Idealite Gurney Plaza - Penang

I ordered the green curry and Vietnamese spring rolls. I absolutely loved them and will definitely be back for more.

Had to wander around the 6th floor of the mall a bit to find it. After reading the reviews saying that this place was healthy food, I was expecting salads and food without flavor. But the food here was normal, not healthier than anywhere else I ate. Rich curries, sweet drinks, it was just good Malaysian food. We got the red curry and the lei cha noodles. The first was good, the latter didn't have much taste, except when I drank the lei cha curry directly, which I liked, but it didn't seem to stick to the veggies and noodles. I'd recommend skipping that. Also got pumpkin barley drink, which I liked.

I love the idea of everything healthy here but the shopping mall doesn't fit this idea for me. We got Bak Kut Teh Rice, Hokkaido Miso Ramen and Chee Cheong Fun noodles. The food was ok but not so savoury (more watery) as I would expect. It wasn't deep and rich enough. Soup bowles were very big (I ate just half) and no space for dessert. I would prefer smaller and more cheap versions, cose it was quite pricy like for a lunch stop in a mall food court… But I would swallow the bill if the food would be great. It was just fine.

Oh what a place! Everything we tasted was really delicious. Small chillies in menu denote which foods are spicy (and they really are, so head for them if you like spicy and take something else if not). We ordered nyonya rendang hericrum chee cheong fun, a spicy curry with funny big soft rice noodles, bak kut teh rice, a mild but really tasty soup with lots of different mushrooms, lemongrass tea and dragonfruit konnyaku jelly dessert. The list is very good, explaining every dish and its ingredients in english as well, so you know what you are ordering. The setting in a big mall isn't as spectacular as the food we had to listen to xmas pop all the time...

The restaurant in the mall serves healthy food, but the fish head mee hoon was too salty. The other dishes were okay. The affenkopf mushroom dish was delicious.