THE RECOGNISED “KABAYA” PERANAKAN (NYONYA) CUISINE RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE NORTHERN NATION @ PULAU PINANG
“Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant” is all the while a kind of the local authentic traditional peranakan cuisine/recipe that being widely practised since decades on our nations with respective home recipes among the local’s and visitor’s favourite eatery selection on the ground. Here on the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant “Kabaya” running at Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang having great positive response from the market recently.
The Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang local originated Mr. Ng Huang Shan (born 1997) is the recent immediate sole-owner, together with his father Mr. Ng Eng Siong (Malacca originated, born 1962) both were the initial founders of this best recognised Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant “Kabaya” right along the Nibong Tebal territory presenting all their very home-cooked nyonya recipe in signature menus to the locals & visitors under a roof in an environmental dining condition on the northern ground at Pulau Pinang.
The founder cum owner Ng Huang Shan, who at his age of 28 years old currently, is in the Packaging Industry (whose his father Mr. Ng Eng Siong been more than 30 years in the field) since teenage having interest in eatery & culinary inspired by his family’s (grandmother’s) home recipe being generation passed onto and family’s vision to have their very own eating house locally, also wishing to bring his family’s authentic peranakan recipes on table foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry enabled Huang Shan (with his father Mr. Ng) decided then successfully established their very first owned Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant officially named the “Restoran Kabaya” (by Nyonya Palate S/B) right along the Nibong Tebal old township in the end of year 2024. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2025 on the northern nation at Pulau Pinang.
In this Restoran Kabaya, the owner’s very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Chicken Pongteh” which most wanted by their regulars here. Local fresh chicken whole leg commonly selected, prepared in cutted pieces then followed by about 10 minutes home-cooked with their salted sweet homemade pongteh sauce paste (made with mixture of garlic, onion, gula melaka, bean sauce etc) will brings the wonderful authentic sweetie tasty Chicken Pongteh eatery that you must have a try when reached Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang.
Secondly will be their signature “Chili Goreng Prawn”, also always among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by the locals here. Local fresh sea ming prawns on weight of about 30grams each prepared in shell-off, cooked with their home recipe spicy chili paste, and finally served in nice appetising tasty swallowed with the prawn’s texturing freshness bites itself into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their special “Masak Lemak Sotong”, which also among their customer’s selection in menus from the beginning. Local fresh sea squids minutes home-cooked with their in-house lemak sauce broth (made in mixture of lemongrass, galangal, chili paste, pineapple & into fresh coconut milk/santan), then finally served in excellent smooth lemak’s sweet swallowed kind of their peranakan’s masak lemak sotong eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Nonetheless, the owner also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Pai Tee” among the southern local peranakan’s traditional authentic bite-size snack/appetiser eatery like by most of the visitors here. Local-made crispy cup-cracker served fillings with their combination of shredded sengkuang, mushroom, dried cuttlefish, cabbage & carrot (option in flavour of spicy or original will always on customer’s preference) that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Peranakan/Nyonya Cuisine Restaurant “Restoran Kabaya” (by Nyonya Palate S/B) at Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang.
RESTORAN KABAYA
(NYONYA PALATE S/B)
Address: No. 1116,
Jalan Atas,
14300 Nibong Tebal,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 12:00pm to 3:30pm
6:00pm to 9:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Monday)