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| Kong Thai Lai Coffee Shop |
Kong Thai Lai coffee shop
has been visited by the late Mr. Honda, Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew,
the Sugar King, Robert Kuok Hock Nien and Chief Minister of Penang, CM
Lim Guan Eng. This hundred years old coffee shop is passed down from
generation to generation and the current shop owner is the third
generation. The original coffee recipe passed down from his grandfather is definitely one of the attractions here.
So, as to why I would came to this coffee shop today, the story goes like this. Few days ago, I saw a post about Kong Thai Lai coffee shop on My Lovely Blue Sky blog and I have been thinking of visiting this coffee shop since then. Coincidentally, I met my friend, Tong, at Occupy Beach Street a couple of days ago and he told me that he wanted to visit this coffee shop as well. However, that day he was busying with something else so we decided to choose another day to visit this coffee shop and the day is today. We were having our breakfast at there.
So, as to why I would came to this coffee shop today, the story goes like this. Few days ago, I saw a post about Kong Thai Lai coffee shop on My Lovely Blue Sky blog and I have been thinking of visiting this coffee shop since then. Coincidentally, I met my friend, Tong, at Occupy Beach Street a couple of days ago and he told me that he wanted to visit this coffee shop as well. However, that day he was busying with something else so we decided to choose another day to visit this coffee shop and the day is today. We were having our breakfast at there.
We
reached the coffee shop at 10am. At that time the main course weren't
ready yet so we both ordered a set of breakfast. For me, this coffee is
not really that thick, but the coffee indeed does smell nice!
There
is a container of sugar on every table for the customers to add sugar
into the coffee. I didn't add in any sugar because the sweetness of the
original coffee is just what I prefer.
Same
as the toast at other places, the toast here has the butter and kaya
flavour. The only different is that the toast here is more crispy.
Tong
told me that dipping the toast in the coffee will taste nicer. I tried
both the dipped toast and the original one and the taste is really
different!
A
cup of coffee, a plate of toast and a cup of half boiled egg is what
made up a full set breakfast. The left one is a two eggs (mine) and the
right one is one egg (Tong's). I like the one egg one as the cup feels
like more high class..hehe..
This full set of breakfast only costs RM4.70 and it is a treat from Tong.
Hai Nan Chicken Chop - RM10
We
finished our breakfast at about 10.30am but we keep on staying at there
waiting for the main course. At 11am sharp, we ordered a Hai Nan
chicken chop and a fish and chip. The appearance of the chicken chop was
good but the taste was just normal only.The vegetables around the
chicken chop was fresh.
Fish & Chip - RM9
The
appearance of this fish and chip was not bad as well but the taste is
just so so only. Yet, I quite like the tartar sauce. I like the taste of
the red onion mix together with the sour sauce. Beside
chicken chop and fish & chip, Kong Thai Lai also sells mee prawns
(RM12), fried rice (RM5), tomyam fried rice (RM6) and fried mee (RM5).
I
saw these homemade Kaya on the counter, one container is sold for RM5.
Kong Thai Lai also sells roasted coffee bean, 1kg for RM20.
Though
Kong Thai Lai coffee shop has a history of over hundred year, yet the
building looks just new. It must has been undergo some renovation
before.
Address
6 Jalan Hutton, 10050 Georgetown, Pulau Pinang.
Business Hour
Daily：7.30am - 5pm
Saturday / Public Holiday：7.30am - 4pm
Sunday：Closed
This post was originally written on 12th March 2014
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