Wednesday, January 30, 2019

胡须鸡 Beared Chicken @ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

30.01.2019 Lunch
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang (click here to Google Map)
91, Lebuh Acheh, George Town, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang
GPS Location: 5°24'54.2"N 100°20'09.6"E
酱油胡须鸡 Soy Sauce Beared Chicken rm$30 (Half-chicken) 👍😋
姜蓉胡须鸡 Ginger Beared Chicken rm$30 (Half-chicken) 👍😋
精迭芽菜 Bean Sprouts rm$12 (Large) 👍👍👍😋😋😋
豬頸丸 Ipoh Pig Tendon Balls rm$6 (5 pcs) 🤔🤔
油麦菜 Lettuce rm$12 (Large) 👍👍😋😋
油米飯 Chicken Rice rm$2.20 & 龙眼 Longan rm$2.90 👍😋
招牌叉烧 Signature Charsiew rm$24 (Large) 🤔🤔
冬菇闪鷄脚 Mushroom braised chicken rm$6 (Small) 🤔🤔
Budget: MYR$15-rm$25/person
Cuisine: Ipoh Bean Sprout Chicken
Thoughts: There is the "famous" Ipoh Onn Kee Ngah Choy Kai in the town of Ipoh; and finally it opens its 2nd branch at Bukit Mertajam last year and now the 3rd one 3 weeks ago (early January 2019) in Penang, a little corner shop tucked away at Lebuh Aceh with 2 floors and a private room. 
Its main dish "Chicken" is offered as 酱油 Soy Sauce, 姜蓉 Ginger or 冷鸡 Cold variant! comes with 3 choices of Chicken: 肉鸡 Meat Chicken, 菜园鸡 Kampong Chicken or 胡须鸡 Beard Chicken! And "胡须鸡 Beard Chicken" in Soy Sauce and Ginger variant was on the table; in general its ok, particularly like the Soy Sauce version but the ginger sauce was well executed!
The House Charsiew was a disappointment, the meat was chewy, looked like the charsiew was being fried. Mushroom chicken feet did not meet my expectation, came in an oily bowl and wasn't well braised at all. The vegetables choices of lettuce and bean sprout were the 2 choices well done. 
I'd say if Ipoh Onn Kee is to stick around, either concentrate on doing well on its Chicken offering or buck-up in improving the non-chicken recipes. Or it woudn't surive 嘴叼的槟城人! 
Rating: 6 / 10 👍😋
Telephone: +604-251 9717
Operating hours: 11:30am - 09:00pm (Monday closed)

@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

酱油胡须鸡 Soy Sauce Beared Chicken rm$30 (Half-chicken)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

姜蓉胡须鸡 Ginger Beared Chicken rm$30 (Half-chicken)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

精迭芽菜 Bean Sprouts rm$12 (Large)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

豬頸丸 Ipoh Pig Tendon Balls rm$6 (5 pcs)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

油麦菜 Lettuce rm$12 (Large)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

油米飯 Chicken Rice rm$2.20 & 龙眼 Longan rm$2.90
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

招牌叉烧 Signature Charsiew rm$24 (Large)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

冬菇闪鷄脚 Mushroom braised chicken rm$6 (Small)
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang

The Menu
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@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
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The Interior
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@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
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@ 怡保安记芽菜鸡 Ipoh Onn Kee Tauge Ayam at Lebuh Aceh, Penang
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