The Robin @ Pekaka Square, Sungai Dua, Penang.

The Robin at Pekaka Square is a comfortable spot for a casual brunch, with a well-spaced, air-conditioned dining area and comfortable seating. Its brunch menu covers familiar options such as Toast, Big Breakfast and Pasta, along with Japanese-inspired Don choices, offering a decent variety for different preferences. Prices are fairly reasonable considering the portions and setting, while the food was generally of good quality and well prepared. Overall, The Robin makes for a pleasant neighbourhood option for a leisurely brunch. 

Fujian Min Cuisine 福见 @ Pekaka Square, Penang.

A new addition to Taman Pekaka, Fujian Min Cuisine quietly opens its doors with a focus on comforting Fujian (or Hokkien) fare. During its soft-launch phase, the restaurant introduces a small menu that pays homage to traditional Fujian flavors, expect to see really classic Fujian dishes like Oysters Pancake, braised Seafood Noodles or Stew Rice etc. The interior is clean and welcoming, with well-spaced tables offering a comfortable dining environment for groups and families alike. 

Hai Bee Restaurant 海味饭店 @ Pekaka, Gelugor, Penang.

Hai Bee Restaurant 海味饭店 at Pekaka has been around for quite a few years, the restaurant has garnered an appreciate following since its opening in 2019. The menu is simple but offering a lot of classic, homecooked-styled dishes at reasonable prices. What differentiates Hai Bee from its competitors- this restaurant is equipped with air-conditioning, offering a more comfortable dining experience. The place is often full on weekend evenings- a popular option for family dinner. Nothing fancy but a solid, no-frills Chinese stir-fry menu. 

Canteen 食堂 @ Pekaka, Gelugor, Penang.

Yearning for some spicy Tom Yam from our neighbour country since the beginning of lockdown? You can now beat the cravings by visiting a new Thai restaurant near Pekaka Square. Canteen 食堂 specializes in Thai Tom Yam Mama Mee, with a small variety of Thai delights that include a few Rice dishes as well as some sides (like crispy Thai Pork Rinds etc). The price points vary but typically in the range of Rm 10 to Rm 20, not too steep (but the serving portion could be larger for that price tag). Worth checking out only if you are a fan of Thai Tom Yam.

Wu Jia Chinese Restaurant 吾家大酒楼 @ Pekaka Square, Lip Sin, Penang.

The successor to Sea Palace at Pekaka Square is Wu Jia Chinese Restaurant 吾家大酒楼, a Chinese food operator previously running its businesses opposite Pekaka Square but has since taken over the spot. Minor upgrade was done to give the place a fresher look. Like most Chinese restaurants, Wu Jia offers a big Chinese menu... featuring all sorts of stir fry dishes, stews etc. There is not anything special about the menu but the fully air-conditioned restaurant has a very spacious setting, making it ideal for family eat outs or any form of gathering over classic Chinese food. However, the price points are of restaurant-standard so don't expect to get a budget meal out of here. 

Tok Tok Cuisine and Wine Bar @ Taman Pekaka, Sungai Dua, Penang.

It has been almost a year since Tok Tok Cuisine and Wine Bar's grand opening and many are still unaware of the place due to its concealed location at Taman Pekaka. To the right is Tok Tok Wine Bar, it has great setting with comfortable couches for a glass of leisure alcohol. It does not have much complicated setting but more towards minimalist sort of elegance in shades of wooden beam. On the left will be Tok Tok Cuisine, a restaurant offering a small Thai-menu with some local dishes. They do serve Thai food but the prices are slightly steeper (for the food) but fairly standard for alcohol so I can't see this as a regular dining place for me but I might step in for a glass of wine or so. Tok Tok Cuisine and Wine Bar is housed within Pekaka Square, next to Wang Chao Chinese Cuisine and same row as Maxim Dim Sum.

Sweet-i Dessert House (甜在心糖水屋) @ Lip Sin, Penang.

Sweet-i is always my favorite dessert house when it comes to home-made and healthy desserts, but due to some of their rental issues, they were moving around and now, they have finally stabilized and have their new outlet opened in Taman Lip Sin (opposite to the empty land next to Phor Tay Secondary school). Sweet-i serves their home-made desserts in a healthier way, as in all of their desserts are less-sweetened. In case you might be interested, they were previously located at Sungai Dua, opposite to Tesco Extra. They have moved into their new outlet few weeks ago. They do have some special desserts every day, if you wish to receive more of their latest/updated news, you might follow their Facebook page (will be provided below). Price-wise, I'd consider that as cheap considering their huge portion. Service will be very attentive since they have increased/hired a few staff. They will be offering some other non-dessert but healthy dishes as well, like their Herbal Soup (please check with them personally on the availability if you wish to savor this healthy Herbal Soup). Ample parking spaces around the area, you might park right in front of their place too. I strongly recommend those who have a sweet-tooth to try their desserts out, you will definitely enjoy all these homely and down to earth desserts. For the medicinal effects of certain desserts, you may ask them and I am sure that they will be very happy and proud to tell you that.

Chu Yoke Weng Pi Pa Duck @ Pekaka, Penang.

If you are a duck lover then you must pay attention to this restaurant. It serves Pi Pa Duck (chinese name, the duck will be fried until golden brown. Crispy skin is what makes the Pi Pa Duck famous) Aside from the Pi Pa duck, this restaurant also serves the ordinary roasted duck, char siew(barbecue pork) and roasted pork. Other side dishes are dumplings, seafood toufu etc. They have various kinds of soup either.

