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MAMA One Ton Mee @ Lorong Susu, Penang.

2011-09-23T15:02:00.000+08:00

During one outing in the afternoon, we went to Lorong Susu for Koay Teow Th'ng but unfortunately, the KTT stall was not open on that day. And since we were too hungry, we decided to try out MAMA One Ton Mee. When we went there, it's around 2pm in the afternoon. And some of the foods that we would like to try had been sold out for the day.

MAMA One Ton Mee
Address: No. 1, Lorong Susu, Georgetown, Penang.
Business Hour: 8am - 5pm (Closed on Wednesday)
Since we had only limited choices, we decided to try on their famous one ton mee:

One Ton Mee with Char Siew
This came with a bowl of wantan soup. And the noodles are very springy. Quite like the textures.

The wantan soup is nice.

Fresh Prawn One Ton Mee
The noodle itself is the same as the normal one ton noodle serves in this shop. The only different is the fresh prawn one ton mee did not include char siew but with a couple of leafy vegetables plus prawn dumplings. The dumplings were nice.

One Ton Mee textures.....

Prawn Dumplings

Shanghai Noodles

Apart from one ton mee, we decided to try out their shanghai noodles. The textures were ok. But we expected to me more springy. As we love springy types of noodles. Overall, the shanghai noodles are not bad but hubby feel that it is a bit salty for his liking.

Shanghai Noodles Textures

Restoran Good Friend Seafood @ Sunway Prima, Penang

2011-09-17T14:43:00.000+08:00

If you find that the way to the "Good Friend" Restaurant (Teluk Kumbar Seafood) is very far away. May be you can consider to visit

Restoran Good Friend Seafood (好友海鲜)

Address : 19A, Sunway Prima, Lintang Sungai Tiram 5, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.

Set Lunch/ Delivery: 10.30am - 2.30pm

*To Bayan Lepas factory workers with minimum order of 10packs @RM6.50(3 dishes + rice) per pack. *

Seafood Dinner: 5.30pm - 10.30pm

* Catering Service : minimum 60 persons. 30pax to 50 pax (self collection)*

Tel/Fax (Reserve) : 04-6430118

Email : good_friend28@yahoo.com
We were fortunate to get invitation from Qyzzy and the management of the restaurant to attend the review of this restaurant. And we get to savour the following dishes for the night:

Tri Flavour Red Snapper 红狮三味 – RM25/pc
The red snapper was cooked using their tri flavour sauce. Personally, the sauce offers in this dish is just so-so for me. As may be I don't really like the combination. ^-^

Steamed Grouper 石斑清蒸 – RM80/kg
The steam grouper that we had is very fresh. The fish was catched by using fishing rod rather than the net.

Steamed Clam 花芭蒸 – RM18
Freshly steamed clam and I think my gal will enjoy this.

Chicken Satay沙爹鸡串 – RM0.80/stick
Each time we visited the 好友 in Teluk Kumbar, we will sure ordered the chicken satay. However, I still like the chicken satay back in Teluk Kumbar than here. Although they claimed that they get from the same supplier. Perhaps may be the way they grilled it is some how different.^-^

Nestum Chicken – RM38, Sour Plum Chicken 麦香鸡与酸梅鸡 – RM38
You can order both of these as a combination or you can order it as seperate dish. The nestum chicken had it's fragrant but the texture of the chicken is a bit tough. My gal will surely reject to take bite of a hard textures chicken. Whereas the sour plum chicken is nothing special.

Good Friend Pork Trotter 好友猪手 – RM32/pc
Are you fan of pork trotter? Perhaps you can give this a try. But I personally feel that the pork trotter is a bit too try for my liking.

Broccoli Scallop 西兰花带子 – RM38

Crispy Tofu 脆香豆腐 – RM20
You can give it a try of this. I think kids would love it. I personally think that this dish is worth for a try for kids who take tofu.

Kum Heong Prawn 甘香虾 – RM80/kg
You must be wonder why their kum heong prawns are different from others right? Well, I think each restaurant had it's own style of kum heong. I am a big fans of prawn. However, I still like the way they prepare it "Pak Chiok" Style.^-^

Fresh Mantis Prawn

Cheese Mantis Prawn 芝司螳螂虾 – Price vary according to size (Big RM28/pc, Small RM15/pc)
I am not fans of food that cook with cheese. As it is a bit too heavy for me. I did try the cheese mantis prawn. And it tastes alright for me and if you like cheese, may be you can give this a try!

Signature Crab 招牌螃蟹 – RM50/kg
This is their signature crab. Actually most of the time I went to Teluk Kumbar, we will ordered their baked crab. My brother and sister claimed that they had the best baked crab they ever had. ^-^ The signature crab comes with the steamed man tou. Loves the shapes of the mantou. I think if my gal saw this, she will sure finished all the mantou first. ^-^ The crab sauces are not too spicy for me.

Teow Chew Noodle 潮州面条 – RM12

Salted Fish Fried Rice 咸鱼炒饭 – RM12

Fruits (Complementary)

Dessert 糖水 – RM12

Overall, this restaurant is offering many different types of dishes. And for those who have kids that only can dine in air condition places, this is one of the places that you can visit for seafood.

Chee Cheong Cheok @ Jalan Kuala Kangsar, Penang.

2011-09-14T13:43:00.000+08:00

Do you know where is this stall?

If you been to the morning market at Jalan Kuala Kangsar (GPS Coordinates : N05 25.093 E100 19.965), I think you will noticed the Chee Cheong Cheok (Pork Innard Congee). Every time when I walked passed the stall, it was full of patrons. This leads my hubby and I wonder.... hmm.... this stall must be good. So we decided to try out the congee. And since we have two seats located just in front of the stall. We just sat there and watching the boss preparing the congee and with the helping hands of his helper.

The boss is very friendly and polite person. He told us to wait for a while as there were too many people waiting. But the waiting period was in acceptable time frame. While waiting for our congee, there are many people came for "take away". So we took some photos using our compact camera.

Fried Intestines (almost finished)

Chee Cheong Cheok with sprinkle spring onion

We order everything - contains fried intestines, intestines, liver, spleen, pig's blood (豬血) and char Siew. (You can request to add or not to add anything from the above to your bowl of congee)

This is how it looks like after I mix everything.
We love the fried intestines very much. Very crispy! And the congee serves while it's hot. It suits my hubby tastes bud as he loves very very hot congee and very very hot soup. When the bowl of congee served in front of me, I still can see the congee still bubbling. ^-^

Balik Pulau Laksa @ Nan Guang Coffee Shop, Penang

2011-09-11T18:52:00.001+08:00

After we brought our visitors to Ah Soon Durian Orchard, we stop by for laksa. Everyone should have known that one of the famous foods in Balik Pulau is Laksa. In here, you can order the normal laksa, Siam Laksa or the combination of both. However, everyone go after the normal laksa. Our visitor from Ipoh found that it was too watery for their liking. I suggested that they tried the combination but they were too full after the durian feast that we had earlier on. ^-^
Business hours: 12.30pm – 3.30pm (Closed on Wednesday).

Normal Laksa

Zoom in for the soup base

The laksa noodles......
If you are some where near Balik Pulau, you may drop by and savour the laksa. Sometime the shop is full of customers and you need to wait for a while.

If you would like to try out the nutmeg juice, you could try it out from this coffee shop as well. ^-^

Ah Soon Durian Orchard at Balik Pulau, Penang

2011-07-03T23:13:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I visited durian orchard at Balik Pulau. I only get to know this place when my SIL mentioned it to us. Since my SIL just came back from overseas, we decided to go for durian feast with her friends and families.
Since the durian in this orchard is towards the end, so we only get to savour limited types of durian. We had

LIPAN (蜈蚣)
LIPAN flesh is slightly yellow. And it tastes sweet and creamy. The seeds are rather smaller as the LIPAN we had is a bit smaller compares to the usual LIPAN durian as it's towards the end of season for this orchard.

LIM FENG JIAO
Well, this is quite a famous durian in the past. But frankly speaking this is the first time I had LIM FENG JIAO durain. LIM FENG JIAO durian is usually big in size. And the taste is sweet and creamy and towards the ends it has a little hint of bitterness.

KUNG PO
The KUNG PO that we had, the flesh looks slightly orange. And the tastes were sweet and creamy.

HOR LOR (葫芦)
The HOR LOR that we had were not really good. As it is towards the end of seasons now and the flesh were slightly hard. I kinda like HOR LOR among the durians as it taste sweet and towards the end it has a hint of bitterness.

D604
This is one of the famous durians few years back. From the photos itself, you can see that the flesh looks creamy. It tastes sweet.

CHEH PUI (青皮)
It tastes sweet from the beginning and towards the end, it turns a bit bitterness. The seed is very very small.

ANG JIN
Just before we finished durians. Some one come back from the orchard with some durians. And they were asking us if we want to try ANG JIN. And since we never tried before, everyone agreed to tried it out. The durian tastes were hard to described. It has a kind of aroma that I don't know how to describe. It's towards the sweet side and the flesh looks deep orange in color.

CEMPEDAK
Since my SIL were cempedak fans. And we were asking whether it's the cempedak seasons right now. And we were told that now is not a cempedak season yet. But the owner had one cempedak. And he treated us the cempedak. It's very generous of him. And my SIL took back the rest to deep fried.
You can contact John - 0134359293 for arrangement and booking for durians. Please call him for the more detail of their location. Overall, the charges of durian is around RM10/kg.

Tainan Restaurant 台湾小吃店

2011-06-28T21:35:00.004+08:00

Today, I am going to blog about a place that locates in Midland Shopping Centre. It used to be a very popular shopping centre. But unfortunately right now most of the shops were closed down. I always went back there when there is POPULAR book fest.
Before this review, I went back once and I noticed that the usual auntie were not there anymore. But the foods taste were some how same as before.

