Real Food - Penang

The vegan mushroom pizza here is delicious. they make their own vegan cheese and the pizza crust is made in the house with sourdough. they also have a large selection of vegan brot. the vegan ice here is made with nuts instead of soy, my favorite is the black sesame taste. it is a organic restaurant and they get most of their products from local organic farmers. they do not use msg, hydrogenated oil, etc. it is super healthy and very tasty.

Considering the location of this restaurant, you can more or less figure out the price range of their food. It's a vegan restaurant serving very healthy food. The food is still good nevertheless but some may find it bland if they are not used to healthy cooking. Their deep fried dumplings are good. Just wish that they can offer more affordable dishes for daily/regular visits. I pass by this restaurant very often and I find it very quiet or almost empty most of the time. And I often wonder how do they survive in business.

LAST VISIT: November 2017 What I Had: Scone, Steam Fried Dumplings (RM19), Organic Mushroom Aglio Olio (RM24), Lentil (Quinoa) Coquette Burger (RM30), Carrot Cake, Chocolate Cake Being at Straits Quay, the prices (which are definitely on the high side) should not come as a surprise, especially with the way they’ve market themselves as a healthy, organic etc. establishment. The food here is good and doesn’t disappoint – using organic and quality ingredients but still managing to put out tasty food. In spite of that, I still do think that the food is slightly overpriced. Like the dumpling (which yes, were extremely addictive and amazing both fried and steamed), but RM19 for 8 dumplings? That’s about RM2 per dumpling! Still… not going to lie, it is my occasional guilty pleasure… (Guilty for paying RM19 for 8 dumplings). The mushroom aglio olio was just ok, with a nice assortment of mushrooms. The lentil coquette burger was delicious. I had their chocolate cake and carrot cake, both did not disappoint, especially the chocolate cake which would even impress non-vegans with its rich gooey chocolatey goodness. I had the scone one time as well, and it was AMAZING, flaky and moist like a normal buttery scone. So, Real food goes onto my long list of pricey but consistently good vegetarian/vegan establishments (mind you, I can name more overpriced and overrated non-vegan places). All in all, (until the day I can count the number of vegetarian/vegan establishments in Penang which offer good western food on two hands) I would recommend real food for the occasional vegan/vegetarian western food.

This place is great. I could hang around a place like this all day. Just wifi up and eat and drink as and when you like. My spouse and I had the following all vegan delights 2 soups one mushroom and one pumpkin A juicy mushroom burger a drier quinoa lentil burger (next time I'd ask for vegan mayo to go with the quinoa lentil burger to make it perfect). 3 scoops of complimentary ice cream. I'd happily recommend this to anyone including the suggesting of having vegan mayo or tomato relish or something else with some humidity to go with the lentil quinoa burger. Updated from previous review on Friday April 08, 2016 Updated from previous review on Sunday April 10, 2016

Really nothing to ignore. for my first post pandemic visit I tried the ascent n glamour. the second visit was for her mushroom aglio olio, which I like with some chili flakes. delicious. water is served free of charge.