Lim Western & Hainan Food — Restaurant in George Town

They have seen the last of me. Apparently, there is a limit to the amount of sambal that you can take. My wife and I ordered 1 fried rice and 1 mixed rice (mind you, that both of our fried rice and mixed rice portion was insanely huge. Enough to feed 2 adults), and the default sambal quantity was too little (half the tea-spoon size). So, I went to the stall to take the 2nd serving of the sambal, since both the taste from our dishes will be elevated when eaten with lots of sambal.

When I was taking the 2nd serving of the sambal, since the old uncle (presumably the father) was busy cooking, and there was nobody manning the sambal station, I gestured to the old uncle that I will serve the sambal myself on the small little plastic container that you’d normally see at a hawker stall.

As there was still a lot of rice left, I went back to the stall for 3rd serving of the sambal, I discovered that the sambal bowl had disappeared from my view. Then, when I asked for the sambal whereabouts, the old uncle came over and whispered to me that 2 servings of sambal is enough already. No need to take any more. I was taken aback and dumbfounded. Both father and son hawker had to stoop so low to hide their so-called precious sambal from their customer. Just wow! If you want to limit the sambal usage, you can always put it on the menu, so that patrons are aware of the additional cost on the sambal. If you do not place the sambal in the menu, then there should be no limits as to how much sambal...

This food court recently reopened few months now is nice and clean. I went on a Thursday mid morning. Not crowded. Only few tables with customers which is nice and peaceful. It wasn’t too hot either.

Glad to see an authentic and traditional Hainan food stall among the mostly Malay stalls. I’ve had hailam mee at few different places in Penang in the past. In Hokkien, this hailam mee certainly “eah chiak” 😋 The portion size is big for penang standard with generous amount of ingredients. It tastes authentic to me. Cost $8 ringgits which is reasonable for this place...

I've tasted once many years ago & i can recall that it's just average. Since now the food court has refurbished so I decided to visit again. Ordered chicken chop & as usual, they're very busy. Tell me you have to wait very, very long. I agreed & he insisted again on the waiting period. He gave me a feeling that he didn't want to take my order. I really don't understand why they're so famous & business is so good. Plenty other better Western food out there. The chicken chop sauce is near to tasteless. Their quality has turned from average to...