Tainan Restaurant 台湾小吃店
Add : Midlands Park Centre. 488D-1-07, Jln Burmah, 10350 Penang.
Tel : 04-2266871
Business Hours : 11.00 am to 8.30pm (Closed on Monday)

Interior settings
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For the start, I will start with some side orders

Taiwan Wantan Soup 红油炒手 RM6.50
If you like ginger. You would definitely like this. As the owner mixed the fresh ginger juice in the wantan ingredients. As for the soup base it is very clear based soup.

Eel Roll 鳗鱼卷 RM6.00
This dish were deep fried. It tastes quite nice. As there are many ingredients in there.

Taiwan Sausage 台湾香肠 RM8.50
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Taiwan Beef Noodle RM7
As I don't take beef but my friend told me that the broth was very thick and it tastes like oxtail soup. And they recommend that the soup should be drink while it's hot. As the taste varies when it turns cold. As for the beef itself, they comment that it was ok. Every morning the owner will go to the market to buy the beef themselves just to ensure the beef are in fresh condition.
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Saucy Chicken Rice 贵妃鸡饭 RM8
This saucy chicken is a sweet based sauce cooked with wolf berries. The chicken is very tender. I personally like the braised eggs. As the egg yolk is infused by all the braised sauce.

Golden Chicken Wing Rice 香草炸鸡翅饭 RM7
The golden chicken wings are marinated with some rice wine. That's why it has a very nice aroma . You can order this as a side order if you don't wish to take any rice.

Special Pork Rib Rice 豆瓣酱排骨饭 RM7
Although the outlook of this dish does not look attractive. But the taste vice is quite nice. Provided that you like bean paste. I would suggest that you had this with rice. As the bean paste is a bit salty. But when it combine with rice, it would be perfect. The pork rib that I had is very tender.

Pork Chop Rice 排骨饭 RM7

I still remember that I had pork chop rice so often in Taiwan many many years ago. Until I am phobia of it. ^-^ This pork chop was deep fried. It does not look oily at all. And the outer part is very crispy.

Golden Chicken Drumstick Rice 鸡腿饭 RM7
This is what I usually order when I visited this shop in the past. And the golden chicken drumstick that I had this time is a bit too dried. May be the owner had deep fried it for too long. :(
All the meals above were accompanied with salted vegetables, vegetables and minced pork for toppings/toppings of other choices.
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You can also opt for set menu. All you need is to add up RM4.50. Then you will get one drink, soup of the day and dessert of the day.

As for the drink you can choose from the menu. As for the soup of the day, it will change everyday (all home cook types). The dessert of the day changes daily as well, such as barley, mung beans, peanut, ice cream, dried longan white fungus and etc (all home cook types)

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Following were the menu offer by the restaurant:

MENU :

Special Pork Rib Rice 豆瓣酱排骨饭 RM7

Pork Chop Rice 排骨饭 RM7

Saucy Chicken Rice 贵妃鸡饭 RM8

Golden Chicken Wing Rice 香草炸鸡翅饭 RM7

Golden Chicken Drumstick Rice 鸡腿饭 RM7

Chicken Chop Rice 香汁鸡排饭 RM9.50

Salad Fish Fillet Rice 果汁沙拉鱼柳饭 RM9.50

Salmon Fish Rice 炸鲑鱼饭 RM13.00

Tempura Prawn Rice 虾排饭 RM 10.50

Taiwan Sausage Rice 台湾香肠饭 RM7

Drunken Chicken Rice 醉鸡饭 RM8

Taiwan Beef Rice 台湾牛肉饭 RM7

Udon Noodle 锅烧面 RM8

Taiwan Wantan Noodle 红油炒手面 RM6.50

Prawn Noodle 虾卷饭 RM6.50

Drunken Chicken 醉鸡 RM9.50

Taiwan Sausage 台湾香肠 RM8.50

Eel Roll 鳗鱼卷 RM6.00

Eel Roll Rice 鳗鱼卷饭 RM7.50

Taiwan Braised Pork Rice 台湾鲁肉饭 RM5.00

Taiwan Dumpling 锅贴 RM6.50

Prawn Roll 虾卷 RM7.50

Taiwan Wantan Soup 红油炒手 RM6.50

Crispy Nestum Chicken Ball Rice 沙律麦香鸡丸饭 RM6.50

Crispy Chicken Ball 沙律麦香鸡丸 RM8.00

P/S: Special thanks to Mr. Chong for the invitation.

Food Gallery (食代广场) @ Penang Times Square, Penang

2011-06-24T08:17:00.000+08:00

During one weekend, we decided to drop by Penang times Square. It's been quite a long time after the opening that we did not return for a visit. Unfortunately, most of the shops were not open and Sunshine City is under renovation. So we walked around and decided to have a tea break at the food court.
We stop by at one of the dessert corner. And we order

Mango Pudding with toppings
This stall they sell mostly desserts. As we love mangoes very much. Automatically, we will order mangoes. And there are few different toppings from the menu and different puddings. The mango pudding tastes alright. But my gal does not really enjoy the toppings.

Mango Sago Pomelo Ice
Hubby opts for this. If the ice would be a bit smoother will be better. End up with just had the upper part of the mango sago pomelo and with some ice. And left lots of ice sitting in the bowl. ^-^

Bak Chang
Hubby looked around and saw the bak chang corner and decided to buy one to try it. And a week before the dumpling festival, I saw this bak chang being sell in Sunshine Square. As for the tastes, it quite normal.
There are lots of foods in the food gallery though. A long stretch of foods. But since we were not hungry, we just browsed through.

Woolloomooloo MODERN AUSTRALIAN CUISINE

2011-06-21T12:08:00.000+08:00

Two weeks ago, my friends were asking me for gathering. And we have to think of the venue. We need a place that we can chit chat and also taste some new foods that we had not tried before. Then there were some suggestion down town where many suggests to go for Japanese foods. And I am so reluctant to travel so far as been busy up and down from town for the past weeks. So I suggested that we try out

Woolloomooloo MODERN AUSTRALIAN CUISINE
Address: 21-G, Persiaran Bayan Indah, Bayan Bay, 11900 Penang.
Business Hour: Tuesday to Sunday 11am - 3pm; 6pm - 10pm (Close on Monday)
Contact Number: 016-404 9118

Interior settings

Lunch Menu
I am the first to arrive so I browse through the menu and end up I have in mind what shall we had for this gathering. Since there were only 6 of us who can make it for this gathering. And there are total 6 different main course from the lunch menu. So I suggested to them that we opt for their set lunch. (I think they have no choice but to listen to my suggestion. hahahhaaa........)
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We started off with the choice of drink ~

Hot Honey Green Tea

Ice Lemon Tea

Ice Honey Green Tea

Hot Coffee

Each have it's on choice of drinks.
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Next........ the Appetizer of the day

Chicken Salads
When I first tasted it, I commented that it was so sour. And most of us agree with it. But after we continue eating it, it started to tastes alright. As I think the chef would have garnish some lemon on top of the salads and we did not mix it well before we start having it. ^-^
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Six main course that offer as Set Lunch are all set in our table

Beer Battered Fish and Chips with salads and tartar sauce
Beer battered fish......... have you tried? It has been very popular in some of the restaurant in Penang. This main course is accompany with salads, tartar sauce and chips. It would be best that you dip the battered fish with the tartar sauce as we found that the fish itself is a bit tasteless. I still missed the fish and chips sold in my local suburb fish shop back in Melbourne. It is just the simple deep fried fish and chip and it tastes so irresistible. ^-^

Polenta - encrusted Fried Chicken with green pea mash & tomato relish
I am not sure whether have you heard of Polenta before? As this dish is using Polenta. When I google search for Polenta. I get to know that it is made with ground yellow or white cornmeal (ground maize). I believe that the chicken breast was coated with polenta plus other ingredients and deep fried it. I find that the green pea mash a bit special as it is different from the other mash potatoes that we always having. If you find that the chicken is a bit dry, try dip with the sauces provided. It will lead you to different tastes.

Green Curry Chicken with Jasmine Rice
When my friends look at the menu, they make a comment that whether Australia are famous for it's green curry chicken. Well, in many parts of Australia, you can get authentic Thai restaurant that serves very nice Thai Cuisines.
This dish turns out to be not bad. At first many tried and comment that it is very spicy. But for me, it tastes alright. If you cannot take spicy foods you may find that spicy for you. The green curry has its aroma flavors. It is best to go with white rice.

Penne with Chicken Sausages & Roasted Tomato Sauce
This end up with the less popular dish among others as most of them found that they prefer chicken or beef to substitute with the chicken sausages. And the roasted tomato sauce are a bit too sour for our liking. However, the penne were alright. Not too soft nor hard.

Linguine with smoked salmon & dill cream sauce
Well...... usually I will find that anything that cover with the white cream sauce is a bit too heavy for me. But this one is something different. Lesson number two for this outing is we forgot to mix well again before we dig in. When we first tasted this, every one comments that nothing special but when it comes near the bottom part, we started to like it as it has wine aroma. The smoked salmon were nice and wish to have include more in there. Am I too greedy? ^-^

Woolloomooloo Beef Burger with cheese, caramelized onion and Fries
As I don't take beef, so I keep pestering the rest who takes beef to start eating this. As I would like to know how was it tastes like? By the looks of the burger, it looks irresistible. And my friend, Ling Tze who tasted it before told me that it tastes great. So everyone dig in and told me that it was nice. Overall, they were satisfied with it. So beef lovers out there, do give it a try!
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Next, dessert time. And our dessert choice is Jelly with Ice-cream. There are two different flavors of jelly :

Cucumber Jelly with Ice - Cream
I had the only heart shape jelly among them. Hahaha..... When we tasted the jelly we were guessing what flavors was the jelly? We had few guesses and end up, I asked the person who served us what were the jelly flavors and he told us cucumber and carrot. We still cannot taste cucumber and carrot out from the jelly. But I like the ideas using vegetables in jelly. ^-^

Carrot Jelly with Ice - Cream
For comparison between the two jelly. Most of us voted for the carrot jelly. As it is sweeter than cucumber. ^-^
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Before we finished our meals, we had an additional desserts from my friend ~ Bee. She bought some Macaroons for us to try.

