Ivy's Kitchen 2010 Special CNY Package Deal

Hey! Mr. Tan from Ivy's Kitchen just called me and he is excited to promote his 2010 Chinese New Year Dinner Package.

For those who dislike to wash up or just too busy or tired to buy and prepare the ingredients, don't fret because Ivy's Kitchen has the answer. Tan and Ivy has developed a special menu throughout the festive period that has the same wholesome goodness and taste which Ivy has cooking up for their customers. This time King Prawns and Abalone adds even more punch

Call Tan or Ivy today to make your reservations! Their new CNY special menu as below

Invited Review: Kim Tavern

My Ratings: 5 Stars

Cuisine: International, Fusion, Asian

Location: LG04, Sunway Carnival Mall, Jalan Todak, 13700 Seberang Jaya

Pork Free

RM15-20 per person

This is certainly a pleasant surprise. Never can you expect a restaurant in the major shopping mall to be able to serve great tasting, delicious, savoury foods. Kim Tavern is a heck of that special restaurant. Barely a month old (opened mid October), Kim Tavern has enjoyed over whelming response from satisfied customers as soon as it open its door for business from 11:30am. The restaurant is fully packed right up to 3pm

Born from the hard work and vision of a young entrepreneur, Andy is also a great cook and equally passionate about great food. Kim Tavern is his latest project. His previous projects are also in the food and beverage in other malls in Seberang Jaya. Kim Tavern is targeted at casual family dining. Kim Tavern has any food items that are able to satisfy all taste buds and moods with equally tantalizing drinks. Great food but the best thing is the price is competitive and value for money. Where else can you find a bento box for RM8.50+?

Andy's philosophy for success is serving great food together with great service. The secrets lies in the choice of ingredients. For example, Andy use the more expensive New Zealand mussels, not one but two in its tom yam noodle dishes. Another example of the choice ingredients is the large shrimps in most of the dishes like Sambal Udang Rice and Ipoh Hor Fun. Another of Andy's secret of success is he tries to serve as close to as home cooked meals and no details has been left out during the preparation. For example, white turnip is used to prepare the stock to enhance the aroma and flavour. Furthermore, Andy try to served the food as healthy as possible. Minimal oil is used, only natural flavours. It's nasi lemak do not have coconut milk. You will be surprised that the nasi lemak set is tastier that way.

"The perfect way to get your daily servings of fruits, anti-oxidants and phyto-nutirents"

I like all the dishes served. My favourites are Chicken Spaghetti Bolognese, Chicken Lasagna, Tom Yam Soup Noodle, Unagi Egg Rice, Honey Pepper Roast Chicken drumlets, Sambal for the fried rice and seafood porridge. For drinks, Mango smoothie and tiramisu are also my favourite.

This restaurant has only to look forward. Andy said that the menu is only 40% of his planned menu. So there is more food items to come for us to enjoy. This is a hattrick, my past two review has also been a 5 star performer. More to come. So if you are in Sunway Carnival Mall, Kim Tavern is a must stop for food. Open Daily 11:30am - 9:30pm. Call 604-3999879 or Andy Liew at +6012-4288066. Thanks to CK Lam, Taufulou and Andy for organizing this review

Below are the food we had:-

SOUTHEAST ASIA FAVORITE
S01 Nasi Lemak Curry Chicken (RM7.90)

S02 Nasi Lemak Rendang Chicken (RM7.90)

S04 Udang Sambal Rice (RM7.90)

S06 Dry Curry Stir Fried Chicken Rice (RM6.90)

JAPANESE-ASIAN STYLE BENTO
B02 Sweet & Spicy Fish Bento (RM8.50)

JAPANESE BIG BOWL RICE
J01 Unagi Fried Egg Rice (RM12.90)

SOUP NOODLE
T01 Tomyam Seafood Noodle (RM9.90)

T02 Ipoh Chicken Slice Noodle (RM6.90)

FIRED RICE / FRIED NOODLE
F02 Capsicum Prawn Fried Rice (RM7.90)

