All Seasons Place was kind of like the most happening places near
Farlim area with restaurants, shops and even a hypermarket (Giant). However, a
lot of restaurants come and go during the years so I guess it’s really
competitive there. I miss the Manhattan Fish Market here so much! These are
some restaurants that are still surviving as of this posting. =)
Secret Recipe
I’m quite surprised this survives for so long as it seems to be
always empty. They normally have set lunch or set dinner set with rotating
choices. My favourite choice is definitely their lasagna served with a hot soft
bun. I would even order it ala carte if it’s not in set rotation during my
visit. It’s the combination of cheese, beef Bolognese coupled with the soft bun
that totally awaken your taste buds and expand your waistline... *sigh
in contentment*
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| Beef Lasagna! The Soup is only available as a set lunch - Only the Lasagna & Soft Bun is served for Ala Carte... |
Anyway, set lunch normally comes with a drink (iced lemon tea)
whereas dinner comes with drink and soup. They even served keropok free of
charge after your order. Another choice that I absolutely love is the puff
& pie stuffs especially the Spicy Chicken Cornish – the sheer size of it
can easily be a meal itself and expand your waistline again!
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| Iced Lemon Tea and Free Keropok |
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| Typical Mushroom Soup |
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| Spicy Chicken Cornish - it's HUGE! |
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| Look at that! |
Some other popular orders are the grilled mushroom chicken with
rice. Personally I’m not too fond of their pasta especially the creamy type
since the garlic taste was too prominent. Their portion is really big though so you will be beyond stuffed.
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| Grilled Mushroom Chicken - the Chicken is really Tender... |
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| Fish & Chips - 2 pcs of Fish there! |
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| Spaghetti Bolognese |
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| Creamy Shrimp Macaroni |
As for cakes, I hate their red velvet
(even McCafe has better one) but love their yoghurt cheese and anything
chocolate-y! Oh gosh, did I mention FAT?! *facepalm*
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| Marshmallow Cheesecake |
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| Something Chocolate-y! |
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| Yoghurt Cheese Cake and another Chocolate-y cake... |
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| Red Velvet - this i hate... |
Coffee Elements
If you are craving for some coffee arts and exquisite looking
breakfast, Coffee Elements is definitely the place for you. We ordered the Chocolate
Nutella since we do not drink coffee and were pleasantly surprised that it has
a beautiful “chocolate art” on top too! =)
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| Chocolate Nutella |
We ordered the poached egg (one with ham and another with
vegemite) and really loved it. One might say these choices were not enough to
fill one’s tummy but I guess now we had more excuse ordering more choices to
try! LOL!!!
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| Poach Egg with Ham (English Bloomer) |
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| Poached Egg with Vegemite |
In case a big meal is needed, one might ordered the big breakfast
with ham, scrambled egg, potato salad, baked beans, long sausage, mushroom (must
better than Kitchen 23 – link)
and hash browns. Gosh! My saliva is dropping by just listing out all the food
here. The taste was not really extraordinary but the food presentation really
made up for it. Come on, who doesn’t like their food pretty? =P
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| Big Breakfast |
Who’s Bryan?
Who’s Bryan is another western eatery long established in All
Seasons Place. It does serve set lunch and set dinner but I think during
weekday only? We’d only been there once using Groupon cash voucher thus not
eligible for set meal. We ordered the Marshmallow Chocolate, Grilled Chicken
with sausage and Aglio Olio but frankly speaking were not too impressed with
the food. The price for ala carte menu was not cheap as well thus I think if
you are craving for western food in All Season’s Place – James Foo or even
Coffee Elements might be the better options. =)
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| Marshmallow Chocolate |
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| Grilled Chicken with Sausage |
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| Aglio Olio |
Winters Warmers
I’d been a customer for Winters Warmers since my High School day
when they opened their 1st branch in Prangin Mall. There are more
and more branches now (Precinct 10, Gurney Plaza, Queensbay & All Seasons)
but one thing I realized was the food quality is different from branches.
I adored their afternoon tea set (link)
but not really particularly fond of their main course menu. Before that I’d
only tried out their sandwiches in Queensbay but was thinking to try out their
main courses since they were selling Groupon Vouchers.
