The Fountain (without a Pond) at New World Park

More From Mizi Bistro @ New World Park, Penang

We return to Mizi for more of their good food, Again we had the setmeal, There were 3 of us this time and we had, Onion Soup, Mushroom Soup, and the Oxtail Soup, due to the low light the photo did not turn up well below are the main course we took. Sorry, we did not remember the actual name of the Dish, I will give you a rough description of the items.

Stuff Deep Fried Breaded Chicken, (There were crab stick and other items inside) serve with apricot sauce

Stuff Pasta roll, with chicken, spinach, and over bake with cheese, very good which i had, to me the portion was on the small side but then i am a big eater, but that left place for the ice cream

Vegetarian Spring Roll, Home made with premium vegetable, we recommend this dish highly, due to its originality and ingredients, and that is was oven bake as such non greesy

Mizi Bistro @ New World Park, Penang

EXCELLENT FOOD, AFFORDABLE PRICE, GOOD SERVICE this should be Mizi Bistro tag line.

Mizi Bistro Front entrance

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As mention in a previous post, Mizi Bistro was the busiest during my night walk around. and the busiest during this afternoon.

The MENU

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This fine afternoon, on instructions from a friend, i stop by at New World Park for lunch at 2pm, This friend wanted to meet the owner of the Mizi, and also wanted to talk to me, so that the best place to wait as well as to have lunch.

The Bread Basket

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Owned and Operated by a Former 5 Star Hotelier, Mizi Bistro is a charming place, very affordable pricing and offers close to Fine Dinning food, with adequate service especially for a place just open. RM16.90 ++ for set lunch, a drink, a soup, a main dish and unlimited Ice Cream.

Green Pea Soup

I had the green pea soup, well all i should say is that there is no canned soup available here so those who like Campbell Soup, etc should stay far away. Thick, Fresh. Mmmmmmm

Teriyaki Chicken, done to perfection, on a bed of vegetable and plain rice. nice succulent chicken.

My Friend had the Fish with Mustard Cream Sauce. Good size portion, I will not show the ice cream i pig out on. Mizi Bistro offer good value for money, just one thing, go early or late after 2.30pm or be prepared to wait. Tel 04-2272921 New World Park plans to open a Flea Market on Sat and Sundays it seem from 10am till 10pm this October. There are also plans for it to be a Wifi Zone.

New World Park - Phase 2

The 2nd Phase of New World Park is now open. I decided to drop by for a bite and at the same time to survey the place at night as i understand that there are music performance at night.

Coming in from Burma Road, I turn in via the front entrance to the parking area at the back, Well with only part of the new phase open I have difficulty in finding a Parking Place, The Guards were not to attentive at night it seems.

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The Food Court was doing roaring business with most of the stalls open, there were hardly any space to sit, the clearing of table were slow.

there were a number of new restaurants, serving a wide verity of food (indian, penang, western etc)as well as some night life places, a Internet cafe, and a few shops, One of the outlet is Gee Hiang selling Penang Local Products.

spacious and well lay out with a center court where you have the stage. there is another stage at the food court.

Some of the restaurants are doing well, while some are quite

Mizi Bristol seem to be doing well, the best in the New World Park Inside was full, and the table outside were also taken. No empty table. . . Starbuck is due to open there soon. Business seems to be booming here.

New World Park revisited 2.

It was time for us to revisit New World Park for the Penang Street Food there. It look like the other parts of New World Park will be open quite soon looking at the activities going on there.

What i like about this place is it's clean toilet, and easy parking and decent food (in general).

This time i decided to give the Char Koey Teow a try. Well what good about it is Large Prawns, Banana Leaf under liner and it was fragrant. Give it a 90% rating. What i did not like is the current trend of less salt and the guy did not get it done my way, but that is personal taste.

To cool myself down, I took the ice kachang, lots of goodies in it.

New World Park revisited.

New World Park Revisited.

My father suggested that we take mum to New World Park for its disable friendly premise after our Ching Ming activities. Arriving at 12 noon it was still very quite with plenty of parking space and table. Again Friendly car park attendant / security guards were in attendant, My Mother did not have any problems in getting to the table. So did others who were using clutches. Again it was nice and breezy at the food court, thanks to its design.

No Problem in getting to the table.

First off we got some tim sum, there were only 5 types left, it’s tasty but hard but it may be due to the time as the tim sum was from early morning.

Next we tried the Oyster Omelets, we ordered the RM10 per dish, look beautiful but tasted blend, even the chilies sauce provided did not help to improve it.

My wife took the asam laksa, her current favorite, said it is not asam (sour) enough. My two kids took the Yam rice and yong tau foo.

My brother took the Curry mee, which was ok and our maid order pasembore

It must have been an off day for most of the cooks here. I did not take any thing except for ice kachang, not because of the not so tasty food but because I was too tired running around. I forgot to ask for the Durian Ice Cream to come with the ice kachang.

