Hai Onn Restaurant |
Hai
Onn Restaurant is a Chinese kopitiam that has been selling Hainan
Cuisine for more than 70 years. This restaurant is located in Burma Road
and everyday there are lots of customers having their meals at there.
I
came to Hai Onn restaurant yesterday at 6pm. I have ordered a Hainanese
chicken chop. I wanted to try the Roti Babi (pork bread) but when I
reached there it was already sold out. The waitress told me that I have
to come at 3pm to 4pm if I want to eat the Roti Babi, or make a call
first to confirm whether the Roti Babi has been sold out.
After
taking my order, the waitress brought the spoon, fork, knife and sauces
to my table. The red sauce is the tomato sauce and the black one is
ketchup added with mustard sauce. Well, the mustard sauce was fresh for
me as I had never eaten chicken chop with the mustard before.
Hainanese Chicken Chop - RM3.80
This is my second time having a Hainanese chicken chop, the first time is at Sin Chuan Bee Restaurant.
Comparing to the Hainanese chicken chop I ate last time, this one feels
more oriental and it has more gravy. To be frank, I went to eat this
chicken chop after I know the price. At first I thought that the volume
of the chicken chop would be very little as RM3.80 is just way to cheap
for a chicken chop nowadays. Indeed, the chicken chop was quite small
compared to other chicken chop. Well, the portion does match the price.
The ingredients in the chicken chop are potato, tomato, onion and beans. I quite like the potato.
Bread - RM0.40
The
waitress asked me whether I want to have some bread or not? I saw many
people have ordered the bread so I have ordered one too. Basically, it
is a baked bread without any paste. I ate the bread together with the
chicken chop sauce.
Coffee Ice - RM1.30
At
first, I have ordered a Teh Ice (RM1.30). The Teh Ice was nearly
tasteless. Then, I ordered a coffee ice. Same price, but the coffee ice
taste way more nicer than the Teh Ice. The coffee ice here is quite
saturated.
I
glanced through the customers in the restaurant and I found out that I
am the only youngster! I was thinking that all the customers here should
be the regular customers.
The
waitress told me that this restaurant was passing down by the owner's
father and the owner himself is already more than 60 years old. The
owner's son is taking his PhD in England and he don't want to inherit
this business. The waitress said that this restaurant will end it's
business soon. I was very lucky because I have tried their Hainan
cuisine before the restaurant closed. In these few days, I will be going
there again as I haven't try their Roti Babi!
Hai Onn Restaurant is located beside the Macalister Lane, opposite of the Asia Camera Museum.
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16/3/2014
Today,
I went to Hai Onn Restaurant again together with my friends. Last time I
didn't get the chance to try the Roti Babi, but not for today.
Roti Babi(Per Piece)- RM3
Well, this is the Roti Babi I am talking about. It was slightly different from that of Sin Chuan Bee Restaurant as it was wrapped with egg. For me, I think that the Roti Babi at Sin Chuan Bee restaurant taste nicer.
Spring Roll(Per Roll)- RM2
The spring roll need to order at least two rolls. The taste was just normal only.
Cendol - RM2
This
cendol is bought at the stall at macalister Lane beside the restaurant.
I asked the waiter whether I can bring in the cendol into the
restaurant and the waiter told me that yes I can do that but the only
thing is that the cendol seller will not allow her cendol to bring into
the restaurant (I think is because the hawker don't want to collect the
bowl in the restaurant after the customers finished the cendol). The
waiter then gave me a small bowl and told me to go buy the cendol using
this bowl. She said with this I can bring the cendol into the
restaurant. I personally think that the candol at Macalister Lane taste
nicer than the Penang Road one.
For
the main course, I have ordered a Hai Nan pork chop (so sorry I didn't
take a photo of it!), and the price is the same as the Hai Nan chicken
chop, RM3.80. The different is the pork chop wasn't wrapped with egg
(unless requested by customer) and the portion was very small. The meat
was very hard to eat as well so overall it wasn't taste so nice. The
waiter told me that they also served fish chop, but the price is a bit
more expensive, RM7.
After
reading my blog, a friend told me that she actually don't like the Hai
Nan chicken chop very much. I asked her whether that was the first time
she had tried Hai Nan chicken chop and she said yes. Actually, how does
the Hai Nan chicken chop taste is really depended on each individual.
There are many people who used to eat western chicken chop all the time
cant accept the taste of Hai Nan chicken chop but for me it doesn't
taste bad. Compare to the western chicken chop, Hai Nan chicken chop
really taste different because of it's gravy. If I have to put a way to
describe it's taste, I will say that it tastes nearest to the mushroom
chicken chop.
Business Hour
12.30pm to 8pm (Close on Monday)
Address
No. 53-55 Burmah Road, 10050 Penang.
Tel
04-2274751
This post was originally written on 7th March 2014
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