Tuesday 24 March 2015

RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.

Last week, since it's a school holiday we decided to drop by Gunung Jerai for a visit as the last trip we went there was many years ago. Before we went up to Gunung Jerai, we passed by this restaurant and saw lots of people patronizing this shop. We decided to stop by for our late lunch at this shop.
RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.
RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN

Drinks

RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.
Teh Tarik and Ais Limau

FOODS

When we patronizing this shop there are still lots of customers but the food were limited to choose from and they still cooked it from their open kitchen. So we just grabbed whatever choices available as following:
RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.
Deep Fried assorted fishes
Their fried fishes are very tasty. I like their textures. Some places they will over cooked their fishes but this place their fishes just nicely cooked. Give it a try if you happen to drop by. 
RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.

RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.
 Curry Fish Head
Their curry fish head is another good try. Their curry gravy is very good to go with the rice. Most importantly the fish itself is very fresh. 
RESTORAN TOP D'GURUN @ GURUN Jalan Raya, Kedah.
Deep Fried Chicken Drumstick
When we about to finish the our meal, their deep fried chicken were just ready from their wok. So we decided to give it a try, And it tastes nice although from my first instinct when i looked at the chicken drumstick, I told myself hmm..... this must be overcooked but out of surprised when I had my first bites its very crispy from the outer layer and juicy interior part of the drumstick.
FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict: Good that we stopped by to try this place. The people in the restaurant were very friendly and helpful. Foods were nice and delicious. Price vice, it is very reasonable. We had all the above plus three plates of rice, we paid total of RM30.70.


Tuesday 17 March 2015

ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc

Today I am going to blog about the ZEST BAR CAFE daily set lunch.  I have blogged about ZEST BAR CAFE last year. You can see my review here
Following are the daily set lunch menu: 
Basically you have three types of menu to choose from. 
ZEST BAR CAFE DAILY SET LUNCH 
RM20+ PER PERSON
ZEST BAR CAFE MENU

STARTER


ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
MIANG KAM
Betel Leaves, Coconut, Dried Shrimps, Red Onions, Peanuts, Ginger & Chilli
FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict: Many years back if you asked me to have miang kam, I would probably skip but years came by and I started to like taking it.  If you cannot take the betel leaves aroma, I think you will not enjoy this dish.

SOUP


ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
TOM KHA GAI - RM12
Siam chicken soup with galangal coconut cream & local spices
ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
TOM YAM GOONG - RM18
Fresh prawn in spicy Tom Yam Soup
FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict: For me, personally I prefer Tom Yam Goong over Tom Kha Gai. As the later are full of coconut flavour. If the tom yum is a bit more spicy it would be superb.

ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
SOM TAM - RM10
Young Papaya salad with dried shrimp and spices.
ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
YAM MOON SEN - RM12
Glass Noodle salad with prawns, ginger flowers and lime leaf.

NOODLES


ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
PAD THAI - RM15
Wok fried thai noodles with prawns, beansprout, beancurd & egg pattaya style.

RICE


ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
PAD KRA PRAO - RM18
Sauteed spicy minced chicken with thai kra prao leaf. 
Choice: Chicken or Beef.
FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict: I would prefer that they put more basil in this dish. It is rather a sweet dish for me. A bit of small chili padi added into this would be nice. 
ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
GREEN CURRY CHICKEN - RM18
Green curry with coconut and thai basil leaf. 
Choice: Chicken or Prawn.
FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict: Their green curry chicken is quite nice. ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
GAENG MASSAMAN  - RM18
Chicken cooked with rich roasted peanut curry sauce and potatoes.
Choice: Chicken or Beef.
ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
KAENG PHET - RM18
Spicy red curry prawn and vegetables.
Choice: Prawn or Chicken.

DESSERTS

ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
KHANOM KHAO MAO - RM7
Fried bananas with grated coconut and sticy rice.
ZEST BAR CAFE @ Glow by Zinc
SANG KAYA FUG TONG - RM7
Steamed sweet pumpkin with custard and coconut milk.
FoOd PaRaDiSe verdict: Overall their two desserts that I have tried are quite delicious. Especially the Sang Kaya Fug Tong. It is something special which I never tried before.  It is actually steamed pumpkin dessert with egg custard.

ZEST Bar Cafe @ GLOW by Zinc


Address: 101, Jalan Macalister, 11400 Penang, Malaysia. 

Contact: 604-226 0084


GPS: 5.416638, 100.322952 












Wednesday 4 March 2015

Maple Palace Restaurant

Address: 47, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang, Malaysia

Contact Number: 604-227 9690, 604-227 4542 

Business Hour: Lunch: 12.00pm-2.30pm Dinner: 6.00pm-10.00pm 


Website: http://www.maplepalace.com

FOOD that we savour

The last time I blog about this place was back in 2012. You can view my review here. After 3 years and here we are the same people and same place we had our gathering. We chose this place as our gathering as it is wheelchair friendly. As one  of our guests is assessing with wheelchair. Furthermore they have  wide parking spaces.
We have done the booking with the restaurant 2 days earlier. We want something special and we don't want course meal although we have 10 pax dinning. So they came out with the following dishes: 
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang

Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
龙虾什果沙律伴香蕉带子卷
Lobster Salad with Banana Scallop Roll
Every guest was happy with this dish. The roll itself consisted of the scallop, banana and seaweed. Which was quiet a nice combination. And the middle of the platter is served with the lobster salad - which consist of lobster meat and assorted fruits that cut into cube sizes.
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang

Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
深海龙趸炖鲍翅 
Double-boiled Superior Shark’s fin Soup with Giant Grouper and Dried Scallop
Our guests found it interesting that the shark's fin soup was served with the grouper.
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
蚝皇澳洲鲍甫扣海参蚝士时蔬
Braised Slice Australia Abalone with Sea Cucumber & Dried Oyster
Guests love the sauces from this dish. Sea cucumber and abalone slices were not too hard. It is just nice.
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
港式顶抽蒸生猛笋壳
Steamed Fresh Marble Goby Fish with Superior Soya Sauce
 The fish was very fresh and nice.
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
乳猪腊味糯米饭
Roasted Suckling Piglet with Preserved Waxed Meat Rice
This dish is something special. The upper level is roasted sucking piglet and below level is the preserved waxed meat rice. The roasted suckling piglet is very crunchy and tender. Whereas the preserved wax meat rice is also tastes very good. If you have not tried this before you can give it a try!
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
Deep Fried Mantou
This is indeed very nice. The outer layer of the mantou is very crunchy. It was served together with the roasted suckling piglet with preserved waxed meat rice.
Maple Palace Restaurant Penang
万星浦冻滋润雪蛤
Chilled Lemon Grass Jelly with Hashima Jelly
Last dishes for this meal is our dessert. It is chilled lemon grass jelly with hashima jelly. Quiet a refreshing wrap up for the meal.
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Dear readers, friends and families,
Tomorrow is "Chap Goh Mei", so I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you:

HAPPY CHAP GOH MEH


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