THE BEST RECOGNISED AUTHENTIC “SIMPANG AMPAT YAM RICE” BY THE TAN’s FAMILY IN THE NORTHERN @ PULAU PINANG
“Yam Rice” or commonly known Yam Rice with Pork Mix Soup by the locals, all the while is kind of the local Chinese’s traditional authentic eatery selection favourite by the locals since decades and presented by carriers on respective home recipes on our nation also can be found everywhere on the ground. Here in the upper northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Traditional Authentic Yam Rice specialist “Simpang Ampat” running by the Tan family throughout the Pulau Pinang having great positive response from the market recently.
The Perak originated Madam Ang Bee Cheng (born 1963), was the initial founder, together with her husband Mr. Tan Neo Hwa (Kedah, born 1957) and sons Alex Tan Kean Pu (born 1982) & wife Gee Chooi Kin (born 1985), Paul Tan Kean Poh (born 1985), Tan Kean Yong (born 1987) & wife Ooi Phaik Xiang (born 1990) and godson Teh Hong Gooi (born 1982) all are the recent immediate families owners of this best recommended Chinese Authentic Yam Rice “Simpang Ampat” in Pulau Pinang serving all their home-cooked yam rice and other signature menus to the locals & visitors on the ground.
The founder cum first owner Madam Ang Bee Cheng, who at her age of 57 years old currently, been initially stepped into the f&b industry in year 1990 running her roadside mobile foodstall along Tanjung Piandang, Perak began with Penang Hokkien Mee, then with rice combination selections etc for more than 10 years. Later-on running her chinese coffee shop (kopitiam) at Juru, Bukit Mertajam for another 2 years where Madam Ang touched the Yam Rice being passed-onto repices by a friend of her (Master Susan that Madam Ang need to appreciate), starting with less than 10 bowls a day, but still continued her patient and then moved to Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang started again her yam rice foodstall in a kopitiam there. Then officially named the “Simpang Ampat Yam Rice” after 2 years in the 2006. Also fully assisted by her families in a team to further their exposure in the career, expanded into their first Yam Rice Restaurant in year 2019 on the same ground at Taman Keruing, Simpang Ampat.
Foreseeing the market opportunity in the industry allowed the Tan family established another eating house at Taman Desaria, Sungai Ara on the Penang Island in the same year 2019. In between, they also running some of their yam rice foodstall throughout the state of Penang began from Sungai Ara in year 2007, Bukit Jambul & Batu Maung Iping in year 2009, Pantai Jerjak in year 2012, Jalan P. Ramlee in year 2014, Bukit Tambun in year 2018 and Bukit Minyak in year 2019 all carrying by the Tan families serving their home recipes to the locals on-going today. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2020 in the upper northern nation.
In this Simpang Ampat Yam Rice, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their home-cooked “Signature Yam Rice” which most wanted by all their customers from the beginning. Local & imported yams commonly selected, prepared in cutted pieces then fried with dried shrimps & into their home recipes mixture, followed by in-house boiled to cooked, and finally served hot in bowl on table will always bring the exotic authentic yam freshness taste and tasty rice swallowed into mouth that you must have a try when reached Pulau Pinang.
In order to perfect your yam rice meal here, the owners also introduced their famous “Pork Mix Soup” which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller favourite by their regulars all the while. Their 2 hours home-boiled soup base with fresh pork bones, pork offals, salted veges, pepper seeds & seasonings, then served in 14 options mixture (also on customer’s preference) such pork heart, liver, intestine, stomach, belly, lean meat slice, skin, white water beancurd, pork ball, fish ball, tongue etc, and finally served hot on table will brings smooth delicious sour sweet & fair pepper spice taste into mouth that you cannot aside, to be the perfect combination taken sided with their yam rice here.
Another will be their home recipe traditional authentic “Black Vinegar Pork Trotter”, which too among the signature menus like by the locals. Local fresh pork trotter selected, braised in-house with ginger slices & recipes mixture and kept overnight marinated followed by boiling hot, finally served in bowl on table will brings excellent pork trotter’s bites texture and the wonderful sour sweet taste in rich of pork’s collagen into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, their home recipe “Braised Chicken Egg” also always among the side order selection wanted by their visitors taken sided with yam rice here. Chicken egg prepared in boil-cooked, then braised with their in-house black vinegar into recipes taken sided with a hot bowl of their yam rice that you really cannot missed when stepped into or towards this best recognised local Chinese Traditional Authentic Yam Rice eating place “Simpang Ampat Yam Rice” in the state of Pulau Pinang.
SIMPANG AMPAT YAM RICE
Address: (Desaria Sungai Ara)
No. 1E-1 (GF),
Jalan Kenari,
Taman Desaria,
Desaria Sungai Ara,
11900 Sungai Ara,
Pulau Pinang.
(Simpang Ampat)
No. 50,
Jalan Keruing,
Taman Keruing,
14120 Simpang Ampat,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 7:00am to 9:00pm (Daily)