TuapuiKen Food and Travel Records

How I enjoys when I getting old ~ Duck Koay Teow Tng

2012-08-22T10:36:00.003+08:00

Accidentally found this store sometime 2 years ago..............Store started business from around 7am till 12pm sharp. Once it reach 12pm, the owner will stop selling even there are still left of ingredient to continue business. Very "Yao Yeng" rite! kekekeke......I love it so much is because the soup is very clear, very tasty and totally no duck smell at al. The koay teaw noodle came with very soft yet very texture when bite. The fish ball is very tender and "Q". The most important is the duck meat, the texture is very firm when bite, tender, tasty, and totally has no duck smell at all........I always come back from time to time if I managed to go out for lunch early. Have you tried?

Eam Huat Charcoal Steamboat

2012-03-26T13:45:00.002+08:00

Once upon a time, Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth used to be a place to enjoy delicious steamboat with lots of food hunter steaming from all places, including myself. Ziwei Steamboat once well known for its steamboat which served fresh ingredients. But sadly lost its glory after being famous.

Found this shop opposite my friend house and patronized this place with few best friends. Surprisingly the taste is really good and delicious. The steamboat comes in four options with price ranges from RM40, RM50 and RM80. We ordered RM40 with Fresh Grouper Fish plus some additional dishes, total cost of RM72. The portion was really big till we hardly move after the meal. The clear soup with yam taste was great. Homemade meatballs and Fook Chau fish ball are very delicious and tender. Will you try this steamboat?

Western Diner’s @ The CEO

2012-03-22T16:38:00.000+08:00

Sometime we don't realize that we don't have to go far to get good things to eat.

Western Diner's owner Ian Lim is a very experienced western food chef, used to work as Western chefs in the cruise around the world as well as other western countries. Was attached to Penang - Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Hotel, . After married, both settled down and started their own western restaurant. The shop is not big, simple design and decoration, clean and bright located at The CEO building (behind Vistana Bukit Jambul).

The shop menu consist of six sets lunch/dinner. We can choose Ala-carte too. Big portion with great taste (can be compared to 5-star restaurant and hotels) for just only RM19.90. So, have your had your Steak?

Chef Ian Lim - 012-554-5004
Western Diner's
The CEO
31-1-8, Lebuh Nipah 5, Bayan Lepas, 11950, Penang

Starter - Salad

Seafood Lasagna

Seafood Spahetti

Salmon Spaghetti

Rib Eye Steak

Checken Piccata Milanaise

Dessert - the cake is very nice

Had you "KUI DIAO" yet?

2012-03-13T10:07:00.001+08:00

Koay Teow is a tradition food from mainland China. Popular among Teowchew and Hokkien people, made from rice grind into powder, adding water to become slurry and steaming into a thin flat strips. This tradition food was introduced to Malaysia and Southeast Asia when our ancestors migrated here.

Koay Teow soup boiled with pig or chicken big bones, some will use beef bones as substituted. Koay Teow itself has no taste, by adding in the meat and ingredients making the taste nicer.

This stall had been in this location for decades and still standing strong as because of the soup is clear and sweet with meat taste, mix well with ingredients and sauce. Chicken meat is just right in cooking and very tender.

Small bowl just selling RM3 and big bowl is selling RM3.50.

Clear Soup or Tom Yam?

2012-03-12T16:19:00.003+08:00

Found in this shop by accident. Actually wanted to go to Lebuh Cecil flat for oysters noodle, but arrived too early and the shop is not open for business yet. So I drove around the area and to look for other good and delicious food. While searching I found this newly open noodle shop..just started with their business not too long ago. Up till now, the owner only sell Clear Soup and Tom Yam, with many ingredients to add on…such as mantis prawn, pork, fish meat etc…etc. I love the fried fish and mantis prawn, it’s very crisp, very tender.

Clear soup coupled with minced meat and rice noodle makes the broth very sweet, minced meat very tendered. Really good to have it especially in the rainy days or when you are not feeling well. Tom Yam noodles, served with fried fish and mantis prawn making it a perfect match and the Tom Yam soup is not very spicy.

