Song River Cafe, Gurney Drive Penang

This is a way way way belated post. So way belated I cannot recall the name of the dishes nor the price of each. Nevertheless, the good feel after a delicious meal at reasonable price lingers to this day.

Date: Many many suns & moons ago (about 1/2 year ago)
Place: Pearl of the Orient or has it been dethroned? (Penang)
Time: Late brunch
Pax: 4 big 1 medium (4 adults 1 teen)

We had those dishes which came highly recommended by an old family friend who's a relentless food hunter in Penang. Please note that the pictures are ranked according to my personal favourites:-

Vermicelli with Steamed PomfretBraised Prawn Noodles. Green bean Noodles in Fishball SoupSpecial stir-fry taufu ("soya bean cakes") Long beans in Sambal ("chili mixture")'Heng-gein-teh'. Almond Tea. Tastewise? Quote 'It tastes like milk with cough mixture'. Got that from a comment here -Precious Pea It's actually quite a common drink at most Penang coffee shops. Actually am not a fan either. To me, similar to cockcoach smell. =P

Location: It's one of the old coffeeshops along Gurney Drive facing the straits. Just do a slow drive and you cannot possibly miss it. The crowd is unmistakeably thick at this place as well as the coffeeshop next to it.

Note: Much much cheaper to park on the designated roadside parking space which charges by half hourly if I remember correctly, than to park at open spaces and pay at flat rates unless plan to spend a very long time there. Instead of parking meters, there are charismatic wrinkled parking fee attendants who go around on bicycles to collect from car to car. A blast from the yesteryears.*sigh*