Lobster Village Seafood Restaurant 龙虾村海鲜酒家| Pantai Bersih @ Butterworth

Pantai Bersih recently becoming the preferred place to have seafood compare to Bukit Tambun. Bukit Tambun "used to be" and still the famous place to have seafood for those who have not discover this place, they have becoming very commercialize, quality of seafood has drop and price also increased dramatically due to over demand. 

I was introduced by my colleague to this beautiful place where you can eat while enjoy the sea breeze. There are a few seafood restaurants along Pantai Bersih, however we choose this place because it is recommended, clean and price is reasonable too. There are parking lots in front of the restaurant which is free of charge but ensure you park at where you want to dine in. All the restaurants have eventually marked their own parking lots with boys guarding it. Just tell them where you want to dine and they will lead you the way.

The restaurant designed in a way there are covered and non-covered areas, mostly people will choose to dine on non-covered area which is nearer to the beach. Just check the weather forecast before your visit or your dinner won't be that fun anymore.

There are also long  garden tables placed along the beach which you can take off your shoes and enjoy the sand while you are eating. I came here twice and I always choose back the same area, I love beach especially it is under the moon rather than the sun.

When they served you tea, don't be surprise when they bring you a tea pot, tea cups and a flask. The flask basically is the hot water for your tea. They left the flask there for you to self-service, avoid the hassle of re-filling. Their quite famous dish is the lemon steam Gaba, unfortunately no Gaba for that day. *sad* You must try their Gaba especially lemon steam where only fresh Gaba can be cooked in this style. Super fresh and super no regret!

Spicy Fried Tan-RM15

The Tan is nice just a bit spicy on the other hand. Maybe I should try the lemon steam next time since Tan taste around the same as Gaba. The Tan was indeed fresh with fleshy meat popping around, it is not those "cut throat" restaurant that show you more empty shells than meat.

Salted Egg Deep Fried Sotong-RM12

I always love deep fried sotong, but normally frying with salted egg will make the taste sway over to salty but this is not the case. The taste just nice with crispy on the outer and juicy in the inner.

Stir Fried Potato Leaf-RM10

We didn't order the spicy belacan style since we have ordered a few spicy dishes. However, the stir fried potato leaf is still good.

 Kung Po Fried Prawn Mantis Meat-RM15

I always like prawn mantis meat to fried with kung po. The taste is just irresistible compare to other style of cooking it.  The prawn mantis meat is fresh and they cook it just nice without too hard.

Baked Crab-RM28

As long as the crab is fresh, baked style is always the top of the mind if you wanted to taste the freshness. Only one complaint on the crab-the size. They served medium to small size crab, and they only have male crab. So don't expect to find large crab  with egg roll here.

Kam Heong Crab-RM28

The kam heong style doesn't really goes well with the crab. I recommend to try their chilli crab instead which is far more better.

Overall seafood is fresh, price is also reasonable, potion is big and the environment is super with the beach just beside you. Eating under the moon, romantic yet fun experience that you can find here. Highly recommended to try out!

Lobster Village Seafood Restaurant

Bagan Ajam Pantai Bersih

Tel :016-4322833/016-5920229

Butterworth trip

After 2 weeks of exam, I finally have sometime for myself rather than stuck in the room with stacks of books. Still have a week before VIVA, so I have decided to visit Jess in Butterworth. Since, I have not drive to Butterworth before, Jess met me at Jetty to lead me to her place. 

So the 1st place we went was to have lunch at Jalan Raja Uda there. We went to Hong Keat Kopitiam there to have the famous yam rice. I love yam rice!

The yam rice not just any yam rice. It came along with a bowl of soup with all different types of pork parts like pork intestines, pork ball, pork blood, and etc. If you are a pork lover, you will definitely love this. The most best part is not the pork meat or any pork intestines but the soup, it is taste just nice along with the yam rice. You can asked for more soup if you needed or they will come to refill the soup for you too.

Here is the yam rice with a big piece of yam at the side. Jess said you can never see so big piece of yam in yam rice in any of Penang food outlet. I guess it is true too. The yam rice really nice and not those normal tasteless yam rice I get in Penang Island. Total, I only pay RM10 for both of us.

Next, we went to visit the 9th Emperor God Temple which is very well known during the Emperor Birthday. The place was very big and beautiful.