Blended Nutmeg Juice is another attraction in this shop. Cool Nutmeg Juice is a really Thirst Quencher drink for everyone…can also add sour plum.

Summary, the noodle is not expensive in overall. The shop open daily from 11:30am till night time. Closed on Thursdays.

Have you ordered your DUCK?

2012-03-09T15:38:00.000+08:00

Every day after work, to and fro, sure passing thru the roadside stalls in the housing area that I stayed, which file with temporary stalls structure, sold with Tong Shui, laksa, braised pork, and duck porridge. Tasted all food and the taste are all so so nia, except duck porridge which never tried before.

Previously colleagues did informed there is a good duck porridge store in Bukit Mertajam but hard to identify the location due to the duck porridge store is in mobile. Goes places to places where the temple is having celebration or busy, they will be station there for some time. Always have bad impression deeply printed that the food there is not tasty, so automatically when seeing new stalls joining the crowd, it had been identified that the food also same!

Days when friends and I passing thru, a friend shouted say "This is the store that sell duck porridge that I told you before one lah!" My reaction is "Huh, really sure is this store meh?" A friend told me to turn back and let her identify accurately before confirmed it’s a store that she recognized. She shouted back and say “Yes lah, this is the correct store lah ! ! ! ! ! ! !” This is where we had a date with duck.

The boss said they will be station here unless there are a few frequented old temple that they been to having celebration, they will be temporarily leaving to make business there for period of time and back to original place when finished. In one day, the boss can sell up to 40-50 ducks. Each duck will go through massage, coated with spices, before hanging up for airing, freshly baked and sold.

Porridge goes well with homemade Mui Choy, the duck and sauce matched make my mouth can’t stop eating. Duck meat very tendered, the sauce is not salty, not sweet, just right to couple with the porridge.

Have you ordering your DUCK?

Yan Kheng Heritage Hotel and Restaurant

2012-02-29T14:03:00.003+08:00

Special thanks to my cousin who work as restaurant manager Ooi Ai Sze to introduce such special Hainanese dishes to a group of hungry ghost to have a chance to tasted the famous dishes in Yankheng restaurant. Did paid attention to this place every time pass thru Chulia Street by never have a chance to try. Recently only have good time to enjoy it with those gang.

Hainanese spring rolls, is one of the signature dishes in restaurant. The big spring rolls can be cut into three sectional, dipped with special sauce, accompanied with Hainanese spring rolls, make a really perfect match, crispy and delicious.

Hainanese Chicken Chop which is also a restaurant signature dishes. Chicken steak fried to crunchy, but still kept the sensuality of the chicken, topped with a special Hainanese flavor sauce, good to eat.

Hainanese Fried noodles, signature dishes not to be missed. Really good to eat.

Hainanese lamb stew. All along, I cannot stand the smell of mutton and eat it due to hearty up my body to get sick. But this plate of lamb still is working to my liking, not fishy taste with just right. But still did not dare to eat too much, afraid hearty body.

This chicken pie is the specialty of a night's. Crispy crust comes with butter creamy make all of us hard to resist to starts to taste it. The exciting moment is when the crust felt into the chicken meat and dipped after cut the sauce, making it more delicious and bringing out the taste. A must ordered dish.

Lamb Roll. According to chef, lamb roll required 1 days marinated in advance by adding spinach and garlic into it. Gravy shed before served to bring down the smell of the lamb to minimum. The meat tastes good, accompanied by vegetables. You will smell and taste whiskey that added to bring out the delicious lamb...............

Hot sour fish is one of recommendation dishes. Not sour and not too spicy, the taste is just right. Matched well with rice.

The last recommended dishes is Yam Duck, which is high promoted by the chef. If the soup is to reduce some ginger and add little bit of yam, will make the dish even more perfect and better.

Above recommended dishes taste are more strong, not recommend to order all of them. Slowly assessment the taste will be more wonderful.

