Travel review: Penang restaurant, Princeton

Dad and I are finishing off our series of New Jersey reviews by sharing the restaurant that serves the best Malaysian food outside of Malaysia

There is a chain of restaurants with the Penang name in New Jersey but this one on Nassau Park Boulevard just off US1 in Princeton is independent from them


They have Chinese chefs in the kitchen but they understand the important points about Malaysian flavour profiles. The menu is littered with classic Malaysian hawker dishes (read a little guide about Malaysian hawker food here) Continue reading

Kong Hee Fatt Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year! It’s dad’s year this year – the year of the monkey. I think it suits him well. Dad’s mother always says she’s glad that he was born at night when monkeys are sleeping, otherwise he’d he even more michevious than he already is 

  

Dad has shared his Cookoff Gang’s Chinese New Year cookoff. Read about their 8 course feast here

Travel review: Joe’s Crab Shack, Lawrenceville

Despite close to 16 months of dad trying to take ‘future mom’ to Burger and Lobster, he still had no success by the time we all went to the USA last June. For those unfamiliar with this London chain, it’s a no reservation restaurant chain which only serves 3 things – whole lobster, lobster roll and burger, all costing £20, which is great value for lobster in London. Whoever orders the burger needs an urgent lesson at the Malaysian school of value for money!

After flying in from London and an unexpected detour courtesy of the U.S. 1 highway exit ramp being closed from the U.S. 18, we were looking for some dinner although dad and ‘future mom’s’ brains were telling them it was 3am back home Continue reading