duckrice@ carnavon st

The last time we were here was about 1 year ago. we were too hungry, we forgot to take photos

I consider this one of the best duck rice shops in penang.

why you ask?

well, other places i go to because of the rice or chilli sauce (yes, weird i know..)

but this place, its all about the duck.

delicious crispy roast duck.

The duck here is always excellent. The meat is very juicy, tender and full of flavor.

There was actually very little fat and the skin was nice and crispy

Same goes for bbq-pork, char siew.

Both taste great even without the chilli sauce.

We took a plate for 2 and its was huge.

We had to wait quite a while as it was lunch time and they were serving nonstop.

Lucky we even got a table.The food was worth the wait.

oh yea.. the complimentary soup.

Elpea felt that the sauce for the charsiew was a bit too sweet though.

okaaay... it was but i still liked it :-)

I give it 5/5.

the return of "chicago rib house" ....@ gurney plaza

Wow.. The surprised look on our faces would’ve have been a real Kodak moment. We had just finished our "activities" in gurney plaza last tuesday when we accidentally stumbled upon on Chicago rib house.. .. We ate at Chicago ribs in auto City back in Sept 2008.. The 2nd time we went back and it was already closed. So imagine the surprise on our faces, when lo and behold, there it was, right in front of us. it was about 200pm and so it was not really packed. the lunch crowd was waning and we took a table beside the bar.

i ordered the full rack and elpea ordered the 1/2 rack. we wanted to order the soup/appetizer but remembered that the portions were huge the last time around so we voted against it. for drinks, we both took the bottomless fruit juices , i had cranberry (which was very unlike me but i wanted something sour this time rather plain old boring coke) and elpeas had the mango.

hehehe.. remember we didn't order any appetizer, right? well, you get a free bowl of deep fried battered mushrooms when you order 2 mains. i was also surprised that the free bowl was so huge.

the mushrooms were fresh and not overly battered, meaning more mushroom than batter and it tasted really good...and we really liked the honey mustard that came with it.

My order of the Full rack of St Louis hot ribs with fresh veggies and mash potato. fresh vegetables = broccoli :-) i must say that when order came, i was "a bit" dissapointed as i thought it would be a bigger portion but after the 1st bite it didnt matter any more.

as usual, the succulent meat practically fell of the bone and was really tender. they were very nicely marinated though i could not really feel the "heat".. it WAS supposed to be "hot".. i could only sense a "tinge" of spiciness/chili. i really enjoyed the mash potatoes as well and liked the chopped spring onions. and the fresh veggies..? well, broccoli is broccoli, so if you hate broccoli, don't order it,.. :-D i liked it.

elpea's order of original 1/2 rack of ribs with coleslaw and french fries. the original flavoured ribs tasted excellent as well and it was so good she started using her hands.... hehehe.. well, i did too.. you really didnt need the forks and knives. elpea loved the fries and coleslaw as well but I'm not one for coleslaw though.

the aftermath. savages.... :-) well it was a very satisfying meal and the freeflow of fruit juices was nice as well, so, i definitely recommend ordering that. 2 mains and 2 juices came up to a grand total of rm97. a bit pricey but i thought it was worth it.

Ambiance: similar to tgif or chillis concept. the servers were really helpful and the overall service was very good. oh yea.. they have free wi-fi as well so if you have a smartphone you'll be having fun being "connected" as well.

Would I go back again: Hell, yea..!! Ribs nice.... fathers day is coming.. :-D

Overall 4.5/5, ( -0.5 because I remembered that the full rack i had in auto city was bigger.)

Note: if you look at the pix on my previous post, you'll notice that we ordered practically the same meals... hahaha... how predictable we're become... http://chiak3.blogspot.com/2008/09/chicago-ribs-autocity.html and the portions were bigger leh..

ikan bakar opp sunshine sq mosque

The exact location of the “stall” is on the main road opp sunshine sq mosque.

There’s usually quite a lot of people as they sell a huge variety of dishes for Ramadan.

The last time I was there I bought 3 pieces of stingray. ($2.5 per/pc)

This time however I bought 2 pieces and boy were they huge. ($4.0 per/pc)

There are pros and cons to this, as I found out.

The Good

Huge pieces of meat that taste real good with rice and the sauce. The 2 pieces could have fed 3 people.

The Bad

The inside of the fish is not as cooked. And because the pieces are bigger I believe they cook it longer so the skin is a bit more burnt and elastic.. Some parts were inedible.

Next time I’m buying the smaller pieces.

The sauce

The sause is made up of sliced onion and lots of other spices/herbs combined with lime juice. Basically, its sour in taste. The sauce’s spicyness depends on how much sambal/chilli you put in it and since it was self serve, I think I put too much.

the sauce complements the fish quite nicely but it also already quite nice without the sauce

Overall 7/10