Restaurant: Chou Shun Kan BBQ Yakiniku - updated 15th July

Huat Koay is quite observant towards new restaurant or eating places that pop up around Penang Island. He recently observed a new restaurant operating at Kristal Point while on the way to Queensbay Mall.

Immediately he captured the pictures of the restaurant with his buddy camera and like they say, the rest is history. But then for PenangTuaPui, it is not the history. It is just the beginning to start review the new place in town….

Jeng, jeng, jeng......

The external has Japanese like decoration but not so much on the interior except the sitting areas were slightly elevated compared to the ground. However, it did try to simulate such environment by having mostly wooden furniture.





We also noticed quite large fume extractor right on top of each table, meant to suck out the BBQ smell from the restaurant itself so that you shirts will not feel smelly after the meal. One thing to observe with new restaurant is that when you walk in, the restaurant is pretty much empty except for one or two tables.



You can choose from the selection of set lunches, varies from RM16.80++ to RM25.00++ consist of either Bento set or the BBQ set. Since there were 7 of us, we practically ordered all the set lunch available in the menu but one, Tofu Chige… hehe



When the sets arrived, the Bento set quite met our expectations, in terms of size but the BBQ set is kind of small. It did not look like a set that can make you full like Bento set but more like for snacks (this may be applicable for us Tua Pui only :P)and extra order if you do not feel full with the Bento set.



So do not take BBQ set as one take will make you feel full. The unagi was delicious (a bit salty) and the kimchi was nice too but the soup did not taste like miso soup though. Wonder??





The BBQ used traditional charcoal styled pot with simple grill on top of it. (Grill can be change upon request) There is a small hole in the middle of the table to put the charcoal pot, meant to lower down the height so that it is easier to do the BBQ.

The charcoal used was also special as they shape is rounder and more refined unlike the conventional ones that we use and the charcoal emit less smokes too, virtually no smoked seen while we were doing the BBQ.





Our impression towards this restaurant had been good till we asked to refill our green tea. The waitress said we could not refill green tea but could choose to order another instead.

What, no refill?? Come on, this is a BBQ restaurant and people can easily get thirsty and no refill available?? :(

We found this surprising and ridiculous as even high end Japanese restaurants do offer refill. How much does the green tea cost? RM3.00, no refill and the cup is not that big either…. **There goes our good impression**

Updates from the restaurant owner:

This restaurant is a Korean-Japanese restaurant with more emphasis of being Korean than Japanese. The green tea used was brown rice green tea which is considered a premium type green tea, hence no refilled available.

The owner said this green tea can make you more alert if you were to consume it. As for the refill, there is Barley Tea available which is Korean type of drink. Those who want refill can always opt for Barley Tea instead.

On the fume extractor, the comment was we sat directly below the air condition hence it was not strong enough to remove the odour.

Nevertheless, we still liked the BBQ and enjoyed it very much, the chicken was well marinated, the pork, the prawns and the scallops were delicious and the beef was excellent.







Huat Koay was enjoying the beef so much that he started complimenting on the beef taste itself. Then Fei Fei pointed to him on the menu whether he had ordered the correct beef. The menu showed this restaurant sell Kobe beef (the most expensive beef, to our knowledge) costing RM125.00.





Immediately, Huat Koay stopped eating and started panicky. He did not expect to come for a meal that will cost him hundreds of ringgit. Friends could see so sweats coming out from the side of the head.



Upon checking with the waiter, only then did Huat Koay realize there was another beef sold at RM35.00.. Phew~! Another near miss that ended up having all of us laughing non-stop…. hahahah



Restoran Chou Shun Kan BBQ Yakiniku provides a different environment to BBQ and it is quite a nice place to hang out too.

We liked the food and the presentation but the portion of the BBQ was quite small, as if it is meant for snacks only and the fact that we did not get to refill our green tea was disheartening. Other than that, it is a place we may want to come back again

For reservation and more info, you may contact Girlie Lim as stated below.

Chou Shun Kan BBQ Yakiniku
Krsytal Point, B303-01-06,
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,
11900 Penang
04-644 1161, or 012-494 1161 (Girlie Lim)

Open Daily:
11.30am - 2.30pm and 6.00pm - 10.30pm
Close on Sunday morning.

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