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Flogger’s Makan-Makan Get-Together @ Hai Nan Town, Tanjung City Marina
By lingzie | August 5, 2008
The 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 could recognize me so fast! And in that moment, didn’t register in my brain that she was Buzzing Bee.(apologies yeah… I can be blur as a bat sometimes!)
The waiter had indicated that our table was inside the room… I thought we were early.. but the moment I entered the room, a vibrant shout of my name greeted me! It was CK Lam from What2See and seated next to her was Cariso.
And so the mood was set for the night. Everyone who came in later (PenangTuaPui, Criz Lai, Gill Gill and hubby) were just as friendly and warm. Excitement was clearly in the air, as we talked and talked and talked like we’ve known each other for years!
In fact we got so ‘distracted’ that we only managed to get around ordering the food at 8.30pm!
And for the night, the food was pretty much secondary to the company. Because the company… totally rocked!
But as a flogger…duty calls…so we excitedly snapped away at the food, the guys being gracious enough to let us ladies do the snapping first. 
As our room had full glass doors, all our photography antics were in full view of the other patrons outside. 1 table, 10 cameras. Mai siao siao! (Dun play play in Hokkien)
You must be thinking…hmmm 10 floggers and only 5 dishes?? Sure or not?
Well… fear not. We definitely brought our appetites. But we had to leave room for the other more exciting ’side dishes’….
These mini tarts were courtesy of Criz Lai. You can read more about them in his review here.
Then we had these lovely fruit tarts made by Bee… they were really delicious Bee! And on your very first attempt too! Kudos!
And since it was Cariso’s birthday… I had originally wanted to bake cupcakes. But was unable to do so due to time constraints. So, I did the next best thing, walk into one of my favourite bakeries in Penang and bought a green tea cake. Which incidentally turned out to be Cariso’s favourite cake from Ritz!
Before we knew it, it was almost 11pm. Time really flies when you’re with good company!
We had so much fun meeting kindred spirits that a second gathering is in the works… scheduled for the end of September, it’s gonna be a pot luck this time! Stay tuned for details really soon!
Oh and as for Hai Nan Town Restaurant? It’s now got a nice outdoor bar area. And we spotted some people Salsa dancing too. I’d come here more for the ambience than the food.
To CK Lam, Bee, Cariso, PenangTuaPui (all 3 of you), Criz Lai and Gill Gill & hubby, thank you for being so warm and friendly and for really fun evening. Pot luck here I come!
Topics: Chinese food, Gatherings |
August 5th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
finally get you posted… haha…
at least you are not the last one to post…. I think so la… gill gill yet to post…
hahaha..
happy to meet up you all and we really enjoy the gathering. Thanks for puting this together…
August 5th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
A great get together…thanks for organizing and waiting up with me.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:03 am
walio! wait for me this end september we will be there to makan2 together!
August 6th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Wooo, I wish that I can join you guys for the coming gathering…
August 6th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
penangtuapui - thanks for being so patient with me hoh… lol i am too slow d compared to you guys..
ck lam - no worries! can chat some more while waiting with you mah..
BB0 - yeah!! hope you guys can make it for the next one!
ah shui - oh you’re most welcomed to join us for the next one yeah!
August 6th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Thank you so much for your kind compliments…but I’ve gotta improve more or else will be too ‘paiseh’ to bring any food for you all to try next time.
It’s great to meet up with everyone and have a good chat. Thanks!!
*now brain starts thinking what to make for potluck*
August 6th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
You all really rock in the gathering. Everyone were so friendly and humorous. Who will suspect that we only met each other that night?
Anyway, thanks for arranging the gathering Lingzie. Looking forward to the next gathering this September.
http://crizfood.blogspot.com/
August 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Let’s make it more happening for upcoming gathering. Potluck rocks! A truly “Secret Recipe” which money cannot buy.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Yeo, i guess we will be the last blogger to post the gathering, i was right!…haha, if Huat Kuay never pushing me…guess we still never post any updates!
Thanks Lingzie for organised the first and ever wonderful penang food flogger’s gathering. look forward to catch up with all of you, and ofcoz with new face as well
August 7th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Sounds fun! Maybe I can meet with you all when I go home the next time. November.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Waited for so long, and finally you’ve posted.
Hope I can join you guys for the Sept gathering. But I saw that the gathering will be in 20th Sept rite? So bad that I have a friend’s wedding dinner to attend. *sob* *sob*
August 7th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
bee - no worries!! we are willing to be your ‘guinea pigs’ and try out your cooking! lol
criz - it was great to meet you too! next time we meet, i must ask you more abt your cats… hehe i love cats!
email2me - yeah! pot luck’s are really fun. get to try everyone’s ’signature dish’!
gill gill - haha… better late than never right?
rasa malaysia - oh we will be sooo thrilled to meet you! it’s a date!
allie - sorry yeah..make you wait so long…but no worries i’ve got my blogging ‘mojo’ back after meeting with the rest of the floggers
i think the next gathering we’re changing the date to sept27. so you can come!! yay!! will post it up once confirmed 
August 7th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Glad to see this gathering so successful! You guys are rock!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Oooh, a pot luck’s next? They’re always exciting cos you never know what you’re gonna get…
August 9th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Hurray! Finally found the 68 Kelawei, but they had change their name to Eclectic…
to know more please visit gourmet-garden.blogspot.com
August 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Wah!! So good to see you guys are enjoying yourself! Hidup Penang floggers!
September 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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