Well it was a quite disappointing trip for us here, we have either order the wrong items, or from the wrong stall or at the wrong time. But dont get me wrong, Food here is still much better then some other places but it was not up to our expectation on this day, the only thing is our Expectation may be a bit too high and that it was the cooks off day.

We all decided to give it a try again at another time and also to try out the original coffee shop, as we usually take our meals there formelly.

BELOW ARE SOME GENERAL PHOTO'S OF THE FOOD COURT.

The Original Coffee Shop

Swatow Lane, New World Park, Food Court Location Map

For those not familiar with the New World Park Location, Here is a mini map to make thing easier for you.

There is a earlier post on New World Park, Click on Lable "New World Park" to see that posting

Click on the Map for a bigger Image

What is Street Food to a Penangite?

What is Street Food to a Penangite?

Well to me, it must be affordable, and without airs. With “New” Hawkers having entered Penang Street Food scene bring along with them exotic and jazz up cuisines from Hotels, (Well most of these hawkers were formally cooks working in the hotels) it is a pleasure to have the New World Park Food Court offering True Street Food.

Not only are the food good and affordable and down-to-earth, you get to enjoy the food in a clean environment. (Well not as clean as a hotel but much much cleaner then the usual coffeeshop) The cleanliness, the good food, affordable pricing, and not having to line up to purchase food coupons, will ensure that Penangite, Local and Foreign Tourist will come in doves of Tours Bus to enjoy the food here. In fact on a Tuesday the Food Court is near full, but still with tables and chairs available.You may not get every verity of Penang Street Food here, what you get is a pretty good representation, with most favorite’s items (to a penangite) available.

What surprising with this Food Court is the car park security guard are duty conscious gives good direction, and are extremely helpful with the car parking. The Car Park it self is well laid out. The Food Court is also wheel chair friendly, with out any steps. Tables and Chairs are normal coffeeshop like tables, not those like those you find fast food joints, with the table and chairs fix to the floor.

Origin of Hawkers at New World Park Food Court?

Just a couple of Months Back in 2006, Majority of New World Park Food Court Hawkers, were Actual Street Food Hawkers at Swatow Lane operating from carts, Next to a Coffeeshop and were there from years back, This Food Street is well know to true blue penangnites as well as foodies was a bit hidden from the main road. With the Redevelopement of New World Park, those hawkers along the road side were place in this Enormous Food Court (140+ tables) right next to where they were and were given a big boost in publicity. Those Hawkers that were operating from inside the Coffee Shop remain where they were.

This changes results in you having to make a decision, Eat at the Original Coffee Shop, or Eat at the New Food Court. It all depends on what you want to eat, and how you want to eat it, or what time you want to eat it…..

Pro for the Food Court Security Guard / Car Park Attended, Wheel Chair Friendly, More Verity with 26 stalls, Big Car Park (for now), Airy & Breezy, Widely space tables, Clean Place, Clean Toilet, Open from 10am to 10pm.

Pro for the Coffee Shop Air Con Section – (Hidden at the back),

Majestic Rojak Stall,

Original Ice Kacang with durian ice cream

What Good Where? It all depends on your taste buds! What you like? The saving grace is in Penang, 80% of the Food can be rated Good to Excellent. Either Place should satisfy you. But in case some one was raving about a particular dish at Swatow lane, and when you try it out, it’s just ok, try the other location…

One of the Example are the Majestic Rojak at the Original Coffee Shop, While being a quite resent addition, (less then 10 years if I am not mistaken) This must be one of the best Rojak in Penang. A Humble serving of this, topped (NOT MIXED) with it’s secret recipe of Prawn Extract, Chilies, Peanuts and who know what, will cost you almost double then a Plate of Chicken Rice. Not exactly affordable, but it’s worth it, especially those from out of town. While the Secret Sauce is available for you to purchase to take home, it just not the same having it right at the coffee shop. Some thing is just missing.

Rojak: Usually A mix of rough cut Fruit Salad (Crunchy & Raw), usually of Mangoes, Cucumber, Turnips, Pineapple, plus other fruits, with some cripes, slices of brown squid, usually mixed with Prawns Paste, Sweet Sauce, with lashing of Chilies Powder, Powdered Belachan (Dried Prawn Extract), Sesame Seed, Pounded Peanuts. Exact ingredients will differ stall to stall. Cost Per portion, anywhere between RM 3/- to RM6/-.

New World Park, Food Court.

Location : Beside Swatow Lane, Burma Road, Getting There : Burma Road from Komtar, Drive Past Prime Plaza (To be Tune Hotel, Penang in the Future) and turn left in to the New World Car Park, To get to the coffee Shop, turn left after the pedestrian traffic light at a row of shop house into Swatow Lane, Original Coffee Shop is on the left.

Operation Hours : 10am to 10pm daily,

Location Map at this Link http://malaysiansnapshots.blogspot.com/2007/03/swatow-lane-new-world-park-food-court.html