Invited Review: De Tittle Dining Cabin

My Ratings: 3 Stars
Cuisine: International

Location: 97, Lorong Selamat, Georgetown ,Penang
Pork Free
RM18 - 25 per person
Contact: +604-2297961, email: detittle@hotmail.co.uk

GPS: N05 25.033 E100 19.511

Once a while, comes a restaurant that is conceptualized and built from a partnership and this is true in the case of the De Tittle Dining Cabin. However, this partnership is from a life long friendship who had the same schooling, dreams, hobbies and interest.

De Tittle Dining Cabin is owned and operated by life long friends, Ean Lau and Janice Ooi who practically did things together literally, loves to travel around the world and enjoys cooking. As soon as you walked inside the restaurant, you can see the personal and in a sense touches Ean and Janice had put into their restaurant. They painted their restaurant themselves with with the help of friends and the decor reflects their personality, young, contemporary and chic.

Their inspiration comes from the love of travel and they wanted to bring back a small part of the country they visited and what better way is through food. De Tittle serves an international cuisine from Japanese, Italian, Swiss, oriental and western flavours. their menu alternates every two weeks. It is a family orientated restaurant with good kids menu and discounts for senior citizens above 60 years.

The specialties are their deep fried chicken or fish with an assortment of home-made sauces for under RM15. Add RM1.50 and you will get to enjoy addition of desserts, soup, dinner rolls and free flow ice-cream. If you have kids under 3 or parents over 60 years, They don't have to pay the extra RM1.50. Other favourites are their Cheese Fondue, Grilled steak and lamb and their special dessert called the Miracles of Devils and Angels which is a chocolate cake with molten chocolate lava center served with vanilla ice-cream. Simply irresistible! For full menu descriptions and pricing, go to http://www.cariso.net/2011/06/de-title-dining-cabin-invited-review/

The restaurant is a good alternative to the hustle and bustle of coffee shops, the heat, and angry hawkers nearby. Extensive menu choice. Good value for money. Parking is limited, so you have to walk a little. The restaurant offers causal dining with a private room/space upstairs for private parties or larger gatherings.

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Nonya Delights@Terrace Bay

My Ratngs: 3 Stars
Cuisine: Nonya

Location: Terrace Bay Restaurant, Copthone Orchid Hotel, Penang
Halal
RM30 nett
Contact: +604-8923333

Nonya cuisine has seen a revival recently which many restaurants around Penang offering Peranakan food reminiscent of the good old days, just like mums cooked it. Now the F&B team at the Copthone Orchid Hotel is offering diners to experience the Peranakan heritage at their Terrace Bay Restaurant with more than 25 authentic and scrumptious Nonya dishes on the table.

The restaurant located on Level 7, a level below the reception or lobby area. It offers seatings both inside the restaurant and pool side which is able to cater up to 230 people. And at just the right moment. you can even catch the stunning sunset rays at the cornet of your eye. Simply rustic and beautiful.

The dishes changes weekly so that diners gets to experience something new every time the dine there but the old exotic favourites like Jiu Hu Char (Wood ear fungus salad), Kelabu Hai Tay (Jelly fish salad), Acar Awak (Mixed vegetable pickles salad), Pai Tee (Stuffed shredded chicken meat with vegetables) and Acar Huan Cheo Bokwa (pickled chilly with shredded papaya).

For mains, they have the Kapitan Chicken Curry, Assam Prawns (Tamarind Prawns), Assam Pedas Ikan Pari (Hot & Spicy Stinray), Kari Kiam Hu (Salted Fish Curry), Belacan Fried Chicken, Otak Otak, Kiam Chye Ark Th'ng (Duck with Salted Mustard soup), Chicken Lor Bak (Chicken Wrapped in clear tofu skin) and Assam Laksa noodles.

And finishing off the meal with desserts like Pulut Tai Tai (Blue glutinous rice cake), Ang Koo Kuih (steamed red glutinous rice cake), Onde Onde (Coconut coated glutinous rice ball with gula Melaka fillings), Bee Koh Moi, Bubur Cha Cha and Kuih Talam.

The restaurant specially hired a Peranakan trained chef to train their chefs to re-create the authentic taste to Nonya cooking. It is served buffet styled for just RM35nett for adults and RM21 nett for children. But the best is that Malaysian senior citizens gets to enjoy the food at a discounted rate of only RM25nett. It is truly value for money family gastronomic adventure.

The buffet available every Saturday from 7pm - 10pm and do call to reserve as the themed buffet is very popular.

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