唐人厝
Country: Penang, Malaysia
Address: 153 & 155 Beach Street, 183B Victoria Street, 10300 George Town, Penang
Hours: 9am-12am (Sunday - Thursday), 9am-1am (Friday-Saturday)
How Did I Get There: Walk from Pinang Peranakan Mansion
ChinaHouse is a traditional compound of 3 heritage buildings, linked by an open air courtyard and converted into 14 spaces comprising shops, cafes, restaurant, galleries, live music and bakery. Popular among tourists and locals, they are famous for their huge variety of cakes.
I do not remember seeing a signboard other than the hanging signage along the street but they have a painting of a dessert table above their entrance.
Despite its large space, we only managed to explore the front part due to their large crowd during our visit. Once we enter, the waitress took down our names and told us to wait inside for our table. We were escorted to the space in front of the cake table and everyone just waited for their tables to be ready.
Upon being seated, we were given a menu. However, their cake flavours were not listed so I had to head out to the cake table among the crowd and see what they had to offer. I find it a bit of a hassle given the human traffic in the cafe. The waitress near the cake table did not take my order and told me to wait at my seat. We had to wait a while to get another waitress' attention as she was passing by.
Service was average, which was understandable. Our drinks and cakes did took a while to be served. While we were queuing up to pay, (yes, you have to queue to pay as they need the table for their next diner), there was a table that called off their remaining orders as it was taking too long. Ultimately, it was hard to chill at such a cafe with everyone walking around, lowkey pressuring you to finish your food so the next person can sit down.
That's all I have for this place.
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Travel Period: December 2019
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