It’s Christmas: A Day to Splurge on Food?

After our Christmas Eve Dinner (link) last night, we were kind of broke thus we’d decided to dine in a restaurant which still served normal menu. Remember! Christmas Menu = $$$$$$$$ and apparently our money photocopying machine had broke down. =(

We stepped into a nostalgic little restaurant at Chulia Street called Ecco Café. It’s hidden among the old shop lots in the area and you need a keen eye to spot it. It didn’t even have a big signboard or anything.

The Interior

Facing the Main Street

Drawing on the Wall.... Hmm... is that a NO CAMERA sign?  Oops!!!

We ordered the Banana Lassi and Mango Lassi (RM7.90 each) along with Louisiana Pizza and Calzone. My brain is a bit hazy about the price of the Pizza and Calzone but I think they cost RM19 and RM21 respectively.

Banana Lassi and Mango Lassi were up and they were both very thick and refreshing with sourly taste. Worth a try!

Banana & Mango Lassi

Louisiana Pizza was up next – it was basically thin crust pizza with salami, olives, onion and tomato. I love the thin crust and the ingredients were fresh. I still preferred the pizzas at Chez Weng (Dinner: link & Set Lunch: link) though but unfortunately it was closed down. However, Ecco Café’s Pizza definitely made a worthy substitute in term of crust but might need more works on their toppings. The toppings were quite limited and ordinary at the moment.

Louisiana Pizza

Then we were served with Calzone – basically it was a ‘fold over pizza’ with turkey ham, tomato, capsicum, onion, tomato and cheese inside. We definitely LOVED this!!! The pizza crust was thin and crispy with the piping hot and zesty ingredients wrapped inside. Eating it was like unwrapping a present getting a surprise until you eat the wrapping paper together with it. Gosh, what am I rambling about? Conclusion is: IT WAS THAT GOOD! A must try!!!

Calzone

Look what is inside!!!

Yummy!

The other patrons were ordering chicken pot pie and it looked really nice visually! Hmm… perhaps that warrants a 2^nd visit! This dinner was definitely more fulfilling and satisfying with our Christmas Eve dinner last night – and so much cheaper! In case you are those people who don’t like to carry cash – do carry some as the restaurant only accepts cash term payment. Thank Goodness we had enough cash on us!

Ecco Café is definitely a gem amongst the old shop lot at Chulia Street, Penang.