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“Tasty food, beautiful art, and friendly cats!”
Review of My Own Cafe

My Own Cafe
Ranked #7 of 1,434 Restaurants in George Town
Certificate of Excellence
Cuisines: American, Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, Soups
Description: Our signature dish are Penang Asam Laksa and Nyonya/lemak laksa. Nyonya laksa usually available on Friday. Vegetarian spring rolls compliment well when you dipped in the laksa soup
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Description: Our signature dish are Penang Asam Laksa and Nyonya/lemak laksa. Nyonya laksa usually available on Friday. Vegetarian spring rolls compliment well when you dipped in the laksa soup
Reviewed July 8, 2019

We had planned to have dinner at My Own Cafe, only to find out it closes at 5:00pm. So we came back for lunch the following day instead. We had laksa, char kway teow and chicken wings. Very, very satisfied! Drinks and food are paid separately, so don't be confused. The friendly cats were having their siesta, but we enjoyed a bit of purring (and begging). Would definitely recommend this place - a cool haven after walking around in the sun all morning!

Date of visit: July 2019
3  Thank Grace d
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Reviewed July 6, 2019

Small cafe offering 4 items. Ok Laksa , no chilli for Char Koay Teow, forgot my drinks, server busy chatting to tourist. Locals get ignored. Will not return.

Date of visit: July 2019
2  Thank perseuskualalumpur
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Evans84, Owner at My Own Cafe, responded to this reviewResponded July 7, 2019

Dear Perseuskualalumpur,
Thanks for your feedback on My Own Cafe. To viewed us as Tourist Trap is totally irresponsible claim as the price that we charged is the same as street food price and the ingredients that we use is 100% fresh. We are so sorry about your drinks but rest assured that we never ignored any of our Customer all this years.Maybe it’s our mistakes or we might forgotten about your order but it’s not on purpose. Sorry if it offended you to see us chatting with the tourist as we usually help them or guide them when they have inquiry about Penang. And we never ignored the locals as well when they have any questions to ask us.

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Reviewed July 4, 2019

Really enjoyed the asam laksa, char kuey teow and Penang white ice-coffee. Everything tasted great and was full of flavour. Furthermore, the owner was incredibly friendly and even gave us a leaflet with information about things to do in the area. Cost was very reasonable too.

Date of visit: July 2019
2  Thank ShaniDS22
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Reviewed June 29, 2019 via mobile

If you want the real assam laksa, this is the place to be. It's hard to get the authentic ones these days so when you find it, appreciate it. Yummy!!!

Date of visit: June 2019
Thank shasikalas
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Reviewed June 24, 2019 via mobile

Saw the reviews on TripAdvisor and was not disappointed!

Laksa paste made fresh from a recipe that has been refined over the years based on feedback from a very discerning local community, can't argue with them!

Date of visit: June 2019
1  Thank Malcolm_Fraser
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