THE RECOGNISED “YEE HEONG” CHINESE CUISINE RESTAURANT RUNNING MORE THAN A CENTURY ON THE NORTHERN @ PULAU PINANG
“Chinese Cuisine Restaurant” is all the while among the local chinese’s favourite place of dining or eating restaurant which being widely practised since century on our nations with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Yee Heong” being running for more than a century on the world heritage city of Georgetown, Pulau Pinang having the great positive response from the market all the while.
The Pulau Pinang local originated Mr. Kuan Wai Meng (born 1969), together with his wife Ms. Lau Bee Siew (Perak, born 1971) are the recent immediate couple-owners of this best recognised Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Yee Heong” on the Penang Island as the fifth generation continue presenting all their family’s very home-cooked recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors on the northern ground at Pulau Pinang with their patience along the journey.
According to the recent owner Kuan Wai Meng, who at his age of 55 years old currently, his great-grandfather who started his (partnership) chinese restaurant named the “Yee Heong” along the Campbell Street, Georgetown in the year of 1914. Later-on being passed onto the Kuan family since the 1930s running by the second generation until Wai Meng’s father late Mr. Kuan Ah Kum (with wife Madam Lee Hup Ting) to be the forth generation taken up the responsibility to continue their family’s career in the 1970s then officially named the “Kedai Makanan Yee Heong” in the early of millennium year still on the same ground where Wai Meng practically stepped into the field and being generation passed-onto running as the fifth generation (with wife Bee Siew) continue serving all their signatures to the public. Finally moved into the recent location along the Kimberley Street, Georgetown in the late of year 2023 and being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the northern nation at Pulau Pinang.
In this Kedai Makanan Yee Heong, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Lemon Spareribs” which most wanted by the regulars here. Local fresh pork spare ribs commonly selected, cleaned then floured-up followed by deep fried and stewed for an hour with their herbs & seasonings mixture, finally served after seconds wok-stirred with their appetising home-mixed sour sweet lemon paste sauce will brings the wonderful crispy with juicy bites of their Lemon Spareribs eatery into mouth that you must have a try when reached Georgetown, Pulau Pinang.`
Secondly will be their famous “Braised Pork Hand”, always among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by their customers from the beginning. Local fresh pork hand/trotter selected, cleaned then coated with their home-mixed black soy sauce followed by deep fried, served after about 25 minutes home-braised (in high pressure) with their herbs & seasonings mixture, and finally complete with red carrot, mushroom & spring onion will brings the excellent smooth pork hand/trotter’s bites with rich natural pork collagen swallowed in exotic salted sweet kind of their Braised Pork Hand/Trotter eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their special “Foo Coh with Fish Head”, which also among their visitor’s favourite selection in the fish/seafood menus. Local fresh sea grouper fish head prepared in cutted pieces, home-braised with dried beancurd sheets (foo coh), garlic, ginger, dried chili, bean paste etc, and finally served hot on table will always bring the nice salted sweet bean sauce tasty with fish head’s texturing freshness bites kind of their family’s authentic home recipe eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Signature Chicken Wing” which like by most of their customers recently. Local fresh chicken wings marinated overnight in home recipes, served hot after deep fried, and finally dressing with their home-mixed pepper salt & cumin powder will brings another crispy chicken wing’s bites with juicy meats into mouth furnished of roasted tasty & fair spicy swallowed kind of their deep fried chicken wings eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Cuisine Restaurant “Kedai Makanan Yee Heong” that running for more than a century on the world heritage city of Georgetown in Pulau Pinang.
KEDAI MAKANAN YEE HEONG
Address: No. 49,
Lebuh Kimberley,
10100 Georgetown,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 10:00am to 2:30pm
5:30pm to 9:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Thursday)