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  • Penang: Sip & Chew Cafe

    Penang: Sip & Chew Cafe

    Front facade, super simple.

    Penang: Sip & Chew Cafe – Sip & Chew Cafe is a very very new restaurant/cafe located on Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, or English – Pitt Street. I went there on Christmas Day with Clarice. How I found out about this place is through Instagram where some random people I followed posted about it.

    Here’s me and Clarice.

    With much curiousity, I wandered around the street to find the place. It took me some times to find it and it’s actually located just next to the famous Kuan Yin Teng Temple. It was night time, and surprised to see the restaurant has only 4 tables inside and 2 outside. I assumed it’s a small scale cafe. Nevertheless, we went in and gave it a try despite the little customers.

    The staff was very friendly which worth a little mention. Sip & Chew serves western cuisine and their famous is the sandwiches, but we didn’t order cause I wanted something bigger portion to ease my hungriness.

    Potato salad as starter. Yums.
    Mushroom soup, which is pretty standard, taste like Pizza Hut’s. =D

    We ordered a set of Christmas Set dinner worth of RM24.90 and a Grilled Chicken With BBQ Sauce from the a la carte menu. From starter to main course were delightful, and there’s still room for improvement like the grilled fish with brown sauce was a little bit too salty. Other than that were pretty OK, and the very best part was the Flower Pot Desserts which Clarice and I like the most.

    Grilled Chicken with BBQ Sauce which I like.
    Grilled fish with brown sauce which is rather salty on my taste buds.
    HAPPY POTTED PLANT. Lo and behold, the mighty flower in a pot dessert! What is it? Flower it is, not edible, but the mud, the organics are edible!
    Cute! It’s Oreo grinned into powder that looks like sand and at the bottom, there’s ice cream, and a layer of cake. 

    The owner told us that the menu will be revised again, and I am looking forward for my next visit for the Flower Pot Desserts again, perhaps try some other food too, sandwich maybe?

    Heard that there’s a similar dessert at All Seasons Place, Farlim there, it’s cheese cake instead of ice cream, anyone know about it?

    72, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt St.),
    George Town, Penang.


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  • Penang: RM2.50 Hokkien Prawn Mee For Breakfast, Jalan Perak

    Penang: RM2.50 Hokkien Prawn Mee For Breakfast, Jalan Perak

    The Hokkien Prawn Mee stall.

    Penang: RM2.50 Hokkien Prawn Mee For Breakfast, Jalan Perak – Yes, you read it right, a bowl of Hokkien Prawn Mee in Penang is only RM2.50! (Selected place only, haha). Anyway, this was my breakfast few days back in Penang and it was at Jalan Perak, introduced to me by Yiphing.

    My favourite food in Penang.

    It’s not the best hokkien mee out there and one thing interesting about Penang food is that most of the local food, doesn’t matter famous or not, they are still OKOK-quite-good. For this kind of price, nothing much you can complain for a morning breakfast. By the way, there’s a very famous and better Hokkien Prawn Mee around that area too, but sold out quite early.

    Funny to see the technology MP (Member of Parliament) Jeff Ooi at the back of t-shirt in the kopitiam.

    Update: Latest news is that it has increase price to RM2.70, don’t know true or not.


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  • Chew Jetty, China House, Penang Bridge, Street Arts, Straits Quay

    Chew Jetty, China House, Penang Bridge, Street Arts, Straits Quay

    Being Tour Guide: Chew Jetty, China House, Penang Bridge, Street Arts, Straits Quay – Some times, when friends of other place come to Penang, I always wonder where to bring them. Eat! But then we can’t eat all the time, the stomach will get full and at that time, it’s time for a little walk and exploration, but where to?

    Penang is a small town, there’s actually many thing to explore, but some times I don’t know where to start. Last week, an Indonesian friend – Arvin came to Penang and here’s some places that I brought him to:

    • Chew Jetty
    • Straits Quay
    • Jelutong’s Nautilus Bay to check out Penang Bridge
    • Snake Temple
    • China House (Heritage-style restaurant)
    • Street Arts
    • Hard Rock Hotel & Batu Ferringhi
    Actually there’s still more to do like:
    • Penang Hill (I didn’t go because my friend is foreigner and has to pay more for the tram)
    • Cycling in Balik Pulau
    • Cycling in George Town
    • Jungle trekking to Pantai Kerachut
    • Kek Lok Si Temple
    • What else?
    Anyway, I think I did good as being a tour guide bringing him around some of the must-see/must-do places in Penang. =D

    CHEW JETTY

    Chew Jetty is a must-bring because it’s a living heritage of Penang.
    And it has a good view across Penang’s Straits too.

