AHMO @Irrawady Rd, Penang

 I've been wanting to visit this place since a long time ago... but never found the time to.. until recently.

AHMO is situated along Irrawady Road in Burmah Square. It's on a one-way street, so the best thing is to drive-in from Service road.

AHMO gets its name from the hokkien word 'angmo' for 'orang puteh' or westerners. The full description about how AHMO came about is written in the place card like in the picture above.

The ambiance of the place is classy. AHMO is set in an old residential house which was converted. The wooden beams remind me of the olden days, although they did a good job in updating the place with wall paper art. More of the décor in the pictures below...

On to the food. They serve a mixture of western and local delights and their menu offers a good variety. It took us some time to look though their menu. We finally decided and ordered one plate of fish & chips and one plate of chicken croissant .

Fish and chips

Chicken croissant

 They also offer sets... for an additional fee, you get a bowl of soup and drink...

Their prices are really affordable... and I liked the soup the best. We had mushroom soup that day :)

Check out their website http://www.ahmo.my/ahmo.php

La France in Penang

There's a new restaurant in town. I used to think that Penang had no restaurants offering French cuisine except in over-priced hotels. Even that was hard to come-by.

Recently, I've discovered this new place sitting in the heart of town at Jalan Irrawadi. It was previously only a foodstall at Northam Beach foodcourt. Now, it's upgraded into a real restaurant!

Nice cozy ambience

I tried the set Lunch which is on till 4pm, by the way
I chose to savour the chicken bolognaise. There was something different about this. They used fusilli pasta instead of spaghetti and i liked it! The taste & use of freash tomatoes just oozed out of this dish. Only downside was the thickness of the sauce. It was too watery. Perhaps the pasta wasn't drained properly before adding the sauce? or was it suppose to be like that? You be the judge :)


I had the chicken bolognaise!

The best was the dessert!! I love love love the dessert! It was crepe with ice-cream. The crepe was soft and sweet and oh, so yummy! It's definately a must-try!

 You can find them at:-

La France, Cafe and Restaurant - Penang

3b, Jalan Irrawadi, Georgetown,

10050 Penang - Malaysia

Phone: +60 012 4127355

Check-out their website here