We ordered their signature iced mixed fruit tea, herbs crumbs
salmon and lamb Shank when we dropped by the All Seasons Place branch. The order
somewhere went wrong and we waited for a long while and expedited our order
before the lamb was served – apparently they’d miss-placed our order. As a
token of apology, the manager served us brownie and ice cream but it was not enough to salvage the
overly-salty lamb – I think the chef might’ve dropped the whole bottle of salt
on that… *sweat*
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| Iced Fruit Tea |
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| Mushroom Soup - tasted like Campbell Soup.. =P |
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| Herbs Crumbs Salmon - kind of falling apart |
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| Super Salty Lamb Shank |
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| Complimentary Dessert |
We did visit the One Precinct branch and ordered cheese baked rice
and grilled fish and they were just passable. So the advice is – order the
signature iced mixed fruit tea and the afternoon tea set or just sandwiches
when you are in Winters Warmers. Their strength is definitely on these rather
than main course.
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| Baked Rice |
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| Grilled Fish |
Zhou Porridge -> Xuan Xin Kitchen
The restaurant used to be called “Zhou Porridge” specializing in
porridges before they changed the concept and renamed it Xuan Xin Kitchen. They
still sell porridge but with less options. I used to love the porridge there as
it was congee type and was very smooth.
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| Fish & Egg Porridge |
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| Roasted Pork - Disappointed as it was hard and not crispy |
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| Fried Porridge |
After the changes, we’d been there once to try out their food. They
have set meals as well as ala carte option and we ended up ordering ginger
fried hor fun, shrimp paste & egg porridge and HK style Chee Cheong fun. The
Shrimp paste & egg porridge was the best out of our order whereby the HK
Chee Cheong fun was not up to par like Dim Sum House in Macalister Road (link).
One thing I loved about Xuan Xin group restaurant is the chilli paste provided
on each table. We are definitely addicted to that. However, do go to their
Queensbay or Gurney branch if you really want to enjoy it – there are more
choices and the food quality is much better. =)
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| Ginger Fried Hor Fun |
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| Shrimp Paste & Egg Porridge |
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| HK Style Chee Cheong Fun - the skin is too thick and the shrimp is falling apart... |
TomYummy Noodle House
Everytime when we walked pass the alley, there was always this
strong Tomyam smell coming from TomYummy. We’d finally manage to try it once
but feeling a bit underwhelmed as the Tomyam seemed to be very salty and less tomyam taste. I still preferred
the Tomyam from Sunshine Square Foodcourt (link).
They do have other options (Tomyam or Clear Soup) but we did not try it again. Perhaps
we should go again to try their rice topped with Tomyam minced meat & egg?
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| Cute huh? |
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| Not Fond of this though... |
I Mum Mum
This restaurant is always swarmed with customer – it is not
difficult to understand as the price is low and food is nice. Our common order
is the dry pan mee and the crispy pork. The crispy pork is definitely yummy and
the noodle is nice to eat with their chili paste. The chili paste is not as
spicy as we wished but it provides a slight sourly taste which complements the
noodle well.
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| The Chilli Paste on Table |
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| The Typical Dried Noodle |
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| Yummy Crispy Pork |
With the low price tag, one really cannot complain more on the
food eventhough I prefer Face to Face Pan Mee but it is located in Times Square
and The One Ideal. More detailed review between the two Pan Mee restaurants can
be read here (link).
Kafe Roti Bakar
We liked Kafe Roti Bakar
for its toasted bread with half boiled egg. Other than that, their curry wantan
noodle is springy and nice as well. Rice set was just okay so we normally don’t
order it unless we are really hungry. More detailed review can be read here (link).
=)
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| Half Boiled Egg on Toast! |
Sushi King
If you are too lazy to dine-in, you might want to consider to take
out from Sushi King! At RM39.90, this platter is definitely worth the money and
can easily feed 2-3 pax! This is their so-called Party Pack and it is not in
their menu but in brochure at the counter. So just look for the brochure when
you walk in and order this! =)
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| The Party Pack! *thumbs up* |
All Seasons Place is located at Farlim, Penang.
