China House @ Georgetown, Penang

It has almost 2 years since i step into Penang again. This time is for my friend's wedding which falls on 11th November. I booked my flight many months ago once i received notification from the buddy. I reached Penang one day earlier before the wedding. Boon Yi recommended me a nice place called China House which is located between Beach Street & Victoria Street. The amazing heritage old shop houses terrace place transformed into a cafe cum dine-in place & art gallery for customers.

I am amazed with the structures and the decorations of the place. It truly a colonial place which makes us feel so vintage and comfortable for leisure time. However, one thing to take note that the parking space is limited and you might have difficulties to find place to park your car. It's worth though to give it a try here and enjoyed the atmosphere and the ambiance of such a cosy place. 

Each area of the place has different theme and the dinning areas option are available indoor and outdoor too. Too bad as i am using iPhone to take photos so spare me from my poor quality photos of the place.

We went there on 11th November which is happened to be Boon Yi's birthday. So we have a mini celebration. Just two of us only with a nice meal and companion. Each table is set up with white 'mahjong' papers. I even saw some of the customers drew on the papers so i requested for colour pencils from the staff. Guess what, i got the brand new crayon set. I was kinda happy to reminisce my favourite drawing session with colourful crayons. I drew a birthday cake on the papers.

Let the photos below do the talking:-

Chinese Pear Salad - RM30 per serving. 

It's one of the popular salad which served with shaved parmesan, cranberries, coriander, cashews, red onions and crispy greens. I can taste the sweetness and sour taste from the combination. It makes my appetizing more appealing. I love the colours of the salad too. 

Boon Yi's Beef Curry Spaghetti - RM28 per serving.

The presentation looks tempting to us. The beefball taste good. The meat is not tough and still manageable. I love the curry sauce made to accompany the spaghetti.

The recommendation drink- Gula Melaka Pistachio Shake -RM16

I don't really like it though because it is way too sweet for me. The taste is strong too. I can't take it and didn't finish them in the end :(

Boon Yi with the cake

Dessert always served after main course. We headed to the desserts area to pick the cakes we want. They served varieties of cakes and it looks good and taste good too in my point of view. We choose Banana Trutle Torte - RM15 per slice. It was 'huge' slice for us. The taste is fascinating. The sweetness of banana with the chocolate makes the overall taste bud feels satisfying. 

After the lunch, we headed upstairs level 2 to see the art gallery. It was understand that there is different theme of art exhibition going on monthly. This time round we saw the circus art exhibition. I took some of the photos from the gallery and here I am sharing for your viewing pleasure.

 

*All photos taken using iPhone 4s* 

Location address:-

China House

153- 155 Lebuh Pantai

Georgetown

10350 Penang, Malaysia

Tel: +604 2637299

Website: www.straitscollection.com.my/

Restoran Ang Hoay Lor Restaurant

Recommended by Ah Luar for first stop lunch. It's a Hokkien restaurant which famous with their hokkien specialty dishes.It is one of the authentic restaurant in Penang. It's an old restaurant with home style feeling and authentic feel when you step in. 

First we have Fried Tang Hoon topped with prawns and oysters. The noodles are fried with wok hei feel and tasted smooth as its' look. The beautiful strands of the noodles makes the foods look appetizing. 

Next we have Bak Kee Soup. As you can see from the picture, the pieces of meat that are coated with corstarch and deep fried before cooked in a starcy soup with cabbage. The soup was very strong flavored and it taste delicious. A small bowl of it will be just nice for me. Too much of it will turned out to be otherwise.The meat is tender and crunchy on the outer layer.

Not forgetting the famous fried oyster which taste different from the ones i tried in Singapore or JB. This is more sticky type and the oysters are fresh as well. Kudos when you have it with their chilli sauce.

Lastly, Fried Oyster mee which has the yellow noodles with pork, prawns, vegetables and oyster. The gravy was indeed blend well with the combination and enjoyed the yellow noodles with the gravy.

Total lunch is around RM68 for 4 pax include a pot of tea. If you wish to try them out, be prepared to wait for more than 20 minutes for the foods to be served. We were like hungry ghosts when the foods are served. The waiting time is always painful as we need to wait for 2 tables' dishes are served. We are served by elderly so you can guess the speed is a bit slower than youngsters. It's family business i guess because they all worked like family. 