Then tea break for us, we went to 长盛美食店 to buy Yam cake. I'm not sure where is the place because Jess drove that day. I saw her used a lot of small lorong to arrive this place. It seem like Butterworth people very used to small lorong.

Yam cake -RM1.10 per piece 

Above photos is 3 pieces, the potion is big too but we manage to finished it because it taste very nice with the  sauce. I still think too little yam! haha..

Then, we went back to Jalan Raja Uda I think to tabao Air Mata Kucing (Longan Drink). The only Air Mata Kucing stall in Butterworth-said Jess. That's why everyone come here to have a drink but I think the drink is too sweet, end up have to add some water before drink.

Next, we went to popiah and lo bak stall which sell by the roadside. I am not sure where is this place again but seem to be along the Air Mata Kucing Stall only. Again, Jess tabao a few types of fried popiah, lo bak and fried tauhu. It taste great except the lo bak which I still think Penang Island lo bak is better. Jess asked a lot of chili to go with where I find it taste exactly like the Chicken rice's chili.

Dinner time, we went a restaurant near pacific there. The named I do not remember anymore. I try find it out again from Jess.

Lotus soup

Taste normal, i still think Grandma lotus's soup taste better. 

Duck meat noodles 

Taste very nice. The best was not the green noodles but the duck meat. I can't explain how good it was with the sauce on it. The meat is tender and juicy.  Must try!

After dinner, what can girl's do? But shopping in Pacific Shopping Mall, I can tell you even a small shopping mall, girls can always come out with bags of shopping bags. That is why people said earn ladies money is the most easiest way.

After shopping, we went to supper. I know whole day I have only visit 1 temple and 2 shopping malls and most of it were eating places. What can I do in Butterworth other than eat like in Penang Island? So next we went to Salad Bowl Coffee House which is located at the industrial place. Here is the address: 4623, JALAN CHAINFERRY COMPLEX, BUTTERWORTH, PENANG 12100. Tel number: 6043232948

Jess said that this place have been more than 20 years and they still remained the same no matter the deco or the food. Last time, they used to have like a train design for people to dine in at the side but a lot of children fall from there so they have took it off and make the floor flat now.No more trains..T.T. Salad Bowl is a western restaurant but Jess came here not to eat their Western food but Chinese food instead. I felt so weird, how can a Western Food Restaurant served Chinese food better than the Western Food? 

Jess ordered the bread which is not in the menu but regular customer will know about it. It is a small bread that normally served by any Western Food Restaurant before the main course. But this bread is warm and soft not like those normal cold and hard bread. The best is to eat with butter and sugar, at first I cant accept with sugar in my bread but after try it on. I felt it taste better with the sugar in it.

Bread-RM1.00 per piece

Fried Bihun (dried)-RM5.90

Jess said this is the must try dish in this restaurant. The best that she always ordered. It is what we called the Hokkien Char in Penang. But this one taste really nice, nicer than the one I always had in Penang. No wonder, she insists me to order this in a Western Food Restaurant. Smells nice, taste nice!

Potatoes and Hams Salad-RM7.90

I insists to order a Western food dish since I am in the Western food restaurant. So I order a potatoes salad which always my favourite dish. But this one is a bit too much of mayonnaise on it make me feel like eating the mayonnaise from the bottle. 

End of 1st day.

The next day, Jess bring me to her place there for breakfast. I didn't manage to grabs some photos of what we eat...regret.. Jess ordered the famous belacan fried rice that the boss learnt from Thailand. It really taste great. I saw many tables order that too. I try ask Jess about the location again and post it up soon.

Then Jess went to Billion Supermarket to buy some groceries. Before I depart from Butterworth back to USM, we went to Faces to have lunch. I love Western Food and I guess Jess have to force to bring me there.haha..There is actually another outlet in Tanjung Tokong, Penang.

I ordered the lunch set meal which come with a soup, main course and a scope of ice-cream that costs only RM15.00. I guess I can said the price is reasonably cheap compare to KL price.

Mushroom soup

Taste normal- can soup

Garlic bread that come along with the soup

Taste great and smell good

Oriental Chicken Chop

I like chicken, but not the sauce. The sauce was too sweet, end up I have to sweep all the sauce a side. Eating the chicken alone without the sauce is very nice enough.

So my 2 days 1 night trip end here with lots of foods and shopping for me. Thanks Jess for the trip. I hope to see you again.