Betong Trip - Part 1

Two weeks ago, we went to Betong to visit their hotspring and Friendship Village 友谊村. It's about 2 hours from Penang. We spent 2 days 1 night over there. Unlike Hatyai, the lifestyle in Betong is much more simpler. There are not as many shops as Hatyai and it's not that crowded too.

We headed to Kuan Yin Temple before we checked into our hotel. The people there are very friendly. They offered us vegetarian dishes which includes dumpling. Surprisingly, vegetarian dumpling taste as good as the pork bak chang!

After that we checked into our hotel and proceed to this restaurant for lunch!

Baiyok Restaurant

Its menu

Fish maw soup. I'm not a fan of 鱼鳔 but I actually like this. The soup is very flavorful.

Soy sauce chicken. Most of the restaurants in Betong serve this. We went to another restaurant asking for fried chicken but they only serve this. Anyway, their chicken is more tender and smooth.

Kailan fried with salted pork.

Steamed fish in Thai syle. We never fail to order this whenever we go to Thailand. It is very appetizing. In fact, it is one of the must-order dish in Thailand!

Pig's trotters. It's not too oily. Not bad.

Prawn cakes. The prawn cakes were fried till crispy and were served with their homemade sauce.

Overall, the food here are okay but they are abit pricey. It costs us for about RM750 for 3 tables of the same dishes and a table for vegetarian dishes. So, it's almost rm200 per table for the dishes above. I could not get the address as they were in Thai but it's located around the tower clock at the town.

Well, this is only the first meal we had in Betong. Next post will be our dinner, which I think was the best meal during this trip!

Harvest Wok

Lately, Pulau Tikus area has been a new haven for food. Be it Japanese, Western, Thai or Chinese, you name it! One of the new places we tried recently is situated at Jalan Moulmein. For those who are not familiar with Pulau Tikus area, Jalan Moulmein is somewhere around the Pulau Tikus market/ the famous lok lok at night.

Harvest Wok serves Chinese style dishes. For soup lovers, this is the place you should visit! They offer a variety of soups. Unfortunately, we did not order any because my mom thought we might as well order another dish instead of soup since she cooks them 5 days a week. =) Anyway, here are the dishes available.

As the taukeh-so keeps reminding us that the portion of the dishes would be very small for 6 of us, we ended up ordering 7 dishes. They serve us desserts first since we have to wait for the dishes to arrive.

Mango steamed milk pudding "tan nai" - RM2.80

After waited for approximately 45 minutes, the food finally arrived. Yes, you've heard me right. 45 minutes! Luckily, the food did not let us down.

Salted fish with pork - RM8.00. I love this dish. The pork was cooked well. Not too soft.

Minced pork with bean curd - RM6.00. The taukeh-so recommended this. I would prefer if they make their own bean curd instead of using japanese bean curd.

Bitter gourd with chicken - RM6.00

Kangkung sambal belacan - RM5.00 They could have added more sambal belacan.

Sambal prawns - RM12.00. The sambal for this dish is better than the kangkung.

Rice wine chicken - RM8.50. This is my least favorite. Perhaps I'm not into the rice wine which taste rather strong.

Curry fish head - RM18.00

I would suggest you guys to call them for booking to avoid disappointment as they have limited seats. You can also call them to order your dishes. We would definitely do that for our next visit.

Add :48, Jalan Moulmein, 10350 Penang

(Opposite Pulau Tikus market car park)
Tel : 04-2263482

Business Hr: 11.00AM - 3.00PM

06.00PM - 10.00PM

(Closed on Tuesday)