Eté Café - Gateau1895 (France Dessert)

2012-02-26T22:23:00.002+08:00

Recently more and more foreigners come to Penang to start their cuisine businesses by introducing their national traditional cuisine not only introduced to the local Penang people, but also beneficial to all Malaysian and foreign tourists.

Venessa and her husband, with their lovely daughter, let go of their business from Taiwan and moved to Penang for relocation with the reasons of Penang economic, lifestyle, language and international schools for their children.

In 2005, the couple made a big decision to closed down their business in Taipei and went to France's to learned western bakery from most famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. After pick up the experience, they decided to come to Penang to open their dessert and cuisine business.

I fell in love with their Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, one and only that sell in Penang. A cup of coffee cost RM50 make me falls in love with it. The taste stayed in my mouth and throat, a long time still. Served without sugar and accompanied by moist chocolate cake was a perfect match.

oh ............................. till now, I think of it till my is drooling.

If you have not tried, one of the choice to drop by.
Location : 79, Lebuh Carnarvon, Georgetown, 11600, Penang
Hours : Mon – Sun 11am – 6pm

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee (RM50)

Quiches

Home Pizza

I Am Back......................

2012-02-24T09:16:00.001+08:00

Wow, I am back to this blog again after struggering with my log in password and now, finally settled. Can continue my posting again.........

Welcome back.....

大山脚传统烧腊饭

2011-06-27T15:14:00.005+08:00

The best Roasted Pork and Chicken rice the I ever tried at Bukit Mertajam. Love the steam rice, the slices meat mix with gravy. I never missed a change to go there for my dinner or supper whenever I go back BM. It's open almost 24 hours especially midnite.

Bee Won Korean Restaurant

2011-05-27T10:49:00.001+08:00

Meet up with Simon and Bee Sisters at Bee Won Korean Restaurant after Guilin trip. Ordered only 2 dishes which are pork BBQ and seafood fried nian gao (炒年糕) but end up with full of side dishes filled up the whole table. Surprisingly cheap with discount just cost total bill with RM145 with many many foods. Love the environment, friendly service, very traditional taste from Korea, etc.

I love the seafood fried nian gao (炒年糕), really tasty and quite original taste from Korea that I had tried. I give 4.5/5 scoring. Pork BBQ is not bad too but I would prefer SaRang Hei Korean Restaurant which opposite Ping Hwa High School. 4/5 on the scoring.

For me, it's worth trying and 100% sure if you choose to go Dao Rae or other Korean Restaurant in town. Anyway, taste is still up to individual lah. I like might not present other people can accept it.
3rd floor Royal Hotel Penang
3, Jalan Larut, 10050 Penang
Tel: 04-2277535
Business hour:
Mon - Sat: 11:30 am - 11:30 pm

Mae Salong Restaurant

2011-05-04T11:21:00.001+08:00

Thanks to Vera invitation to join the gang of ladies to had this great thai foods at Sungai Petani. Enjoyed the environment and food but not the desserts. If you happen to be in SP, do try it out.
Mae Salong Restaurant
199-E, Kampung Bakar Bata, Sungai Petani, Kedah
Mr. Lim 012-725-5389, Mdm. Low 019-576-8691, Ms.Lim 019-458-6451
GPS : 5.62605, 100.465233

Permai Village Cafe (Vegetarian Delight)

2011-03-23T13:42:00.002+08:00

Hear about this Vegetarian restaurant for sometime on the best desert that they served. This round, we are organizing a farewell dinner for Adeline and Andre for their return back to Germany.

The foods is wonderful. They are good in western style and desert. I totally not aware actually it's all pure vegetarians at all. Very highly recommended to try sometime than normal vege foods that we usually have.

However, taste still up to individual. I say good might not be better than others.

MoonTree 47@ Muntri Street

2011-03-10T14:27:00.001+08:00

Was told by a good friend that she found place that served good coffee with uniques designed under heritage building. Love the simple antiques designed and cozy places. The coffee is good and so relaxing with listening to 50's song. Just simple foods serving with only 5 items in the menu to choose from.

