"Six-course lunch @ Ming Garden, Penang Times Square"

For Wife's birthday, we went to Ming Garden restaurant at Penang Times Square.



The grand entrance, complete with the lion.

The six-course meal (each person gets one set of these):


1) Appetizer


2) Shark's fin soup


3) Wrapped in silver foil...


... aha~~ hoi sum, mushrooms, fish maw...


4) Fish slices


5) Yee mee with crab meat


6) Dessert

Verdict:
GOOD: Great food! #1-5 were just plain awesome. Even the yee-mee, which I usually don't like. #6 is so-so.

GOOD: Nice environment. Plenty of table and quiet ambiance.

BAD: Loooong waiting time... Dish #1 took forever to come, and while #2-4 came at the right pace, #5 took ages again. And we had to keep reminding them where is #6. We ended up spending nearly 2 hours there!

BAD: Portion is way too small.

BAD: The set costs RM45 (I think) PER PERSON. Yeah, it's plain excessive.

Maybe next time we'll just go for the usual dishes :P