Yummy Cuisine Sungai Ara - Chu Cha
The latest food outlet to arrive in Sungai Ara is situated at the new row of shophouses opposite the Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara branch office.
Yummy Café is located at the corner lot and easily visible from the main road, so you can’t miss it.
Being the ‘new kid on the block’, there were lots of customers who came to get a taste of this new place. And of course, PenangTuaPui is never far behind on the food trail *wink*.
The thing that separates Yummy Café from the regular chu-char places around is the modern feel of the layout and furnishing. Although there is no air conditioning, the restaurant premise and design is airy enough to not make you feel stuffy and hot
We were recommended the belacan fried chicken, nyonya steam fish and satay prawns. Being TuaPuis, we readily accepted the recommendations and even topped it off with 1 additional dish :).
It doesn’t take long for the first dish to arrive after order. The first dish landed on the table is stir fried bean sprouts with salted fish (Fei Fei’s oldtime favourite)- RM6.00 . Fei Fei will tell you that he thought it tasted good with just the right amount of salted fish thrown in.
The belacan fried chicken wings (RM8.00) received the most thumbs up votes. The fragrance of the belacan is just right (we are belacan-lovers, sorry) and the wings were fried to a very crispy, non-oily golden brown. Delicious! In fact, we spied a couple at the next table who were savouring only 1 large plate of chicken wings!
Nyonya steam fish (RM22.00) had an interesting sauce with the harmonious combination of spicy, sour and sweet for our tastebuds. Our only complaint was that the sauce dried up very fast due to the flame underneath. The fish was fresh and we fought over the cheek-area flesh (but that’s another story..hehe).
The last dish arrived was satay prawn (RM16.00). The grilled prawns on skewers with satay sauce got mixed reviews.
The satay sauce was more on the sweet side and did not have the rich fragrant peanut aroma. It was a rather unusual dish where the prawns and sweet satay sauce did not seem to blend so well (but that’s just our humble opinion).
And just some trivia to share, the shop has its origins from the evening choo-char at TYY coffee shop down the road.
CB Yummy Cuisine
308-A-1, Jalan Dato’ Ismail Hashim,
11900 Sungai Ara, Penang
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what a nice finding, i thought they open for business not long ago… you guys are quick. I love their belacan chicken wing too
SuiMeng,
Yes, we do like their belacan chicken as well…crispy with fragrant belacan flavours…
hehehhe
the satay prawn looks sooooo delicious, you make me feel sooooo hungry. I hate this blog
Loo Meng,
at least you hate us than the food… guess we’re gonna make you hate us more too
hahaha
My colleagues and I already banned this restaurant! Bad services!
hmm….. saw this restaurant everyday but don knwo what they serve. It is time to try it out then. As my hubby like the belacan chicken very much
allie,
what happened?
what kind of bad services did you get from there…maybe we can help to channel back to them and get some explanation….
Sook In,
we can tell you it serves chu char….
do try out belacan chicken… at least we liked it
wa.. those photo look really delicious la…. cant wait to go and try… yum yum
Just heard my friend recommend us to this restaurant. My fren have quite good comment on the food and service. Hubby and I will go to try out these days. Lets see how.
why so ngam, just have my lunch there couple of days ago, I agree their belacan chicken is nice. love it.
PenangGinNa,
it’s another place for chu char….. if you like
lingling,
do give this place a try and let us know what you think…
George Ng,
hahaha so far the only agreement we have so far is the belacan chicken…. what about other dishes?
the fish looks so delicious……. i will wanna try….
boonpeng,
what are you waiting for…. head on there for your meal now….
is the restaurant Halal???
sw,
what we can say … it’s definitely not halal…
hmm… the lady boss is a common Teo Chew lady la… talk loud loud one…. hahaha…. if you can;t take it.. then ma sound rude lo, my mum use to talk like that, so i am ok with the way she talk.
but honestly say, the nyonya fish is nice.. very appertixing, love it.
so near to me and yet I haven’t tasted it… >.<
need to go asap.
wow! the fish looks so fresh.
Yes, I noticed this new cafe every time I pass by, just haven’t try. There’s a story behind why the lady boss open this new shop.
