In the past few years, quite a number of restaurants that has a primarily pork laden menu with good choices of beer (and wine) selections rose to prominence. Some of the more well known players are Brussels at Solaris & Jaya One, Berlin Biergarten at Solaris Mont Kiara, Weissbrau at Pavilion KL, Hoofed at TTDI, Racks at Changkat, Sid’s pub at TTDI/Bangsar South, and Jarrod and Rawlins at a few locations.

Now, it looks like the same trend is happening in Penang, one of the latest of such establishments is BeerBQ at Precinct 10 (right next to Island Plaza).

Update: this place is closed

Beer BQ at Precinct 10, next to Island Plaza in Penang
Beer BQ at Precinct 10, next to Island Plaza in Penang

First, a disclaimer. Two of my ex schoolmates are share holders of this restaurant, and they invited me to this review session. I’ve known these blokes for the past 20 odd years, they told me to treat this with honesty, like any other review, which I will gladly comply. 😀

I like Precinct 10, it is a brand new commercial center that reminds me of suburban US. The shops are aligned in U shape with ample of parking in the middle. That way you never need to have a very long walk to any outlets. Most commercial areas packed in too many shop units with too little parking space, this place is a fresh departure from those greedy developer’s SOP.

wild mushroom soup, cauliflower soup, caesar salad
wild mushroom soup, cauliflower soup, caesar salad

Now to the food. Together with mom, sister, brother, Haze, and Horng, we had the restaurant manager recommended us some of their signature dishes to share.

We started off with some complimentary bread, with plenty of butter.

Then the soups: Wild mushroom soup (RM m9.90) has all those chunky bits of mushroom which I like, and soup of the day (RM 7.90) that night was cauliflower soup with very smooth texture and slightly “strange” taste to me, but Haze and my siblings absolutely loved.

The Caesar salad (RM 15.90) has bacon, croutons, and chunks of Parmesan cheese in it, and was easily one of the best Caesar salad I’ve ever had. I’m not sure if this is the best for someone who’s on diet, but it was awesome!

buffalo wings, roast pork, smoked salmon salad
buffalo wings, roast pork, smoked salmon salad

What’s a beer place without some good old beer food?

We tried their Buffalo Wings (RM 15.90) which has quite a kick, they were strongly flavored with homemade Hot BeerBQ sauce and really does go well with beer. Comes with Blue cheese dressing too!

Anyone who loves roast pork (RM 16.90) would agree that this is always the perfect finger food to go with beer. While I did find the skin for the roast pork a tad too chewy, it was overall still plenty satisfactory. They suggested Stella Artois to go with this, but I think any beer would work!

We also had the smoked salmon salad (RM 19.90) that came with home made cheese sauce. This is a dish most suited for those who are really on diet. Tastes decent.

BeerBQ pork ribs
BeerBQ pork ribs – succulent and yummy

Then we moved on to the real deal, the BeerBQ pork ribs (RM 38.90). Drenched in their signature BeerBQ sauce and very well marinated, this rack of ribs was tender and absolutely flavorful. If you have already order some starters, I recommend sharing this dish, the portion is rather generous for the price.

This is one of the better ribs I had.

BeerBQ seafood platter, fish and chips, brownies
BeerBQ seafood platter, fish and chips, brownies

Another main dish that we shared was the seafood platter (RM 40.90). There were king prawns, squid, mussels, clams, and even scallops. While the ingredients were superb, the platter is covered in the same BeerBQ sauce that I thought suited the ribs perfectly, but not quite well with seafood. It was a decent dish though, but I think perhaps the standard bread & fry preparation might work better here. Especially if you’ve already ordered the ribs.

My mom had a serving of fish and chips (RM 21.90), and she liked it. Mom helped sell fish at the market in the morning, so if she says that the fish is good, it is good.

At this point, we were pretty much stuffed, but was convinced to try their brownies (RM 8.90). We ended up finishing it in about all of 20 seconds, the brownies was top notch.

brother, sister, haze, myself, mom, and horng
brother, sister, haze, myself, mom, and horng

Other than the dishes we tried, BeerBQ also serves five pasta dishes, rib eyes, grilled salmon, chicken chops, beef ribs, and lamb rack. Other beef food includes fries, calamari, fish fingers, and onion rings.

This is a real restaurant that does concentrate on their food instead of a beer place that “oh by the way we” also serves some food.

Konig Ludwig Weissbier, Franzishaner, Konig Ludwig Dunkel, Leffe
Konig Ludwig Weissbier, Franzishaner, Konig Ludwig Dunkel, Leffe

As for beer, there’s Hoegaarden, Carlsberg, and Franziskaner Weissbier on tap. On bottles they serve Konig, Franzishaner, Leffe, Stella, Budweiser, Erdinger, Beck’s, Lowenbrau, and more.

So if you’re looking for porky goodness and a cold one to spend the evening, this is a place to go in Penang.

map to BeerBQ at Precinct 10, Penang

Address:
BeerBQ Bistro
Precinct 10
Jalan Tanjung Tokong
10470 Penang
GPS: 5.449262, 100.305524
Tel: 04-890 5157
Web: https://www.facebook.com/beerbqbistro 

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20 thoughts on “KY eats – Beer & Pork at Beer-BQ, Precint 10, Penang [Closed]

  • March 5, 2012 at 12:16 pm
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    Penang’s dining also so fine hor? BeerBQ pork ribs looks saucy and tasty.. just like Haze 😛 hehe

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    • March 5, 2012 at 2:40 pm
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      ciki: haha damn cheeky u!

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  • March 5, 2012 at 2:33 pm
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    hey, tell your buddies to open a Beer-BQ branch in KL too as soon as possible! we can’t get enuff of great pork ribs here either! 😀

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    • March 5, 2012 at 2:40 pm
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      Sean: hahaha ok sir! haha

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  • March 5, 2012 at 2:43 pm
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    hmm, the last i’ve been to penang was 10 years ago. fond memories!

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    • March 5, 2012 at 4:53 pm
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      Michelle: that’s way too long!

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    • March 5, 2012 at 10:19 pm
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      FiSh: hahaha no la mom didn’t have any beer. 😀

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  • March 5, 2012 at 11:27 pm
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    wah Konig my favourite beer! naisss

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  • March 6, 2012 at 12:18 am
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    There’s gotta be something in the air, or water, in PG that makes true foodies like you and your friends 🙂

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    • March 6, 2012 at 9:13 am
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      Suertes: true foodies? we just love pork & alcohol la hahaha

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  • March 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm
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    Great to see more places like this in Penang!! Heading there next weekend.. can’t wait for my makan adventure! 😀

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    • March 6, 2012 at 11:35 pm
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      iamthewitch: enjoy! 😀

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  • March 6, 2012 at 8:08 pm
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    Definately will try it when i visit penang this Sept. The restaurant is just opposite my aunt’s place 🙂

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    • March 6, 2012 at 11:35 pm
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      cat: that’s awesome! my friend used to stay right across too, before the kampung was torn down :/

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  • March 6, 2012 at 9:34 pm
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    Penang is getting more good food outlets. And this is a good reason for me to find my way back to Penang more often.

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    • March 6, 2012 at 11:35 pm
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      missyblurkit: haha yah about time!

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