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Paddington House of Expectations

A and I are breakfast lovers.  We could be on holiday anywhere and never missed it so far, no matter how late we slept.  The lure of hotel buffet breakfasts is simply and unconditionally too great to pass up.  So on weekends when we do have an earlier start we like to go in search for some morning treats.

Peppermint for hers and Boh for his

So our morning venture brought us to Paddington House of Pancakes or PHOP, a second branch just opened at the al fresco area of Gurney Plaza.  We got there slightly late for their breakfast so I settled for the brunch menu instead - Tummy Warmer, comes with a soup, baked beans and sunny side up egg on top of fried German potato pancakes.

Tummy Warmer

Sunny side up on kartofelpuffer

For the life of me I couldn't recall my soup but it was bland. Completely.  The black pepper was just a bystander and couldn't help add any flavor to save it.  The egg whites around the yolk of the sunny side up could have been more cooked as it was still in a clear gelatin state.  The kartofelpuffer - German for potato pancakes, didn't do the name justice, again settling for tasteless.

A chose from the a la carte menu, consisted of beef salami, sunny side up egg, baked beans, green pea mashed potatoes and vegetable garnish on a crepe (RM15.50).

The green pea mashed potato looked promising but sadly fell short.  There wasn't any inkling of the pea except for obvious color and the mash lacked seasoning.  As my look of disappointment was apparent, A as caring as always, shared half her portion with me.  To soften the blow....

Customized Tummy Warmer

We were definitely let down.  Though my selection is attractively priced, doesn't mean its taste has to be compromised.  A's dish fared slightly better but did not meet expectations.  I would rate our breakfast miss a 2 out of 5.  Though PHOP is known for their pancakes, and we honestly heart them, my rating is solely for their weaker category.  As in life, I always believed in second chances and hopefully to be proven wrong on our next visit. 

Paddington House of Pancakes
Gurney Plaza (170-G-41), 
Persiaran Gurney,
Penang 10250


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Healthy and hearty

Sawara Restaurant is a steamboat establishment known for their fish paste made from mackerel.  Located in the commercial and food district of Pulau Tikus, Sawara is popular with locals for their creamy soup used in the steamboat and noodle dishes with seafood, fish meat, fish paste or fish head.

We started off with the Fish Crackers.  Thoroughly enjoyable with its crispy crunch from the light coat of batter accompanied with Japanese mayonnaise.

Fish crackers RM6

I enjoyed my Pork Chop Noodles immensely though it was a tinge sweet from the dark soy sauce.  Generous portion of diced mushrooms, kai lan, fried lean pork chops with fat yellow noodles and spring onions.

Pork chop noodles RM7

Close up of the delectable white meat

We had a side order of stir fried Vegetables with Fish Fry.  The balance of flavors were there especially the crispy fish fries adding the aroma to the vegetables.

Khai lan with fish fry RM10

Another main dish we had was the Seafood Bee Hoon Soup.  The creamy thick broth was flavorful and consisted of prawn, fish meat, fish paste and generous amounts of vermicelli.  Definitely one to savor especially on a rainy day.

Seafood vermicelli RM12

Sawara is an eatery considered healthy to most.  Rarely are we able to synergize healthy and delicious in the same sentence for food but one can find it right here.

Sawara Restaurant
393 Jalan Burmah
10350 Penang

Tel : 04 2260516

Business Hours : Daily 11am – 10pm

An introduction

This blog was created to chronicle my experiences with food.  Everyone loves food.  Tell me someone who doesn't and I'll tell you they have an eating disorder.  Or worst.. but I digress, my love for food and contentment of a great meal will be my search.  Together, starring companion in-crime, A :)

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