Gurney Drive - it's a restaurant? yes, at Mid Valley

Gurney drive, not in penang ok, this is a restaurant at Mid Valley. A place, where it claimed to be the center of Penang food. You can find different popular food from penang, such as curry mee, lam mee, koay tiao th'ng, hokkien char, char koay tiao, lo bak, satay, nasi kandar, or chien, ham chien, lalar chien, chee cheong fun, ak tui me suah, nasi lemak, penang rojak, pasembur and so on... On the menu, you will find each dish has the popularity in different parts of Penang.

And, the setup is unique, because it is not a normal restaurant like the Madam Kuan or Little Penang, instead of having 1 kitchen, they have various of stalls in the restaurant. And, each stall will prepare different dishes.

The ambience is definitely not like the Gurney drive in penang, but it has its own uniqueness, the table and chair are wood made and more classy than the normal coffee shop. Entrance is near to the escalator, so you can easily spot it but not the name. You still need to walk nearer to the restaurant before you will realise this is the restaurant you are looking for.

Anyway, I have ordered lam mee and char koay tiao...

Lam mee came with prawns, pork (sam chan bak and siap bak), sliced omellete, bak pok, pig stomache. The taste is quite upto the Penang standard. And, the chilli paste is like homemade chilli paste, it looks like it is pounced (I don't think it is ground by the machine), not with thick belacan taste, but it is to my taste. :) When let it mixed with the gravy, and it turned out to be chilli version lam mee, quite like it.


Char koay tiao is a bit disappointing because it is not so tasty as compared to the Penang standard. The koay tiao is a bit to soft, the taste is too plain (not sure is it because the chef forgot to put enough soy sauce), the cockle is overcooked, and I thought Penang Char Koay Tiao, should have some crab meat on top, but I couldn't find it in the dish.


I will try other dishes in the next visit, the food is not too bad after all...