“Penang Place is not only cheap but the food quality is excellent“

ieatishootipost, Dr Leslie Tay

“At a time when most hotel buffets start from around $50, Penang Place is not only cheap but the food quality is excellent and they offer a unique spread of Penang food which is not easily available elsewhere! Their Penang char kway teow is very good and has the requisite wok hei aroma when it arrives at the table. It is part of the buffet, but they make it a point to fry it fresh a few times during the buffet service. To make up for the lack of pork lard, Chef Alvin uses oil that is used for frying the chicken to fry the kway teow so that it still has flavour.

Make sure you leave room for desserts because they are one of the highlights of the meal there. All their kuehs are made in-house by Chef Alvin and he even makes his own kaya the traditional way, slowly stirring it over a low fire for hours!”

The Business Times

“Arguably the best Penang char kway teow in town. The trick to a good char kway teow is to keep the portions small – and that’s what the chefs do as you can see them replenishing the buffet every so often. One can’t take short cuts with this dish that needs to be throughly wokked. Penang Place does a version with no pork or lard – so it’s quite impressive that they can create the right taste without these indulgent ingredients.”

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