♥ Foods I eat at Gurney Drive Penang

Helloo from Penang again and it's my day 5 in Penang :) Holiday mode still ON hehe. 

Penang island, also known as "Pearl of Orient", offers the best of Malaysian street foods or better known as hawker foods. This is why we referred it as food capital of Malaysia or foods heaven, undoubtedly. And I guess everyone knows what are the top picks in Penang and where to eat. But it's been one big headache, I dunno where to eat in Penang at night time and I only thought of the famous hawker center in Gurney Drive. 

This hawker center in Gurney Drive has a collection of stalls selling all the specialties of Penang but I would say the foods here are not the best that Penangites will purposely go for. Besides, there are also a lots of stylish and elegant cafe, bars and restaurants along the seaside.

First thing I ordered here is the satay, not so nice. U might feel curious why am I ordered satay in the first place before other scrumptious foods. It's just one of my favorite food and they served it fast, just an appetizer while I need to wait for a long queue for the famous char kuey teow here :D

While waiting for the char kuey teow, I bought myself popiah. This is my first time to try on this special popiah which serves together with soup. I don't really like it because the soup makes the thin and almost translucent skin becomes soft and tasteless. The stuffing becomes soft too and ain't taste good. 

We get this fried kuey teow finally after queued and waited for half an hour. Nice one but still I preferred the one in Lorong Selamat - sisters char kuey teow. I will blog about this later.

Laksa is another must-eat-food in Penang. This is the best laksa that I had in Penang. I like its sour and tangy taste, thick with fish meat with a spoon of fish paste and generously garnished with sliced vegetables including onions, cucumbers, red chillis, mints etc. Heavenly taste! *thumbs up*

This fried oyster omelette (Oh Chien) also excellent. I love its fluffy eggy omellete and the fresh juicy oysters. For Oh Chien, I always prefer the one with gooey stick base instead of crispy base.

Another special food in Penang, the chee cheong fun. It's so different from the one I had in KL, it doesn't served together with other ingredients like fish ball, fish cake, fu zhuk etc. Unlike the Hong Kong style also, it is devoid of any meat. It only served with three basic sauces - sweet sauce, shrimp paste and chilli sauce along with a dash of oil and sprinkled with sesame seeds.This is the way Penangites enjoy the chee cheong fun. For me, I enjoy it only with the sweet sauce. Not bad but I can't eat much, too sweet for me.

I ordered century egg as well. I like this together with sliced ginger. 

Last but not least, we ordered a fruit platter :) Be healthy but too bad we can't finish it, stomach too filled with foods.

We bought this roasted dry squid too. Nice one :) 

After that, we take a walk along Gurney Drive to enjoy the sea breeze. So satisfied and so relaxing.

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♥ Greetings from Penang

A big hello and warm hug from Penang to all of you! :)


Guess everyone appreciates this splendid opportunity to have either a few days or a week of holiday. Ohhh well I'm now in Penang, a beautiful paradise, having a journey that never ends and excitements that never stop since Saturday :) What about u? Enjoying ur precious time with ur loved one? Having vacation? Or still stuck in the bustle of city life with load of works and tense? Come on, let's give urself a break and a chance to unwind, even a little one. Heheee. 


Till then, stay tuned. Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslim friends, Happy National Day and happy holiday to all of you. Take good care everyone and before I end this post, let me share with u two pictures that I snapped in Penang. 

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♥ Pig Pig 猪 from Hong Kong

Have u watch the TVB series "My sister of eternal flower"? I myself haven't watch yet and I didn't know there's cute pig pig 猪  toys in the series until my Facebook is overwhelming with the pig pig 猪 posts on the wall. They attracts my attention and I randomly clicked on a photo album. Ohh gosh, they are so adorable. A family of pig which consists of pig pig daddy, pig pig mummy, two pig pig sisters and pig pig brother. I'm interested to purchase a one whole set of it and I start searching for it. Kinda worry of the quality of the toys because they are all hand-made and u can't judge from the picture.