Macaroon
The macaroon were nice and thought that it was done by my friend. ^-^ Bee, once again thanks ya..... for this lovely macaroon.
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Well, we had a wonderful time catching up and also enjoys the attentive service provided by the restaurant. And hope that the restaurant will introduce more different main course. So that we can go back and try it out again in the future.

EL CASA Wine & Dine Restaurant

2011-06-16T12:34:00.000+08:00

Today, I am going to blog about a place that I have visited last month. I am very busy after review foods from this restaurant. I told myself that I have to spare myself sometime to write up the post since "Father's Day" is this weekend and you might be able to bring your family there to celebrate the special occasion.

EL CASA Wine & Dine Restaurant
Address: No. 2, Jalan Irrawady, 10500Penang.

Tel & Fax: 04 - 2299223/ James 012-9793318/ Colin 017-5729988
Operation hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm; 6:00pm – 10:00pm (7 days a week)

Google Map GPS : 5.425589,100.321537

There are ample car park place in front and besides EL CASA. After I park my car, I spotted that they have garden sitting area (with ceiling fans). And I was told the restaurant themes are blue and white. hmm....... I wonder what does the interior looks like?

When I entered the premises, I saw some Santorini painting on the wall and wide selection of wine fromFrance, Australia, Chile and etc. Have you ever heard of a place call "Santorini"? It is located in the southern Aegean Sea, southeast from Greece's mainland. I have not been there but my sister in law been there, so I knew this place once I saw the paintings on the wall. And you can see from the photos above, they have a nice interior. I like the blue ceiling. It looks like blue sky with star. ^-^
EL CASA Wine & Dine Restaurant is strictly Pork Free Restaurant and Strictly Home made, no MSG use in their food. Free Wi-Fi and non smoking for the indoor dining area. For those who like to smoke, you can opt for the outdoor garden areas.

Tomato Soup - RM6.90 (Daily Chef’s HomemadeSpecial Western Cream Soup)
Note: * All kind of soup served with garlic bread*
And the soup of the day is Tomato Soup. It is basically blend tomato, celery, onion and etc. If you are tomato soup fans you can give this a try. But since this is a daily chef's homemade special western cream soup, it will change everyday.

Homemade Puree ofForest Mushroom Soup – RM6.90
The specialty about this puree forest mushroom soup is they use wild mushrooms and blended together and top with sauteed potato and drizzle with thyme herb olive oil. I love the mushroom soup as it had its fragrant mushroom tastes.

EL Casa Salad – RM11.90
This is their Signature Salad. It consists of mesclun lettuce, green apples, and crouton with a touch of our special homemadehoney mustard dressing which compliment the whole dish. It actually includes sun-dried tomato but since the sun dried tomato for the day that they got is not up to their standard so they did not include in the salads. That's why you cannot see any sun-dried tomato in the salad. I suggest either they can add on the fresh tomatoes. ^-^

Pan-Roasted Sea bass Fillet with Arrabiata Sauce - RM19.90
It serves with sea bass fillet pan-roasted spicy Italian tomato sauce withmixed herb wedges, sweet corn and sauteed garden vegetable. I like the way that they pan roasted the sea bass. It was a bit crispy at the outer part of the sea bass. If you like arrabiata sauce, then you can give this a try.

Charcoal Grilled Hawaii Chicken – RM13.90
It is a grilled boneless chicken drumstick with Chef’s finesthomemade tropical barbeque sauce accompany with pineapple ring, french fries, sauteed garden vegetable and sweet corn. The chicken is tender and juicy.

Spaghetti SeafoodCabonara – RM18.90
It is basically creamy sauce cook with squid, fish and prawns with spaghetti andgarnish with parmesan cheese and French baguette toasts. I don't really fancy of the creamy type of sauce. As usually it makes you full after a few spoonful of this type of creamy spaghetti. ^-^ If you are cabonara lover, may be you can give it a try!

Sirloin Steak 180 gm – RM28.90
Sirloin Steak of around 180gm accompanied with sauteed garden vegetable, potato wedges and blackpepper sauce.

Pan-Roasted Fillet ofNorwegian Salmon – RM27.90
This one of the Signature Dishes. And frankly speaking, I enjoyed it very much. I am sure that my gal will enjoy this also. Salmon fillet were pan roasted topped with mixed herb lemon butter sauce and served with mixed herb mashed potato and sauteed garden vegetable. I will certainly go back for this and with their promotion now. You can have this for only $29.90 (with soup, desserts and glass of wine). ^-^

Flower Teas ~ Organic Green – RM6.90, Jasmine – RM5.90, Pink Rose– RM6.90, Red Tea – RM5.90 and Chrysanthemum– RM5.90
There are 5 different range of Flower Teas to choose from and price vary as well. Organic Green help lower cholesterol and blood pressure, strengthens the immunesystem and anti aging. Jasmine helps cool the body, refresh mind, help catharsis, regulates aging andconstipation. Pink Rose regulate blood circulation, purifying, cleansing anddetoxifying, help skin appear glowing and youthful. Red Tea is anti-oxidant-rich, caffeine free tea conferringsubstantial health benefits. Chrysanthemum helps treat cough, expectorant, anti-oxidation, enhance immunity,inhibition of blood cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Home Desserts– RM5.90

EL CASA Wine & Dine Restaurant PROMOTION

TREE MONKEY @ Jalan Teluk Bahang, Penang

2011-05-25T08:35:00.005+08:00

During one conversation with my friend. She asked me whether I have tried out TREE MONKEY. I told my friend yes, I do. She must be wondering why I never post about it in my blog. Well, as since last year I am already slow down in blogging due to so many works on hand. I think this is just my excuses. ^-^
Anyway, I decided to write up this review since this recall me that my friend birthday this month. And she told me that she had an enjoyable dinner there.

Tree Monkey @ Tropical Spice Garden
Lone Craig Villa, Lot 595,
Mukim 2, Jalan Teluk Bahang,
11100 Penang.
Telefax: 604-881 3494
Website: http://www.treemonkey.com.my/
GPS: 5.463599, 100.229199
Business hours: Sun-Thur 9am-11pm
Fri-Sat 9am-midnight

Basically it was situated at hill site of Tropical Spice Garden and facing Andaman Sea. Where I enjoyed sunset during my dining @ TREE MONKEY. (Last photos of this blog post) I would say if you like nature, you will certainly love this place.

Restaurant setting

According to the owner - Patt Khor, the restaurant was using no nails at time of building the place. They were trying their best to build it using the timber-framing way style. And the roof top were using thatched alang - alang grass imported from Bali. However, the furniture were imported from Chang Mai.

TREE MONKEY leaflets
"BACK TO NATURE" ALFRESCO RESTAURANT
It is basically serving North Eastern Thai, Asian and Western Cuisines.

Sunset Paradise - RM10.00 (only available from 6.00pm-7.00pm)
If you visited TREE MONKEY during 6 - 7pm, You can order "Sunset Paradise" for only RM10. It is a very refreshing drink. I believed that its was the combination of pineapple and orange juice. And decorates with cherry and slice of orange. It tastes sweet and sour. Which I like it very much. ^-^
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Then we start off with Thai Tapas.
Price ranging from 8pcs @ RM30, 12 pcs @ RM45 and16 pcs @ RM60
(Maximum of four pieces on each item)
There are 12 appetisers to choose from:
THAI TOAST: Crispy toast with minced chicken & sesame
MONEY BAG: Golden fried bag of minced chicken & vegetables
HERBS CHICKEN: Deep Fried chicken drummed with lemongrass
SPRINGS ROLL: Thai crispy vegetables spring roll
PANDAN CHICKEN: Marinated chicken wrapped in pine screw leaves
OTAK-OTAK: Steamed curried seafood paste in banana leaves
MUSSEL SALSA: Half shelled mussel steamed with chili lime salsa
LEMONGRASS STICK: Crumbed minced seafood with lemongrass skewer
PRAWN SARONG: Deep fried prawn wrapped with crispy rice noodle
PRAWN SABAI: Deep fried prawn wrapped with spring roll skin
THAI FISH CAKE: Deep fried curried fish paste with kaffir lime leaves
DARLING CRAB: Half shelled crab stuffed with mixed seafood
(All the above appetizers served with sweet chili sauce)

Thai Tapas
During our dine in we tried 11 varieties out of the 12. We did not get to try on the Darling Crab. From the Thai tapas, you could see the nice combination of colors. I enjoyed most of the Thai Tapas, The prawn was fresh and crunchy after deep fried, the mussel blend well with the chili lime salsa, Thai fish cake were awesome, lemongrass was use as a skewer for the lemongrass stick, nice aroma. Pandan Chicken was nicely done. Crispy Thai vegetable spring roll was crunchy and inside has nice fillings of vegetables and more.......
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Next we had the Asian Tapas

Price ranging from 8 dishes @ RM60, 12 dishes @ RM90

(Maximum 2 dishes on each item and it comes with 2 plates of Turmeric Rice)
There are 12 appetisers to choose from:
MANGO SALAD: Green mango salad with shallot & chili lime sauce

SATAY: Grilled marinated chicken skewer
NAM TOK: Beef salad with shallot, chili powder & lime juice
CRISPY HERBS FISH: Deep fried seabass fillet topped with crispy herbs

PRAWN SAMBAL: Stir-fried prawn with roasted chili & shrimp paste

SON IN LAW EGG: Deep fried boiled egg topped with tamarind sauce

SWEET BEAN CURD: Deep fried bean curd with sweet chili sauce

KANG KUNG BELECAN: Stir-fried morning glory with spicy shrimp paste
MASAMAN CURRY: Red curry chicken with potato, onion & peanut
BEEF RENDANG: Red curry beef with kaffir lime & basil leaves
TOMKHA SOUP: Creamy chicken soup with galangal & mushroom
TOMYUM SOUP: Spicy & sour seafood soup with lemongrass & lime juice

Asian Tapas with Turmeric Rice

Please be reminded that Asian Tapas came along with two turmeric rice. Lets start from the centre, it was the mango salad. The mango salad is not too sour for my tastes. Then next we had the Son In Law eggs, which is basically deep fried boiled egg topped with tamarind sauce. Which I found that it was simple and nice. Then the Kang Kung Belachan which are not overly spicy. Sweet Bean Curd are nice which topped with the sweet chili sauce. Satay were tender. Masaman Curry were great with rice.

