SUNGAI PETANI: FAST GROWING CITY OF MALAYSIA
Initially, the name of this town derived from a river name which is Sungai Petani, a
tributary of Sungai Merbok. In the past, the tributary was known as
Sungai Bertanding, presumably because the river stream was equivalent or
parallel with another Sungai Merbok tributary. The distance between
those two tributaries was about 60 metres.
The ‘Petani' name may be relating to the Pattani district in Thailand.
Pattani was derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Pathini' which means ‘pure
woman'. ‘Pathini' was a title given to the Merong Maha Wangsa princess, a
princess who was said to be good-looking and well-mannered. The
princess was appointed as the queen who was respected by the residents.
When Kedah was known as Langkasuka, traders often commute between Lembah Merbok and Pattani as well as the eastern part of the Peninsula by road. Therefore, it is not impossible that the name Petani name was borrowed from the revered queen's title.
Now, Sungai Petani (also known as Sg. Petani or
"SP") is an industrial city in the Kedah state that is located in the
northern of Peninsular Malaysia. Sungai Petani is the second biggest
city in Kedah after Alor Setar.
The housing sector developed
rapidly in Sungai Petani. Since the 1990s, Sungai Petani received large
investments by housing developers. Taman Ria, Taman Ria Jaya, Taman
Peruda, Taman Mutiara Indah, Taman Berlian are some of the earliest
planned housing estates in Sungai Petani. By 1999 until 2007, several
new cities were developed, among them are Bandar Aman Jaya, Bandar
Mutiara, Bandar Puteri Jaya, Bandar Sri Astana, Bandar Sri Cendana,
Legenda Heights, Bandar Laguna Merbok, Bandar Puteri Hill Park and Cinta
Sayang Resort.
Sungai Petani city can easily be reached by the
road networks, railroads and the airways. From the capital city, Kuala
Lumpur, the journey to the north to Sungai Petani can be made via the
North-South Highway. The Federal road also connects Sungai Petani with
several other main cities such as Alor Setar, Butterworth and Ipoh.
However, the journey on the North-South Highway is faster and more
comfortable.
If you are traveling with the train, you can get
off at the Sungai Petani railway station that is located in the city
center. The railway starts in Padang Besar, Perlis and passes through
cities like Alor Setar, Gurun, Sungai Petani, Bukit Mertajam,
Butterwoth, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, Slim River, Tanjung Malim,
Sungai Buloh and Kuala Lumpur. There is a direct trip from Kuala Lumpur,
Bangkok and Hatyai through Sungai Petani.
The closet airport to
Sungai Petani is the Bayan Lepas International Airport in Penang, which
is approximately 45 km from the city center. There is also another
airport in Alor Setar for domestic flights, which is the Sultan Abdul
Halim Airport.
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Nasi Lemak Cinta Sayang @ Sungai Petani
Review By: http://samlee86.net
Just another Malaysia food blog
Nasi Lemak stalls are everywhere, as almost anyone who can
cook can simply set up a small stall by the road. Basically no set up
cost is needed, since one can use their house dining table for the
stall, plates for putting the dishes, and most important, usually just a
few dish will suffice. However, it’s very rare that these types of
stall will success as usually they won’t have enough business and hence
enough revenue to cover their cost of cooking materials. I don’t know if
it’s because their cooking sucks, or did they think that it’s really so
easy to simply just set up 1 stall in front of their house and expect
customers to fly in.
HOWEVER, there is this 1 stall, just outside Cinta Sayang Golf & Country resort, whose business is really growing rapidly. Initially, they are also just another nasi lemak stall by the road side, but their business boom in just 1 year ++ and from just 1 more stall, it became something like this.
Amazingly, all their workers are also wearing uniforms! How professional! Besides uniform, this nasi lemak stall is clean too especially if you compare to their competitors. Well, sometimes I do think, referring them as a stall might be a bit underestimating them, but it’s ain’t a restaurant either.
Anyway, 1 of the reasons their business is growing so fast is because their food is good, and cheap. There are also many choices for you to choose from, as you can either just opt for the normal nasi lemak (just rice, gravy, ikan bilis and kacang), or you can add more dish such as curry chicken, beef rendang, lamb, curry prawns, fried chicken and many others.
There are loads of people flocking here for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Well, they open from early in the morning from 7 am to almost 8 pm in the night (when they start business they only sell for breakfast), and I rarely see them have a off day besides Hari Raya Puasa! However, I only come here for breakfast before, so no comment for their dishes during lunch and dinner time.
Besides, your timing must be good too if you were to come here for breakfast. Coming too early the choice of dishes will be limited as they are still cooking, come too late the dishes are finish. Around 8 to 9 am is the best time to visit here.
