Edelweiss – Cute, Swiss restaurant in heritage enclave in Penang

Posted on August 5th, 2007 by Lilian  •  Filed under: Life and rants

*Haram post, non-halal, lots of alcohol and pork*

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Edelweiss is a Swiss flower. It is also a little, cozy restaurant in this old building that used to be a Chinese family home. I am going to do a review here on my personal blog instead of my food blog because the owner used to be my former colleague. Yesh! a Swiss angmoh! His wife, Teresa and daughter are running the restaurant. Urs Capol used to lend me his little cubicle to cry my eyes out when my German boss scolded me when I was 18 years old. So, there. Special treatment, biased food reviews.

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Antique, priceless, rustic, warm….It is the kind of restaurant I like. The narrow Chinese style house turned restaurant has an airwell in the middle.

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The set dinner is rather cheap. This plate of gammon ham (i.e. piggie’s leg) with a drink and dessert costs only RM24.90.

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We tried the Swiss cheese fondue which costs RM75+. Urs said it is the original Swiss style made of three kinds of cheese and white wine. Many local people are not used to the taste but he said, “Oh well, this is how it is done in Switzerland, so…” Shrugs. So, if you are adventurous, do try it. If you are not a cheese lover and cannot stand alchohol, skip it. A pot like that is enough for two persons but three of us, i.e. my hubby, my 15 years old son and I have problem finishing it. It comes with cube french loaf.

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The cute, Swiss chocolates given to my kid. We also had some dessert but I forgot to bring my memory card so I could take only 15 photos with the built in memory. Never mind, I will go back again.

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They have a range of cocktails, beer and Schnapps with coffees. I tried a few cocktails. Hic, hic, hic. Basically, I only had the cheese fondue with lots of Jack Daniels, rum, vodka, gin, tequila…..

Edelweiss Cafe address : 38, Armenian Street
Telephone : 04-2618935
Close on Monday,
Open Tues to Friday : 12 noon to 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm to 10.00 pm
Saturday : 12 noon to 10.00 pm
Sunday : 12 noon to 7.00 pm only

Armenian Street is one of those little lanes around the Penang heritage trail. Do find time to explore the area because there are many heritage buildings and lots of beautiful and unique restored houses to see. Hey, we are celebrating Merdeka so do walk down memory lane and appreciate the beauty of the remnants of our past.

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17 Responses to “Edelweiss – Cute, Swiss restaurant in heritage enclave in Penang”

  1. helen_H, on August 5th, 2007 at 10:30 pm Said:

    Yes, you’re right, the ambience is good.

    Must check out the place. I always have this thing for old houses. Better still, colonial houses. lol

  2. Cindy, on August 5th, 2007 at 10:32 pm Said:

    Geee…never know there’s eating outlet like this…. thks for sharing…

  3. Little Ray, on August 5th, 2007 at 10:37 pm Said:

    Cheese fondue! OMGOMG!

  4. KCLau, on August 5th, 2007 at 10:40 pm Said:

    I’ve never even heard of American Street after living in Penang for years! I’ll try to locate it at Google Map.
    Great food!

  5. azhan, on August 6th, 2007 at 2:13 am Said:

    OMG I’VE BEEN THERE, irregardless. i had a nice teh tarik with doritos cicah kuah air asam [the ikan bakar wan] there for my USM Arts Ed ECXC project. we lepak around old town area!! hat place very the happening la!

  6. lingzie, on August 6th, 2007 at 12:17 pm Said:

    oh i’ve been there once quite a while ago. I totally loved it but my parents didn’t really like it and we kinda forgot about the place. time to pay them a visit again!! :)

  7. yothemans, on August 6th, 2007 at 4:39 pm Said:

    ah…so this is the restaurant that I have been searching it for high and low…

  8. littlepolaris, on August 6th, 2007 at 5:37 pm Said:

    =) look so yummy!
    Must try it when i go penang after i finish all my treatment ^^.

  9. Hobart Lim Zi Ying, on August 6th, 2007 at 7:39 pm Said:

    cheese fondue!!!
    yummy! yummy! yummy!!

  10. Cheese fondue like how the Swiss does it - Edelweiss : Best recipes, foods and travel, on August 7th, 2007 at 2:13 pm Said:

    [...] Lilian on Aug 7, 2007 in Food & drinks, Food Review I have done a review on Edelweiss on my personal blog. However, response seems good towards cheese fondue so I am going to make an [...]

  11. Bernard, on August 22nd, 2007 at 12:28 am Said:

    My grand-aunt lives on Armenian Street! I’ll keep a lookout for it :-)

  12. ChenYang, on November 6th, 2007 at 2:18 pm Said:

    ahh yes. the cheese fondue. i am yet to find another restaurant that serves cheese fondue, nevermind one as good as Teresa’s

  13. Good restaurants hard to survive in Penang | Best recipes, foods and travel, on March 12th, 2008 at 10:18 pm Said:

    [...] on Edelweiss on my personal blog at 5xmom and also another post on this blog on cheese [...]

  14. “How to get rid of your monster-in-law without committing murder?” | The Obnoxious 5xmom, on May 8th, 2008 at 11:24 pm Said:

    [...] taken from Edelweiss Cafe, [...]

  15. Jessica, on July 21st, 2008 at 5:25 pm Said:

    This restaurant is absolutely wonderful! I now go there about once a week…

  16. Rex, on August 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm Said:

    Can kindly someone tells me where is the exact location of the cafe?Any map provided? I wish to bring my girlfriend to celebrate our 1st anniversary there..please..=)

  17. Pigs, pork and blogs at the Penang food bloggers | Food, travel, recipe & sights, on September 28th, 2008 at 8:48 pm Said:

    [...] I also stole a shot of this barbeque pork ribs from the next table. It looks delicious and I shall try that the next time I go to Edelweiss. [...]

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