Location address:-

Ang Hoay Lor Restaurant

260 Jalan Gurdwara

10300 Penang

(Brick Kiln Road)

Tel: 2624841

Jojo Little Kitchen Pan Mee

It has been 2years since i last tried KL famous chilli pan mee. The first time I tried the noodles was on my first job in KL 2 years back which is located at Restaurant Kin Kin @ off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. It is actually nearby to my office back then. Since then the chilli pan mee business is booming. 

Rui brought me to Jojo Little Kitchen instead.He said it is famous with it too. So we headed over for dinner before we headed back to Singapore. We went to the subang jaya branch and i saw few other shops that are selling chilli pan mee too but their business is not as good as Jojo Little Kitchen.

Chilli pan mee isn't just the normal noodles as you see. The secret is the dry fried chilli flakes but go easy with amount you going to take. It is super duper spicy!But you will be amazed with the taste when you mix it with the noodles, egg yolks and silver anchories. Never estimate the power of dry chili flakes.

Lat Jiu Pan Mee (Dry) @ RM6.50 per serving

Vegetable soup @ RM3 per serving.

Simple vegetables soup to clear the spicy throat.

Elaine ordered Knife cut noodles (Dried prawns soup) @ RM6.80 per serving

Clear soup base with the firm knife cut noodles brings out the aroma of the hot pipping noodles. It taste extremely warm when you have it during rainny days. 

Porkball soup @ RM5 for 6pcs of porkball.

 No much comment of it. The soup base are taste alike with vegetable soups.

The serving time was fast within 15 minutes i would say so. 

Fret not to go with empty stomach but just don't finish up the bottle of chilli flakes that may you go red!

Location address:-

Jojo Little Kitchen

30 Jalan SS15/4D

Subang Jaya

Selangor

Brunch with Antipodean @ Bangsar

We headed for brunch the next day noon to be exact. I finally get the chance to patronize Antipodean located at Bangsar Baru. I seen many good reviews through the website and looking forward to explore the culture cafe. The cafe has the similar concept like Wild Honey in Singapore. So, you can imagine the concept behind.

Antipodean - pronounced "an.tip.o.de.an" (adj) means:-

(1) coming from or relating to Australia or New Zealand

(2) Ancient Greek: anti "opposed" pous "foot" opposite points on the globe.

The cafe was already occupied by crowds and we are in the waiting list. We waited for approximately 15 minutes to get a seat. The queue is like never ending so you can imagine the business is booming.

Photos taken using Canon camera:-

 

Rare scene phone of Elaine & Me

The lists of foods & drinks menu are all scribbled with chalk across the board of the cafe wall. We have difficulties looking at the menu as the place is already crowded with people and we need to stand and turn our heads around up and down, here and there to see the available choices. It would be best to have the hard copy of the menu on hand so that we can flip it and choose carefully.

Mango Lassi @ RM10 which truly mango with thick fruit taste of drink

Iced Cappucino @ RM10

Iced Mocha @ RM19

Big Breakfast @ RM19 per serving. The combination of toast bacon with scrambled eggs and sauteed mushroom. The portion was just nice but it's overdose of scrambled eggs for me as i can't finish it all. Taste is as good as it looks.The scarmbled eggs are moist and buttery taste and i love to eat them with the grain bread.

Scrambled eggs salmon with toast @ RM19 per serving. The combination of the salmon with scrambled eggs to go with the fresh salads and grain bread does give a choice for salmon lover. It's the choice of Elaine as she loves salmon.

It's absolutely a decent choice to hop by if you are staying in KL. Such a rare opportunity to have lovely brunch with affordable price for whole day breakfast in KL. It is lovely to have gathering and bonding session with loved ones and friends but try not to have them over the weekend as it is surely packed with people and you just have to speak slightly louder to each other.

Asides to this, no reservations are allowed and only accept walk-in customers. The customers' turnover is quite fast so it's reasonable that no reservations are allowed. So be prepare to wait a while before getting seated for your lovely brunch

Location address:-

Antipodean Cafe

20, Jalan Telawi 2

Bangsar

Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-22820411

Open 8am-10pm on all days