boon's log 4110.06: BK's in da' house!

FINALLY! After years and years of waiting, Burger King has finally landed in Penang. And of course, many Penang-ites (local or imported) were ecstatic when they heard the news. IL and I were 2 of them - every since news about it's arrival, we've been thinking about going to give it a try. And we finally did on one fine October evening.

We've been warned about the elevated PRICE one has to pay for a piece of burger. IL and I both ordered the same thing - Whopper meal with onion rings, up-sized. It came up to a total of about RM31 - a "whopping" RM15 per person. But I have to admit that their burger are much bigger than McDonald's burgers - and it tastes better also - it's true, I have to admit that though they are all burgers, but BK's burger tastes a lot better than McD's.

Even though people complain about the price, but there are still a whole lot of people queuing up when we arrived. Customers of all ages, from all walks of lives, putting aside their differences, to queue up and declare we are 1Burger-King, "Whoppers First, OnionRings Now!"


The Queue.



Our first meal at Burger King Penang.


Truly home of the WHOPPing big burgER


For those who do not know where it is - take the Sg Pinang exit as you cruise along the coastal highway and head towards the sea - i.e. if you are coming from Bayan Lepas, turn right at the Sg Pinang/Coastal Highway underpass; if you are coming from Georgetown, turn left).

So, people are already asking if this BK is going to be able to sustain - especially with the Super Value Lunch meals offered by McDonald's which is almost like 2.5x cheaper than BK. For me, I will definitely go back and support BK - if not for anything else, at least for its name-sake! ;P

boon out...