Nice place to hang out with for a little chatted with friend while enjoying the coffee.

The owner is renovating the rooms which plan to turn to motels.

Weissbrau German Bistro and Four Season Bakery @ Straits Quay

2010-12-23T10:57:00.009+08:00

Weissbrau German Bistro and Bar

Lately Straits Quay became the most happening place for hanging up and fine dining. Almost everynite, there are so many people came here just for a walks, photos shooting, etc. Benn talking to a friend to comes here for dinner since my birthday early of the month but not managed to till lately. We choose Pork Knuckled for sure as our food survey in Straits Quay for sure. That’s how Weissbrau started.

Like the environment and friendly services. Foods comes just right portion for one person. Of course, it’s a bit too big for a diet ladies ya. Kekekekkeek. Not much to say but just simply the best. Try out yourself.

Four Season Bakery

Located on the very right corner of the Straits Quay building. Serving nice and western bakery instead of normal local bakery. I love the homemade Foie Gras pudding applied on top of France toast or dipping the bread with special made Balsamic vinegar. The cream puff is another must choose item too.

Levain Boulangerie Patisserie - Italian Cuisine

2010-12-02T13:39:00.007+08:00

Levain Boulangerie Patisserie - Italian Cuisine

7, Jalan Delima, Off Jalan Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
http://www.levain.com.my/home.html

Famous with stone oven baking for all its bread. The cuisine situated under a very huge bungalow compound which owned by chocolate factory boss. The shop offering various kinds of breads that baked by huge stone oven that special built. They do serve various simple patisseries and coffee. The decoration is more towards Italy and very relax environment. All chefs and working staffs are part time students, I would rather say that the owner is providing a very good environment to those students that who study in food and beverages industries with very good training platform. The foods are nice in taste, not much decoration but yet, it’s simple and not expensive. If you happen to drop by KL, do pay a visits to this restaurant and you will falls in love with it.

My favorite Koay Tiaw T'ng and Curry Puff in Alor Setar

2010-11-01T09:18:00.005+08:00

This Koay Tiew T'ng store is still the most famous store in Alor Setar which located at Jalan Pintu Sepulur (Alor Setar people called 2nd Street) was my most favorite store since I was small. RM2.30 for extra fish ball where can find in Penang? The soup is just too good to mix with the koay tiew and the fish ball. Can't deny to say the best if you are alor setar people and agree with me.The curry puff is also one of the best and famous in Alor Setar. RM0.50 per piece is it expensive? It’s very good for me.
This Koay Tiew T'ng store is still the most famous store in Alor Setar which located at Jalan Pintu Sepulur (Alor Setar people called 2nd Street) was my most favorite store since I was small. RM2.30 for extra fish ball where can find in Penang?
The soup is just too good to mix with the koay tiew and the fish ball. Can't deny to say the best if you are alor setar people and agree with me.
The curry puff is also one of the best and famous in Alor Setar. RM0.50 per piece is it expensive? It’s very good for me.

Alor Setar Best Wantan Mee

2010-11-01T09:12:00.004+08:00

If not mistaken, I started eating this store wantan mee since i was 2 years old. My cousin always bought this shop wantan mee when I follow my mum visited my auntie.The shop was owned by a lady and help by her sister, even till now. When small, a bowl of wantan mee just cost RM0.80. Taste still maintains the same (but little slightly different if the sons are preparing the mee compared to their mum).The noodle is just simple made by hand and so tander when eat it. In fact, the noodle still maintain so tender even you had keep it over night.They closed on every Saturday night and SUnday morning.2 bowls of wantan mee, 1 extra wantan soup, 1 plate of chicken and 2 drinks cost RM11.50. Cheap? You can try it out yourself if you happen to visits Alor Setar. But taste is still up to individual.
If not mistaken, I started eating this store wantan mee since i was 2 years old. My cousin always bought this shop wantan mee when I follow my mum visited my auntie.
The shop was owned by a lady and help by her sister, even till now. When small, a bowl of wantan mee just cost RM0.80. Taste still maintains the same (but little slightly different if the sons are preparing the mee compared to their mum).
The noodle is just simple made by hand and so tander when eat it. In fact, the noodle still maintain so tender even you had keep it over night.
They closed on every Saturday night and SUnday morning.
2 bowls of wantan mee, 1 extra wantan soup, 1 plate of chicken and 2 drinks cost RM11.50. Cheap?
You can try it out yourself if you happen to visits Alor Setar. But taste is still up to individual.

