Jawi House on Armenian Street serves the relatively hard-to-find Jawi Peranakan food, a centuries-old fusion cuisine amalgamating Malay, Persian, Afghan and Northern Indian flavours into a culinary tradition unique to Penang, with offshoot versions in Singapore and Malacca.
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Levant Platter - Hummous, Baba Ganoush & Armenian salad with pita bread & crackers.
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Roti surai (lacey pancakes) served with chicken-and-potato curry.
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Herbal Lemuni Rice - steamed rice cooked with ground lemuni leaves, tinted blue using bunga telang, and flavoured with coconut milk, onions, ginger, garlic and lemongrass.
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Chicken curry served with Lemuni Rice.
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Jawi Biryani Rice with marinated lamb.
Red Arabian sherbet - with rose syrup, malva nut gum resin and basil seeds.
Address
Jawi House Cafe Gallery
85, Lebuh Armenian, George Town
10200 Penang Malaysia
Tel: +60 4-261 3680
Operating hours: 11am-10pm daily, except Tuesday.
