Food Review : CRC Penang

Recently, we attended a relative's birthday lunch at CRC Penang (located near Burmah Road). It was supposed to be a 7-course lunch, but they ended up serving us several of the courses all at once! Luckily we were all hungry and attacked the food with gusto...

One of the highlights of lunch was the fish! Cooked "teow-chew" style, with a lot of garnishings on the side (check out the mountain of greens on the side of the dish!). It even comes with a waitress that will debone the fish and cut it into manageable pieces. :) One good thing we noted about the dish was that it did not come with the typical candle under it to keep it warm, and so the accompanying black sauce did not evaporate. We had plenty of sauce left to go around!


The birthday mee was served with mega mondo prawns, and they tasted quite fresh too. At a time like this, who cares about cholesterol?! Good thing the prawns were half-shelled, so no messy fingers :)

Check it out.. who can resist this dish? :)





We ended the lunch with a warm honeydew soup dessert with dates and "peh kuih" - it was a first for me. Isn't honeydew dessert always cold and served with sago?? It was pretty weird tasting to me but edible nonetheless. The price for a table of 11 persons? Over RM500 which was pretty steep comparing to some other restaurants.


Pros :
- Food was delicious, if based on food alone, I would definitely give it a high rating!

Cons :
- Atmosphere was noisy and sounded like a market place.
- The staff seemed understaffed and overworked.
- The courses were served in random order.
- Pretty pricey.

Conclusion : I'd give it a rating of 6/10 due to the noisy atmosphere and unhappy staff.