All I can say is, most of the dish here is nice, both the curry and rice are very fragrant, very nice. Seriously, just eating the normal nasi lemak is good already, with all the extra dishes, really yum yum!! 7.5/10
Total Damage: Around RM8 for 2 rice above and 2 drinks
Operating Hours: 7AM to 8PM
Location: Jalan Kelab Cinta Sayang, Sungai Petani, Kedah
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We opted for their jug Sugar Cane drink (Tek
Chia) ~ RM12.00
- Fresh Cafe
-G Hut Cafe
HOWEVER, there is this 1 stall, just outside Cinta Sayang Golf & Country resort, whose business is really growing rapidly. Initially, they are also just another nasi lemak stall by the road side, but their business boom in just 1 year ++ and from just 1 more stall, it became something like this.
Amazingly, all their workers are also wearing uniforms! How professional! Besides uniform, this nasi lemak stall is clean too especially if you compare to their competitors. Well, sometimes I do think, referring them as a stall might be a bit underestimating them, but it’s ain’t a restaurant either.
Anyway, 1 of the reasons their business is growing so fast is because their food is good, and cheap. There are also many choices for you to choose from, as you can either just opt for the normal nasi lemak (just rice, gravy, ikan bilis and kacang), or you can add more dish such as curry chicken, beef rendang, lamb, curry prawns, fried chicken and many others.
There are loads of people flocking here for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Well, they open from early in the morning from 7 am to almost 8 pm in the night (when they start business they only sell for breakfast), and I rarely see them have a off day besides Hari Raya Puasa! However, I only come here for breakfast before, so no comment for their dishes during lunch and dinner time.
Besides, your timing must be good too if you were to come here for breakfast. Coming too early the choice of dishes will be limited as they are still cooking, come too late the dishes are finish. Around 8 to 9 am is the best time to visit here.
All I can say is, most of the dish here is nice, both the curry and rice are very fragrant, very nice. Seriously, just eating the normal nasi lemak is good already, with all the extra dishes, really yum yum!! 7.5/10
Total Damage: Around RM8 for 2 rice above and 2 drinks
Operating Hours: 7AM to 8PM
Location: Jalan Kelab Cinta Sayang, Sungai Petani, Kedah
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Mae Salong Thai Restaurant ~ Sg.Petani's Little Hidden Treasure
Review By: http://thatslife-lynho.blogspot.com
That's Life
My
sister-in-law took me to this place sometime early last year. I was amazed that
our small town had such a quaint well landscaped restaurant serving such
delicious Thai cuisine. This place
totally slipped my mind until a few weeks back when someone from Kuala Lumpur mentioned
that people recommended them Mae Salong, and I was like “Wow!! This place is so
famous” & I just had to give it another try.
Known
to be packed especially during the evening on weekends, we decided to have an
early lunch so as to be able to view their lovely surroundings. Stepping through the gates brings you into a
totally different world. Beautiful
landscaped gardens with flowing water all around as you dine in their air-conditioned
room or if you prefer dine in their natural environment by just taking a few
steps upstairs.
Being
the first patron of the day, food was served within half an hour. The
down side is that no Menu was available so it’s advisable to browse through
their website for their Menu beforehand so as to roughly know what you would
like to order or you could ask them to recommend you their house speciality. You can even
check out blogs on recommendations.
So
while waiting for our food to be served we walked around the place a bit for
photos.
Their
beautiful landscaped gardens
My
favourite was their ‘one-of-a kind’ wash basin.
Their
unique interior design.
Then
comes the FOOD!!
Ikan bilis
& peanuts fried with curry leaves & dried chillies as starters(RM2.00)
The Main course
Steamed kepah with garlic, ginger,
salted vegetable & chillies ~ good sour & hot combination (RM15.00)
Pucuk Paku with sambal belacan ~
requested it to be made not too hot which turned out to be nice as we can really taste the delicasy of the dish (RM8.00)
My favourite ~ Mantis prawns fried
with salted eggs (recommended) but it was a really small portion for RM20.00
Another of my favourite ~ their
own made Fried Tofu (RM10.00)
Seafood Otak-Otak ~ spicy &
flavourful (RM16.00)
Dont miss their Rojak (RM8.00)
Enjoying our scrumptious lunch =)
The only Menu ~ the dessert menu
One final shot before leaving =)
Definately will be back for more
!!
Mae
Salong is easily accessible from the Western Bypass, you cannot miss this place
after turning into the junction towards SMK Tunku Ismail as there will
signboards all the way leading you to the restaurant.