    CHINA HOUSE

    Since I parked my car quite near to China House, so it became one of the attraction as it has a very cool interior design and nice arts collection.
    Nice food too but we didn’t stop by for the food.
    Art decor in China House.

    STRAITS QUAY

    I brought my friend to Straits Quay to check out the modern side of Penang. It has a good view of Gurney Drive where all the tall condos are.
    Tree.

    STREET ARTS

    Evening, we went to the street arts by Ernest since it’s not hot. (Me, Alvin, Wanyi and Arvin the friend from Indonesia)
    Street arts have became a very famous attractions in Penang. Cool!
    KOMTAR.
    Some filming going on in the heart of George Town.

    NAUTILUS BAY, JELUTONG

    I believe most people won’t bring their guest here, but I do because here you can take a good view of Penang Bridge.
    Here is the Penang Bridge.

    UNDER THE PENANG BRIDGE

    On random place I brought my friend was this place under the Penang Bridge where you can get a close view on the Penang Bridge. =D
    I still wonder how people go to the columns there. By boat?
    Under the bridge.

    SNAKE TEMPLE

    Last stop, the snake temple.

    How about you? Where will you bring your friend to? Or any suggestion for other places/activities?

  • Penang: Transfer Road Delicious Roti Canai

    Penang: Transfer Road Delicious Roti Canai



    Penang: Transfer Road Delicious Roti Canai – Yeah, you heard it right, Transfer Road in George Town has a nice Roti Canai stall that operates in the morning. It’s not new, but it’s quite new to me because it’s my first time went there recently with an Indonesian friend – Arvin. I was a tour guide for Arvin for 3 days last week and I brought him around to eat and check out. =D


    Let’s talk back about this Roti Canai, what’s so special is actually the gravy, the curry. You know Roti Canai is just a piece of Indian flatbread that eat with curry sauce normally called dalcha. But at this Transfer Road Roti Canai, you can order a choice of chicken curry, beef curry and mutton curry. Then you can choose it to be separated which is the roti and curry separated or choose it BANJIR (flood) which is the curry flooded on the bread.



    We ordered one chicken curry and one beef curry. Total got bomb, of RM10 include drinks. Perhaps it’s expensive for the curry as there’s big piece of chicken and beef. The curry were pretty spicy, yet it’s spicy level were to suit to over liking. Overall, it’s a nice roti canai place and I prefer the beef curry more. =D One more thing, you can add an extra sunny egg on top of your roti canai too upon special request.

    Transfer Road Roti Canai
    Jalan Transfer,
    Penang


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  • Penang: Coffee Chocolate Mille Crepe & Cafe Latte @ Twelve Cups

    Penang: Coffee Chocolate Mille Crepe & Cafe Latte @ Twelve Cups

    Penang: Coffee Chocolate Mille Crepe & Cafe Latte @ Twelve Cups – Penang’s road came into a massive war zone around Gurney Drive area, Air Itam and some other tourists area of Penang! So many other state’s vehicles have flocked into this little island on the weekend causing congestion here and there. After lunch, to prevent myself stuck in the congestion on the way home, I brought mom to Twelve Cups for a little after meal desserts and a cup of coffee to chill a while before getting ourselves into the traffic jam.
    Coffee Chocolate. Not my favourite afterall, found that Hokkaido Milk was better. =D
    A good cup of Caffe Latte.

    Lovely time with mille crepe and coffee at the cafe, but then it’s not lovely when being in the jam. Argh, seriously, something need to be done to help reduce the traffic congestion on this little island, but how?

    12, The Whiteaways Arcade,
    Beach Street,
    10300 George Town, Penang.
    Telephone: +604-2626812
  • Penang: Yesterday Rainy Evening

    Penang: Yesterday Rainy Evening

    Penang: Yesterday Rainy Evening – It’s holiday for me, my ohm, my passion for photography, blogging and going here and there are back! During my college semester time, I’ve been always busying with assignment, that I do not hate too, because I love designing, but during my free time, I like to take up my camera and shoot around and post blog, just like the high school time of me, posting a lot of blog post, taking random photos.