F06 Tomyam Seafood Fried Noodle (RM8.50)

MUSHROOM PORRIDGE
P03 Seafood Mushroom Porridge (RM7.90)

MAIN COURSES
M1 Spaghetti Chicken Bolognese (RM6.90)
M4 Mushroom Chicken Chop with Garlic Butter Rice (RM9.90)

M5 Cheesy Chicken Lasagna (RM9.90)

ENTREE
E5 Honey Pepper Roast Chicken Drumlet (5pcs - RM6.90)

FRUIT JUICE / COLD DRINKS
D16 Fresh Carrot-Orange (RM3.50)

D20 Honey Lemon Ice (RM3.80)

SMOOTHIES
D29 Mango Smoothies (RM5.50)

D32 Wheatgrass Smoothies (RM5.50)

SPECIAL ICE BLENDED
D40 Peppermint Mocha (RM7.80)

D41 Blueberry chocolate (RM7.80)

D42 Hazelnut Latte (RM7.80)

D43 Almond Latte (RM7.80)

D44 Tiramisu (RM7.80)

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Ivy's Kitchen

My ratings: 5 Stars

Cuisine: Nyonya, Chinese, Steamboat, Seafood, Cafe & Hawker fare

Location: 58, Jalan Chow Thye, 10250 Penang

(2 doors down Jemputree restaurant/opp Hotel 1926)

Pork Free

RM10-30 per person

There is an undiscovered jewel in the mass of restaurants in Penang. Ivy's Kitchen serves the best traditional Nyonya, Chinese, Seafood and Steamboat cuisine. Born out of the dreams of Tan And Ivy to set up a family orientated restaurant serving the best dishes of their Hokkien and Teo Chew heritage.

Their strength is in cooking up the long forgotten dishes that our mothers used to make for us like Chilli Crab, Ju Hu Char, Teo Chew styled soup with seaweed and traditional steamboat. Their promise to their customers that every of their dish is home made and made fresh on that day and nothing comes out to the table except quality food.

As a matter of fact, some dishes like the Chilli Crab and Steamboat must be pre-ordered so that Ivy will get the raw ingredients and spices fresh from the market.

The menu may looked simple but ask Mr. Tan for recommendation for the day and soon you will realize there is more to offer and best part of it all the dishes are good. And the best part is that there is variety, you have to make several trips and dine at the restaurant before you get to the end of the menu. Rarely, you can get a restaurant that can cook well for all of its items in the menu buy Ivy's Kitchen is different and is that special restaurant. Here's to Ivy.

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We ordered a lot and we finished them all. We ordered Nasi Lemak, Gulai Ikan, Ju Hu Char, Chicken Lor Bak, Asam Prawns, Assam Gulai Ikan, Laksa, Rojak, Kailan Sambal, Beef Rendang and Bitter Gourd with Taucu. Oh! Yummy.......

Here is my recommendations: Basically, all above............esp. Nasi Lemak set, Curry Fish Head, Beef Rendang, Penang Assam Laksa, Assam Gulai Ikan, Assam Prawns, Ju Hu Char, bitter gourd with taucu, etc. Mr Tan is eager to recommend his Chili Crab and steamboat. I am sure they will taste fantastic! My next visit......

Tan and Ivy is taking reservations for Chinese New Year family steamboat dinner over the duration of the Chinese New Year. Call their numbers below.

I am giving my two thumbs up because I can get basically all my great tasting childhood comfort food here and if you have the opportunity, chat with Tan and Ivy. They have a lot of life & food stories to share....definitely adds to the homely friendly atmosphere. Stop by Ivy's Kitchen as part of your heritage adventure around Georgetown and get to experience a taste of heritage.

Call Tan (+6 013-4337878) or Ivy (+6 016-4337130) for reservations and/or advance orders. Open Daily 12:00pm - 9:00pm. Close 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. Park car along Chow Thye road or at Cafe 127's car park.