Penang [檳城] • 18 SEPTEMBER 2013
Have you heard of Real Food? Real food is self-run by a team of passionate and stubborn individuals who believe we are what we eat.
Our café is also free from processed ingredients (food grade or otherwise), artificial preservatives and Trans-fat. Last but not least, we are meat free!! Finally Real Food has now arrived in Penang.
Why Sonnentor? Because, since our visit to Sprognitz in 2012, we have never managed to get ourselves over this beautiful small town in Austria. From the humble biodynamic farmers to the quirky but inspirational founder, we fell in love with it all. Teas, herbs, spices, jams and whatever. Since we can’t realistically visit every year, we thought we should bring it closer to home.
Why Penang? ‘Why Not?’ The good people behind this brand have inspired us tremendously over the years. We learnt the true meaning of what an ethical working relationship should be, what is more than just organic and why we should persevere with this challenging path. So when the opportunity came to us to open the first Sonnentor concept store in South East Asia, naturally we decided it had to be close to our source of inspiration.
Sonnentor strongly believe that nature holds the best recipes for a beautiful and long life. Herbs lost its healing properties due to modern farming method and Sonnentor believes that organic farming is only sound and passable way in a time of monoculture and overproduction.
This grocery store and café on the ground floor of Straits Quay mall offers organic products and a health driven menu that’s free from processed food, artificial preservatives and transfat.
The store carries Sonnentor products such as teas, grains, spices and herbs. There are also gorgeous wooden cooking utensils available here.Their café offers, among others, all-day breakfast and milk-free and less sugar ice cream that uses brown rice milk and sugar cane as alternative.
They spend an incredible amount of time and effort preparing and sourcing for good quality and ‘ethical’ food to put on our menu.The food items may just be names to you but there are remarkable stories behind every single one of them – like the amazing but often victimised farmers and raw food producers, our struggles of believing in the food industry differently and standing by it, the meticulous process of creating real food, the emotional attachments to them, our critics, and the good people that put them together.
Scones RM 9 / Organic Vegan Brownie RM 12
Delicious fried Spring Roll (2pcs) RM8 ( Vegan Soy )
Traditionally handmade roll - carrots, mushrooms,turnip and black fungus.
Must try- so good , crispy and hot inside.
Sonnentor White Tea Pai Mu Tan RM 10.80 (Pot)
A mild tea packed with antioxidants to tone the entire immune system and increases the good while decreasing the bad. White tea also kills bacteria that causes plague, tooth decay and bad breath.
3 pairs of hands, 6 hours and lots of dedication. These are what we need to make just 50 to 60 sets ofdumplings. We are obviously not a fast food joint and we have nointention of becoming one. Instead we make our food in small batches from scratch and by traditional methods.
We believe there is no shortcut to good quality food and compromising is not an option. No microwave, no pre-packed or processed food, fresh and no pre-cut ingredients, slow-pressed
juicer, low heat pan-frying, homemade sauces and making your food only when you order them are just some examples of why we produce and serve only SLOW FOOD!
So before you make a fuss about how long you have to wait for your meal, why not think about how long it takes us to prepare your food! (totally agreed)
There are six flavours of ice cream to choose from - strawberry, mango, hazelnut chocolate and dark chocolate. Which one is your favourites? Each scoop costs RM 12.
Currently they have 3 - in Singapore and 1- in Penang.
CENTRAL
6 Eu Tong Sen St
The Central #B1-52/53
Singapore 059817
T: +65 62244492
SQUARE 2
10 Sinaran Drive
Square 2
#B1-105/106/129
Singapore 307506
T: +65 63972289
KILLINEY
110 Killiney Road
Tai Wah Building
Singapore 239549
T: +65 67379516
SONNENTOR PENANG
Lot/Unit No 3A-G-13D Block A,
Ground floor, Straits Quay,
Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang,
Tanjong Tokong
Penang 10470
Cost: Between RM8 – RM33 per dish.
Opening times: Daily, 10am-10pm (Free Wifi)
All the informations obtained from Real Food
Great place! I look for these healthy places all the time when we are traveling. There aren't too many near my home.
Totally agree, we are what we eat.
All so beautiful!!! I know products of Sonnentor and I love them!! <3 Thanks, really great place, dear! <3
Hi Cquek , what a beautiful place and the photography is so lovely , place like these are so few amd far in between thanks gor sharing :).
Everything looks so nice...great pictures.
Hope you are enjoying your week :D
I have been there once at Central. Nice place!
Must go next time!
Looks like a place I would love. :-)
I'm also a believer of what we are is what we eat... Sounds like a great place to dine!
Como siempre me gustan mucho las fotos y el lugar parece muy agradable y con mucha paz, besos
Sofía
what a terrific place to visit and a great philosophy for their menu. i hope their next branch will be in KL ... i want real food too! :D
This sounds really good. I'd love to see what they have on their menu xx
Looks warm and homely ~ I can totally hang out here all day ❤
Sounds like a good idea! We should be more informed about what we put in out bodies.
This is a great place to eat!
Didn't notice the existence of this place, guess i haven't been to Straits Quay for more than half a year LOL, too far from my place. A scoop of ice cream at Rm12 is EXPENSIVE! I can go for some luxurious brands for that price :p
Looks like my kind of place! Wonderful photos!
What a great place! Terrific pictures, totally fun post. Thanks so much.
Che bel posto da visitare! Peccato che da noi ce ne sono pochi! Ciao!
Beautiful place and wonderfully captured -- looks like my kind of favorite place!
Sonnentor is a brand I happen to be very familiar with since my favorite health food store in town carries most of their products and I love all of them. So, I am more than delighted to find out that they currentyl have three stores in Singapore - I never knew. And your pictures are nothing short of amazing! Absolutely delightful post!
Beautiful photos - those brownies and scones look great!
gorgeous shot! ! I can never do this kind of beautiful outdoor shoots, u did it brilliantly!
Great place with great values, and lovely products.
Real food for real people. I also think when you make food in small batches it taste so much better or just served to order. Take Care, BAM
I always love vegan and organic food, but the price tag is sometimes get me pissed off......
I love this kind of clean, modern, simple place - great place for studying if I was still in college. :D
i've never tried vegan ice cream but i'm very, very curious about it!
I love Real Food... It's one of my favourites... In fact that's one place I can have Vegetarian dumplings! :) Nice post!