GEM Restaurant

Tried out this place a month ago. It is an Indian Restaurant along Bishop Street (corner or King Street). They serve Northern and Southern Indian Cuisine. Came here only once and found that the food here is pretty pricey. Taste wise, I much prefer Karaikudi restaurant.

The interior

But anyways I shall just briefly explain the dishes I had at Gem. It may be a bit simple as I kinda lost my bill receipt which had the name of the dishes.

Dragon Chicken
It is boneless chicken cooked with a mixture of spices and topped with cashewnuts. It sort of had a spicy-sweet-tomato flavour to it.


Garlic Naan
This is always my favourite to have when at an Indian Restaurant. The nann here, had pieces of garlic but it was not strong in its garlic flavour. I would have liked it better if it had that greesy garlic buttery flavour on the naan.


Mutton Briyani
About 2 people can share the briyani rice here. Taste was good and so was the mutton.


Mutton Vindaloo
This was a bit spicy for me. It is mutton cooked with a variety of spices and served with a fiery hot vindaloo curry.


Kashmiri Pulao Rice
The rice (Basmati rice) was flavoured and had fruits in it...apple, sweet cheeries and raisins. It also had nuts, long beans and fried onions. It did not quite suit me as I found the apples and sweet cheeries were totally not a match for this rice dish.


Palaak Paneer
This has always been a favourite for me. Perhaps because I'm a cheese lover. Palak Paneer is a dish which has Goat's Cheese (Cottage Cheese) cooked in a rich creamy sauce which is actually creamy spinach puree. But as I first mentioned, this dish at Karaikudi taste better.


Yogurt
I've forgot what the name of this sauce is called. It's yogurt mixed with chopped onions and cucumber. Great to have it with meats and briyani rice.

Drinks we had Mango Lassi and Pineapple lassi. Lassi drink was nice and thick.

From left: Pineapple Lassi, Mango Lassi and plain water

The dishes on the table

So come try this place out if you want to.

Gem Restaurant
66 Bishop Street
10200 Georgetown Penang
Tel: 04-262 4070
Business Hours: 11am till midnight