Penang Food | Restoran Yu Lin @ Bukit Mertajam
Bukit Mertajam, despite being a small town has its charms when it comes to food as well. One of the reasons is also due to the dense population for a small town and of course, the demand for food. BM has quite a number of chu char places but at the same time a few restaurants that cater dinner functions and events. We were here at Restoran Yu Lin to celebrate Tam Ciak’s significant half’s birthday…
Restoran Yu Lin is just slightly across a large dim sum outlet “dian xing cheng” and just a corner turn from Medan Selera Sentosa where we had their gado-gado or pasembur.
The interior of Restoran Yu Lin is well lit and can accomodate a large number of crowds at anytime. It does look neat and spacious.
The cashier counter with the lady boss’s sister (in black shirt). She is actually a relative of one of the Penang Bloggers… 
(Thanks to effie T for the clarification)
Snacks (RM1.00) to keep your your mouths busy while waiting for the foods to be served. If you do not want this, do ask them to take it back as it is charged to your bill.
Our must have items during meals, chopped chilies and sambal. Yea, we are used to having that already.
Coffee, (ang moh) tea or chinese tea? Well, if you bring your own tea leaves, they will charge RM1.00 for the water usage. regardless of refills.
The herbal tea prepared on their own, RM2.00 each
Mee Tiao or noodles (RM10.00) with lots of ingredients and nice fried fragrance. This first dish was just right to open up our appetite for coming dishes.
Sizzling Plate Tofu (RM12.00) had lots of tofu cubes but the gravy is a bit diluted. Would be nicer for us if the gravy was a bit thicker…
Green vegetables at RM8.00. Cooked at the right heat and time that the vegetables remained crunchy still.
Fried Soft Shell Crabs (RM28.00) sprinkled with fried egg mixture which was poured onto strainer before landed on hot oil.
Sea Cucumber (RM40.00) was quite good and chewy.
Steamed pomfret (RM70.00) was quite fresh and tender in its meat.
Prawns in Claypot with tang hoon (RM30.00). The prawns served were fresh and the tang hoon gravy was quite delicious too. This reminds us of a popular dish when we visited Hadyai some time ago which they used small wok instead of claypot.
Claypot Duck with Yam (RM15.00) was another dish with thumbs up. The meat was tender with less duck smell and the yam was cooked till soft but still had its texture.
If you love the fatty meat or “dong po ro” (RM15.00), this will be a dish to order. With its thick layer of luscious fat, it will definitely make you drool over this dish…
Fresh fruits courtesy from the restaurant. Not all the time will you get fruits though. We were there twice but only got it complimentary once.
The GPS coordinate as shown (N 05° 21.018′ E100° 28.387′) or map at below
Restorant Yu Lin
No. 2836, 2837, Jalan Tampoi Baru,
Taman Tampoi, Kampung Baru,
14000, Bukit Mertajam, Penang,
Contact No: 04-5386 389, 012-478 9511 (Jake Lee), 012-370 8389 (Teh Sow Hwa)
Business Hours:
11.30am till 2.30pm, 5.30pm till 10.30pm
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soft shell crab.. my favourite ~~ seems like PTP is venturing into BM town now.. yo yo..
The dong po ro looks so nice! Wanted to have a bite!
wah, all the way to BM?? not heavy traffic ah???
allie,
we’re venturing more of mainland food… lots of nice things here too.. and we’ll keep covering for the island attractions as well
CK,
if this is your fav dish….you’ll definitely want to have a bite… yummieeee!!
wei friends… this is my “te tou”!! start to home sick already! LOL!!
New Kid On The Blog,
Why not?? hehehehe
Heavy traffic depends on the time you travel… it’s not always heavy traffic there
wendy…
paiseh paiseh… we “accidentally” (read: tiau tee eh) went to your “te tou” without asking permission. (Yes, we do that on purpose to step on big sister’s tail …hahahah)
when you come back, we pay you a visit and you bring us around your te tou, ok?
dishes are quite cheap lah…..n i wish to try the duck with yam….so new for me
you make me so want to go back to bm!!!
hahaha….i probably be back next CNY. I wonder I would be kicked out from my te tou by BMTP (BM tua pui) liao lor!!
SimpleGirl,
This is about the price when dining at BM and they do have set lunch too.. quite cheap as well.
duckie,
yes, we purposely do that one….. hehehhe
wendy,
hahahha no worry, your te tou is still your te tou…
while we wait for you to come back.. we will continue to explore BM and other mainland areas…. hehehe
The only dish that made me drooled is that dong1 bo1 rou4.
cariso,
that should tempt you to come over eh?
look at the tong po rou is enough to make u drool whole day long.. OMG…. gosh…..
Food price is good but RM2 for herbal tea steep-lor.
diners….
it’s just delicious…yummieeeee
bring your own tea leaves and you’re charged RM1 unlimited hot water refills instead
Thanks for the write up. The steam promfet, from the pic, looks like a medium size fish,imho, is quite expensive @RM70 (RM48 seems fair) and the prawns in claypot is also somewhat pricy@RM30 (RM22 is more resonable) Didn’t you feel it? or this is the expected price to pay for Chinese Food. Thanks again
PTP, suggest you create a grading system for the food, / ambience of the eartery, / value-for-money, from 1 to 10, with 10 being the ultimate heavenly. use 0.5 to split hairs if you must. This way, we can know what to order. I often make mental notes and award points for each dish for every new place I visit. I will then decided if it is worth the mention. Cheers
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