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Penang:Zealand Bak Kut Teh and Seafood (新西兰)
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Usually Gurney Drive is not the place for locals dine, in fact it is more for tourists. However, there are a few places that have been around for many years. These places are located at the other end of Gurney Drive, further away from the hustle and bustle New Gurney Drive Food Court (新湾仔角). For example the Carnation Bak Kut Teh (康乃馨肉骨茶) and Zealand Bak Kut Teh and Seafood Restaurant(新西兰).
Zealand Bak Kut Teh and Seafood Restaurant(新西兰) is one of the few decent places providing seafood at reasonable price. This restaurant has started its business since 1981 and is famous of its Bak Kut Teh (肉骨茶), which is well-balanced and very tasty. Customer can also get as many refills of broth as they like.
Talking about the owner of the restaurant, Mr. Fong Seow Hoo is actually one of the athlete of Olympic Games during those days around 1960. Every time the Olympic Games is held, Fong Seow Hoo would reminisce fondly on his participation in the Games. "Like many sportsmen, an athlete's ultimate aim is the Olympics" said 71-year-old Fong who was Penang's first swimmer to participate in the Games in Melbourne in 1956. He was 19 then.
His second stint was in Rome in 1960 together with his younger brother Seow Jit. He then worked as a sales executive for a tobacco firm for 19 years before starting his own Bak Kut Teh business in 1981. His son Albert Fong, 42, helps to run the business now.
Seafood fried Yee Mee (海鲜炒伊面)
Fried rice (炒饭)
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