Strada

Strada is a western restaurant on Burmah Road in Pulau Tikus.

We arrived on a quiet night, and we were the only patrons there. The restaurant has a nice relaxed atmosphere with subdued lighting and a modern chic decor.

We ordered the Watercress Soup to start.

It was thick and creamy and you could really taste the freshness of the ingredients that went into it.

The mains courses arrived next.

The Slow Roasted Pork Ribs With Herbs was done to perfection. This was served with roasted potato wedges and some salad. The meat was so tender that it was practically falling off the bones. With each mouthful you could taste the infused flavour of the marinade.

The Homemade Beef Sausages were also served with roasted potato wedges and some salad. The gravy is rich and flavourful that I could have used some bread to mop it all up afterwards. The skin of the sausages had a slight crisp to it and the filling had just the right texture.

I will definitely come back to sample the other dishes. Highly recommended!

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Address: 238 Burma Road 10350 Georgetown Penang Malaysia
Tel    : 604 229 0882
Email  : strada@strada.com.my
Website: www.strada.com.my

GPS Coordinates: 5.430071, 100.313152


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Harvest In Cafe

This little restaurant at the corner of Irrawadi Road and Chow Thye Road is really popular at lunch time; it was already half-filled when I arrived at 11:45.

I ordered some garlic bread to start while I waited for my friends to arrive.  To my disappointment the slices of baguette they served were cold and stale, and not "golden brown and crunchy" as described in the menu.

I saw Papper Salt Squids on the menu and ask a waitress if they were freshly made.  Unfortunately I was told they were not.  Seems to me they would have a hard time keeping them "crispy and crunchy" so I decided to give them a miss.

The lack of any soft furnishing on the walls make the place reverberate like a school canteen when the place filled up at around 12:30. I measured an average of 93 decibels from the centre of the restaurant.

The first dish to arrive was the Black Pepper Lamb Chop (RM12.90).

The portion was quite large for the price.  You get two large lamb chops, along with some mashed potato, some lettuce and some tomato. The lamb was well-marinated and the sauce was flavourful without the black pepper being over-powering.



Next up was the Honey Oat Chicken (RM10.90).

The deep-fried oat coating has a nice crunch to it, but I found that the honey drizzled over it had made it a little too sweet for my taste.


The Barbeque Chicken (RM7.90) came next.

This is a well-grilled piece of chicken with a generous amount of barbeque sauce poured over it.  The flavour of the sauce compliments the flavour of the chicken very well indeed.

The popularity of this place during lunchtime means that if you arrive around 12:30pm you may have to wait for a table.  Service is surprisingly quick, as our meals were served within 15 minutes, even with a full house.  Coupled with the modest prices, this place definitely deserves its popularity.  Worth going back.

10 Irrawaddy Road
10050 Penang

04-2261718

GPS Coordinates: 5.425676, 100.321520

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