Mojo Jojo which opened on Nov 17 is helmed by the talented Wagyu Tan, ex-Communal Table by Gen, and last seen heading the popular but now-defunct Villains on the Andaman. The same talented kitchen quartet from Villains are now running Mojo Jojo, which have the same owners.
Some of the dishes we had from the Nov and Dec menus include:
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ช ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. This risotto-like dish cooked using Japanese Koshihikari premium short-grain rice channels the flavors of the traditional Malaysian nasi lemak - and a very good rendition was presented here: milky-rich from the coconut milk used for cooking the rice, with fresh fish fillets, and the crisp-fried anchovies as well as toasted groundnuts to present the textural contrast. Tiny dollops of sambal provided the chili hit.
๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. Best fries this part of town. The duck was perfectly textured, and as good as any that one gets at a top-rated French spot anywhere.
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. Looked deceptively โcasualโ and rustic, but the smoky, creamy fish was a flavor explosion.
๐๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข.
Dessert:
๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต.
Some of the best coffees in town - from single origin Ethiopian Arabica, to house blends.
Address
Mojo Jojo, Lyf Hotel Penang
25, Farquhar Street, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +6012-915 5031
Opening hours: 8am to 3pm, 6pm to 11pm
