THE RECOGNISED “GOH SWEE KEE” AUTHENTIC TRADITIONAL TEOCHEW RECIPES RUNNING IN THE NORTHERN @ PENANG
“TeoChew Recipes” is a kind of the local Chinese’s authentic traditional eateries/recipes which being widely practised throughout the nations since decades, also among the local’s favourite selection all the while carrying by respective home recipes on the ground. Here in the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Traditional TeoChew Recipe Eating House “Goh Swee Kee Teo Chew Restaurant” running at Bukit Mertajam, Penang having great positive response from the market recently.
The Georgetown, Penang local originated Ms. Goh Hun Nee (born 1981), together with her husband Mr. Teh Chee Chong (Bukit Mertajam, born 1978) both were the initial couple founders and also the recent immediate owners of this best recognised “Goh Swee Kee Teo Chew Restaurant” Traditional TeoChew Recipe Eating House along Bukit Mertajam, Penang presenting all their home-cooked signature recipe menus to the locals & visitors all under a roof in manner on the northern ground.
The founder cum owner, also the restaurant’s main chef Goh Hun Nee, who at her age of 41 years old currently was formerly a Banker (then in Administration Field) all the while grown-up in a f&b families where her grandfather who running their family’s teochew recipe eating house since the 1970s on Georgetown, Penang (later continued by father) enabled Hun Nee initially touched the field since her teenage helping parents in their restaurant. Also all the while having interest in eatery & culinary, added with home recipes on-hand and wishing to bring more authentic traditional teochew recipes on table. Again having supports & encouragement from husband Teh Chee Chong (who is an Interior Designer) both foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally allowed the couple decided fully stepped into the career, then successfully established their very first couple’s owned Traditional TeoChew Recipe Eating House officially named the “Goh Swee Kee Teo Chew Restaurant” along Taman Machang Bubuk, Bukit Mertajam in the mid year 2022 serving all their home recipes to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year 2022 on the northern nation at Penang.
In this Goh Swee Kee Teo Chew Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their home authentic traditional recipes on “Steamed Fish in Teo Chew Style” which most wanted by the locals all the while. Local fresh sea red snapper, pomfret or siakap commonly selected, cleaned then fresh steamed in about 12-18 minutes (on size) with mixture of ginger slices, salted veges, tomatoes & water plums, and finally served hot on table will brings excellent sea fish freshness swallowed with nice meat’s texturing into mouth of fair sour sweet tasty of their TeoChew Steamed Fish eatery that you must have a try when reached Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
Secondly will be their signature TeoChew “Bean Curd with Leeks”, which also among the restaurant’s daily selection in menus favourite by their regulars. Daily fresh local-made teochew bean curd selected, deep fried then followed by wok-fried in mixture with leeks, mushrooms, prawns/shrimps, red carrot into oyster & bean sauce paste, and finally served in tasty-wok with fair nice exotic salty of their traditional authentic TeoChew Fried Bean Curd with Leeks eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their famous “Oyster with Bean Paste”, also among the TeoChew traditional eatery selection which wanted by most of their visitors from the beginning. Local fresh sea oysters commonly selected, cleaned then wok-fried into with spring onions, chopped red chilli, garlics, gingers & into bean sauce paste, and finally served hot on table will brings the best oyster’s freshness juicy bites in appetising fair salty sweet spicy combination of tasty TeoChew style fried Oyster eatery that you neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended special “Homemade Prawn Balls” which always like by their customers. Fully home hand-made TeoChew Prawn Balls in mixtures of fresh sea prawns/shrimps with water chestnut cubes, pork lards into their seasonings, hand-rolled with dried bean curd sheets followed by deep fried in 15 minutes to cooked, taken dipping onto chilli sauce sided (or sweet & sour sauce on customer’s request) will brings wonderful crispy with juicy texturing bites carrying the prawn/shrimp’s freshness taste itself into mouth of their TeoChew’s Homemade Prawn Balls eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised new established Traditional TeoChew Recipe Eating House “Goh Swee Kee Teo Chew Restaurant” at Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
GOH SWEE KEE TEO CHEW RESTAURANT
Address: No. 271 & 273,
Jalan Machang Bubuk,
Taman Machang Bubuk,
14020 Bukit Mertajam,
Penang.
Business Hours: 11:30am to 2:30pm
6:00pm to 10:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Monday)