TomKha And Tomyum Soup
There are two types of Tom Yam Soup to choose. One is the clear tom yam soup and the other were the red type of tom yum soup. Normally, we saw lots of tom yam soup. And only in certain place they served nice TomKha. Both are my favourites. And the ingredients in there soup were very fresh. I think my gal will enjoy the Tomkha Soup. ^-^

Turmeric Rice

Thai Coconut Ice Cream - RM8.80

After the meal, we had desserts...... that's what I really enjoyed. ^-^ And we had the Thai Coconut Ice-Cream. Basically it was coconut ice-cream topped with jack fruit and attap palm seeds. Very refreshing.

Spice Tea/Coffee with Condensed Milk (Hot or Cold) - RM8.00

After desserts, we sit back and chit chat with the owner and among ourselves. We get to try their spice tea and coffee. If you like spice very much you will loves it. As it has a rich aroma of spice in the tea and coffee.

Sunset

We were lucky that we were able to see some sunset while dinning at TREE MONKEY. It was an enjoyable and relaxing place for foods. I would like to thank the owner, Patt Khor and Warren for arranging the food review.

Tropical Spice Garden @ Jalan Teluk Bahang, Penang

2011-05-20T18:37:00.000+08:00

As I mentioned from my earlier posts, I will do the Tropical Spice Garden post in another post. So let me begin with my job to show you around the garden.

Water Garden

While waiting for other guest members to join the "English" speaking group. We have the opportunity to take some photos of the water garden with traditional sampan. Basically it was pond filled with large water lily and other plants.

Map of Tropical Spice Garden

This big sign map is locate before the entrance of the Tropical Spice Garden. There are basically 3 interesting trails to begin. Which are Spice Trail, Ornamental Trail and Jungle Trail.

I have been to the Tropical Spice Garden few years ago with my friend (Visitor). But we just browse through the garden by our self. And did not bother to get any experience tour guide to explained it for us. So I strongly recommend that you get an experienced guide to go around the garden to explained with you the types of herbs uses in our every day cooking and also the almost extinct plants that have been planted in TSG.

Different Palm Tree
Above were our guide, Joseph. Who was an experienced guide from Kuala Lumpur. I really learned lots of knowledge from this tour. Do you know that there are different types of palm trees around the world? And it plays important role in the history and now. There are many products and foods come from the palms. Such as rattan palms in furniture, palm oil used from cosmetics to food cosmetics. We were lucky to have saw one flower blossom from the palm trees (above down left photo). And we also get to see snake. In TSG, they welcome all wildlife animals that came into the garden. If Joseph does not point out the snake, I guessed I would had just missed it. ^-^

Different Palm Tree and Silver Joey Palm (Pokok Payung)
During my first visit to TSG, my friend and I love the gigantic palm tree.Then during this trip, I get to know that this tree has been classify as threatened endemic species due to habitat destruction and illegal collection of seeds to export for ornamental palms. It has enormous leaves up to 3 metres long and 2 metres wide. It was a rear plant because of its spectacular appearance. The palm leaves were very thick and underside of the leaves look stunning and silvery white. The leaves was used as thatching roofs and walls. It was used as fans to VIPs in the colonial high courts.

Banana Flowers

Assorted Ginger Flowers

Ferns and assorted flowers

Assorted Flowers, Water Lily Flowers, Wild Mushroom and Frog

Spice Trail
Next, let me bring you to the spice trail. Most of the spices that found in the spice trail was used in our every day cooking. It's just the matter of fact that some might not know how the plants and seeds look like. Therefore, come to this garden you can get to know many things. If you have garden, you will probably notice that some of the plants in TSG is also appear in your garden or back yard. ^-^
Citronella which is call Serai Wangi in Bahasa Malaysia. The oil extract is very effective for mosquito repellent. In its natural form it is favoured by the perfumed, cosmetic and flavouring industries around the world.

Lemongrass or Serai
It has a tall perennial grass and citrus flavor. It is widely used as a herb in Asian Cuisine. Such as in Nonya Cuisines, Curries and Soup in Thai Cuisines, Vietnamese salads in Vietnamese Cuisine and etc. Apart from cooking it or eaten it raw. It also can drink as refreshing tea.
The lemongrass oil are used in perfumes, soaps, cosmetics and shampoo. It is also a good remedy for irregular bowel movements, gastric irritability, use to arrest vomiting, Chronic Rheumatism, sprains, fungal and bacterial infections and the leaves can use for anti-hypertensive and anti-inflammatory properties.

Ginger or Halia
This is widely used in both local and western cooking. And it has wide range of medical usage such as diarrhea, nausea, constipation and colic. In China, ginger eggs was commonly use at home as a remedy for coughing. And tea brewed with ginger were commonly use as remedy for colds.

Turmeric or Kunyit
Above were the plant of turmeric looks like. It has many medical usage. Such as the juice extracted from crushed rhizome can be applied externally for bruises, sprains, wounds and leech bites. Internally, it can used for treating diarrhoea, colic and jaundice.
Turmeric with milk and sugar boiled is a popular remedy for treating colds.

Torch Ginger or Kantan

Different types of spices - Clove, star anise, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper
Clove tree is an evergreen pyramid shaped which grows to the height up to 15M. The leaves when crushed give the aromatic clove smell. It used to be earliest and most valuable spices to be traded by Egyptians, Romans and Chinese. Clove was used as traditional medication against infections, cholera, tuberculosis and as an anaesthetics.

Different types of gingers

Trees of Ceylon Cinnamon, Black Pepper and Nutmeg
If you want to buy original Ceylon cinnamon, you can drop by TSG to get one. As the originated Ceylon Cinnamon has different aroma from the normal one that we bought from shopping centre or grocery shops. Cinnamon stick has many benefits such as it helps to improves digestion, relieves spasms, lower fever and blood pressure, and controls bleeding and infections. However, it was not recommended for pregnant woman.
Black Pepper
Nutmeg gives flavour to baked foods, desserts, drinks, meat dishes, vegetable dishes and cheese dishes. The nutmeg oil use to treat rheumatism and other digestive problems. Nutmeg fruit was used medicinally to relieve air in the bowels.

Assorted Flowers
Resurrection Lily can be commonly found in many gardens. But do you what is the usage? It's rhizome was actually used in curries at Thailand and it's young leaves were eaten raw with spicy shrimp paste sauce. Medically, it can used for improve indigestion, anti-bacterial and diuretic effects.

Wild Animals and assorted flowers
For more details of Tropical Spice Garden, please visit : http://www.tropicalspicegarden.com/
Tropical Spice Garden
Lone Crag Villa, Lot 595 Mukim 2,
Jalan Teluk Bahang,
11100 Penang, Malaysia.
Telephone: 604 - 881 1797
Facsimile: 604 - 881 3794
Email : info@tropicalspicegarden.com
Visiting hours:
Open 9 am to 6 pm daily.
Last admission at 5.30 pm.
Daily guided tours:
Guided Tours available from 9am-5pm daily. Make a booking to avoid disappointment.
Admission Fees:

Garden & Visitor Centre*	Self-guided Tour	Guided Tour
Family (2 adults and up to 3 children):	RM 35	RM 55
Adult:	RM 14	RM 22
Child (aged 4-12): * Free for children under 4 years of age	RM 8	RM 8

* Information gather from TSG*

Official Launch of Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School @ Penang on 6th May 2011

2011-05-18T10:01:00.007+08:00

I am pleased to get an invitation to attend the official launching of Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School on 6th May 2011 (Friday). The venue of this official launching was taken place at The Pavilion and Cooking School of Tropical Spice Garden.
Our YB Danny Law Heng Kiang, Penang state exco for tourist development and culture and Chef Wan, Food Ambassador of Malaysia were the guests of honor for the launching of Tropical Spice Garden Cooking Class.
Before the launching begin, a group of us were guided by an experience guide, Joseph to the garden. We learned lot of knowledge from this tour. We get to touch and smell all different kind of herbs around the garden which I will elaborate more in my next posts.
After the tour, we were brought to

The Pavilion
and waiting for the arrival of the VIPs. While waiting, we had an opportunity to listen to the performance of ENSEMBLE KOSCHKA. It was a chamber music ensembles established in 2008 by Jascha Yasufumi Shimano. The ensemble has been actively performing western classical music and aims to foster young talents and assists professional musicians in their music career.

Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School
We also take this opportunity to have a look of the TSC Cooking school. It was the first specially designed and hands on cooking classes in Penang. It also equipped with air conditioned. Classes can accommodate 10 persons and each individual has their own purpose-built workstation.
TSG Cooking School guarantee hands on experience for all guests. Students will prepare their meals from scratch. They will need to cut all the ingredients by themselves at their own workstations. Students can also enjoy harvesting fresh spices and herbs from TSG garden.
The benefits of joining this cooking class will include welcome coffee/tea, Cooking School apron to take home, recipe card for the day and guided tour of the spice terraces.
There are three Resident Chefs in TSG Cooking School. They were Pearly Kee which specialised in Nonya & Indian Cuisine. She learned her cooking under the strict guidance of her mentor the renowned Dato Lim Bian Yam.
As for Lily Tan, she was specializes in Chinese Home Cooking and Penang hawker favourites. She taught cooking since 1995 from her home. And her biggest inspirations come from preparing good and healthy foods for her families.
Then we had Azizah Othman which specializes in Malay cuisines. She credits her mother in law for teaching her traditional cooking methods and the correct ways to peel vegetables and prepare meat for specific dishes.
Apart from Resident Chefs, they also have guest chefs from CHOC Artisan, ECCO cafe, Soul Kitchen, Permail Village Cafe, Lighthouse Coffee, Turkish Homecook and SiTigun.

Speeches from the Managing Director - Katharine J. Chua, YB Danny Law Heng Kiang, Penang state exco for tourist development and culture and Chef Wan, Food Ambassador of Malaysia.

(from Left to Right)

The Managing Director - Katharine J. Chua, YB Danny Law Heng Kiang, Penang state exco for tourist development and culture, Chef Wan, Food Ambassador of Malaysia and all the guest chef and resident chef having the official launching by cutting the red ribbons around the workstation. And each of them have to cut the herbs provided in their workstation for Chef Wan to make "Nasi Ulam".

After the mixing of all herbs in a cold rice. Chef Wan fed Katharine and Danny Law with his prepared Nasi Ulam. Chef Wan said before Danny fed him back, he better fed himself. ^-^

Then the signing plaque and also gift presented from Katharine to our YB Danny Law Heng Kiang and Chef Wan. (Sorry for the blur pictures as I am too short to squeeze in the crowd for picture taking. So I just zoom in. ^-^)

If you want to know more about Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School, please visit : www.tropicalspicegarden.com

Tropical Spice Garden Cooking School
Lone Grag Villa,
Lot 595 Mkm 2,
Teluk Bahang
11100 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel : 04 8811797 (Cik Azimah)
Fax : 04 8813794

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Stay tuned for the Tropical Spice Garden post!

"Happy Mother's Day 2011"

2011-05-08T19:04:00.005+08:00

This year Mother's day fall on today ~ 08.05.2011 (Sunday). The weather is extremely hot at my place. All I wish to do is stay at home with the air condition on. ^-^

This post is to dedicate to all the mothers, mother to be, mother in law, god mother, grand mother, great grand mother and......... We would like to wish all of you "Happy Mother's Day!" and enjoy yourself and get pampered. ^-^

My little gal was having exam this week and she asked me just now, "Mum, today is Mother's Day, so I suppose not to do any revision for my exam." Hahhahaa.... she is just using this excuse to skip her revision. How cheeky of her, right?

Following were the home cooked meal prepared by hubby during Christmas 2009:

Tropical Fruits Salad

We love mangoes very much. And since during Christmas there were lots of mangoes in the market, hubby decided to get some and prepared us some desserts using mangoes and also on fruits salad as well. Apart from mangoes, we also had the tomatoes (red and yellow) - which my gal loves it very much, oranges and lettuce from Jusco.

Special Spare Ribs

We do enjoy spare ribs very much. Especially when it's grill. My gal loves spare ribs that are tender. (Easy for her to chew! Lol) We gave some of this for my neighbors and the family loves it very much. And the credit goes to hubby. ^-^

Marinate Chicken with herbs

Apart from spare ribs, hubby also baked marinate chicken with herbs just in case my gal wants something else.

Mangoes Choco Ice-Cream desserts

When comes to desserts, my gal and I was always the two who enjoys it very much. ^-^

Once again, "Happy Mother's Day" and enjoy your day! ^-^

Best Regards from FoOd PaRaDiSe

Sweet-i (The Sweet Temptation Sweet House) @ Jalan Sg. Dua, Gelugor, Penang.

2011-05-03T19:19:00.000+08:00

The weather in Penang is hard to predict. It's raining heavily today and next day it's a hot day which make you sweat. This kind of weather make lots of people fall sick.
Whenever it's hot weather, I always feel like having some desserts. When I have time, I usually cook some Chinese desserts or herbal tea for my family.
However, for the past few months I have been really busy and I found a place that I could have different kinds of desserts whenever I feel to have some. I went to this place with my family and try out some of the desserts. And few weeks ago, I revisited with a bunch of friends again to try out the different varieties of desserts offer by Sweet-i.
I would say most of the desserts there are not too sweet compare to other desserts place that I have tested before. And each desserts in Sweet-i were full of ingredients. You can see it for yourself from the following:

Sweet-i

Sweet-i desserts all covered inside the pots

Sha Shen Red Dates Medlar White Fungus Winter Melon Soup (糖炒参冬瓜红枣枸杞雪耳) - RM4.50 (each packet), RM4.80 (each container)
I always cook winter melon soup but never try to cook it in desserts basis. And it is something different for me. This Sha Shen Red Dates Medlar White Fungus Winter Melon Soup main ingredients were the white fungus, red dates, winter melon and medlar.
The first thing in my mind is to taste the winter melon. It was shredded like glass noodles. And tastes soft. It was quite special for me. ^-^

Green Bean Sago Sweet Potato Soup (番薯西谷米绿豆沙) - RM2.70 (each packet), RM3.00 (each container)
I have tried this before in my previous visit with my family. I usually will order this while I am outside having desserts. The reasons being that my hubby and gal do not like mung beans. My hubby family mostly take red beans instead of mung beans. However, it's totally different story for my family. I always remember that my mum will always cooked us mung beans whenever we feel heaty inside our body.
The Green bean sago sweet potato soup have generous amount of sweet potatoes, mung beans and sago. I feel this a bit sweet for me compare from the other desserts. May be due to the sweetness from the sweet potatoes. ^-^

Pumpkin Sago Glutinous Rice in Coconut Milk (南瓜诺密椰香西米露) - RM3.00 (each packet), RM3.30 (each container)
When this appear on the table. Some of us hope that it would be mango sago. As few of us are mango fans. ^-^ However, this was pumpkin sago glutinous rice in coconut milk. It was quite nice. Providing that you love pumpkin. It does not taste too sweet.

Black Sesame Soup
Black Sesame fans out there. You can drop by to try this out. If you like very thick black sesame soup, you will definitely love this. Hubby had this in his last visit too. But he cannot finished it since it was too thick for him. He tries his best to finish it but he failed. As his stomach started to bloated. ^-^

Ginger Dates Coralline Algae (姜枣海燕窝)- RM3.50 (each packet), RM3.80 (each container)
When this being served, my confinement memory all flash back. It has the aroma of what I used to consume during my confinement period. My MIL will always cooked the black dates tea for me to drink. I don't really enjoy too strong ginger kind of person. If you love ginger very much, please do try this out. However, it is kinda heaty.

Lily Bulbs, Red Dates, Fungus, Coralline Algae (海燕窝百合红枣雪耳露) - RM4.50 (each packet), RM4.80 (each container)
This is another kind of desserts I would order as it's not easy to get all the ingredients together. Many works should be done in order to have all the ingredients together. Ingredients for this bowl of desserts include lily bulbs, red dates, white fungus and Coralline Algae.

Lotus Seeds Ginkgo Nut Red Bean Soup (莲子白果陈皮红豆沙) - RM3.30 (each packet), RM3.60 (each container)
Hubby always cooked us red bean soup whenever we request. I love the combination of this bowl of desserts as it includes not only red beans but also ginkgo nuts, and lotus seed. ^-^

夏枯草桑叶菊花茶 [清肝降火] RM2.00

枣仁菊花龙眼茶 [ 失眠熬夜者饮用] RM3.50
For those who cannot read Chinese. There are 2 different kinds of tea we tested in our review. The first one is the herbal tea with mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum. This tea is to help you to get rid of the heats from your body. When you feel heaty, you can buy some to drink.
The second one is for people that who can't sleep well and work very late at night to consume. It consists of dates, chrysanthemum and dried longan. Both of the teas are great to consume.
I bought one bottle each of this back to share with my family and they love it very much. ^-^

Black Glutinous Rice (Bubur Pulut Hitam) (黑糯米粥) - RM2.00 (each packet), RM2.30 (each container)
Any black glutinous rice fans out there? Well, my MIL will definitely love this. As it has rich aroma of black glutinous rice.

Groundnut Cream Soup （生磨香甜花生糊) - RM3.00 (each packet), RM3.30 (each container)
Groundnut cream soup is very rich and has a nice aroma of groundnut. It's improved from my last visit. As I believed that in my last visit, it has some burnt smell which lead to my gal reluctant to consume it further. But during this review, it tastes nice and creamy.

Kelp Red Bean Cream Soup (生磨海带红豆湖) - RM3.00 (each packet), RM3.30 (each container)
I like the red bean cream soup. This is something special. It is added with kelp. I never had kelp inside the red bean cream soup before. Usually will had it inside the soup. ^-^ Something new and special for me.

Ginkgo Nut Barley Fungus Fu-Zhu Soup (白果薏米雪耳腐竹) RM3.50 (each packet), RM3.80 (each container)
This is also one of the normal desserts you will usually consume in normal household. There are several ingredients in there such as ginkgo nuts, barley, white fungus, and fu zhu. I believed that's good for cooling effects of the body. ^-^

Tapioca Jelly BoboChaCha (香草薯粉条麽麽喳喳) - RM2.70 (each packet), RM3.00 (each container)
We were told that the green jelly was the popular item in the bobo cha cha here. Many people come here for this. And there are others color too. This is the hot version. And below were the ice version.

Tapioca Jelly BoboChaCha (香草薯粉条麽麽喳喳) ~ Ice Version

黑豆山药糙米粥（黑豆，山药，莲子，海带，香菇，南瓜）全天然，无味精！ RM4.50

There are different kinds of porridge offered by the shop. And every day they change to different porridge. And we were honour to try out the above porridge in our last review. And there are many ingredients in there such as black beans, kelp, mushroom, lotus root, pumpkin, lotus seeds and many more........ And most importantly, there are no MSG included. All were from the natural ingredients. I fall in love with it after I tested it. I cannot forget the tastes till today. I will certainly go back to try out different kind of porridge. ^-^
Sweet-i

Location: 727-F Jalan Sg. Dua, 11700, Gelugor, Penang.

GPS: N05.351361 E100.298500
It is just located opposite of Tesco Extra Sg. Dua. It shares the same row with the aquarium in the corner. If you know where the pasar malam was situated on every Saturday, you will know where this shop is located. ^-^

Tel: 012 - 4853627 (TA SOON and SY ONG)

YI XIANG BAK KUT TEH @ Macalister Road, Penang

2011-04-29T15:06:00.001+08:00

Actually, I have lots and tons of blog posts that always kept under my draft folder which I have no time do it. As I have been MIA for few months. ^-^

Well, hubby been wanted to try out this bak kut teh for a long long time and I did not have the chance to accompany him there as past few months was really hectic months for me. Too many works to be done. So during one outing, we decided to try it out.

Each time we passed the shop we can see that there were many people patronise this shop. When the shop starts operating I saw many coffee shops advertise about YI XIANG BAK KUT TEH.

Come lets me bring you to see, what we had for dinner........

The Big menu of YI XIANG BAK KUT TEH

Choices are listed inside the shops

More choices........

Hot Chinese Tea

We ordered Chinese tea to go with our bak kut teh.

Following are our bak kut teh order. And we are not aware that they are served in the small bowl each. We thought it was the same claypot bak kut teh that we always had. ^-^ And we ordered so many things that filled up the tables........

PAI GU (Spare Ribs)

This PAI GU was served up above a burner. Which will keep the foods hot. And the PAI GU is soft and tender. My gal was reluctant to have pork with tough textures due to her teeth going to fall off. And she enjoys it very much due to the textures.

Feng Chang

The textures of feng chang is tender as well.

Golden Mushroom

This is one of my gal favourites foods. I like the way the golden mushroom immersed with the soup. It brings out another kind of flavours.

Meat Ball

The meat ball was alright and most of the time, when we had bak kut teh, the meat ball will be the first one to finish. As my gal will be the one who search for meat ball. But she rather picky to some of the meat ball. Not all meat ball she will love. ^-^

Ka Geng

Saw this in the menu. And it was hardly get from a bak kut teh shops. So both hubby and I decided to order this for a try. Well, it tastes nice. It has the QQ textures and not too hard either. Just fine for us.

Da Gu

Wow.... when this arrived on our table. My gals exclaimed: "Wow.......look at the size of this, so big!". And we have to "shhh........" to her. As some patrons were looking at us. The pork is very tender and some with the fats part can melt in your mouth. But it's kinda rich after consume some of them. ^-^

Dou Ya
Dou Ya is in mandarin. Which means bean sprout. Hubby comments that the bean sprout is not immersed in the boiling water enough time. As some of them still raw. ^-^

Yu Cha Kuih

Tao Kee
Add on this thought that it will immersed in a big pot of soup. But lucky still can immersed in the small bowl. And tastes were nice.

White Rice

Overall, it was a new kind of experience of us. New way of bak kut teh feast.

If you like a very thick soup base type of bak kut teh, you might love this. And all the soup base was very thick. If you like to have watery soup base of bak kut teh, you might not enjoying this like my hubby. As he loves having soup. ^-^ The total damage to the bill was bit too expensive from the ordinary bak kut teh. ^-^

YENG KENG HOTEL @ Chulia Street, Penang (Food Review)

2011-04-26T08:49:00.005+08:00

Few weeks ago, I stepped into Yeng Keng Hotel for "Hainamese Food Feast" with a bunch of friends to catch up and also do some food review. And the following dishes are foods that we were having...........

Spring Roll
The spring rolls consist of crab meat, chicken meat, prawn, black mushroom, yam bean, carrot and onion. It was then stir fry with sauces such as oyster sauce, Lea & Perrines, A1, tomato and HP sauces. The ingredients uses are all in good quality and as well as the sauces.
The price for this spring roll is RM12.00 (per portion of 2 pcs) / RM24.00 for 4pcs. We had the 4pcs portion for our dinner.
It tastes crunchy at the outer part and juicy inside the spring roll.

Hainamese Mushroom Soup - RM10.00 (per portion for one person) / RM45.00 for big bowl serving of 10 persons
This is my first time having this hainamese mushroom soup. This soup contains of button mushroom, livers, gizzards, fermented black bean, chicken, glass noodles and spring onions. When I have the first sip pf the soup, I tasted the strong aroma of fermented black bean. If you like fermented black bean aroma, you will love this.
We had the big bowl serving for dinner.

Yeng Keng Chicken Chop - RM15.00 (per portion for one person) / RM30.00 for serving of 10 persons
I have tried numerous hainamese chicken chop before. This chicken chop in Yeng Keng consist of Chicken Chop with topping of tomato, carrot, cucumber, green pea, sweet corn, onion and button mushroom. It came with french fries and salads too.
I personally think that the outer part of the chicken chop is a bit salty. However, the chicken is very tender.

Grilled fish with butter sauce - RM18.00 (per portion for one person) / RM36.00 for serving of 10 persons
The grilled fish with butter that we had is dory fish which imported from Vietnam. Carpers was used on top of the fish. It also came with sauteed potatoes. Overall, it tastes nice but still find the outer layer of the grilled fish a bit salty for my tastes. ^-^ Oh..... I like the potatoes side dish.

Braised Lamb Shank - RM35.00 (per portion for one person) / RM70.00 for serving of 10 persons
The braised lamb shank in Yeng Keng Hotel came with spaghetti. They uses No.11 Le Fonte spaghetti. The spaghetti is cooked to perfection to my liking. Not too soft. And the braised lamb is very tender as well. It comes with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and roast potatoes. And it's stands out the braised lamb shank. ^-^

Chicken Pie - RM25.00 (per portion for 3 – 5 persons) / RM35.00 for serving of 10 persons (extra filling)
hmm..... this is the first time that I saw the chicken pie wet version. This chicken pie consists of chicken, button mushroom, egg, carrot, sweet corn, onion and black mushroom. It's in fact many ingredients in there as we are having the 10 persons serving.
***** Please note that you need to 24 hours PRE- ORDER this Chicken Pie *****

Ar Or (Braised Duck with Yam) - RM50.00 (half duck) / RM85.00 (whole duck)
Are you fans of braised duck with yams? You have to give this a try. The yam and the braised duck are very tender. It's easy to consume. For our dinner, we had half duck.
***** Please note that you need to PRE- ORDER this Braised Duck with Yam *****

Inchi Kabin - RM30 for whole chicken
I found that this is best to go with some beers...... chicken was tender in the interior. This is one of the popular dishes in Yeng Keng Hotel.

Curry Tumis Promfret (Tau Teh Fish) ~ RM100.00 – RM120.00 (Depending on market price)
Usually when we had curry tumis fish. We will have watery types of curry. For Yeng Keng Hotel, theirs are rather thicker than normal. This is the first time that I had curry tumis in thicker version. There are some debates that some likes dry and some likes wet. ^-^ However, I found that both have it's own flavours to stand out. The fish that we had was promfret for the night. You can choose the different kind of fish available. We were told that the best was stingray. ^-^
The fish for the night was very fresh and cook to it's perfection. Not too dry. Just perfect. If you asked me whether it's spicy? Well, for me, it's still in acceptable range. But for one of my friends, he was sweating rapidly after he consume it. ^-^
***** Please note that you need to PRE- ORDER this Curry Tumis *****

Bomb Alaska ~ RM20.00 per serving (Serves 4 person)
Wow..... to wrap up our dinner. We had desserts........ yippee..... desserts...... that's what most ladies love. ^-^
Have you ever heard of Bomb Alaska? Well, some of you might have and some youngest generation might not even knew it. For me, this is my first time ever heard of it. For those who knows and searching for the Penang Club Bomb Alaska...... don't wait now...... pop into Yeng Keng Hotel to try this out. As the chef was from Penang Club. ^-^
The bomb Alaska is mainly consist of butter cake with cocktail fruits, 4 scoops of ice cream and covered with egg souffle and flambeed with rum.
I found it interesting however, if the butter cake can be more moist, then it would be wonderful. ^-^
***** Please note that BOMB ALASKA is only available for dinner*****

Hotel Manager - Jacky and Chef - Mr. Tan
And it is our honour to have Chef - Mr. Tan and hotel manager - Jacky to be with us to served us during our dinner review.
For reservation, kindly please contact
Yeng Keng Hotel
362, Chulia Street,
World Heritage City of George Town,
10200 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: +604 2622 177
Fax: +604 2623 177
Website: www.yengkenghotel.com
Business Hours: Breakfast from 8.00am – 10.30am,
Lunch / dinner starts at 11:30am – 10:00pm at night.

YENG KENG HOTEL @ Chulia Street, Penang (Hotel Review)

2011-04-17T12:20:00.000+08:00

Penang has classified as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site since 7th July 2008. And since then we had a public holiday on 7th July every year. And you can see around Penang, there are more and more heritage houses and shop lots been refurbish. However, there are many efforts to put into refurbishment of heritage houses and shop lots. Some terms and conditions needs to obey.

Today, I would like to bring you to a tour of Yeng Keng Hotel. It is heritage boutique hotel. It is located at 362 Chulia Street, Penang. If you approaching to Chulia Street from Penang Road at night, you would not missed up this heritage building from your left. As the lights from Yeng Keng Hotel will make you stop and have a look of this place. That's what my first reaction when I passed by Yeng Keng Hotel few weeks ago.

Before we get started with the tour, let me share with you the history of Yeng Keng Hotel:

This Anglo Indian bungalow building was built around mid 1800's as a private residence to Shaik Eusoffe bin Shaik Latiff an Indian Muslim family. In 1897 trustees of the Cantonese Club 'Ying Han Pit Shu' bought the building on behalf of the association and in 1939 donate to the trustees of the Straits Chinese Building Association.

In the 20th century, it was a budget hotel. In March 2009, conservation and upgrading by the present owner, Hoo Kim Properties Sdn Bhd then renewed its name to Yeng Keng Hotel was completed in April 2010.

Yeng Keng Hotel consist of 20 rooms. Come let me bring you to the tour of the hotel from my blog :

Yeng Keng Hotel Entrance

Before you enter to the hotel itself. You will see some open air area for dinning and also some tables just in front of the entrance building.

This is the upper floor of Yeng Keng Hotel. There are some antique looks furniture's were placed in the lobby area of upper floor. And the photos on the bottom second is the view taken from above towards the ground floor.

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We were so honoured to viewed two type of rooms since most of the rooms been occupied by guests. Firstly, I will lead you to their Chulia Suites which is located in upper floor in Room 202. You can have viewed over looking at Chulia Street.

Chulia Suites

Chulia Suites consists of bedroom and a living room.

When I stepped upon the rooms, I saw the blue wall. I never thought that in my mind, a dark blue wall would be so nice and romantic with the lights on. And the owner also using vaulted ceilings and contemporary furniture's in the room.

Other Amenities includes:

- Flat Screen LCD TV (In bed room)

- Flat Screen LCD TV (In living room)

- 16 Astro Channels & 3 Radio Channels
- One King Size bed (in bed room)
- En-suite bathroom with Toiletries
- Air conditioner
- Coffee and tea making facility
- DVD Player

- Free wifi

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Next, is the Yeng Keng Suite........

Yeng Keng Suite is located at the end of the building. In the room 207. It is beautifully decorated with a mix of antique and contemporary furniture.

It is unfortunately that from the above photos that you cannot see well the Chinese characters carving above the living rooms. It is actually represents “Chess”, “Harp”, “Alcohol” and “Room” have revealed that this room was originally utilized as an entertainment room.

above photos show the living room of Yeng Keng Suite. The living room and the bed room was separated with a door.

The bedroom of Yeng Keng Suites
The amenities included are
- Flat Screen LCD TV (in room)
- Flat Screen LCD TV (in living room)
- DVD player
- 16 Astro Channels & 3 Radio Channels
- One King Size bed
- Air conditioner
- En-suite bathroom with toiletries
- Coffee and tea making facility
- Balcony
- Free wifi
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This is one of the seating area in upper floor where you can overlooking the Chulia Street. Which is also next to Chulia Suites. Here you can chit chat, catch up with friends or guests and also read some magazines provided.

Swimming Pool

And there are swimming pool in the hotel as well.

Other Facilities of the hotel:

- Laundry Service
- Yeng Keng Lounge (serving beverages only)
- Conference room for eight with projector and photo copier
- Restaurant
- Car Park
- 24 hours security surveillance.

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If you want to know more about the rates of the hotel, please click here.

There are other rooms available apart from the above mention such as Mansion Double Room, Courtyard Family Room, Courtyard Twin Room, and Garden Suite. More information of the room, you can click here.

Yeng Keng Hotel

362, Chulia Street,
World Heritage City of George Town,
10200 Penang, Malaysia
Tel : +604 262 2177
Fax :+ 604 262 3177
Email : reservations@yengkenghotel.com

Website: http://www.yengkenghotel.com.my/

Langkawi Nature Discovery Tour ~ Day Trip to Langkawi ex Penang Part II

2011-04-06T11:53:00.000+08:00

This is the continuing post of Langkawi. After our lunch, we proceed to Oriental Village for Langkawi Cable Car. It shower a little while we were on our way to Oriental Village. We were told that if it's rain or too windy, we were not allowed to travel up the hill by cable cars.

Upon arrival to Oriental Village, we have to hand in our identification to our tour guide to purchase tickets for the cable rides. So we have the opportunity to shop and look around the Oriental Village. After a while, we were told by our tour guide that it was too windy and we were not allowed to go up to the hills. Everyone was kinda down but it was the regulation and we should obey.

I myself went up the hill before few years ago and it was such a nice place to look at the beautiful view. If you in the top station, it is about 708M above sea level. You can stop in the middle station as well.

If you need more information about Langkawi Cable Car, you can have a look of this link.

There were many duckling and fishes inside the pond. And I remembered that my daugther was enjoying feeding the rabbit in the mini zoo. After strolling, we say goodbye to this place and proceed to our next destination ~ KILIM KARST GEOFOREST PARK.

KILIM KARST GEOFOREST PARK

We waited for a while to hop into a boat above. This boat trip will bring you to see the "NATURE" green environment. It was quite a lots of fun for you if you like nature environment a lot. I think it would be thrilled for my daughter if she hop on the boat this boat trip. ^-^

Along the way to the FISH FARM

Other boats to and fro from the Jetty

FISH FARM

We stopped at the fish farm to have a look of the fishes. And we were explained by the fish farm staff the nature of the fishes. There were also some fishes feeding. You can try it out if you dare. Photos above are some visitors feeding the STINGRAY. ^-^

Next, we went to the GUA KELAWAR for bat seeing. Inside the cave, you were prohibit to use flash. It's not good for the bats and hope that everyone will obey the rule. ^-^ So that's the best shot i can get inside the caves.

Next........ we went for eagle watching........

Eagles......

More eagles.......

And more.........

After eagles watching, we went to our last stop, that's UNDERWATER WORLD.

UNDERWATER WORLD

This would be fun for those who love animals. There are many sections in there. Such as Fresh Water and Marine Life, Tropical Rain forest Sub- Antarctic Section and .........

Some photos inside Underwater World
We were lucky that we have the chance to view the SEALS feeding & presentation performance. And it was fantastic. Please be aware of the shows time. There are many different times of feeding for other animals as well such as Shark, Freshwater Fishes, African Penguins, Rockhopper Penguins, Otters, Marine Fishes and etc. After that we were proceed to the jetty and waiting to depart to Penang.

Departing to Penang.......

View from the boat deck

Sunset view from boat cabin

This ends our tours. If you like to know more about the tours, please contact:
Langkawi Saga Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd
16 Jalan Tanjung Bungah, Georgetown, 11200 Penang, Malaysia
Tel: 604-899 8822
Fax: 604-890 6068
Email: sales@langkawicoral.com
Website: http://www.langkawicoral.com
GPS: 6.0654, 100.0433

Langkawi Nature Discovery Tour ~ Day Trip to Langkawi ex Penang Part I

2010-12-31T21:09:00.005+08:00

On the 19 December 2010, I had an adventure experienced with Langkawi Nature Discovery Tour. Which is a sponsored travel review by Langkawi Coral.

Let me brief you with the itinerary of the tour for a start.

Langkawi Nature Discovery Tour ex Penang

7:30 - 8:00am Check in @ Swettenham Pier, Penang
(It is located opposite to Fort Cornwallis, along Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah)

GPS: 5.419728, 100.344506

* Notes: If you stay in hotel, some arrangement can be done for hotel pick-up (please check with Langkawi Coral - the pick up time would be around 7.15am - 7.55am)

8.15am - Depart for Langkawi by Ferry

Above are photos of the Swettenham Pier, Penang where we depart for Langkawi. And the ferry shown above is one of the ferries that departs for Langkawi.

* Notes: If you worry about sea sick, it is advisable that you took the sea sick medicine 30 minutes before departure.

11.15am Arrive in Langkawi

Above pictures were taken when we arrived at Kuah Jetty, Langkawi.

We were brief by Mr. Jafri about the itinerary for the day. After the briefing, we were lead to the car park area board on van to start our adventure tours. ^o^

* Please note that this tour is on van sharing basis*

Our first stop is to Royal Langkawi Yacht Club for our lunch.

Above are the views that you could see along and from the restaurant - Charlie's Place Waterfront Restaurant. I like the place where you can sit down and enjoy your meals + the sea view.

Charlie's Place Waterfront Restaurant entrance and part of the settings of the restaurant.

11:30 - 12:30pm We have about an hour to enjoy our lunch.

There are five sets of lunch menu to choose from

As a start, every one had Soup - Roasted Cream of Tomato Soup.

Follow by the main menu, photos above on the bottom left is Set 1A - Beef burger with fries and coleslaw topped with cheese. As for the bottom right, it is Set 1B - Chicken burger with fries and coleslaw topped with cheese as well.

Set 2 - Fish and chips with tartar sauce and coleslaw

Set 3 - Club Sandwich with fries and coleslaw

Set4 - Spaghetti Napolitana

Set 5 - Nasi Goreng Kerabu topped with fried egg, 2 chicken satays , pickles and papadam

After the main course, you have some desserts:

Dessert : Vanilla and chocolate ice-cream

Follow by coffee/tea to warp up the meal.

If you fancy with some of the drinks, you can order and pay by yourself as it is not included in the set lunch such as:

Fruit Punch @ RM12, Orange Juice @ RM8, Apple Juice @RM8 and Tiger Beer @ RM7

After the meals, you will have the energy to cope up with the adventure nature tour. So stay tuned for part II for more details of the tour.

In the meantime, I would like to wish all my readers, families and friends - "Happy New Year and all the best in 2011!!"

Kedai Makan Fok Kee @ Corner of Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling and Lorong Pasar

2010-11-27T22:05:00.008+08:00

Wow.... can't believe that I had neglected my food blog for quite sometime. This year is really a hectic year for me. There are so many things to do one after another. Since today is a quiet afternoon, I decided to updated some posts. ^o^

During one outing, we found one place to have some nice and affordable chu char. It is located just a few steps away from The Goddess of Mercy Temple (Kwang Yin Temple).

Kedai Makan Fok Kee

This is the outlook of the shops and also the menu that hang inside the shop.

While we were seated one uncle approach us to write our order. We were browsing through the menu on the wall and also asked the person to recommend us some dishes. End up we order:

Beancurd Soup

At first in our mind, we thought that it is just an ordinary beancurd soup that we usually ordered with salted vegetables. But this turn out to be like the "Foo chow" styles of sea cucumber soup (omit sea cucumber) with black vinegar that we tasted in Sarawak.

It's been quite a long time that we did not tasted this kind of soup. I personally quite enjoy it very much. The black vinegar is in a separate bowl. As some people don't take black vinegar. I like to add it with the soup. Although inside the soup just the basic stuff like bean curd, mushrooms, pork mince and eggs. But it is one of the comfort foods for me. ^o^

Claypot dark soya sauce pork

The pork was very tender after cooking in the claypot for some time. Loves the way that the chef add in coriander leaves into the claypot dark soya sauce. As it make the whole dishes more flavours. But it also depends whether you love coriander leaves or not. As for my family we love it very much. Even my gal loves the smell of it. (which we find quite awkward as most children hate the smell)

Stir fry kai lan with fish cakes

Steam fish with the house sauce

This was suggested by the person who took our order. He told us that it is not very spicy but end up, my gal cannot take it. Most of these went into our tummy. The fish is very fresh. The sauces is quite nice. A fine combination of sourness and spiciness. Actually if you can take spicy foods, this is consider not very spicy. ^0^

White rice

If you want to enjoy some "chu char", this is another place that can consider. The price is quite reasonable.

9 Tiers Birthday Cakes for Grandma's Birthday from Cake Story

2010-09-24T17:04:00.008+08:00

As promised from my last blog post that I will blog about the birthday cakes. Following are some photos of the cakes. There are 9 layers of cakes. And there are 5 different kinds of flavours such as Chempedak, Mango Mix, Black Sesame with Hazelnuts, Moist Cake and Chocolate with Hazelnut.

95th birthday cakes for Grandma

Layer by layer settings of cakes

Cakes with 95th candles light up

This is the second times that we ordered 9th layer cakes for grandma birthday. The first time was 5 years back when grandma celebrated her 90th birthday. And every one loves the cakes. Therefore this time round, they want the same cake shop to do it.

Grandma 95th Birthday Celebration @ Jade Garden, Sungai Petani, Kedah ~ Part 1

2010-09-21T18:12:00.015+08:00

Few months back, it was hubby grandma's 95th birthday. Most of the family members were busy doing all the preparation for the grand celebration. Guess from overseas flocking in and the outstation guests came. It was very busy day. But it was an enjoyable night.

There are many activities went on for the night such as line dancing performance, belly dancing, singing performance, lucky draw and cake cutting ceremony. ok, back to the foods that we had for the night:

Birthday Noodles

Usually for the start we had the birthday bun for the start but this year, they start with the birthday noodles. This year the birthday noodles was prepared with soup and accompanied with vegetables, prawns, chicken and pork slice, chillies slice and deep fried shallots.

The soup base is nice and sweet. And the noodles has the springy textures, Everyone at my tables loves it very much.

Birthday Bun

We kinda love the birthday bun in this restaurant. It was soft and the lotus paste inside the birthday bun was not too sweet. My gal was the one that always wants more of this bun. ^0^

5 Different Hot Plates

This year we had something different. As previously we had the combination of hot and cold dishes. This year they ordered 5 different types of hot dishes which including steamed egg custard topped with crab meat, BBQ stuffed chicken wings, deep fried prawn, fish and meat paste cake and stuffed crab stick, salted egg and fish paste wrap with bean sheet.

Shark Fin Soups

Actually we want them to do the other kind of shark fin soups which accompanied with the bean sprouts but we were told that we had around 70 tables, they are afraid that they have no man power to do so for us. So we end up with this shark fin soups. Which is also very nice and tasty.

Suckling Pig and Deep Fried Chicken with Plum Sauce

The suckling pig is very crunchy and it is accompanied with the steam bun. My gal can't resist the steam bun and she ate most of the steam bun. As for the adults in our table enjoyed the crispiness of the suckling pig. The deep fried chicken with plum sauce is nice too.

Steam Promfret with Teochew Style

The promfret was supply by ourselves to the restaurant. It is very fresh. Our Aussie guest was asking us what kind of fish is this. They love the textures of the fish and love it very much.

Combination of broccoli, braised sea cucumber, fish maw and "Fah Gao"

Not many people knew how to consume the above dishes. Some only took broccoli. But all these are one of my favourite foods. ^0^ And love the way they cook it. Even our Aussie guests try everything. And they love the textures and tastes of the braised sea cucumbers.

Black Pepper Prawn

The prawn was also supply by us to the restaurant. But this time round the prawn that we ordered was a bit smaller than expected.

Pumpkin with Black Sesame Tang Yuen

This is the last dishes that we had before we wrap up for the day. This year, they ordered pumpkin with black sesame tang yuen. The pumpkin soup was very smooth and the sweetness was just right. However, I feel that the tang yuen skin is a bit too thick. If they could adjust the thickness of the tang yuen skin, then it would be perfect.

Venue took place in

Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant,

202-209 Taman Ria Jaya 08000, Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Tel: 04 - 4412395, 4413548 & 4412828

*Watch up for my Part 2 post of hubby grandma's birthday cake. *Wink* *Wink*

In the meantime, FoOd PaRaDiSe would like to wish all my readers, families and friends "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" tomorrow.

Goh Huat Seng (Chu Char) @ Lebuh Kimberley, Penang (revisit)

2010-09-18T15:44:00.003+08:00

On and off we will stop by to Goh Huat Seng for some comfort foods. I still remembered my first trip to this restaurant. It's about 8 years ago. My mother in law (MIL) brought me there with great grandma, hubby's aunt and uncle. We had lunch there. And my MIL ordered us so many different dishes. And their steamboat is also one of my hubby favourite foods. This lead me to think of going back for their charcoal steamboat soon. ^-^

During our visit, we had a quick dinner with my sister in law (SIL) as we were in the hurry to settle something after the meal. So we order some simple dishes such as

Seaweed Fish Ball Soup

My gal loves the soup and not sure how many bowl of soup she had on that day. She told me she loves the fish ball too as it is in springy form.

Braised Duck and pork intestines

The braised dick is very tender. I love the way they cut the braised duck. It is cut into thinly sliced. It is easy for kids and the elderly.

Deep Fried Fish

Although it is just a simple deep fried fish but it is such a comfort foods for all of us. And my gal enjoys easting the fish since it is less bone intact. ^-^

Stir fry bean curd with leeks, prawn and mushroom

This dish can be easily found in most of the Teochew Cuisine. Sometime my mother in law also cooks this for us. Loves the bean curd as it is crunchy in the outer layer and soft inside.

Liu Li Xiang Klang Bak Kut Teh @ Gottlieb Road, Penang

2010-09-16T16:29:00.008+08:00

During one rainy day, hubby and I were undecided what to have for dinner. And when we drove past Liu Li Xiang Klang Bak Kut Teh, we decided to drop in to try their foods. As we always passed through them but never have the chance to try it. And since it is rainy seasons, a pot of bak kut teh can warm us up.Liu Li Ciang Klang Bak Kut Teh should be no strangers to anyone as it has been operated for many years. It is located near Penang Chinese Girls' High School (PCGHS) @ Gottlieb Road, Penang.

Liu Li Xiang Klang Bak Kut Teh

Bak Kut Teh

Hubby ordered the bak kut teh and add more meat balls for my gal. She was very cold before she sip on the bak kut teh soup. After the first sip, she cannot resist for more as it could warm her up. She always loves the soup. Guess that soup base suits her taste buds.

Kerabu Bean curd

While ordering the bak kut teh, hubby was asked whether he would like to add on some additional dishes. Since we were pretty hungry, hubby decided to try the kerabu bean curd. We were told that this dish is one of the popular dishes. And we were not regret to order it. In fact we love it very much. The bean curd was deep fried and was coated with kerabu plus their special sauce.

Stir fry kailan with garlic

Usually we will order some greens for our meal and this time round, hubby order stir fry kailan as my gal enjoys eating the stem of kailan. ^0^Yam Rice

Hubby and I try their yam rice. And it is a bit too mushy for me.

White Rice

My gal always loves white rice. So order this for her. ^-^
Overall, it is a comfort foods for us during a rainy day. And foods are not bad.

Kozue Japanese Restaurant (revisit) @ Gurney Plaza, Penang

2010-09-12T13:11:00.003+08:00

This is a back dated post. Which is sitting in my draft for many months. As I been busy this year and have not much time to spare for food blogging. And since it is a school holiday right now, I told myself, I need to spare myself sometime to do some blogging. ^0^

Recently, one of my friend asked me to recommend her some Japanese foods. After much thinking, I suggested her to try out Kozue since she shop at Gurney quite often and also with 3 kids tag along, I think it would be nice that she could try out.

This is our second visit to this place, for the first visit, you can refer to here.

Aspara Bacon ~ RM5

After he first visit, hubby loves the food. So we decided to go back again to try out other foods. This time round, we get Ms. Ivy to recommend us some foods. And she recommend that we try aspara bacon which we love it very much. It's a wrap of asparagus with bacon in a skewer. If you take beef, then I suggest that you try out their beef skewer as well.

Grilled Fish ~ RM58

This dish was not in the menu. We only knew that they offer this dish while chatting away with Ivy. If you remembered that in my first visit post, in the menu which there are so many question marks on it? Which means that there are special meals available every day. Which you have to ask them. Their every day meal changes every day. And we were glad that we have the chance to try upon the grilled fish. It was nicely done and the fish has a rich aroma and textures.

There are additional sauces to go with you. But I prefer the ordinary aroma from the fish. Both hubby and I think that it is best to dig in with its original aroma. However the sauces are nice too. It is make of vinegar.

Traditional Japanese Braised Pork Intestines ~ RM15

This is another dish that we try on that day. We were told that this is the traditional Japanese foods. Well, it seems like the same as our Chinese braised pork intestines but the sauce uses is different. The pork intestines are very tender. Hubby loves it very much.

Yaki Udon ~ RM17

Hubby would like to try their udon. So he order yaki udon to try it out.

Unagi Don

My gal loves unagi very much. Therefore, she ordered the unagi don for herself.

Goma Ice-cream ~ RM7

Before we wrap up our meal, we decided to try out their ice-cream as recommend by my friends. And we are glad that we try out their ice-cream. As it has a very rick black sesame flavours on it.

KOZUE JAPANESE RESTAURANT

Location: 170-03-59a/60 Gurney Plaza, 10250, Penang.

Tel: 604 - 2269336