The Sire - Museum Restaurant

The Sire located at King Street( Lebuh King), Penang is a Museum Restaurant ( a restaurant and also a museum, sounds interesting ehh?? ). We went without a reservation, which you can if you are early ( 6 pm) to try out the food and ambiance.


Dinner served at 6 pm.


The front facade of The Sire. Situated almost at the intersection between Lebuh King and Lebuh Light, The Sire serves a variety of western food.


The thick menu of The sire.


Kerosene lamp, quite artistic.

Due to not having a reservation, we had to sit on the upper level, overlooking the tables and chairs below.


Ambiance in The Sire


Table of 6 persons


The other part of the restaurant, the museum, no camera allowed.


View from the top.


The busy kitchen


The chefs about with cooking


Luckily they are wearing white, would they pass as pirates ?


French Onion Soup served with cheese croutons ( RM18 )


Grilled portabello mushrooms ( RM18 )


The salad that comes with the mushrooms.


Cinnamon coffee, quite unique and nice.


Poached salmon


Seafood pasta


Spaghetti aglio olio in tomato basil sauce

Overall the dining experience is nice, old building with lots of antiques giving a glimpse of life and luxury of the rich and famous of 1930s era. The food serving in overall is okay but can be improved on, the taste is rather bland for my liking. But you could go there for the dining experience too and additional things to explore and see, a change in a normal restaurant environment.

(Best of 5 stars)
Food quality: 3 stars ( Taste rather bland, ingredients can be improved on )
Service: 3 stars ( Fair service )
Food portion: 2.5 stars ( Portion wise it is a bit little )
Value: 3 stars ( Dining aside, go there for the experience! )

A high at Rasa Sayang

Rasa Sayang Hotel at Batu Ferringhi is( not sure I should put it was) serving high tea at a promotion price, so we have to go and try it out.


Lobby lounge serving high tea.

The lobby lounge is surprising quiet and tranquil, you could meditate sleep at the lounge.


Nice ornaments at the serving tea table


The ambiance with cozy and quiet environment

We promptly ordered the high tea set(RM 30++) per person. The promotion set comes with only 'English Breakfast tea' or 'Freshly Brewed Coffee'


The tea set with fresh milk.


English Breakfast tea.


Freshly brewed Coffee, a high caffeine charged, strongly roasted coffee, better than the coffee made by our widely available, famous and expensive barristas.


The serving stack with three plates.


Wafer-like pastry with cream and fresh strawberries, chocolate mousse, cream tart.

The pastry is a bit too 'creamy' for my liking but surprisingly not sweet but very fluffy. The chocolate mousse is freshly made, you can tell if it is not so. The wafer-like crust will 'flatten' down if it is not consumed quickly.


Scones with cream cheese and strawberries

The scones were not too hard, in fact it is just nice to go with the fruit jam.


The variety of jams served.


Mini size sandwiches, curry chicken sandwich surprising well prepared with hint of freshly grounded black pepper.


Mozzarella cheese sandwich with red pepper.

The strong fermented taste of the mozzarella is powering, leaving a pungent after taste. It is quite nice to eat it with sweet tea or coffee.


Salmon sandwich tasted fresh.


Ornate items on display at the lobby lounge.


Rattan made furniture outside the lobby lounge.


Lazy effect in the lobby lounge, very relaxing.


Some books for reading, probably donated by hotel guests.


A canopy of tree leaves.

High tea at Rasa Sayang Resort is relaxing and calming. The pastries are nice, the sandwiches are uniquely done and tasty. Scones are fresh, served with jam and cream cheese. The service is good, very nice ambiance, slightly expensive but the high tea is worth it.

(Best of 5 stars)
Food quality: 4 stars ( Lesser cream would be better, the sugar level is just right )
Service: 4 stars ( Food introduction needed, otherwise top notch service )
Food portion: 3.5 stars ( Portion wise, it's okay, it's tea it isn't dinner or lunch )
Value: 4 stars ( The promotion gives it a good value )