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Best Restaurants & Cafes 2015/2016-part 1

In the previous issue – iNPenang Magazine Vol.58, we introduced a list of up to 23 best restaurants and cafés in Penang which are shortlisted by numerous food junkies to receive the iNPenang Best Restaurant Guide 2015/2016.
Thinking what’s for dinner? Wish to know more about the winners? Every issue we will continue to feature the best restaurants and cafés for you!

Best Restaurants 

Blue Reef Fish and Chips, Straits Quay
This is the best place to satisfy a craving for fish and chips for no other restaurant can beat Blue Reef in offering crispy fish with a side of crunchy chips. They also have a wide variety of other seafood dishes to try.
Blue Reef 2
Edo Ichi Japanese Cuisine
Air-flown fresh fish is the restaurant’s specialty for some of the freshest, sweetest and beautifully sliced sashimi to be found in a restaurant. They also have a wide selection of bentos, sushi and salads too for the health-conscious.
Edo Ichi
Maple Palace Restaurant
This Chinese cuisine restaurant boasts of using only fresh and quality ingredients to prepare its dishes without any added MSG. So each plate of delicious food is wholesome and full of the natural goodness of the ingredients used.
Maple Palace 039
Bali Hai Seafood Market Restaurant
This restaurant has a wide choice of seafood from crabs and mussels to various types of fish for the seafood lovers to satisfy their every craving. All the seafood are fresh and cooked to perfection.
Bali Hai copy
Spice Market Café
Located within Rasa Sayang Resort, this restaurant offers only the best of international and local fare from the local laksa and sushi to roast lamb and noodles.
Spice Rasa Sayang
Imperial Chinese Cuisine Restaurant
This is the place to dine in a luxurious surrounding right in the city centre. They serve authentic Chinese cuisine and also offer 8-course dinners.
Imperial Chinese Restaurant

Best Cafes

China House
This is not just a cafe but a cake house, with its legendary cake table always being weighed down by an assortment of cakes and goodies, a restaurant with its quality, delicious meals and a party place with its live performances, drinks and snacks to make it a complete experience.
China House
The Safe Room
This is one cafe with a difference from an interesting decor of a giant Lego robber climbing down from the roof to its safe room with a tree trunk in the centre and not forgetting its signature liquid nitrogen ice cream and popcorn.
The Safe Room
Laksalicious
As its name suggests, this is one place you can find delicious laksa in a cozy atmosphere. Their signature is their Assam Laksa and they also have the Nyonya Lemak Laksa for those who prefer something richer.
Laksalicious
Gusto Cafe
This is the place to enjoy a delicious breakfast, bagels, sandwiches and burgers and to eat them with much gusto too and wash them all down with a cup of steaming hot coffee, some fresh juices or smoothies.
Gusto Cafe
Monkeycup Cafe
This is not just another cafe because it strives to be different by offering a unique menu of Thai-style meals of som tum, fried rice alongside angel hair pasta and croissant sandwiches. This cafe also professes to use only organic pearl specialty beans for all of its espresso-based beverages.
Monkeycup Cafe



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