    So yesterday, randomly took some shots from my house balcony. =D

    Penang Port and semi-hidden Bukit Mertajam.

    <3 I love building build near to each other to create a dense feeling. I am a city person. Haha.
    Eastern & Oriental Hotel.
    Lovely condo – Gurney Paragon.

    By the way, I don’t really feel Christmas in Penang, how about you?

  • END OF WORLD IN PENANG?!

    END OF WORLD IN PENANG?!

    END OF WORLD IN PENANG?! – Cheh! The people who were so afraid of the doomsday are stupid, it’s 22/12/2012, where’s the doomsday? Where?! Tell me lah. Anyway, there’s a nice sign of doomsday yesterday in Penang, a huge rain storm happened in the evening, with torrential downpour and roaring thunder, as well as strong gust of wind, but it only lasted for 1 hour. =D So, hello to no doomsday.

    No photoshop, taken from my balcony. Half rain, half no rain.
  • I AM HOME – PENANG

    I AM HOME – PENANG

    Attraction of Penang with Alvin, Wanyi and Arvin of Indonesia.
    I AM HOME – PENANG
    I AM HOME – PENANG
    I AM HOME – PENANG
    I AM HOME – PENANG
    Have been a tour guide for the past 3 days in Penang, it was fun and now I can sit down to have a little lovely time of on my own, breathing the fresh Penang air and hearing the voice of Penang, in my little warm home.
  • Penang, I Am Coming Home

    Penang, I Am Coming Home

    Lovely Gurney Drive view from Straits Quay. Beautiful, isn’t it?

    Penang, I Am Coming Home – The last time we (me & Penang) met was more than a month ago, I told myself I can leave home for a long time, yes I can, but my heart does think of home, some times, think of my parents more, I can’t imagine what would it be if I am studying somewhere not in Malaysia where I don’t get to go home so often.

    It’s not the aroma of food anymore that I am craving for Penang, it’s the feeling towards Penang; it’s not the fresher air there, but it’s the visual; it’s not the language, but it’s the people, family and friends.

    So yeah, even though I have made up my mind that I won’t be residing in Penang permanently for the next 5-10 years, it’s still my home, I miss it, and I will be going home, next week, for the time being at least, two weeks! =D

  • Soul Kitchen Trattoria, Muntri Street

    Soul Kitchen Trattoria, Muntri Street

    Located in a little shophouse.

    Soul Kitchen Trattoria, Muntri Street – Have been wanting to go to this little trattoria on Muntri Street for a long time and finally, I’ve got a chance! It was last weekend that I went there for lunch with my girlfriend. I have been hearing a lot of good comment about this little Italian restaurant too.

    Vintage style and simple interiors.

    It’s not restorante, it’s trattoria. To make it simple, in Italian, it means a very casual restaurant, more like a home-cooked style dining, with a few choices in the menu, very casual, very simple. =D

    Here’s my girl. =D

    There’s not much choices, it’s either, pasta, or pizza. There’s also special dish of the day, like Italian salad. During the weekdays, you can even get set lunch with soup, drinks and main course, but on the weekend, it’s all a la carte.


    I don’t really know much about Italian. Somehow, the owner of the trattoria gave us recommendations and we followed. It’s one thin crust Chorizo pizza with two sides of topping (peach slices and bacon) and one … ,,, ,,, I’ve forgotten about the name. Err, there’s a bit of bacon again, garlic, thyme which tasted good.

    Ok, this is me. How can she has a photo here and not me?

    =) Well, suddenly I felt that I was so new to Italian. And all the while, those in the menu of Pizza Hut seems so oriental. Guess I need to learn more about the authentic Italian cuisine. The pasta tasted tasteless for the first feel bite, but after some dig into the bottom, it tasted deliciou. Pizza wise, I like the side with peace slices and cheese, bacon side was a bit sourish on my tastebuds.

    Total damage of the day: RM54, with no service charge and government tax. Probably, I will come back again for some other food. The owner is friendly too.

    Soul Kitchen Cafe / Trattoria102, Lebuh Muntri,
    10200 George Town, Penang.
    Telephone: +604-2613118
    Business Hours:
    Wed, Thurs 11.30am – 2.30pm & 6.30pm – 9.00pm
    Fri, Sat, Sun 11.30am – 2.30pm & 6.30pm – 10.00pm
    Mon & Tues Closed.


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