Kolam Ikan Restaurant, Sg Kob Kulim

Personally, I'm not the person who like fish so much, especially those fresh water fishes. I cannot withstand the awful smell if the fish not fresh enough. One day, my babysitter (also 'makan-kaki') asked me and my family to tag along with her kids and it took us about 1 hour 15 minutes to reach this 'Sang-ka-la' place, somewhere in the palm tree estate. Yes, you heard it right, in the middle of palm tree estate. The owner make a few fish ponds within the estate and this make the fish so fresh-to-table. There got Sultan fish, Patin fish, 'Fei Chow' aka Talapia fish etc. After this trip, I got whole different perspective about fresh water fish, 'Ho Chiak'.





Axian make this place famous again?


Sorry, just natural aircond. Be prepared that this place got lots of flies.


Deep fried Patin fish, with light soy sauce. Highly recommended.


Steamed garlic 'Fei Chow' fish. Highly recommended.


Stir-fried mushroom.


Kolam Ikan Restaurant
No:168, Seberang Sungai
Kampung Baru
Sungai Kub
09000 Kulim, Kedah.

013 437 9606

11.30am-6pm, Close on Monday


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Makan-makan @ Serdang, Kedah

Sin Aik Kee Restaurant is famous for 'Char Moi' aka Fried Porridge. Yup, they stir-fried the white overnight porridge with prawns, meats, trade secret salty meats, cuttlefish and with some thick black soya sauce.

Believe it or not, the 'Char Moi' is so good until I make a second trip within a week.

Better arrive this place before 7pm, otherwise you will get caught with huge crowd.









The appetizer, sweet and sour manggo salad. Slurp...


The famous 'Char Moi'. It may looks ugly but taste very good.


Another specialty, stir-fried spicy Clams


Assam prawns.


'Sa-Be' aka 3 flavours fish. Strongly recommended.


Sin Aik Kee Restaurant
Address: No.27, Jalan Tengah, 09800 Serdang, Kedah.
Business time: 4.30pm – 10.30pm
Tel: 04-4077288


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Bukit Mertajam Char Koay Teow Shootout

Not only Penang's Lorong Selamat or 'Sisters' are famous for Char Koay Teow, Bukit Mertajam also has few stalls that serve delicious Char Koay Teow (炒馃条) and cheaper of course.

I'm going to recommend 3 stalls for you to choose. Here are some commonalities that I observed among these stalls.

• Use charcoal instead of gas
  
• Fried with duck egg instead of chicken egg
  
• Fried with lots of lards, delicious...
  
• Fried upto 8 plates in one go. Sorry dude, no individual fried Koay Teow here.
  
• Prawns only go into Wok in the middle of Char process. Therefore the prawns are not overly cook.
• Use Coka-Cola bottles to contain soya sauce.
  
• RM2.50 per plate (small serving). No way you can get this price in Penang Island.
• Open late, better go after 9pm.

Stall#1 is located at Jalan Pasar (approx 5°21'54"N 100°27'37"E)







Stall#2 is located at Jalan Stesen (approx 5°21'44"N 100°27'40"E)







Stall#3 is located at Jalan Kuari (approx 5°21'17"N 100°28'10"E) --> some say this stall serves the best Char Koay Teow in Bukit Mertajam town.

Kemunting Lake View Restaurant, Kulim

This is another place that serves fresh water fishes. Not far away from Kolam Ikan Restaurant, Sungai Kob.

The floating restaurant is built on the lake, whereas Kolam Ikan Restaurant is located within the palm tree estate. Here, the place is more hygienic, less flies and easy access by elderly people.

So, is the food here better than Kolam Ikan Restaurant? Emm...

Main entrance to the floating restaurant.












'Sa-Be Fei Chow' fish, aka 3-Flavours Talapia Fish. Nothing to shout about.


Claypot Tauhu. So so only.


Deep fried Patin fish, with light soy sauce. Somehow, I still prefer the same dish prepared by Kolam Air Restaurant. The soy sauce used by the latter smell and taste better.


Stir-fried vegetable.


Pananomic view of Kemunting lake (using Canon S3IS camera)


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Kemunting Lake View Restaurant

Address: Plot 1635,Jalan Simen, Kampung Kemunting, Dusun Karangan, 09700 Kulim,Kedah.
Tel: 04-4056046/017-4057551/019-4721183
Business Hours: 11am-8pm (Closed on Wednesday)

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Makan-Makan @ Kulim, Kedah

Kulim is a district of Kedah. It is about 20km or 30 minutes drive from my home. We have heard about the nice foods around Kulim town.

The first stop is Ria Kopitiam (along Jalan Tunku Ibrahim), just next to the old Kapitol cinema. Inside this Kopitiam, you will find a nice and tasty Hokkien Mee aka Penang Prawn Mee.








The next stop is Hong Ta Restaurant, just opposite Kapitol cinema. Here got one stall selling Wantan mee, the stall name is "Tan Kee". I heard during peak time, got a lots of customer and long queue.








If you don't have enough yet, you can try another Wantan Mee at "Lum Kee" shop. Just about 100m from the Ria Kopitiam. The noodle is handmade and quite nice. I like the fried Wantan and "Siu-Kaw".










Still not enough, no problem. You can try the famous Laksa at Jalan Kelang Lama, nearby SJK(C) Kelang Lama. Here, the ABC aka Ais Kacang also not bad. The laksa here taste a little bit sour, whereas Penang laksa taste a little bit sweet. If you like, you can take the prawn cracker with the laksa (same like Jawi style laksa).








Since you are here already, why not buy some Chai-Kueh (just next to the house that selling laksa). The Chai-Kueh skin is very Q and the filling is very tasty.