The Forgotten Home Cooked Dishes Restaurant @ Boey Chong Kee Restaurant, Lebuh Cintra, Georgetown, Penang

Located off Cintra Street and hidden from the general view, Boey Chong Kee is a bygone taste from the old Georgetown brought to this modern era. The Cantonese restaurant is located at the ground floor of People's Flat, and even some Penangites, especially the younger generations may be oblivious of its existence due to its austere facade.

Named after its own owner, Boey Chong Kee restaurant is a family business, serving unpretentious dishes in a quondam setting. There are only simple home cooked dishes here but not any extraordinary taste that come with an impetus taste, but many Penangites would reminiscent the long lost flavour. Among the must try here is stir fried egg with glass noodles & carrots and stir fried beef, though be mindful that the overall bill may not be cheap. On top of that, impatient people would find it hard to dine in here as there are limited tables and the restaurant is always packed with crowd.

Stir fried beef

Stir fried egg with glass noodles & carrots

Sweet & Sour Pork

Mixed Vegetable

Deep Fried Shrimps

Above 5 dishes has a bill up to a whopping RM 120, including tea & rice. Some of the dishes were impressive, such as the stir fried beef and stir fried egg with glass noodles & carrots. The stir fried beef texture is tender, and coating it with semi cooked egg gives a rich yet sleek texture. Meanwhile for the stir fried egg with glass noodles & carrots, it has other name known as "shark fin egg" though we are unsure there are real shark fins involved or not. The texture is distinctive, crisp, fluffy and was stir fried with perfect moisture control to yield its unique taste.

Sweet & sour pork and mixed vegetables has the seasoning done all the right level, and these are exemplary of some decent home cooked dishes. On the other hand, deep fried shrimps were a disappointment, as it merely possess the batter taste and lacked the depth of fried shrimps. Not a recommended dish to try here.

We waited 45 minutes for a table upon reaching the restaurant at 6:35pm, and another 45 minutes before the dishes were served to our table. That was a whopping 1 hour 30 minutes just for a dinner!