recipe willy: Love Nutrient Li Bao Tang (立寶堂) @ Armenian Street, Georgetown, Penang.

Ditch the pretentious too hipstery desserts too become dorsum to the classic ones, respect your traditional Chinese elixir at Li Bao Tang (立寶堂), a build dedicated to serve timeless Chinese sweetness treats that are believed to behave medicinal health effects. The build has long-established inwards Penang too has been churning out Chinese Herbal Tea or Gui Ling Gao (龟苓膏) but their recent expansion has an interesting twist to it. The newly opened branch at Armenian Street (opposite the famous "little children on bicycle" mural) brings you lot dorsum to Hong Kong inwards 1960's. Not alone that it is well-furnished alongside fancy wallpapers, it has about existent gadgets to heighten the sense too. Expect to come across about retro saloon setup too a fashionably nostalgic Mahjong tabular array alongside a spittoon placed side past times side to it; piece they select aught to produce alongside the food, it certain adds about marks to the dining experience. Though the card seems great, to a greater extent than than of the items are non available (at to the lowest degree they were non available on my visit). If multifariousness is non what you lot attempt for, it's a fun house to view too to select your portion of the nourishing too invigorating Tong Sui.

Purple Sweet Potatoes alongside White Fungus Dessert (Rm 6)

Pear alongside Lily Bulb Dessert (Rm 6)

Osmanthus-Lily Jelly (Rm 4)

All items nether "Wellness Stew" tin hand the sack hold upward served either Hot or Chilled, the Purple Sweet Potatoes alongside White Fungus is a skilful variant to the conventional Sweet Potato dessert. Taste-wise, they were rather identical but the Purple Sweet Potatoes carried a bolder sweetness. The Pear alongside Lily dessert paled when inwards comparing alongside the Purple Sweet Potatoes, it carried a peculiar acidity too lacked of the sweetness Apricot kernels. But no, I am non complaining for that price.