: $$ (very reasonable for the set lunch menu)

Miraku-Japanese Restaurant

Last month my husband suggested this Japanese restaurant at G Hotel, Gurney - Miraku. So we give it a try and it was not bad. Er..I wont say it was the best maybe because we didn't order the most expensive dishes or their signature dishes.

Entrance to Miraku Restaurant

We ordered the Sake Sashimi set and the hot pot (forgot the actual name). It was not bad but I complaint that the soup is not very hot as i expected it to be, but the seafood taste inside the soup was just nice. I would consider it a normal taste of Japanese food which doesn't really WOW me, or maybe because our expectation for Japanese food is rather high? Japanese food is rather common in Malaysia/Penang, and I think that's the reason for the high expectation for japanese restaurant.
One good point about this restaurant is the setting of table are very spacious from each other so you dont feel disturb while enjoying your meal. :)

Sake Sashimi set

forgotten the name of this dish :)

My rating :
Taste: XXXX
Service:XXXX
Environment: XXXXX
Price: $$$$
(X-lowest; XXXXX-highest)