The 8 row in Penang

The name sounds like "egg roll" and perhaps, the promoters want it to sound it this way to the place as an eatery. It actually represents a row of 8 pre-war houses and it comprises of food, drinks and entertainment outlet. In this row of houses, it has a recently open Taiwanese restuarant, a frog leg porridge shop, a steam boat outlet, other food serving outlets and two pubs. The 8 row is located right in the middle of Georgetown,Penang and there are a whole lot of restuarants and entertainment outlets nearby and it is a stone throw away from the Red Rock Hotel located in Macalister Road..

I had dinner the Taiwanese outlet last night with my family and the name of the shop is called "Old Road". It is a very simple food joint and it only offers a few tables and the main decoration is a huge picture of a old road on its main wall, I think the place in the picture is a famous road in China for food and entertainment. It resembles the old roads in China.

The menu is also simple with rice, noodles, small delicacies and food but it is prepared in original Taiwanese style. A kind of small food joints in Taiwan. The drik menu is simple but they offered me their special drink all "Wu tea" and the taste was thick and bitter. The first sip could make you throw out but it gets more acceptable as you continue the drinking. As for the good menu, I ordered a hand maked noodle with soup while my daughter May ordered a pork rice. We ordered side dishes like the fried chicken, bean curb and their special"pau". The most outstanding food is their "pau" with a little bit of fatty pork and egg with some special souce. The whole main was good and in reasonable portion. It cost me only RM65 for the dinner with my family. It is not about the money but the amount you pay and the food we get is value for money. Good,simple and reasonable priced.

I am not a food critic but a food lover. The question we often encounter is that whether we eat to live or live to eat. I think I am a " live to eat" person and I enjoy good food. There is nothing wrong, right? On our journey through life, good food should be one o fhe enjoyment in life. We should eat as many type of good food as possible before we lost all our teeth or our appetite We should learn how to dance in the Sun and the rain.For your information, the TV ABC Food channel is getting very popular and for those of you good lovers, it should be an interesting explore for you.

"Eat little but many types". Act like the Chefs.
Namaste.