Red Garden Cafe @ Lebuh Leith

The Weight of a Star

  The day was darkening rapidly as we look for a place to settle our bikes. Each time we pedal, the neon lit street slowly came to live. Man and woman pushing their stalls to their stations. It was beginning, the night market was like how Frankenstein flowed electric pulses into his creation. Each stall that got to its station, the more alive it was becoming. One must know that if he/she is captured by the pasar malam, one will be surrounded there by the vast quantity of people and of course the loud shouting of the siren.

"Sepuluh ringgit untuk tiga" 

Oh no, not the sale. 

"Carrot Cake ! Mari ! Mari !"

Keep it together men, don't fall for it.

  We barely got out of there with our wallets and stomach. A loud clear yes was said and the next thing we were throwing one hand up and chanting tribal words in unison to our discovery. The famed blue mansion was there. It's dark blue walls and white pure doors were music to our ears, it was the landmark we needed to find the fabled Red Garden. We chained our bicycles to the fence outside. Red Garden is a massive tavern with a stage in the middle for all ages to sing their hearts out and dance their legs away. Usually it'll be a middle aged person but I'll let you people to speculate about it. We pulled the chairs from the table and sat. Bets were made and I lost so I had to order food for the whole table. Instantly I saw the dishes that had to be ordered, that had to be consumed and brought to Valhalla. 

'Oh my god Jian'

  The first came, Oyster Omelette/"Oh Jian". I placed it carefully in my mouth and my brain was alarmed by the taste. What is this taste ? What texture ? My brain was in full alert. The sauce that was drizzled onto the omelette brought a piquant taste that gave it that kick that Malaysians love. The addition of chopped parsley leaves onto the dish gave it a fresh minty taste and then came the saltiness from the fried omelette. The oysters itself had a sugary taste. It had a balanced taste that could compete with the Thais in terms of the number of taste included in a dish

  The texture was a mixture of charred side of the eggs, soft juicy oysters and the melted feel of the eggs. The batter of the eggs prepared by the chef was fluffy and light that it pushed the oysters to be the star and it the supporting star. Every movie has to have a good supporting cast and director, and In this movie, the chef was the director and he directed it magnificently. With the help of the supporting cast, the egg, the oyster was able to show why it deserves to be the star.

  

Makan Meter: 9/10

Red Garden Cafe

20, Lebuh Leith,

George Town,

10000 George Town,

Pulau Pinang, Malaysia