Claypot Restaurant @ Jalan Sg Kelian, Hillside, Tg Bungah, Penang (Non Halal)

At the foot of Pearl Hill is known as Hillside of Tg Bungah. The Claypot Restaurant is located there and at the T-Junction of Jalan Sungai Kelian & Jalan Loh Poh Heng. The address of Claypot Restaurant is No. 48, Jalan Sungai Kelian, Tanjung Bungah, 11200 Penang.

Most of the chinese cuisine are served with claypots. You can find that claypots are largely used in several cuisines. The claypot helps to yeild better food fragrance than the metal pot. The food are also taste better by cooking in a claypot.

Location Map of Claypot Restaurant

Google Map GPS : 5.464199,100.289834

Contact :-

Tel # : 604 - 899 7987

Business Hours :-

Lunch : From 12.00 noon to 3.00 pm

Dinner : From 6.00 pm to 10.30 pm

Closed on every Monday

Facilities and Others :-

1) Non-Smoking - Indoor Dining Area (Air-Cond)
2) Smoking - Outdoor Dining Area (Without Air-Cond)

3) Rest Room

4) Parking of Vehicles - Along the Jln Sg Kelian

No. 01 : Business Card of Claypot Restaurant together with the Location Map

No. 02 : The External View of Claypot Restaurant from Jalan Sungai Kelian

 No. 03 : Signage of Business Hours

No. 04 : The Light Box Welcome Signage will be placed out the Restaurant during the night

No. 05 : Path leading to the Main Entrance Door of the Claypot Restaurant

No. 06 : The Main Entrance Door to the Claypot Restaurant

No. 07 : The Wall Decorations inside the Claypot Restaurant

No. 08 : View of Outdoor Dining Area

No. 09 : View of the Outdoor Dining Area

No. 10 : The Menu of Claypot Restaurant

No. 11 : Meat Dishes - Claypot Salted Fish Chicken, Claypot Herbal Chicken, Claypot Ginger Chicken, Claypot Vinegar Pork & Claypot Ginger Beef

No. 12 : Closed Up View showing the Claypot Salted Fish Chicken

RM8.00 per Claypot

The chicken meats were well marinated & stewed.

The taste was abit salty with aroma of the salted fish.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 13 : Closed Up View showing the Claypot Herbal Chicken

RM10.00 per Claypot

Cooking with dried Wolfberries and Red Dates together with Chicken is a traditional way to produce Chinese Tonic Soups.

A bit of fine Ginseng Root was added in this dish causing the taste of the soup to be abit bitter together with the natural sweetness of Red Dates and Wolfberries.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 14 : Closed Up View showing the Claypot Ginger Chicken

RM8.00 per Claypot

Good combination with the Chopped Garlic, Dried Chillies, Ginger and Seasoned Bean Paste help to deliver this delicious dish.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 15 : Closed Up View showing the Claypot Vinegar Pork

RM8.00 per Claypot

The Pork was so tender with the aroma of the vinegar.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 16 : Closed Up View showing the Claypot Ginger Beef

RM9.00 per Claypot

The Beef was cut into slices and cooked with thin slices of ginger.

Not forgetting to add the spring onions into it.

The Beef was so tender.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 17 : Vegetable Dishes - Claypot Brinjal with Minced Pork, Claypot Spinach Soup with Centry Eggs, Stir Fried Chinese Chive Flower Buds with Shredded Meat, Stir Fried Long Beans with Prawns and Sambal & Stir Fried 'Dou Miao' (Snow Pea Shoots)

No. 18 : Claypot Brinjal with Minced Pork

RM8.00 per Claypot

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 19 : Claypot Spinach Soup with Centry Eggs

RM8.00 per Claypot

This Soup has to be taken while it is still warm/hot.

Once it is cold, it has lose its taste.

Rating of the Taste : 3/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 20 : Stir Fried Chinese Chive Flower Buds with Shredded Meat

RM11.00 per Plate

If the shrimps were not over cooked, this dish would have tasted better.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 21 : Stir Fried 'Dou Miao' (Snow Pea Shoots)

RM8.00 per Plate

Well I prefer my Snow Pea Shoots (Dou Miao)  to be stir fried with Bean Sprout.

It is a good combination of the two (2) vegetable and without leaving the crunchy Salted Fished out.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 22 : Stir Fried Long Beans with Prawns and Sambal

RM10.00 per Claypot

The blended sambal was hot and spicy with rich aroma of the chillies combined well with the Long Beans.

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 23 : Drinks - Loh Han Guo with Chrysanthemum, Shan Cha with Appril & White Nutmeg Juice

No. 24 : From the Top (Clockwise) -  Loh Han Guo with Chrysanthemum, Shan Cha with Appril & White Nutmeg Juice

RM2.50 per Glass

Rating :-

1. Ambience : 3
2. Choices of Food : 3 (Wide Range of Choices)
3. General Taste of the Food : 4
4. Pricing : 3
5. Service : 4
6. Facilities : 3

          Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

Haji Mohamad Mee Kuah Ketam @ Jalan Kulim, Bkt Mertajam, Penang (Halal).

Haji Mohamad Mee Kuah Ketam has been operating beside the busy federal road, Jalan Kulim between town of Bukit Mertajam and Kulim for about 14 years or more. If you are travelling from town of Bukit Mertajam after the junction of Jalan Kulim and Jalan Kampung Baru, you will notice a Caltex Petrol Station on your right hand side and the stall is about 100 meters away from it. The stall is exactly under the shades of trees along the Jalan Kulim.