Location
Map
Mae
Salong Restaurant
199-F,
Kampung Bakar Bata
08000
Sg.Petani, Kedah
Business
Hours : 11.00am ~ 3.00pm/6.00pm ~ 11.00pm
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- Central Square
- ??? ( forgot the name)
7) Chinese Food
8) Dessert
macaroon, ice mocha (a must try, is different) and a lot more of nice dessert
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Food In Sungai Petani
Review By: http://wtengjourney.blogspot.com
à Little Bit of Everything
After a long time of "retirement", i am back...
this year would be the last year i stay in SP.....
SO, wont dont we do a review on SP food...
Basically, SP has more food compare to ALorSTar ( thou i am a total ALorStar Lang)
1) Japanese Food ( forgot how to spell the name..oops.. XD)
-Kawazu
-Yoshiya (the best , for me)
:location : area behind Central Square
-Kimizu
2) Korean food
-one is next to Zhong ma restoraunt
: location : at lagenda height
- another one at cinta sayang ( the best, for me)
: location : one the left before the first traffic light after the turn to cinta sayang
3) Taiwan food
-location : hmm, is a bit hard to describe, is a shop hidden opposite the famous breakfast shop Master Choo
- the best food is the SANDWICH! best sandwich in SP
4) HongKong Dimsum and food
- well , of cuz the best DimSUm would be at Da YOu Bin, which u can find the Master Choo
restaurant beside it ( same company)
-from central square, turn right at the 2nd traffic light, go straight (on the right)
5) Thai Food
- Chiang Mai restaurant
location : cinta sayang, first traffic light turn right, reach
another traffic light, again turn right... go straight, is on the left
side
- MaeSalong
location : is a bit far, along the way from aimst to south tol
phone number: Mr. Lim 012-725-5389 Mdm. Low 019-576-8691 Ms.Lim 019-458-6451
best thing of this place, pretty landscape~
- Central Square
location : a thai shop infront of vincci shop
tomyam and green curry is nice
6) Western Food
- Le Boss
location : lagenda height (area before tesco)
used to go there quite often at first, but the portion is getting smaller and smaller so i change my target
- Hotmas
location : corner of the shop lot behind taman lagenda height, area around swiss in Hotel
cheaper and bigger proportion
- ??? ( forgot the name)
along the way to central square, after central square, 2nd
traffic light, turn left and go straigh, there is one shop on the right
which sell macaroon , cakes and western food
- Zhong Ma
location : lagenda height (row of shops behind old town)
slight expensive but the food is nice
-Xian Wei
location : lagenda height ( area before tesco)
affordable and nice
- Ju feng
location : lagenda height (ipposite xian wei)
afternoon : economy food
night : tomyam is nice
- Taman Ria
Mee Goreng and Mee Kering, Pork chop is nice~
economy rice is the cheapest of all
-EuPee
location : a bit furthur, from hospital , do not uturn at the traffic light, turn a right turn and go straight on the left
KARI mee is the BEST! it sells fast... so make sure grab it before 12pm
- Wongkok
location : opposite old town
economy rice a bit expensive
-清凉茶坊
location : small town beside south toll
a nice place for those who like herbs and real china style food
- French Kissed Patisserie
location : village mall 2nd floor
- Fresh Cafe
location : cinta sayang, 1st traffic light turn right, another traffic light turn right, a bit more, on the right
the korean bim bim bap not bad
- Chatime
location : lagenda height
grab a drinks~
- Starbuck
location : in village mall
- Trutti Frutti
location : in village mall
- Summer ??
location : near the busstop (row of shop opposite busstop)
- Busstop
a nice red bean blended and beef noodle
-G Hut Cafe
location : near the dimsum area
a cowboy theme cafe
- Station one Cafe
- Summer Pearl
-Village
- Bite's Cafe
- Summer Pearl
-Village
- Bite's Cafe
-Tong Pak Fu
try to go aroud the area near local busstop., there is a food street
with plenty of food, there are a few stalls with nice cendol,taufufa and
kuih muih, there are a lot of nice chicken rice shop there ( the famous
one has a stall sells cendol, aiyubing in front of the shop)...
near the other busstop, which we called as Pekan Lama has kind a lot of food such as mee jawa. bak kut teh.... hunt for it... :)
around the area of billion, which we called as Pekan Baru, there is a big hawker centre, and also places for ikan bakar~
in bidung , we also hav stream mantou which is so special, only can get in Bedung ,Kedah~
there are a lot lot more of nice food out there which i cant really list everything out one by one...
why dont u find urself a day and plan for a FOOD HUNT? must be fun~ XD
in bidung , we also hav stream mantou which is so special, only can get in Bedung ,Kedah~
there are a lot lot more of nice food out there which i cant really list everything out one by one...
why dont u find urself a day and plan for a FOOD HUNT? must be fun~ XD
