Francis Western Food, Pulau Tikus

Lynn had a craving for western food and suggested we try Francis Western Food. She read somewhere that he was former a chef in Singapore who decided to return to Penang to open his own stall. His stall is located in a tiny kopitiam on the corner of Jalan Burma and Jalan Cantoment. Parking is pretty challenging. You need to park further down and walk to it.

The menu is quite extensive. They have classics like Chicken Chop and Fish and Chips. On top of that they do have interesting sounding choices like Baked Chicken with Peanut Butter (?!?) and Bacon Wrapped Pork Chop with Cheese.

I ordered the Chef's Spicy Chicken and Lynn had the Meditteranean Fish. Both were baked so they took awhile to come. The two dishes came with coleslaw and baked potatoes as the sides. The presentation was nice for a kopitiam western food stall.

My Chef's Spicy Chicken was topped with green capsicum, ham, canned pineapple, onions and tomato sauce. The chicken was pretty tender and juicy and the sauce was not too tomato-y. It was interesting (for the lack of a better word) but not fantastic tastewise. Lynn's fish had canned lychee, crabstick, green capsicum, canned pineapple and onions. The coleslaw had fresh pineapple. The potatoes came baked with butter and parsley. The best thing I had that night was the garlic bread which was smothered liberally with garlic butter. YUM! The theme of the night was pineapple.

Mediterranean Fish

Chef's Spicy Chicken

Verdict for now, I would rather go back to the Fort Cornwallis western food and have the yummy chicken chop. I would definitely give Francis another chance by trying the classics but I'm going to stay away from the exotic sounding stuff.

*** Be warned that the place does get busy. Go early if you do not want to wait for a table. It is closed on Mondays.

-Chin-