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GPS Coordinate: N5°19.188′ E100°16.148′
How to get there : GOOGLE MAP

Had a quick dinner last night at the Qiu Seafood restaurant located at Desaria Commercial Center, Sg. Ara, Penang opposite Nasi Kandar Dinas (Sg. Ara branch). This restaurant offer seafood & non-seafood dishes at the reasonable price. One of my favorite I would say.

For a simple dinner, we ordered only 3 dishes - fish curry, stir fried chai-ta with salted fish & stir fried “kepah” (”sea-mussel“) with curry powder (”char kam hiong” in Hokkien).

I like the curry here which being prepared in Nyonya style. You can opt for either fish meat or fish head (normally Ikan Siakap or “Barramundi“, also called “Asian Seabass” or “Giant Perch”). We ordered fish meat curry this time because we’re in the rush sending our kids to tuition class. If not, fish head curry will be my choice as more time needed to really enjoy it. Price = RM24.00

Next come the stir fried vegetable (”chai-ta”) with salted fish which I would said very well prepared & taste good. The vege was crunchy & the salted fish was not too salted and crispy too. This is the first time we ordered this dish & it’s turned out to be unbelievable good. Price = RM8.00

Stir fried “kepah” or “sea-mussel” with curry powder (”char kam hiong” in Hokkien) is our favorite dish especially for our kids. This is the must everytime we visit Qiu. The thick & strong gravy really enhance the taste of the dish. Tried this type of dish in many places but this is the best for me so far! Price = RM8.00
Total damage (plus drink) = RM47.00

Name: Qiu Seafood Restaurant
Location: 2G-1, Tingkat Kenari 6, Desaria, Sg. Ara, 11900 Penang
Contact: 016-4865823, 012-4773063 & 016-4413666
GPS Coordinate: N5°19.188′ E100°16.148′
How to get there : GOOGLE MAP
Business Hours: 6:00pm - 10:00pm 
Food Type: Chinese Food & Seafood
Halal : NO
Parking: No dedicated parking lot but plenty and easy to find along road side

GPS Coordinate: N6°15.499′ E100°25.222′
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Thinking to blog about food & travel for a long long time but never get a chance. I always enjoy reading food & travel blogs out there in the cyberspace which inspired me to document my experiences in my own blog.

Comes weekend, we (my family & me) will go out hunting for food along with our 2 important weapons : Camera & GPS. Most of the time I’m using camera phone to capture the photo and use Garmin Nuvi 200 GPS to navigate & log all locations visited. Thanks to Malsingmaps.com for FREE Malaysia & Singapore map.

Been to Jitra last Sunday visiting my sister and her familiy. Her husband just opened the shop selling musical instrument in Jitra town located just right infront of Jitra Mall (Aneka Supermarket). Actually been passing thru this small town many time in the past but have no time to stop by to check out for food. I don’t want to miss a chance this time for my first meal in Jitra town.

After checking the guitars & some other musical instruments, we heading to 5 UTARA Restaurant for lunch. Located next to the main road, this restaurant serve Halal Thai food. There were a big crowd when we reached there with usual Malaysian multi racial patronages as well as waiters/waitreses, Malay, Chinese, Indian & Thai. It so happen that the waiteress attended to our table is local Thai, so we ordered our food in Thai which allow us to ask for special customization.

Here are the list of foods that we ordered.

Fried egg (telur dadar) or omelete as they called it at the international level. We opted for the plain fried egg as it’s goes along very well with Kheang Som (masak asam Thai syle). You might want to try this! What you do is, deep it into the Kheang Som’s soup, lift it up & carefully put it into your mouth. The soup that absorbed into the egg really enhance the taste of Kheang Som when you eat it. I will never missed this combination when I had Kheang Som. Learned this trick from my auntie in Thailand & hooked with it since then.

Next is “Phat Phet Kuang” or stir fry hot and spicy deer meat. This one is good! The meat is soo tender & the gravy was really kick ass. I don’t know how to describe how nice it is. But if you like Thai style hot & spicy stuff, you should not miss this dish.

The third dish is “Deep Fried Kang Kong” another favourite dish available in most Thai restaurant & my kids really like it. It should be better if it is serve with Thai hot & spicy sauce instead of normal chily sauce.

Next is the fish ball & tofu soup. This is specailly ordered for kids but it’s good to cool down the temperature after having spicy food. Nothing special in this bowl of soup.

Now come the dish of the day! “Kheang Som Pla Kraphong” or Ikan Siakap Masak Asam in Malay. We opted for the fried version of fish as it’s really give different taste (better taste IMHO) compare to the steamed version. The soup is really kick ass!!! Enough sours & spicy taste. The only set back is the coconut shoots that being served together with the soup were not really fresh. Other than that, I would say this another superb “Kheang Som” that I ever had.

The last dish came to our table is “Pla Merk Neng Manau” or steamed squid with lime juice. The gravy was so nice & strong (”khaw”) plus with fresh squid. The best part is the squid came with full of eggs in its stomach. 

I highly recommend this restaurant for a good food with reasonable price. Total damage is RM91.00 (plus drink). So next time when you visit Jitra, don’t forget to check out Restoran 5 Utara.

Name: Restoran 5 Utara
Location: Jitra, Kedah

GPS Coordinate: N6°15.499′ E100°25.222′
How to get there : GOOGLE MAP
Business Hours: Noon - Night 
Parking: Along road side
Food Type: Thai Food
Halal : YES