I adore this special kind of chili, its a mixture of chilies and vinegar, its a bit sourish and spicy, very suitable for the duck and the noodles.

Pi Pa Duck (Rm 39 per bird).As you can see from the picture, the skin of the duck was fried till crispy. Special made sauce was added to the duck before it was served. Although it looks like the meat will be pretty dried up but the meat remained its tenderness and juiciness. Perfect to go with a bowl of rice or noodle. Highly recommended.

Fried Dumplings (Rm 1 each, minimum of 5 pieces). The dumplings were pretty good. Crispy but they successfully maintained the juiciness of the fillings. A small plate of mayonnaise will be provided to go with the dumplings but i would prefer chili sauce personally.

Stew toufu and egg (Rm 0.80 each) Both the stew toufu and stew egg were okay only. The eggs were abit disappointing due to lack of taste. I would prefer a heavier taste stew egg.

Dry Noodles (Wanton Mee, Rm 2.00 for small). The portion for the small ones are really small, you might want to order a large one if you are a big eater. You can opt for white rice too but i would recommend this. The noodles were perfectly cooked and topped with their homemade gravy. The texture of the noodles was nicely kept so do the smoothness. It works perfectly with chili-vinegar.

Seaweed soup (Rm 5.50 for small). Its recommended that you order a bowl of soup just in case those food are too dry for you. The soup was pretty normal and nothing special.

I haven't tried their barbecue pork and roasted pork before, as for the Pi Pa duck, i think this is the best so far from what I've found in Penang.

Ratings:
Taste: 8/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Price: 7/10 (1-3 expensive, 4-7 average, 8-10 cheap)
Parking: 6/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Services: Good
Government Tax: No
Service Charge: No

Additional Information:

Address: 20, Jalan Pekaka 1, Sungai Dua 11700 Penang. (Opposite Tesco Extra, few shop lots away from the hawker center)

Business Hour: 11.00am - 3.00pm; 5.30pm - 9.00pm (Closed on every Wednesday)

Phone Number: 012- 421 0980

Google Maps Here

Maxim Dim Sum @ Pekaka Square, Penang

As promised earlier (was that like centuries ago?), another branch of this dim sum chain store in penang, situated in pekaka square, this place is loaded with ppl during weekends, so i had some of the so called more popular dim sum.....

1st thing u don wanna miss out is their egg tarts, crispy pastry and fragrant, sweet fillings(custard) are simply the best combination.

This is some kinda dim sum where the fillings are pork, wrapped with seaweeds and topped with some gravy, din tried it out coz it pork.

Steamed mussels with garlic paste, the mussels were pretty fresh, it was 1 of my fren's favourite dim sum of all time, the garlic paste can effectively remove the pungent smell of the mussels and to boost the natural sweetness in the mussels.

Crispy fried prawn dumplings, it uses Yuba(skin of toufu) to wrap the shrimp paste and deep fried them. It works best together with the mayonnaise, the shrimps were pretty fresh, i love to go this together with the mayonnaise, it kinda reduces the oilyness of the fried dumplings...

This is the steamed version of the prawn dumplings, known as 'har khau' in cantonese, some chopped water chestnut will be mixed onto the shrimp paste to increase the overall texture of the dumplings, 1 of my all time favourite in dim sum.

Steamed fishballs, i think the taste was pretty much same as others, i would prefer the fried version of fishballs compared to this tho.

This is the fried version of the fishballs, pretty much more chewy compared to the steamed version, it has a more fragrant smell too, bt of coz, it also means that it has more calories too T.T
Similarly to the previous one, this is another version of fried prawn dumplings, however, they were wrapped by using wanton skin instead of the Yuba.

Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun(prawns fillings), the texture of the rice cake(chee cheong fun) was pretty smooth, topped together with some chilli paste and soya sauce, best while served hot...The soul of the whole dish is about the numbers and the freshness of the prawns, you don wanna eat a plate of chee cheong fun with 1 or 2 shrimps , do you ?

The shop can be easily spotted once u made ur turn into pekaka, they have a wide range of dim sum too, price is pretty reasonable =D.

Ratings:
Taste: 6.5/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Price: 6.5/10 (1-3 expensive, 4-7 average, 8-10 cheap)
Parking: 8/10 (1-3 bad, 4-7 average, 8-10 good)
Services: Okay
Government Tax: No
Service Charge: No

Ah Mah Coffee House @ Pan Plaza, Pekaka

Visited to this newly open coffee house located in pan plaza,lip sin......u will easily locate this plaza as u drive along the main road to bukit jambul , so they mainly serve desert and of coz , some main course as well......so below are some pics related to this coffee house :

'Ou Qiao Jelly' (rm4.80).......this is actually a desert mixed with some fruit punch which includes some lychee , longan , nata de coco etc......and its very wise for them to squeeze in some lemon......the little but of soury taste just light up the whole thing =)

Banana creepe topped with chocolate ice-cream (rm5)......nothing much to describe......pretty sweet though

Some sort of peanut desert (rm3)......its actually blended peanut mixed with sugar syrup and some condensed milk......taste was pretty decent.....the peanut flavour is quite strong though

This is ramen set with deep fried fish fillet (rm9.50)......the ramen is just superb.....the texture is really spongy....fish fillet is quite nice too....as i think they added some sort of spice(s) into it....making the fillet very aromatic

U will easily find this coffee house once u entered the plaza....its just located on the right side of the plaza(corner unit).....and some of their seats are rubbish bin =.="......i dare not to sit on it as im pretty concern about the strength that it can sustain......i don wanna injure my ass , do i >.<