THE RECOGNISED “ZHONG HUA LOU” CHINESE CUISINE RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE NORTHERN NATION @ KEDAH
“Chinese Cuisine Restaurant” is all the while a kind of the local Chinese’s based cuisine eating house or dining restaurant which being widely practised since decades on our nations carrying with their respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Zhong Hua Lou” running at Sungai Petani, Kedah having great positive response from the market recently.
The Penang local originated Mr. Low Bark Weng (born 1970), was the initial founder, together with his wife Ms. Kho Swee Hwan (Kedah, born 1976) bodied-up with sisters-in-law Ms. Kho Swee Syan (Kedah, born 1975) & husband Mr. Tan Meng Kweng (Kedah, born 1969) and Ms. Lim Soo Si (Kedah, born 1981) all are the recent immediate families owners of this best recognised Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Zhong Hua Lou” also fully assisted by their son Low Boon Chao (born 2004) as second generation serving all their home recipes to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on the northern ground at Kedah.
The founder cum first owner Low Bark Weng, who at his age of 55 years old currently, been initially touched the f&b field at his teenage running his roadside fried chicken stall at hometown Penang, then fully stepped into the industry at his twenties began as a kitchen trainee in a chinese cuisine restaurant at Penang where he practically experienced the career thoroughly spent decades in the field and also being reached Japan and Langkawi (Kedah) to further his exposure in the field. Later-on started his very first owned (with wife Swee Hwan) Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Zhong Hua Lou Restaurant” in Langkawi, Kedah in the year of 2007 presenting all their home recipes to the market with their patients.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added vision to further expose in the industry enabled them to establish another restaurant at Sungai Petani, Kedah officially named the “Zhong Hua Lou Seafood Restaurant” along the Pekan Baru in the year of 2023 bodied-up with family members (owners mentioned above) running in a family team with all their signature menus. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2025 on the northern nation at Kedah.
In this Zhong Hua Lou Seafood Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their famous “Jindu Chicken” which most wanted by their regulars in selection. Local fresh chicken prepared in cutted pieces, marinated overnight in home recipes, followed by floured-up & deep fried, finally served after seconds wok-stirred with their home-mixed special salted sweet sauce paste and toppings of white sesame seeds will brings the wonderful crispy chicken bites with juicy meat’s swallowed kind of Jindu Chicken eatery that you must have a try when reached Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Secondly will be their signature “Deep Fried Tiger Prawn with Wet Butter Sauce”, also among their customer’s favourite in menus. Local fresh deep sea tiger prawn on weight of 150grams (or above) each commonly selected, cleaned then deep fried and finally served with their home-cooked wet butter milk seasonings sauce paste mixed into chopped chili padi & curry leaf will brings the excellent smooth creamy butter milk tasty with tiger prawn’s freshness texturing bites itself into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their “Steam Fish with Radish”, which also among the restaurant’s daily fish selection wanted by the locals in menus. Local fresh sea grouper & snapper fish (on seasonal & customer’s preference) commonly selected, cleaned then prepared in home-steamed for about 12-15 minutes (on size), served complete with their home-mixed soy sauce seasonings, toppings of salted sweet home-fried dried radish, chopped spring onion & celery leaf will always bring the nice fish’s freshness with dried radish’s salted sweet tasty swallowed in combination kind of their steam fish eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite local chinese’s authentic delicacy “Braised Pork Trotter” which like by most of the locals from the beginning. Local fresh pork trotter cleaned, marinated in home seasonings followed by deep fried, then home-braised for at least few hours with their secret recipes into herbs mixture, serve-furnished with sweet green pea, mushroom, red carrot & lettuce (or sides of steamed chinese bun/mantou) on customer’s preference will brings the best fair salted sweet tasty swallowed with exotic pork trotter’s soft bites itself into mouth that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Zhong Hua Lou Seafood Restaurant” at Sungai Petani, Kedah.
ZHONG HUA LOU SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
Address: (Sungai Petani)
No. 24A,
Lorong Zamrud 2/2,
Taman Pekan Baru,
08000 Sungai Petani,
Kedah.
(Zhong Hua Lou Restaurant-Langkawi)
No. 1,
Jalan Pantai Tengah,
07000 Langkawi,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 11:30am to 3:00pm
5:30pm to 10:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Thursday)