We decided to have an American Southern breakfast for a change last weekend. Let’s Meat is run by Alabaman transplant to Penang, Diana Foster, together with her husband, Benjamin Ho (who studied in Texas) and their business partner, Joyce Ooi, who’d lived for a decade in Kentucky. The restaurant came about, apparently, because Diana missed food from home, and decided to open a restaurant which has all her favorite dishes, and more.
Located on a quiet street in a largely residential area in Tanjung Bungah, Let’s Meat seems busiest on Saturday mornings (it’s closed on Sundays) when the weekend crowd comes for breakfast.
Our breakfast spread:
1) Triple stack pancakes with maple syrup and butter, and bacon - beautiful-looking pancakes, and we ordered the ones with chopped bacon worked into the batter. A tad dry - we asked for extra maple syrup.
2) Buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy - I enjoyed everything about this simple dish: the crumbly texture and the deliciously creamy sage-scented sausage gravy. I could eat this every day.
3) Pulled pork omelette with queso, green and red salsa - always love Tex-Mex flavors, and this was no exception.
4) Biscuit with bacon & eggs
It was a welcome change from the typical Chinese, Malay or Indian breakfast options we usually have - sometimes, you do want a break from even the “good things”.
Address
Let’s Meat
18, Lebuh Lembah Permai 4, Tanjung Tokong, 11200 Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +6016-215 4234
Opening hours: 8.30am to 8pm Mon to Sat. Closed on Sundays.