A Penang food guide based on my personal views and tastes, archiving the great finds and the personal favourites, so that hopefully it will provide some answers to the question "where to eat?" Comes with dashes of recipes and rants & raves about life in general...
Archive for August, 2008
The Hokkien Mee Chronicles - Part 1 (Super Hokkien Mee)
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008I read that Babe in the City is organizing a Mee and My Malaysia ‘open house’ this year in conjunction with Merdeka Day for food bloggers… but since I don’t really cook (prefer to bake) and I happen to be consuming a lot of Hokkien Mee lately, I thought I’d do the next best thing.
So [...]
Thai Culture & Cuisine Fair @ New World Park
Sunday, August 24th, 2008I’ve been seeing the banners around town about the Thai Culture & Cuisine Fair at New World Park. When I drove past and saw that it wasn’t too crowded, I decided to go check out what they had to offer.
Right away I spotted something that caught my eye…
I’ve been wanting to try this for quite [...]
Toh Soon’s Roti Bakar & Kampung Malabar Curry Mee
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008Long ago I heard whispers of this fabulous roti bakar in Campbell Street… but being creatures of habit, I soon forgot about it as I went about old habits, eating at the same ol’ familiar places. Until I was reminded again by PenangTuaPui’s excellent post about Toh Soon’s Roti Bakar.
This time, I told myself, no [...]
BigBoysOven’s Macaron Baking Class Comes to Penang!!
Sunday, August 17th, 2008Do I have exciting news indeed! For all you BigBoysOven’s fans not in KL… this is your big chance to learn the art of making these delectable French dessert - macarons!
Pastry Chef Sunny Yaw of BigBoysOven will be having their inaugural macaron baking class in Penang! Not one but TWO classes!
Details below:
Date: 13 September 2008
Times: [...]
The Eclectic Lounge & Restaurant @ Batu Ferringhi
Sunday, August 17th, 2008It could only be described as sheer excitement when I read Gill Gill’s post last weekend about The Eclectic. For I did mourn the closing down of the beloved 68 Kelawei early this year and have been looking out for it ever since at Hydromajestic Hotel (for there were rumours that it would reopen at [...]
Annabelle’s Place @ Lembah Permai, Tanjung Bungah
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008In the heart of the new Casa Permai 2 housing area is a row of shophouses built by Boon Siew Group.
And it is here that a number of eateries have opened its doors, one of them being Annabelle’s Place.
Annabelle’s Place is very prettily decorated, with quaint white chairs and pretty fairy lights. We went on [...]
Flogger’s Makan-Makan Get-Together @ Hai Nan Town, Tanjung City Marina
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008The place - Hai Nan Town restaurant
The occasion - to finally put faces to our online personalities
The result - Lots and lots of fun, food, laughter and photography!
I walked in at 7pm. Only to be intercepted by Buzzing Bee, who immediately stuck out her hand to say hi! I was a bit surprised that she [...]