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

Green Island Western Food @ The One, Bayan Baru

Green Island western food restaurant has been opened for a year now, with them celebrating their 1 year anniversary in October. I've been to this restaurant a number of times now, and have been wanting to blog about it ever since.

 

They are located in the row of shop houses in Bayan Baru called The One. It's a two-storey shop house serving western food. Their food is very affordable and they probably serve one of the cheapest drinks in town! (for a restaurant). And to top it all off, their service is super quick! Definitely three thumbs up! :)

 

Menu

Cheap drinks :)

 On top of their reasonably priced food items, they also offer Set Lunches.

Here's what we ordered...

Mushroom soup for only RM1 (as an add-on for their set lunch)

My White coffee (cold) was quite a big glass and it only cost RM2.50
 

 As mentioned earlier, their drinks are quite value for money. The White coffee (cold) I ordered, only cost RM2.50 per glass and mind you, that was a reasonably big glass, with a medium amount of ice. Unlike most restaurants, which charge more, and give you even more ice than drink, this restaurant really serves cheap, money worthy drinks :)

Next-up, our mains...

Grilled Fish with mushroom sauce

Chicken with thai sauce (top left corner), Grilled fish with black pepper sauce (top right corner)

The fish that they serve is not the usual Dory fish. This place offers Tilapiah fish ie fresh water fish, which is something different.

The overall experience was ok. But I was impressed at the quick service and cheap drinks :)
What do you think? Let me know :)

 

Rakuzen @ Gurney Paragon

I was so lucky to be treated to lunch at Rakuzen sometime back in August, before Raya

This meant that I finally had tasted all 3 outlets; Sushi Zanmai, Pasta Zanmai and now Rakuzen

As mentioned before, these three restaurants are under the same company... making these restaurants sort of sister companies...

Since I was being 'belanja-ed', well, I'll just let the pictures do the talking here... heheh

Here's what we all ordered...YUM!

Raw salmon...

Avocado... prawn.. maki... (sorry I can't remember the names)

Unagi...my favourite

the scallops were the BEST!! so creamy and fresh!!!

This is oysters... baked with cheese and set on top of salt beds... I was picking at t he salt beds for the longest time... despite me knowing it was for décor and to actually sit the oyster shell in ... hehehe. What can I say... I love salt

THe very much anticipated LOBSTER... unfortunately, for the price.. the size of the actual lobster was a disappointment.. too small leh..

tempura prawns... yum!

Salmon fish head... this was surprisingly filled with a lot of salmon meat!! Very satisfying!! :)))

All in all... a great meal, we had... !!
Loved the food here :)

Pasta Zanmai @ Gurney Paragon

As promised, here's my take of the time I had at Pasta Zanmai~!
For someone who loves pasta, the concept that Pasta Zanmai offers is simply awesome! The marriage of Japanese and Italian food... nice

Take a look at their menu...

 Nice selection of pizzas, pasta ie spaghetti...

I love the ambiance that whole restaurant gives... plus the lovely view of the sea... Gurney Drive...

Great view of gurney drive... the sea...

Now, it's down to the food...
We ordered their house specials... Teriyaki chicken garlic omu rice...and spaghetti with salmon for me...

In addition to their ala chart menu, they actually offer set dishes... eg main course with soup and salad... or a choice of a set that comes with two mains.. like a combo...

Teriyaki chicken garlic omu rice...

Spaghetti with salmon

Green tea

Dessert!!! RM9.90

Yummy vanilla ice cream in a chocolate coated wafer ... unfortunately, the wafer wasn't crispy.. :(

When it newly opened, the queues going into all three restaurants (pasta zanmi, sushi zanmai, rakuzen were insanely long!

Even now, there are still queues at peak hours...

Better go early if you want a seat! :)