๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ด in Batu Ferringhi, right across the road from the popular Shangri-laโs Golden Sands Resort, is a super-casual eatery, owned by the very personable Lim Phang Peng @ Andrew Lim.
Perched on a 2nd floor corner of the Eden Parade, the breezy 23-year-old eatery is ultra-casual. Considering that the youngish owner, the loquacious, impossibly efficient Andrew himself is only 43, he really must have started early. Andrew seems to be able to anticipate oneโs every need, and knows exactly which dishes one should try depending on that personโs taste preferences.
Cooking is done mainly by his younger brother, Lim Phang Wann โ Andrew calls him Chef Wann, and positively bursts with big, bold flavours.
The Lim brothersโ parents, retired Hainanese cooks, still help out, which explains the confident, competently turned-out dishes which we had:
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๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ (RM39.90). This dish is a British-Chinese classic which Andrew had successfullly recreated for a British expat customer who yearned for the dish โfrom homeโ. Here, Chef Wann marinated the duck for 24 hours before steaming it. The duck will be deep-fried upon order, then served with shredded cucumbers & scallions, hoi sin & sour plum sauces, and tortilla wraps.
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๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ (RM17.90). Very boldly-spiced curry with tender cubes of beef and potatoes.
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๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ (RM31.90). Another very well-cooked dish: fresh seabass fillets and okra, in a piquant tamarind-chili gravy.
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๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ (RM13.90). Like all of his other dishes, even the simple scrambled egg dish was very flavoursome.
Definitely one of the best casual eats Iโd ever come across in Penang lately.
Customers, many of whom are regulars, often have their photo headshots pasted on the walls there!
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ด is at the 2nd Floor, Eden Parade, Jalan Sungai Emas, 11100 Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia. Itโs open 12 noon to 10pm daily, except Tuesdays.
Tel: +60 4-881 1688
