Mei De Garden — Restaurant in Penang

I’ve tasted worse western food for a higher price point, and I honestly think the food here is pretty great.

The carbonara pasta is slightly under seasoned than I’m used to, but the gooey cheese is done just right.

The mushroom soup is homemade. A bit extra peppery but still tastes pretty good. The pork chop + golden fried rice isn’t in the menu because we requested it from the waiter. He gladly accommodated our request. Fried rice is pretty good with a nice wok hei to it. The pork chop is crispy. But what takes the cake is the black pepper sauce served with the pork chop fried rice. Thick, gooey, black pepper goodness.

The place is right next to a house with the entrance having heart shaped LED arches. The whole place looks like a place you’ll build in Sim City. Owner told us he is still expanding the place with more deco. One of the deco is a real sampan cut out and refurbished to fit the place.

Its a nice place for some beer, western food and photo...

Atmosphere is pretty good. But food was crap. Ordered 2 fried chicken chops, plenty of fries, sauce was okay but the chicken was dry as hell and full of flour. Barely midway through the dish and my wife and I began to wonder if they just served us dried cardboard wrapped in heavy fried batter! For RM18.90 per plate, we would expect something decent and filling. On our way out paying bill, cashier basically gave us a sour face as we paid.

An disappointing RM40 dinner on our way home from work after a long day. We were the only customers there at the time and we usually pass this place on our way back home everyday and we always see the empty parking lot, so very likely their meat has been in the freezer for quite some time since business is slow. Used to be good, but sure as hell this is our last time...

Their Chu Char Set was priced at RM118 and comes with 6 dishes of your choice. Ordered: • Thai Sauce Fries Siakap 🐠: Thai sauce was atypical. ⚠️ You only get half a fish, not a whole. • Curry Prawn 🦐: Lacking strong curry flavor. Poorly done IMO. • Salted Egg Mantis Prawn: This was probably the best out of the 6. • Claypot Tofu: Nothing special. • Onion Omelette 🍳: Nothing special. • Kangkung Belacan: This was good.

Their Satay was the saving grace; marinated and grilled to perfection. A must order! 🤤👍

The lady boss was super friendly but on a busy evening they seemed to have some problems keeping up with the crowd. Otherwise, our visit...