THE RECOGNISED “JENG KITCHEN” CHINESE HOME-COOKED RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE NORTHERN NATION @ PULAU PINANG
“Chinese Home-Cooked Restaurant” is a kind of the authentic local chinese cuisine eating house or dining restaurant which carrying the respective home-cooked recipes under a roof that being famously practised since decades on our nations always among the local chinese’s favourite place of dining for friends & families. Here on the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Home-Cooked Restaurant “Jeng Kitchen” leading by the nearly half century experienced Chef Tham in the heritage city of Georgetown on the Penang Island having great positive response from the market recently.
The Pulau Pinang local originated Mr. Tham Sun Choy (born 1961), together with his wife Madam May Liew Ah Ngoh (Perlis, born 1961) and their youngest son Mr. Tham Chee Ho (born 1994) all were the founders and also the recent immediate families owners of this best recognised Chinese Home-Cooked Restaurant “Jeng Kitchen” along the Pulau Tikus, Georgetown presenting all their in-house chef’s home recipes with signature menus to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on the northern ground at Pulau Pinang.
The first founder cum owner Tham Sun Choy, also known the Chef Tham who at his age of 63 years old currently, been initially stepped into the f&b industry at his only 16th of age began as a kitchen trainee touched the chinese cuisine field at hometown in the year 1977 spent more than 20 years experienced the career being reached Kuala Lumpur and Brunei to further his exposure in the field, then positioned as a chinese cuisine chef at his about 40th, and later-on retired at his 58th in the year of 2019 stayed decades along the culinary journey with his patience with no regret.
With experiences & home recipes on-hand, added with his son Chee Ho’s great interest to again bring his father Chef Tham’s recipes onto the table and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally enabled the Tham family decided then successfully established their very owned family-run Chinese Home-Cooked Restaurant officially named the “Jeng Kitchen” (by 11 A Recipe) along the Cantonment Road on the Penang Island in the mid of year 2023 serving all their signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the northern nation at Pulau Pinang.
In this Jeng Kitchen, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Lotus Leaf Pork Ribs” which most wanted by their regulars here. Local fresh pork ribs commonly selected, cleaned & boiled, floured-up in home recipes, followed by deep fried and then wrapped in lotus leaf with their chef’s homemade sour sweet paste sauce mixed of onions, mushroom slices & red carrots, finally served after 2 hours home-steamed will brings the wonderful pork rib’s soft texturing juicy bites itself into mouth that you must have a try when reached Pulau Tikus on the Penang Island.
Secondly will be their famous “Mango Chicken”, also among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by their visitors from the beginning. Local fresh chicken drumstick prepared in boneless, overnight marinated in home recipes, then floured-up followed by deep fried, and finally served with Chef Tham’s home-mixed sweet fair spicy paste sauce toppings of fresh mango shredded, onion, laksa leaf & chopped chili padi will brings the excellent appetising tasty kind of their Mango Chicken eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their authentic “Minced Meat & Preserved Vegetable Tofu”, which always among the local’s favourite beancurd selection here. Homemade beancurd (made of fresh soya milk with chicken egg), prepared in pillow-cube pieces followed by deep fried, and finally served with their salted sweet seasoning gravy in mixture of minced pork & preserved vegetable will brings the nice smooth & eggy beancurd’s (tofu) swallowed itself into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their special all time favourite recommended “Teow-Chew Style Steamed Grouper & Hor-Fun” which like by most of their customers in the noodle selections. Local-made flat rice noodle (hor-fun) boil-cooked, then served with their home-cooked teowchew style soup broth (with 6 hours home-boiled pork bones soup) into water plum, tomato, chili padi, mushroom slice & sour veges, and finally furnished with fresh boiled sea grouper fish fillets will brings the best fish’s freshness with appetising sour sweet fair spicy tasty kind of their Teow-Chew Style noodle eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Home-Cooked Restaurant “Jeng Kitchen” (by 11 A Recipe) on the Penang Island at Pulau Pinang.
JENG KITCHEN
(11 A RECIPE)
Address: No. 46-F,
Jalan Cantonment,
10350 Georgetown,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 11:00am to 2:30pm
5:00pm to 9:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Thursday)