No. 01 : View of Haji Mohamad Mee Kuah Ketam's Stall at the road side of Jalan Kulim

Location Map of Haji Mohamad Mee Kuah Ketam
Google Map GPS : 5.35272,100.474112

Contact :-
Handphone Nos. : 012 - 414 2135 or 439 1955

Closed on every Friday

Price List :-

1)  Mee Rebus (Normal) @ RM3.50 per Plate (Boiled Yellow Egg Noodles)

2)  Mee Goreng (Normal) @ RM3.50 per Plate (Fried Yellow Egg Noodles)

3)  Pasembur (Normal) @ RM3.50 per Plate (It is also known as 'Rojak' or Malaysian Indian Salad)

4)  Mee Besar (Additional of Mee (Noodles)) @ RM4.00 per Plate

5)  Mee Special @ RM5.00 per Plate

6)  Mee Besar Special @ RM5.50 per Plate

No. 02 : View of the Haji Mohamad Mee Kuah Ketam from Jalan Kulim

No. 03 : The Signage of the Stall

No. 04 : Normally there will be a large crowd during the Lunch Break

No. 05 : The Banner with the Price List

No. 06 : The Menu with the Price List

No. 07 : There were 2 Cooks frying the Mee to serve the long queue customers during the lunch break

No. 08 : A large Pot is used to contain the 'Kuah Ketam' (Crab Soup)

No. 09 : Mee Rebus served with Kuah Ketam

Price : RM3.50 per Plate

Fried tau kwa (bean curd), a half sliced of hard boiled egg, fried shallots, fresh cut chillies slices, a half sliced of calamansi limes, cut lettuce leaf, bean sprouts, prawn fritters and boiled Mee (yellow egg noodle)

Rating of the Taste : 4/5

*Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

No. 10 : The Boiled Mee (Yellow Egg Noodles) filled up with a spicy slightly sweet curry like gravy which is made up of Crab Stock and others.

Taste of the gravy is very similar to 'Hokkien Mee' (Prawn Noodle).

No. 11 : Some of the ingredients used for Mee Goreng, Mee Rebus and Pasembur

No. 12 : Most of Customers love this delicious Spicy Minced Sotong (Squids)

Do not miss out this ingredient

No. 13 : Drink Stall is operating under Haji Mohamad Mee Kuah Ketam

No. 14 : The Signage of the Drink Stall

No. 15 : The Banner with the Price List

Coconut Juice @ RM3.00 per Whole Cocunut

Coconut Juice @ RM1.40 per Glass

Coconut Juice @ RM1.50 per Packet (Take Away)

Sugarcane Juice @ RM1.40 per Glass 

Sugarcane Juice @ RM1.50 per Packet (Take Away)

 No. 16 : Signage of Pandan Coconut

Coconut Water is the best drink to quench your thirst during the warm humid climate. The taste of the pandan coconut and common coconut is totally different because Its juice is sweeter and has pandan fragrance.

No. 17 : A Glass of Cold Coconut Juice

Price : RM1.40 per Glass

No. 18 : A Petrol Powered Motorized Machine is used to make Sugarcane Juice

No. 19 : After eating you have to settle your bill at the Counter equiped with Cash Register Machine

Chapati @ Kedai Kopi Bee San, Air Itam, Penang. (Halal)

I would like to share my favourite Chapati with you. This Chapati Stall has been existing at Kedai Kopi Bee San for more than 10 years. It is located near the cross junction of Jalan Air Itam, Jalan Kg Melayu and Jalan Sempadan (Rifle Range Road). The stall of Chapati is at the front portion of Kedai Kopi Bee San.

The Chapati from this stall is from 'Punjabi' style and it is made from flour (i.e. whole grain common wheat).

Location of Chapat at Kedai Kopi Bee San
Google Map GPS : 5.404654,100.288771

Business Hours :-
From 7.30 pm to 11.30pm

Closed on every Thursday

No. 01 : View of Kedai Kopi Bee San from the Junction of Jalan Padang Tembak and Jalan Air Itam, Penang

No. 02 : View of the Chapati Stall at the front portion of the Kedai Kopi Bee San

No. 03 : The display of Price List on the glass cabinet

Price List
1)  1 pc of Chapati @ RM1.00
2)  1 Bowl of Curry Ayam @ 2.70
3)  1 Bowl of Dice Mutton @ 3.00
4)  1 Bow of Curry Cabbage ('Kobis') @ RM2.00
5)  1 Bowl of Curry Sardin Fish @ 1.50
6)  I Bowl of 'Dhall' @ RM1.50
* Note : The gravey of the curry is sufficient for 1 pc of Chapati

No. 04 : Rolling of the dough with a rolling pin

No. 05 : The rolled-out dough was baked on a flat pan

No. 06 : The Chapati was cooked on both sides.

No. 07 : The Chapati were slathered with Butter or Ghee (Clarified Butter)

* Note : You can have your choice of your Chapati with or without the Butter or Ghee

No. 08 : A piece of Chapati & A Bowl of Curry with Dice Mutton

RM4.00 per Set

Rating of the Taste : 4/5
*Note : 1-2 (Poor) / 3 (Average) / 4 (Good) / 5 (Excellent)

The gravy of the curry is just nice not too diluted and thick to go with my chapati.

No. 09 : Closed Up View showing the Curry of Dice Mutton

* Note : The Curry of Dice Mutton is semi thick and spicy.

No. 10 :  A piece of chapati was torn off and used to pick up the dice mutton together with the curry

No. 11 : A Bow of Curry Cabbage ('Kobis')

RM2.00 per Bowl

This is more suitable for vegetarians. Actually the whole dish is mostly made up of cauliflower and slightly spicy.