Entrance

Table setting.

Vegetables. It is Kai Lan, right? I only know how to eat. LOL.

Mix Vegetables and Prawn Egg.

Tofu.

Fish Curry.

Chicken with Mango and Onion Slices. I like this dish. In fact, all has been eaten up in just a short time. This is the dish that we also ordered during our last visit.

Peking Duck Skin. It is crispy but I assume it is also high cholesterol. The advice is, don’t take too much.

The complete set of Peking Duck. Maybe you will ask, where is the duck meat? Scroll down and you will know.

Black Pepper Duck. This is where the dick meat gone to. The pepper is too much, make it too spicy and not good.

After the dinner, we ordered the dessert, Honeydew Sago with Ice Cream.

I am disappointed with this dessert. Not cold enough. The taste also not that good. It is below average.

Overall, all the dishes are normal. On that night, the restaurant is having some function in the main hall. We have to sit at the back of the restaurant. I feel it is better since it will be more quiet. Actually, the main purpose for us to go there is to go to the karaoke after the dinner. For the food, I am not really pay much attention, as long as can it can be eaten.

The Captain’s Restaurant (Level 14)

Mon - Sat
Lunch 11:30 noon - 3:00 pm
Dinner 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Sun & Public Holidays
11:30 am - 10:30 pm

Serves a wide selection of Chinese, Western and local cuisine. Formal and informal dining.

Dress Code for formal section – strictly no shorts, shirts without collar or slippers.

Just before this gathering, we have a pre gathering at 75 Celcius at noon. I have to rush back home since I am car pool with Mary and Cariso. Mary fetched us this time. We reached Vintage Bulgaria quite early. We have a nice parking lot just opposite the restaurant. Vintage Bulgaria Restaurant & Bar is very obvious on that row of shop lot due to its color: White, Green and Red.

Happy Hour is from 12pm-7pm.

Restaurant interior.

Just step into the restaurant, you can see this colorful design in front of you.

IQ test: Which country is this flag represent?

Nice decoration.

Closed up.

This is the menu of the night. We have around 40 people and the rest of the customers who visited Vintage Bulgaria on that night, need to order the same dishes like what we have. Cool huh?! The set dinner consists of soup, main course, dessert and beverages.

Mushroom Soup, served with ‘Vintage’ garlic bread. This is simply delicious. If you want to try other than mushroom soup, you can order the Seafood Soup (No photo as it is not clear, too bad).

Baked Cod Fish Fillet, finished with creamy mushroom sauce. It looks nice but the portion is a bit too little. Do you think so?

Chicken Stroganov. It is the boneless chicken drumstick cut into strips, cooked with mushroom, wine, cream, herbs and spices.

Plovdiv Ribs. This is the main course I ordered. The meat is very tender and soft, just like the description on the menu, tasty pork ribs grilled till tender. Thumbs Up!!

Bulgarian Pork Djolan. It is the recommended dish on the night from other floggers. I never order this as I scared it will be too much fat. It seems like I am wrong. I manage to try one bite, it is yummy. This pork knuckle that roasted in a traditional way is a MUST order dish if you are a pork lover.

Bulgarian Platter: Mix grilled trio of kebapche, kyofte and karnatche. They are the home made Bulgarian sausages and pork fillet from traditional recipe. I also have a chance to taste on it, a bit too salty to my liking.

After the main course, here comes the dessert. However, these desserts are not the on in the menu.

Winter Butterfly Homemade Cake sponsored 3 cakes for the gathering: Oreo Cheese Cake, Cream Cheese Mousse Cake and Chocolate Brownie.

Oreo Cheese Cake. I like this Oreo Cheese Cake very much. It is so rich with cheese and Oreo. Many said they don’t like it because it is too rich. Hahaha.

We are celebrating the birthday for those whose birthday fall in the month of July, August and September.

Cream Cheese Mousse Cake. This one is good too. The Cream Cheese is not that sweet which made most of us like it very much.

Can you guess who is the one holding the cake?

Chocolate Brownies. I thought I will like this the most but it is not. Although the chocolate is rich, it is too dry overall.

After these 3 cakes, we have another sponsored food: Gelato from Gelatissimo. The flavors include rum & raisins, mango, chocolate, green tea and ……… I forgot. All of them are so nice!!! I can finish all of them.

After all the sponsored desserts, here are the real dessert from the menu.

Chocolate Soup with Vanilla Ice Cream. I am regret for not ordering this. I only have a teaspoon on this.

This is the dessert I ordered, Chocolate Creme Brulee. I have no idea what is this. I just simply made the order.

It is too sweet. I still prefer the Chocolate Soup. Can I change it?

For the beverages, I have a cup of coffee.

This 4th gathering is full of laughter. All Floggers were enjoying the night, thanks to Alan. We have fun and happy to meet all the new floggers for the very first time. All attendance will have a pen and restaurant discount vouchers as door gifts.

