Natural, Organic, Wellness Concept (天然, 有机, 养生)- This is the theme for ‘Malaysia 1st Wellness Education Restaurant’ (正食养生餐厅)called IDEALITE.
The FOUR essenses of IDEALITE food (生命阳光4大精神) :
No white sugar, white salt, MSG, gluten, synthetic coloring and preservatives.
Whole-grains, without meat.
Adopt low-temperature cooking method. No microwave.
Water is sterilized & filtered; fruits and vegetbales are washed with ozone machine to remove chemical and pesticide residues.
食在养生– Do not contain any fried ingredients. Healthy, nutritious and balance.
食在美味 – Contain lightly fried ingredients (using Pomace olive oil). Safe and delicous.
Use organic brown sugar, Himalaya rock salt, brown rice, ultraviolet filtered water, olive oil and grape seed oil.
Idealite 生命阳光 is located at Gottlieb Road, beside the Waterfall Hotel and The Little Cottage. Temporary only upstair is opened. We were told that by June the downstair will be grandly opened.
Signature Sesame Paste (招牌黑芝麻糊 – RM5.70)
The first question I threw out after I tasted the first spoonful of this sesame paste was, ” What blender do you use?” “ThermoMix.” “Hmm…….no wonder so smooth!” Frankly, I was deeply impressed ever since this first welcoming dish.
The ingredients of this signature dish consist of black sesame, cashew nuts, brown rice and organic brown sugar. They were finely blended and it’s more fragrant than what I have tasted elsewhere.
SET MEALS:
Dry Curry Set Meal (香辣乾咖喱套餐 – RM9.70)
Potatoes and sweet potatoes in spicy dry curry. Served with brown rice, salad, homemade tofu and fruits.
Eryngii Mushroom Set Meal (特色杏鮑菇套餐 – RM9.70)
This is one of their bestsellers. The eryngii mushroom was served with mild black pepper sauce.
There are other choices such as Curry Set Meal 香浓咖喱套餐(RM9.70), Lo Set Meal家乡卤味套餐 (RM9.70), Vegetable Set Meal 蔬菜养生套餐 (RM9.70) and Steam Vege Set Meal ‘蒸’养生套餐 (RM9.70).
SIDE ORDERS:
SALAD:
Curry Tofu Salad (咖喱豆腐沙拉 - RM5.70)
Rich bean flavour infused within the curry yoghurt. The fermented bean taste was not easily acceptable but health-ensured. Their salad uses self-made mayo which consists of grape seed oil and soya bean.
You may also opt for other salads e.g. Sweet Sour Fruits Salad (RM5.70), Walnut Vege Salad (RM6.70) or Coral Salad with Yoghurt (RM6.70).
SIDE DISHES :
Vege Sushi (蔬菜壽司 – RM6.70)
Ingredients consist of yambean, papaya, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage and lime juice. Wrapped with popiah sheet. I highly recommend this refreshing side dish.
Chee Cheong Fun (酵素珠常粉 – RM3.70)
The chee cheong fun was made by corn starch + vietnam rice + sago. No sweet prawn paste, but a salty paste made from seaweed mixed with ’secret recipe’ enzyme. We were told that guarantee no benzoic acid and peanut element (which is believed to contain 黄曲霉素 B2 (dihydroflatoxin b1; dihydroaflatozine b1) – one of the factors for liver cancer).
Seaweed Roll Sushi (紫菜寿司筒 ) -RM7.70
I strongly suggest those who dislike eating vegetables to try this. The crunchy bites of these seaweed roll sushi shall make you change.
Poh Piah ( 健康薄饼) – RM4.70
I found this dish to be normal. I believe the only attractive point is by looking at its embedded ‘healthy’ values.
Jade Seaweed Vege Sushi (白玉紫菜蔬菜壽司 – RM7.70)
This is another roll sushi dish that I found special. Colourful vegetables consist of lettuce, purple cabbage, carrot, yambean; wrapped with seaweed and ‘chee cheong fun’ sheet.
RICE:
Hakka Lei Cha (客家擂茶飯 – RM12.70)
I believe their Hakka Lei Cha was easily acceptable by the first-timers as I found that the pungent taste of thai basil was lessen in the soup.
You can find money leaves, carrots, dry bean curd, long beans, soya beans, cabbages and gingers served with brown rice.
You may also order Vege Bak Kut Teh (素肉骨茶 RM9.70 (1 pax), RM16.70 (2pax)) or Green Curry Rice (招牌青咖喱饭 RM9.70)。
To be continued…………Idealite 生命阳光 (Invited Review) – Part II is here.
IDEALITE - MALAYSIA 1ST WELLNESS EDUCATIONAL RESTAURANT
生命陽光-馬來西亞首創正食養生餐廳 (Beside Waterfall Hotel)
27C, Jalan Gottlieb, 10350 Penang.
Tel: 604-226 3650, 2286650
Business Hours: 8.00am-8.00pm (Closed on Monday)
Website : www.idealite.com.my
Facebook : IdealiteWellnessKitchen