We came, we eat, we do random stuff!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Nasi Lemaks!

Today during my dinner break with my friends, we went to Taj ( Chinatown or Malaytown) near East Coast Mall to have our dinner ( we go there almost everyday). All of us ate nasi lemak as it was quite ok and reasonable. Some of us ordered nasi lemak tambah nasi.

This is what we get! NASI LEMAK DOUBLE!!!

If you get a nasi lemak biasa, it will cost you RM 1.60. But if u tambah nasi, it's only RM 2.00!! How worth it is that!!

Go get your nasi lemak DOUBLE today!!

Recipe Of The Day - Spaghetti Carbonara

Hey peeps!
Sorry for the long update. Working to earn money to travel around to get nice food!
I tried a recipe given by my friend which is SPAGHETTI CARBONARA! If you have the time, you should really try it! Its easy, interesting and of cause, deeeeeelicious! GO, give it a try!

Watch this video for the recipe

Fried dory fish. Cooking skills very char...all hancur dy...

Crispy fried bacon! Who doesn't like bacon??!!

Thick, good smelling carbonara sauce..

The spaghetti. Bought the wrong type. Too fine until like mee hoon.

Cooking for a family of four!

The end product! Making me hungry.....

To add some more flavor to the carbonara, use shallots and add some lime. Use onions too. If I can do it, you could do it better!

This is the one my friend made!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

A Night Like No Other

Straits Quay is a new place to visit in Penang! It is a huge project by a company called E & O and comprises with residential areas as well as a new SHOPPING MALL! It's architecture is just so amazing that it makes you feel that you're not in Penang at all. It's building is some sort of like a British colony and stands so majestically especially during the night. It is build on reclaimed land ( some say it's where the tsunami hit) so the mall is at the sea front. If you have the money, this is definitely the place u wanna shop because it's retail stores are selling high class brands. There is also a German bar on one end and an Irish bar on the other end. Make sure you visit during the festive season because the decorations is as amazing as the place itself!

Introducing....................STRAITS QUAY!!

Well lighted up walkway

Stunning architecture

Let it shine!!

Imagine how tall is that Christmas tree!!

Everyone having a photo taken with the large yummy candies!!

Gigantic waffles, lollipops, donuts, etc...

If you have the $$$, rent an Audi!

Or a Bentley would be great too!

Or maybe a Porsche!

The building stands so majestically!

A lighthouse under construction to light up your way!

Another side of the building

Walkway by the sea...

A sight from the top!

If you were to go during Chinese New Year, expect to see the place all RED!!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

A NEW Lane with OLD, CLASSIC Food!

When it's day time, it just looks like any normal street. But when it turns to night time, it will be filled with lights shining brightly from hawker stalls from both sides of the street. Well, thats New Lane( name of the street)! It's one of the most popular places to eat in Penang I suppose. The place is always packed with food lovers! One of the best dishes there would be the 'Oh Chien' (Fried Oyster). I think you would be able to find almost every Penang hawker delicacy in just a lane. Like the old saying, ' A norm by day, a food heaven by night'

Presenting.......The New Lane!

The best way to eat oysters is by tasting the 'Oh Chien' of New Lane
Fresh oysters served with eggs.
And now, you can choose to have your 'Oh Chien' wet or dry..

Homemade 'Lor Bak'
In the plate : Lor Bak, fish fillet, century egg, tofu.
Eaten best with it's special sauce.

'Chee Cheong Chook'
Just look at those intestines...
I still do not dare to eat them till now!

'Char Kuey Tiaw' with a little help from the mini fan placed beside the wok
'Cooled' to perfection!

Some stalls at the lane...

Popiah sifu!

Down memory lane.....no! It should be down food heaven lane....

(From top left, clockwise)
The way to making the apom manis.
The base comes with two flavours, the original and the pandan
Next, the ingredients, four to choose from : banana ( best buy), sweet corn, mango and coconut.
Eventhough it's SMALL, but it has BIG taste!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Pulau Tikus a.k.a Rat's Island

Pulau Tikus is actually not an island by it's own. It's just a name of the place in Penang island. Pulau Tikus is famous for it's market as well as ( you guessed it right!) FOOD! A popular Hokkien Mee ( Prawn Mee) stall is here and it is so popular that it closes stall as early as 9.00 am! Now, thats really really popular. Other than that, there are various kinds of food and well as kuih-muih. So, make sure that you wake up early so that you won't miss any of the good food and don't worry because there aren't any RATS!

Apom

The interior of the apom.
There isn't anything in there, but it taste nice!

Penang Char Kuey Tiaw
Served with big prawns and duck egg( which they say it will taste better with it)

Char Mee Suah
Taste good too but even better when eaten with sambal belacan!

Roast pork!
The skin is as crispy as it look.
The fatty part melts in your mouth.
Mmmmm.....

Duck Leg Mee Suah
BIG and TENDER duck meat with herbal soup.

This is the makan place in Pulau Tikus.

Banana fritters and fried potatoes.
The banana fritters might be rather expensive but it taste as nice as a McDonald's apple pie!

Putu Mayong.

The pro making the putu mayong.

Mum trying to be his apprentice but as you can see, its slightly smaller than the usual 1..

Uncle frying the Char Koay Kak

The Muar Chee uncle!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A Day In The Market.....

Woke up as early as 8am to go to the market. The market here (named Chowrasta Market) is situated at the heart of Georgetown, Penang. The market here is really different from the ones we have in Kuantan. The size is much bigger, more people, more variety of things and especially, MORE DELICIOUS FOOD!! So if you have the time, do visit the market! Cheers!