麻上唇头，辣上额头

2010-10-27T23:38:00.005+08:00

Got to know this restaurant from friends introduction. Went there 1st time on 27th Oct, 2010 with YY, CY, Pam and Lace.We ordered 2 mix dishes - 重庆干锅肥肠和酸菜笋子鸭。What I would say, nice but very spicy for me (which we just ordered a medium spicy). Really killing me but syoik nya.....................Owner is a couple came from 重庆，China. They have more than 12 types of soups to choose for........ There are many side dishes can be choose from a list of your choice. Make sure request the special made chili and mix with 腐乳。It's just simply the best and specialties from the restaurant.Just drop by and try, I love it very much but............ it's up to individual, not my recommendation will be accepted by others.

Best Curry Fish Head in Alor Setar

2010-10-25T12:57:00.007+08:00

Passed by and saw a huge bungalow house when on my way home after lunch with family during 9 days vegetarian last month. Asked mum and dad about what is this bungalow about and they told me it's a famous curry fish head in Alor Setar. This round went back, arranged a date with family members to try out.The curries are really goods. it's worth trying especially the sambal belachan. It's exactly how my grandma prepared. I missed it so much everytime my grandma prepared during Chinese new year. Total cost for 1 curry fish head, 4 sotong, 2 big prawn, 2 veges and 1 fried egg with 6 rices and drink is just RM39.00. Do check out this place if you happen to go to Alor Setar. But, the taste is up to individual as different people might has different taste and requirement.

JensDan Organic Restaurant

2010-08-24T14:13:00.004+08:00

Overall foods is taste good even it's organic and not oily at all.

Orange and Mango Juice with Coral Glass

Winter Tofu

Kampung Fried Rice. Very nice taste. Yummy......

JensDan Organic Restaurant

21 Jalan Chow Thye, 10050 Penang

Tel : 04-2268414/019-4719123

Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant

2010-08-24T13:46:00.006+08:00

Lately joined Art of Living class and met a group of nice people as well as food lovers. They introduced me and brought me there for try. I felt in love with these two places very much.

I would say this is the best thai food that I had tried so far in Penang, especially keng som steam fish, Tuk Tuk steam fish and pork leg........

什锦老叶

Pineapple fried rice

Tuk-Tuk steam fish

Keng Som steam fish... the best that I ever tried so far in Penang. Love it so so so much.....................

Good pork leg........... Yummy

Fish head steam with Yam.......

Tomyam seafood........

Pla Rat Pit........ 3 flavors fried fish.

Nodese's Layer Cake In Melaka

2010-08-24T10:37:00.005+08:00

Best layer cake original shop..... So far I tried and originated. Even Penang Humble Beginnings also learned up from them. Oh....... gosh. So tasty.

Melaka Satay Celup - Ban Li Xiang Restaurant

2010-08-24T10:14:00.005+08:00

If still remember correctly, I've to this shop 16 years ago when visited a Uni friend after graduated. Taste still nice and good. There are more local people compared to all the shop near Jonker Walk that served for only tourism.

Soul Kitchen Restaurant

2010-08-24T09:45:00.007+08:00

Restaurant is opened by a nice lovely couple which the hunsband is a western and a lady is a local chinese. Restaurant served simple and nice western cuisine with a couple owned recipe. Food taste good and nice environment. Restaurant was introduced by a friend for 1st time and not managed to bring my camera along. Went with makan kaki for 2nd time as want his comment together. Food tasting is up to individual. It might not apply or agree to others.