Vintage Bulgaria Restaurant & Bar
(next to Ingolf - The German Restaurant)
1-E, Jalan Sg Kelian
Tanjung Bungah
Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +604 8981890

Because of this nicely design box from Baker’s Cottage, Criz bought the Mooncake from them.

The box is really nice. No wonder it can attract people to buy the Mooncake.

All the 10 Mooncakes from different shop, including Baker’s Cottage, Hock Lock Siew Biscuit Trading and Tao Yuan.

From Top Left:
Precious Black (Pure charcoal powder butter pastry skin, no sugar added white lotus paste with chunky dried longan, natural wolf berry lotus paste) - RM11.90
Rich Chocolate Peanut Praline (Flavorful chocolate butter pastry skin, rich and smooth chocolate lotus paste, tantalizing fine peanut praline filling) - RM11.90

From Bottom Left:
Blueberry Blackcurrant Cheese (Fruity blueberry lotus paste with dried blackcurrant chunk) - RM11.90
Chestnut Japanese Jingsa (Delectable smooth chestnut lotus, Appetizing Japanese Jingsa with seaweed flake filling) - RM11.90
Pearl of Prosperity (Pandan lotus paste/yellow mung bean paste and egg yolk) - RM11.80

From Top Left:
Snowskin Red Bean with Egg York and Pure Lotus.

From Bottom Left:
White Lotus, Mixed Nut and Coconut with Egg York.

Moon biscuit or so called “Gong Zai Peng” from Hock Lock Siew, with red bean, lotus, durian and coconut filling.

Black Sesame with Pumpkin Seeds Moon Biscuits. I like this one.

Homemade Mooncake from Steven’s mum.

Homemade Piglet Mooncake. My aunt bought it from her friend. Cute right?

For my own preference, Pure Lotus Mooncake is still my all time favorite. I will try to grab 1 or 2 in this coming days.

You can find the Baker’s Cottage stall in most of the shopping mall. For Hock Lock Siew Biscuit Trading, it is located at No. 120, Noordin Street. Tel: 04-262 2162/016-472 4565.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all my readers and Happy Eating the Mooncake!

Just before attending the 4th Flogger Gathering in the evening, most of the floggers have a review session at 75 Celcius Restaurant and Bar, organized by Ken. This is the first time I went to 75 Celcius Restaurant and Bar. It is along the Gurney Drive just beside the Coffee Island.

Surrounding.

Menu

We have the chance to order our own drinks from the menu. Before that, we were served the ice water while waiting for others to arrive.

Dawn of the Beauty - RM7. It’s the top drink for 75 Celcius Restaurant and Bar.

Espresso with Baileys - RM8

Micheal Jackson - RM10

Chocolate Blended - RM7.50

Ice Espresso - RM7

In the middle: Philadalphia - 3 mix top up with soda - RM7.50. Left and Right are Dawn of the Beauty.

I have no idea what is the name of this drink. I cannot recall. Sorry ~~~

Wild Fruit Blended - RM9.50

Tequila Sunrise - RM13

Lemon Temptation - RM7

Screwdriver - RM13

Green Tea Special - RM9.50. This is the drink I ordered. I cannot taste the green tea. The milk taste is too strong. It’s like Milkshake rather than Green Tea Blended.

Lemon Drop - RM10

Hot Cappuccino & Hazelnut Cappuccino - RM5

Soup

Creamy Tomato & Bacon - RM6.90. Saute Crispy Beef Bacon mix into tomato soup serve with garlic bread.

Ox Tail Soup - RM8.50. Roast oxtail serve with spring onion and fried shallot.

Creamy Mushroom Soup - RM6.90. Combination 3 types of mushroom to make a perfect taste serve with garlic bread. I like this mushroom soup. It is Superb!!

After serving all the drinks, here comes the food.

Tempura Calamari - RM8.50

Fish Cocktail - RM8.50

Tempura Prawn - RM9.90

Cheezy Garlic Bread - RM6.90

Chef’s Salad - RM11.90

Crispy Chicken Salad - RM12.90. Deep fried chicken in mix garden green serve with oriental dressing.

Pasta Aglio Olio - RM15.90. Saute Garlic, mix herb, and chili flakes with olive oil with add on tiger prawn. The pepper taste is very strong but I like it. Good!

Spaghetti Alla Carbonara - RM10.90. Saute Beef bacon n capsicum add in cream sauce.

Pasta Alla Marinara - RM16.90. Thai style tomato sauce add in mix seafood serve with spaghetti.

Mushroom Brushetta - RM7.90

Lamb Brushetta - RM8.90

Tuna Supreme - RM12.90. Toasted butter croissant with tuna n filament mayo, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and fries.

Turkey Fresco - RM12.90. Toast Butter Croissant add in smoked turkey roll, lettuce, cucumber and tomato serve with fries.

Jacuzzi Beef - RM17.90. Serves with hot plate and french fries with black pepper sauce.

Hamburger Delight - RM16.90. Grill juicy beef burger serve with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, cheese and fries.

Fish and Chip - RM10.90

Lemon Butter Fish - RM12.90 serves with lemon cream sauce

Chicken Chop - RM10.90. