Lunch at OXO

Approximately a month ago, my department and I went out for our monthly birthday celebration lunch again :P I can't believe it took me this long to finally sit down and blog about it! oh well....better late than never! 

Read on for more food pics!

Caffe Strada Krystal Point

Strada Caffe just recently opened up i think around 3-4 months ago if i'm not mistaken. We drive past it almost everyday cos we stay very near and yet we never went to try until i read some food reviews from a blogger on the place. Since we go for a cuppa at Starbucks Coffee quite often...we thought why not try out the place..since it's so near. So try it out we did...

Pappa Rich E-Gate

When we were in KL few months ago, our dear friend brought us to supper cum early breakfast (it was at 1am...lol) at a place called Pappa Rich. The place gave us very good impression and our friend told us that the owner actually used to work for Old Town, hence the interior and food is a leeeeetle similar to Old Town but much better :D According to him, where there's an Old Town outlet, there will be a Pappa Rich outlet. 

We were oohing and aahing over the place and never knew that there's Pappa Rich here in Penang =_=" 

Haagen Dazs Fondue

Would you believe we had ice cream for dinner last night? :P Yes we did! This Haagen Dazs fondue was our dinner!
 

 

Sg Tiram Roti Bakar

When we first moved to Penang, we were always on the lookout for nice food to try and eat especially around the Bayan Lepas area.Among the very first few breakfast venues that was suggested to us was the Sg Tiram "famous" roti bakar

Clinic Cafe @ Gurney Plaza

One weekend while strolling around inside Gurney Plaza, i saw a red shop that says Clinic...eh? I thought to myself how come there's such a big clinic inside gurney and some more with so many people sitting inside. When i walked nearer i saw the word "cafe" after clinic. It's a Clinic Cafe! LOL

Toast Bar @ Brighton Square

When we were back in Kuching 2 weeks ago, after spending almost 2 hours in our electricity-less and water-less and fan-less house...we were thirsty and hot and went around looking for someplace new and nice to have tea and since we've heard several people posting pictures of the Toast Bar, we decided to drop by...

Yu Choo @ D'piazza

Went to D'Piazza for dinner recently and saw this newly opened shop : Yu Choo Box Meal Delivery Expert. Phew! That's a mouthful :P

Tek Sen Restaurant @ Lebuh Carnarvon

Last week. I went with my colleagues to Tek Sen Restaurant @ Carnarvon Street for a birthday celebration of sorts for me and another colleague of mine.

Trip Back to Kuching Part 2

Okie, let's continue with my post dedicated specially for Kuching food :) This here is the "famous" green spinach noodle from Chong Chon coffeeshop at 3rd Mile.

Trip Back to Kuching Part 1

Just made a 5 days trip back to Kuching during the national day holiday and the trip coincided with my birthday during the weekend ..muahaha...

Sarawak Laksa in Penang!

Yeah! you heard me right! I had sarawak laksa for breakfast today...in Penang! :D I bet most of you Kuchingites who stay in Penang would be dying to know where right? Lol. When i uploaded the photo to my facebook this morning, almost immediately few of my Kuchingite friends asked me where is the stall. I guess we Kuchingites really love our sarawak laksa.

The stall is at the Sim Food Court (Medan Selera Sim) which is within the Kampung Gedung Apartment.

Durian from Jalan Tengah

It is now the durian season again in Penang! :) Where else to buy superb durians other than from Balik Pulau right? But then this year, we are just too lazy to drive all the way to Balik Pulau to eat durians :P

Because now, we can buy balik pulau durian from Jalan Tengah itself!

The durians are supposedly from Poh Beng Estate of Balik Pulau. We have bought durians twice from the uncle and they seem ok both times. And the uncle will even "replace" your durian for you if there are any bad durians when he opens it. lol

durian lovers, feast your eyes...

oops it is almost August, i believe the durian season is ending soon! must go grab some durians!

JCo Donuts in Penang!

Since my blog is going into semi-retirement, i might as well post some donut pictures from J.Co.

Unlike the opening of Big Apple donuts in Kuching last year (was it?) there were no long queues in front of J.Co. In fact, when i excitedly told my colleagues J.CO IS COMING!!! and they were like huh?what is j.co? ohh the donuts ah? nice ka?

=_="

anyway, we went and got ourselves 1/2 dozen donuts in true kiasu kuchingite spirit :P (at rm12.50, cheaper than big apple rite??)

there is of course, my must have da vin cheese which is unlike big apple's cheese donut which is sweet in nature...this is savoury...yums

and the pinky-looking donut which i think is better than big apple's pink panther cos it is less sweet with more authentic strawberry taste

and dono what-sis-name donut with the peach colored center thingy...

gheez...i cant even blog properly anymore!

that's all...see you on facebook where i m now most of the time...kekeke

Roti boy!

I know this is nothing new la...but believe it or not...i just tried roti boy last week! 'x' and ive been there twice since then and am still thinking of the nice fragrant bun! :D

i can remember the first time i saw a roti boy cart in Orchard road Singapore 5 years ago. i couldnt understand what's the big fuss about a kosong bun! so never bothered to try la...

and boy am i hooked to roti boy! the crunch sweet taste of the outer crust and the soft fluffy buns with the mysterious filling (i think its butter)

its true..one is never enough!! :D
and surprise of all surprises..roti boy originated from Penang...lol

i wanto go back for more roti boys!!!

Durian @ Balik Pulau

Since it's the durian season now...we took the opportunity to drive up to balik pulau in search of durians!!! :)

the road to balik pulau is really quite hard to drive for our small cc car...going up and down...i can feel the engine groaning when going up the hill (altho i m not the one driving la 'x')

along the road there are quite a few "stalls" selling durian. you can eat your durians there just like any normal coffeeshop :P

there's the cap kaki durian...

and even got cap tangan..hahaha

we went for the cap kaki ;)


you can eat the durian in the natural habitat of durians...

you tell the owner wat kind of durian you want...sweet/bitter? red meat?

and they will choose one for you...i m amazed at their durian expertise :P

this sweet durian here cost us RM18

but it is well worth the money since the whole fruit is guaranteed good!

even got complimentary water for you to eat on top of their durian shaped table :P

and we bought back a red meat durian

nice....

looking at the pic makes me yearn for moreee!!!!

Another Filler Post

Facebook is slowly driving my blog to its non-existance!!!!!!!!

The thing is i was resizing photos to blog just now and i just got stuck uploading more n more of them to my facebook...

So here's a short post for you with a photo of my current sarawak laksa-replacement here in Penang...lol

It's actually curry mee here la...not laksa :P

Till then....catch u on facebook! ;)

Penang Food Part I

Two weeks in Penang, i must say drinks in coffee shop is definitely cheaper than Kuching. e.g. Teh c peng only rm1.20...cheap or not??

As for food, some are considered cheaper compared to kuching but some note really la

Loh mee


My first ever nasi kandar :P i love it!...but its fattening T_T must control!!!!



ini sai pau...look like sai betul tak???



but got glutinous rice n meat inside...forgot wats the chinese name already (pls enlighten me those who know)



for now, lets call it lor ma kai pau...lol....nice!

kueh tiaw tng...thats me trying to diet ordering soup base dishes :D



nice also, i like the bak yi (meat balls)

maggie mee goreng (rm3.50 only!)



nice also!..lol

ini unrelated....roadside burger for supper 'x'

oh ini juga unrelated...posting this up bcos i just broke my 3 months fast on kfc!!!!!

oh the tender juicy chicken 'x'
after breaking fast, i had kfc again the day after 'x'

foo kooi mee recommended by vampirem...lol

and duck egg ckt!!! yummyyy

been talking about trying duck egg ckt since the day chen blogged about it ages ago...LOL

hokkien char (rm3.50)

sekian sahaja untuk sekarang

Managed to squeeze in a trip to Singapore to visit my little nephew on my last weekend before moving to Penang :P

Stayed in the Changi Village Hotel

i just find it very amusing to see a glass window built into the wall separatign the bathroom and the bedroom...yeah...use ur imagination! :P

lucky for us there's a blind whch you can lower down to cover the window lah...but still...

and yeah thats me!!!

yes boys n girls, pls tilt your head to the right to look at this pic more clearly

lol! my new pc does not have any photo editign software installed yet so i just have to make do with picassa n i forgot to rotate the pics...hahahaa

it was also a food trip of sorts...and bro bear brought us to the Wee Nam Kee hainanese chicken rice shop. The chicken rice was good! hands down one of the best chicken rice ive ever had so far! slurpy soft meat!

and at nite there was the ah yim fried hokkien prawn noodle

big prawns n topped with crunchy deep fried pork skin! mouth watering just thinking of it now :D

wondering who i went to Singapore with?

here...say hi to my travel companion...

(elmo is not mine!)