Tea Zone Cafe @ Raja Uda

This is one of my family's favourite place to eat as they are open round the clock serving not only lunch and dinner, but snacks and a huge variety of drinks! Personally I am not a rice person, so I love that they offer a few good selection of noodles. I have tried them all and they are tasty and the portion of food is quite generous. The place is always packed in the weekend, especially with families. And I notice it has been a favourite spot for teenagers too as the price is affordable.

Tea Zone Cafe

Crowded with families 

Menu for drinks

Menu for drinks

Menu for drinks

Menu for drinks

Menu for drinks

Menu for desserts

Menu for food

Menu for food

Menu for food

Menu for food

Menu for food

Menu for food

Menu for food

Waffles!

My dad's favourite is hokkien char, he only orders this whenever we visit this place. On the other hand, my mum and I prefers their Thai style fried mihun. The Singapore style mihun is also quite good. The lady boss is friendly and she knows us as we frequent her cafe almost every weekend. Since my mum and I prefer fish meat over chicken or pork, the chef will make us our 'personalized' plate of mihun without beans sprout and with fish fillets instead of chicken. 

Depending on which food item you order, you can opt for a set meal inclusive of a drink that you can choose from the fruit juice series (worth RM5.00) with the price of either RM9 or RM10 per set meal.

It's really worth it as one plate of noodles is RM6.50 already, so we save RM2.50 every time we order a set meal of Thai style mihun and fruit juice. I like the aloevera honey tea as it contains small pieces of aloevera in the drink, while Kam Quat Plum juice is my mum's favourite.

Hokkien char

Thai style fried mihun

Aloevera Honey tea & Kam Quat Plum

Address: 1 Jalan Tanjung Jaya 1 (Taman Tanjung Jaya), 12300 Butterworth, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Opening hours: 10.00 am - 11.00 pm daily

Phone number: 019-413 7028

Coffee Venture @ Raja Uda

This café has been operating since February this year. Business is really good and every time I pass by, the place is always full of people. I could wait no longer and finally went to try this café with my cousins on Raya day 2. We reached at about 10 something at night and the whole place was still bustling with life. 

People mountain people sea

The entire shop covers two shop lots so it's quite big but it's 'crampy' with not much space between two adjacent tables. There were 10 of us altogether so finding a table that can fit all of us was a trouble itself. In the end, one of the staff arranged for us and we were settled comfortably and ready to place an order.

Wefie with the gang

It was already pretty late considerably so I did not order coffee for myself as a caffeine fix so late at night would definitely keep me staring whole night at the ceiling till the next morning. The others wanted to try their coffee since their café was supposed to be famous for their coffee (considering their name Coffee Venture, duh! haha). 

The menu

Knick-knacks sold in the cafe

We ordered Caffe Latte, Hazelnut Latte, Cappucino for the boys, chocolate milk for the little girl, peach yogurt smoothie for the caffeine-intolerant and Walnut Brownie Chocolate for myself. Turns out all the coffee we ordered were too bitter to our taste, the yogurt smoothie tasted like it has gone sour and all in all only my hot chocolate was worth mentioning. My walnut brownie chocolate (isn't that a mouthful? :p) has both the nutty and chocolaty aroma and is rich with flavours. Not too sweet and not too bitter. I felt like I have just won the lottery for ordering the right thing off the menu as I had the tendency (and the luck) to order the least tasty food/drink usually.

Caffe Latte Rm7.90

Peach yogurt smoothie Rm12.90

Hazelnut Latte Rm8.90, Cappucino Rm7.90

My walnut brownie chocolate Rm8.90

The place was really noisy and we could not really hear ourselves when we were talking to each other. So, it's probably not the best place on earth to 'yumcha' and hang out with friends as you will find yourself shouting over your drinks to each other, get more thirsty and ended up ordering more drinks. Hmm.... perhaps that's the café owner's plan all along.. Haha... 

Limited cake choice

Absolute? Chocolate Cake Rm9.90

We did not try any food since the kitchen was closed after 10pm. Choice of cakes was also limited at that time. In their defense, the price of the drinks was acceptable for a café.. You would expect to fork out more than 10 bucks per cup but that is not the case for Coffee Venture. Perhaps I will visit again one day in the morning to try their breakfast menu. Definitely looks scrumptious on their FB page. :)

The total damage

Breakfast menu

Membership is also available now and get 10% rebate for every cup

Address: Pusat Perniagaan Raja Uda 23 & 25, Jalan Raja Uda 12300 Butterworth

Opening hours: Daily, 0800-0000 

Kitchen operating hours: 0800-2200

Phone number: 013-582 3388

E-mail: coffeeventure0223@gmail.com

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/coffeeventure0223

Spade's Burger @ Raja Uda

Today my parents and I went to try the new burger joint in town. The name 'Spade's burger' is no stranger to fellow Penangites. It has been founded since 2013 and its first outlet at Medan Kampung Relau in Penang island has been so successful that they have expanded their business to the mainland in none other than Raja Uda, the best place to 'cari makan' in Butterworth. This new branch has just opened their doors to patrons since 9th of June 2015. They are currently only opened for dinner from 5.30pm to 10.30pm unlike their island counterpart.

It is easy to spot the first-timers- they will be studying intently the menu and the corresponding graphic chart before ordering. Lol.. I have been planning to try this for a long time but haven't had the chance to.. I'm so glad they are now opened so near to my house that I can visit whenever I have craving for their burgers. Advised to go early as the place is super crowded when we reached at 7pm. All the tables were occupied and we had to wait for a vacant one.

The new Spade's burger branch in Raja Uda- Crowded!

The graphic chart/menu was really helpful. My mum just pointed out to me which one she wants and I made the order for her. But the area in front of the menu is always crowded with people as many customers gathered in front of it to decide which burger they want. In the end we each ordered different burgers using different proteins. I ordered a Porky Pair 2.0, the mum ordered a Green Submarine while the dad decided to go for a Chick (burger).

Porky Pair 2.0 Rm12.50

Green Submarine Rm13.00 

Chick Rm10.50

The graphic menu/chart

Menu at the counter

SpadesSauce and Red Hot sauce- So goooood!

The burgers are delicious and special. I especially like the cheese crisp and caramelised bacon...So yummy. My mum told me there is something in her fish burger that she could not figure out but it tastes good.. Being curious like I always am, i took a bite of the white piece and gave my verdict almost immediately, 'It's lychee la!!' My mum laughed at how she could not identify lychee.. So we know now whose taste buds are better. Haha.

They serve burgers with patties that are made from 100% meat without fillers, MSG and preservative. Spade's burger also make their own sauces and each burger comes with different sauces and toppings. All 3 of us looooove the sauce so much we keep asking for more from the counter. The SpadesSauce tasted a little like ranch + mustard + garlic while the Red Hot is like the first combination + chili.

The burgers are sold ala carte and you just need to pay an extra Rm5.50 for a set of fries and refillable soft drinks. The fries are wayyy better than McD's and so much crispier. You can tell they are made from scratch as the potato skin are still visible on some of them.

Initially we felt that ~Rm10-19 for a burger is a little too expensive. We thought it was just a burger but we thought wrong. The burgers are really awesome and I cant wait to try the others. Before leaving the joint, the mum whispered to me that she wants to have Spade's Burger on her coming birthday in August... LOL! So, these are definitely no ordinary burgers, my mum is already hooked~ 

P.S: The good news is... there is no GST or service charge! :)

Address: 
99, Jalan Raja Uda, 12300 Butterworth, Pulau Pinang

Opening hours: 5.30pm-10.30pm (for now), closed on Mondays

https://www.facebook.com/SpadesBurger/timeline