Luck is with me this time :D What a coincident that my friend happened to go Hong Kong to attend a course for 3 weeks. Hence I drop him a mission which is helping me to search for the pigs in Hong Kong. And yea yeap yupez ! He managed to find one dealer and bought me a one whole set which he claims that they are the best in Hong Kong. *So Happy*

Tadaaa, I'm going to share with u the pictures :) So cute isn't it? I couldn't find any in Malaysia that time, but now I see it almost everywhere here in Malaysia in shopping mall. Still I love mine the most which imported from Hong Kong hehe :D

Pig Pig Family

Pig Pig Daddy

Pig Pig Brother

Pig Pig Mummy

Pig Pig Sister

Pig Pig Sister

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♥ Subway tea break

Hi guys. Time flies .__. Don't even notice it had been 1 month plus I didn't keep my blog update and the penang trip update half hanging as well, so sorry. Here's come a short update, more to come soon.





Had a very full filling tea break. Thanks to the awesome Subway buy one free one voucher ;) Of course i don't eat both sandwiches alone, I share it with someone ;) Never thought a subway sandwich actually enough to stuff my stomach and make me do not have appetite to take dinner. Gotta keep my diet plan success! Gotta control my diet, say NO to obese hehe.

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♥ 2011-07-06 Dinner at Sushi King, Queensbay Mall Penang

A short update: Nothing much to share about my day one in Penang. I was just staying in the hotel to rest. And only had a very simple late dinner at Sushi King in Queensbay Mall nearby. I would go for Zanmai Sushi if there's one here. 

I ordered a set meal of Salmon steak. I like this broiled Salmon in BBQ sauce with potato wedges. It served with Japanese egg custard (my all-time-favorite), miso soup, steamed rice and Yakult cultured milk drink.

And my dear only ordered Inari (sweet beancurd sushi), Salmon sushi and California Temaki.

The Salmon Sushi.

The California Temaki with Crabstick, omelette, fish roe, cucumber and mayonnaise.

As usual, we only ordered hot green tea but not any others special beverages.

That's our simple sushi dinner at Sushi King. And I sleep after took the medicine.

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♥ 2011-07-06 Bidor Duck Mee & Check In to Eastin Hotel, Penang

Good morning all. Surprisingly today I can wake up so early in the morning though it's not working day. Yupez I took 3 days leave (6th - 8th of July) to go for a short getaway. Things are going too fast and I can't stop to catch my breath. I can't find time for self care, numerous responsibilities and goals I face everyday pulled me in a zillion directions ended up I fall sick. I need to stop myself from squeezing my brain and work on the challenging lab research, at least a few days to rest and relax. 正所谓：“休息是为了走更长远的路”  ：）

Depart from Shah Alam house very early in the morning and half way stopped by Bidor to eat their famous duck mee for breakfast. The dry one（干捞）served with a kon low mee and a bowl of duck in herbal soup, as shown in the photos below. Thumbs up for their good customer service. The old ah maa in the restaurant even offered me to fill up my water bottle when she sees my water left not much after I took my medicines. I felt warm :)

Duck thigh in herbal soup, I prefer drumstick. The herbal soup is sweet and the herbs taste is not strong, perfectly suits my taste buds. 

The kon low mee that comes with the duck in herbs soup, RM7, not cheap though. I won't say it is the best kon low mee in town. I didn't finish it because my bad coughing don't allow me to enjoy it.

This is the duck drumstick noodle serves in herbal soup, RM7.

Hot milo. I thought they will serve it in the antique cup instead of plastic one, not really a good practice.

After breakfast, we continue our journey to Penang. Congested traffic in Penang bridge. I don't know why, I really like the feeling of travelling on Penang Bridge. But there's heavy haze here and I can't enjoy the beautiful awesome sea view along Penang Bridge. Sigh. Reached Eastin Hotel and thought we can check in immediately. But the pretty hotel receptionist requested us to wait because all the room is still occupied and she promised to give me a call once the room is ready. Hence, I dropped by The Lounge in Eastin hotel to have a drink and online surfing net while waiting to check in. 

I like the warm and comfortable ambience of The Lounge. Look at the special decorations and lighting, I like it.