Little Inbox,
interesting… there’s a story behind?? Well, guess we all do have stories behind as well but if it has nothing to do with the food, that’ll be another story to tell next time
been there. its not good at all. waiting time too long during dinner. some more the service is bad. we came 1st but they serve the other table 1st. so the oth table got to eat 1st. not fair. also the food doesn’t taste nice. not going there ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
susan,
sorry to hear the dining experience you had… btw, what did you order that night? was it something similar to what we’ve ordered or something else… we actually asked the owner to recommend so that we can gauge their standards and the dishes served to us were acceptable
In terms of serving the other tables first.. it’s something that they have to work on … that’s towards service level already… we’ll see if we can get the owners to improve based on the feedback here…
nothing special..i tried before…the place is HOT!! no air con…
lovetoeat,
by penang standard, it’s nothing special because it’s something we’re so used to eat already
and it’s a chu char place… so no air cond is expected, right? :p
but it’s true certain area inside the dining area can be quite warm…
wa… so many bad comment abt them one a?… Tuapuis… sure that bad bor.. i trust u all one.. all the while if not good one you all wont recommend. May be just order wrong dish or meet the lady boss who is not in a good mood perhaps…..
Tuapui, so many bad comments, guess u need to feedback to the restaurant liao lo….i darenot go to try liao lo..if food no good, then waste $$ leh…
PenangGinNa, HaoJiak
We give the opinions based on our experience that time and the food we ordered when we were there. There are other factors which we may not experience like other readers did but one thing for sure, the owner must have experienced it all..
The best thing we can do is to provide these inputs to the owner and decide if the claims are true and hopefully they be able to work on it . This is a new restaurant, they may have more to polish before being a good one.
In fact, by having this kind of open communication, we do hope, along the way, the miscommunication gap and service gap between the customers’s expectation against what the restaurant owners can provide will become less…
Of course, if the restaurants decide not to act on it, it’s their call… we’re merely the intermediaries
I’ve try their food..It okey but expensive.$$$$…I don’t like the environment…because got a lot of flying insect especially at night
I dont like the food and the place either…
we had been to the place twice, first we order our favourite dishes such as kangkung, steam egg, pai kut ong, all is ok… not really bad lar…. 2nd time just pretty recent one, we try their nyonya fish, I agree with tuaPuis, it is appertizing and we like it a lot. The belacan fried chicken we ordered, is good too, we like it. the rest is ok la, but the lady boss is like that one.. last time at TYY also like that, we get use to it liao… heehee, but will go back to try the other dish as the price is reasonable.
i love their curry fish and nyonya steam fish the most, my parents like it too.
but the deco that u see, you expect to have the menu, mana tau still old style chucha. but who cares?
tuapui, why no recommend the curry fish… i love their curry fish, just nice… got oumph,,……
We were ‘chopped’ last time when they operated at TYY. Once kena ular, ten years scared rope.
The food is very expensive, a small plate of sweet and sour fish cost RM16 (in which the fried fish is not fresh at all). The service is extremely BAD !!
I think since so many bad comments, it’s no need for me to add more.
I stayed in Sungai Ara Spring Field, we have tried the food once its start operation. The taukeh soh is damn rude, the way they take order is damn unprofessional. They are so lousy on recommendation on what is the nice food there.
I have even tried to order a take away which simply take me > 1 hour and it’s not because of the crowd, it’s simple misunderstand between the front desk and kitchen.
And if you observe carefully, their system, between the front desk and kitchen is so paliah. The waiter need to bring the paper to the back, which out of the restaurant where is the kitchen is located at the back. I just wondering why can’t they make a hole to pass the paper instead?
Anyway, not recommend from a Sungai Ara people…
me and my husband are regulars there, since we eat out everyday. Overall, their food is tasty, but a bit pricy for chu cha standard. A RM22-24 steam fish, it only about my (lady)palm size, not flashy. Do ask for their special dish, as the kitchen will sometimes cook something u won’t get in normal days. I had their ‘Dong Buo Ruo’ is super duper good. We recently visted more often to the 929 chu char at the back, where they have the morning Dim Sum. 929’s is more reasonable at price (especially fish), and reasonable food.
oh no…why still cant get published after submitting? I’ll give a final try… Summary: food good, pricy for a chu char standard. recommend: dong puo ruo (special dish, not everyday’s menu). Another suggestion: 929 Chu Char at the back, where they hv Dim Sum in the morning. Reasonable price, especially fish. But I prefer Yummy for d food .
HI, Lane,
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Food above average but the service is really bad, no smile and show me the bad face while serving me (I believe is a lady boss there).
Never look at me while asking me for order. Will not have a 2nd visit not because of the food, but because of the service.