THE RECOGNISED “GOLDEN DISTRICT” CHINESE RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE NORTHERN NATION @ KEDAH
“Chinese Restaurant” is all the while a kind of the local chinese-based eating house or dining restaurant that being widely practised since decades 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 new established Chinese Restaurant “Golden District” running at Sungai Petani, Kedah carrying with their more than 40 years home recipes having great positive response from the market recently.
The Jawi, Pulau Pinang local originated Mr. Ho Soon Peng (born 1963), together with his son Mr. Max Ho Jia You (born 1991) were the initial founders and also the recent immediate father&son owners of this best recognised Chinese Restaurant “Golden District” along the Sungai Petani territory presenting their very authentic home-cooked recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors under a roof with manner on the northern ground at Kedah.
The founder cum owner Ho Soon Peng, who at his age of 63 years old currently, been initially stepped into the f&b industry at his only 18th of age began as a kitchen trainee in a chinese restaurant at his hometown Jawi, Pulau Pinang in the year of 1981 spent about 10 years to be positioned as a chinese cuisine chef. Later-on been reached Butterworth then stayed at Sungai Petani started his very own eating stall in the year of 1990 exposed more than 30 years on the ground with his patience along the culinary journey. While Soon Peng’s son Max Ho Jia You, who at his age of 35 years old recently, being touched the field at his 19th of age reached Sunway, Selangor joined a chinese restaurant started as a kitchen trainee, also reached Singapore then stayed about 6 years at Australia all the while experienced the chinese cuisine field where inspired him into the career thoroughly.
With experiences & home recipes on-hand, added wishing to have their very own eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry carrying with Soon Peng’s nearly half a decade home recipes enabled the father&son (Ho Soon Peng & Max Ho) decided then successfully established their very first father-son running Chinese Restaurant officially named the “Golden District Restaurant” at Taman Angsana, Sungai Petani in the mid of year 2025 serving their authentic signatures to the public under a roof. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2026 on the northern nation at Kedah.
In this Golden District Restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their signature “Three Taste Fish” which most wanted by their regulars here. Fresh sea siakap fish prepared in huge thick fillet/slice, served after a minute over boiling hot cooking oil and furnished with their special home-cooked three taste sauce (thai sour spicy, oyster salted & sweet) into chopped chili padi, spring onion, ginger flower shredded & shallot/onion will brings the wonderful combination of tasty salted sweet fair spicy kind of fish eatery that you must have a try when reached Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Secondly will be their famous “Signature Tofu” (Homemade Beancurd), also among the restaurant’s daily selection wanted by their customers from the beginning. Homemade beancurd/tofu (made with mixture of fresh soya milk & chicken egg), prepared in rectangular-pillow cube pieces, minutes over boiling hot cooking oil, and finally served with their home seasonings starched sauce broth into mushroom, pak choy vege & garlic will brings the exotic salted sweet matching with their excellent tofu/beancurd’s freshness smooth swallowed kind of eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their founder Soon Peng’s 40 years home recipe “Oyster Honey Sauce Chicken”, which always favourite by the visitors here. Local fresh chicken whole leg commonly selected, prepared in cutted pieces marinated overnight in home recipes, floured-up followed by deep fried and finally served after seconds wok-stirred with their special garlic oyster with honey sauce paste will brings the best crispy comes along the juicy chicken meat’s bites itself with tasty salted sweet swallowed kind of their chicken eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
While in the vegetable selections, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Stir Fried Long Bean with Dried Radish” which like by most of locals here. Local fresh picked long beans seconds over boiling hot cooking oil served toppings with their home-fried crispy dried radish & garlic will brings the unbelievable crunchy bites with tasty-wok swallowed into mouth that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Restaurant “Golden District Restaurant” at Sungai Petani, Kedah.
GOLDEN DISTRICT RESTAURANT
Address: No. 15A,
Jalan Angsana 1,
Taman Angsana,
08000 Sungai Petani,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 10:30am to 2:30pm
5:30pm to 10:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)