Franchise:Kapitan Restaurant

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Restauran Kapitan is a very famous Indian restaurant chain within Penang. Some even believe that this restaurant serves the best Indian cuisine in Penang, especially their significant dishes, which are Tandoori chicken with Naan and chicken Briyani.

The restaurant chain originated from their first restaurant in Lebuh Chualia years ago. Nowadays the business has been extended to Gurney and Queensbay area. All these restaurants are usually crowded with customers especially when it is at lunch or dinner time. Anyway in order to ensure every patron gets great food and great value for their money, the dining conditon is also desirably hygienic and cosy.

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While talking about the food here, there are two signature dishes that definitely need to be recommended. Which are the chicken Tandoori with Naan and their Briyani. Among different Naan flavor, most people believe that having Cheese Naan with chicken Tandoori is the best companion. Usually the chicken Tandoori is grilled in the clay oven until become lovely and brilliant red color. It is very tender with little bit of spicy and sour. While the Cheese Naan is heavenly especially on the thin, crispy parts where the cheese are located. The oily surface of the Naan give an appetizing shine and the bread is very soft and moist too.

For the Briyani, the most famous one should be the chicken Briyani. Usually the rice will be cooked until it is in golden hue but not too oily. The rice that flavored with many spices is serve in a claypot and comes with a light curry gravy. The marinated chicken laid on top of the rice had thick ginger smell and served together with their home-made mayonnaise sauce. Many customers found that the portion of Briyani is quite generous and relatively satisfying.

Other than these, their menu is quite extensive too, which offers various conventional Indian foods like different kinds of roti canai, Naan, Briyani, curries and others. Besides than these ala-carte dishes, Restauran Kapitan also serves plenty of ready cooked dishes with reasonable price. One other very famous drink of this restaurant is the Badam Milk (Almond Milk), which is a kind of cow milk boiled with grinded almod, cashew, nuts and raisin. The boiled raisins and cashew buts adds flavor to this soothing drink, which makes it an wholesome drink.

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