 This is the bar where u can choose from a variety or tempting treats, cocktails, mocktails, coffee or tea and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

I ordered myself fresh carrot juice which costs me RM13.95. 

Time passed and I been waiting for the call from the receptionist for 3 hours plus. I even finished watching a movie "Ice Kacang Puppy Love" on my laptop. I felt so tired and almost dozed off. At last I decided to foot the bill and approached the receptionist in the reception counter. I'm damn pissed off when she saw me and asked me where did I go and why I waited for so long to check in because the room is ready earlier. I then questioned her "I thought u told me and u supposed to give me a call when the room is ready?" She then speechless and passed me the room access card. I'm not going to lodge a complain or sound her because I wanna get into the room and rest. But my mood is totally spoiled. Haiiiz. Where's the hospitality, impeccable service and care? 

Till then. To be continued. Warm regards from Penang to all of you, have a pleasant day.

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♥ 2011-07-04 Fall sick

4th of July, what a day. Feeling so sick when I woke up in the morning. It comes with headache, sore throat and bad coughing. Went to see doctor and absent from work. As shown from the photo above, the handsome doctor given me voltaren for fever and headache, antibiotic for sore throat and cough syrup for coughing. Hope to recover soon because my holiday mode is on. Ya, I will be away from 6th to 8th of July, all the way to Peneng! 

Wondered why I fall sick so easily? Sighh T.T

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♥ Speak English

Went to IMU for an interesting seminar and I found this poster. It is a nice poster, I think (regardless of the content). I think most of the university and college are English-speaking campus. But why do i still hear so many students in IMU speaking mandarin and cantonese instead of English? @@

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♥ 2011-07-01 Movie: Laddaland

I'm not really into horror movie due to the reasons I will have all the eerie imagination by myself when I'm home alone or while I'm in the lab and the fear emotions will definitely overwhelm my mind. I do not want to have nightmares as well. But this time, I dare myself to watch a horror movie together with my colleagues. Wonders why they are so fancy about horror movies .__. They wanted to watch "INSIDIOUS" but too bad this movie is no longer showing in the cinema. Hence we go for "LADDALAND", a Thailand horror film about a family moves into a new house where they gradually begin to encounter paranormal and horror events.


"Would u STAY or MOVE OUT if u village had GHOSTS?"





We watched it in Mid Valley. What a good seat I have. Jeng jeng jeng~~ The most right seat in the last middle row. Right behind my seat is the cinema hall entrance and on my right there are two empty couple seats which we didn't manage to purchase because the seats are under repair. But the seats seems just alright. And according to my friends, normally GSC will reserve some seats for those special "guests" to watch the ghost movie. This sticks to my mind and I feel scare. I start to have imagination before the movie starts omgggg! I keep on looking at the 2 empty seats on my right, keep on feeling there's "something" else sitting there. Arrghhhhh. I almost freak out.


The kid getting into the haunted house where the murder case happened.

This is the first time I feel so hot sitting inside the cinema because I'm so tense along the movie. Sorry that I couldn't give a movie review here because I'm actually didn't watch for most of the scary part. I covered my eyes with jacket and screamed .__. Now my sore throat is getting worst and swollen. But arr according to my friends, this movie is not as good as what they expected, not really scary as well but it did brings some morale to the audience. U can go watch it and judge it. We watch this at RM12 ticket is a bit not worth it hmmm.

What do u think about this picture? It looks like a sweet family photo isn't it? But for me, it gave me the creeps and made my blood run cold after I watched this film. Yerrrrr.

Sigh, this coming October I'm going to fly to Bangkok, Thailand. But I started to feel scare because whenever I hear Thai language it reminds me of this horror movie .___.  Guess I need companion wherever I go including toilets. Next time no more horror movie.

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♥ Father's Day

Went back to hometown last week to celebrate Father's Day with my dad and grandfather. This is a special day and so without think twice I didn't make any work planning as well as rejected all the friends date and outings just to go back to hometown. Just a simple celebration though. Had a great dinner celebration together with my family as well as my grandfather. And we bought a cake for both the fathers. It's lychee ice-cream cake.

Happy father's day and i love you, daddy! ♥

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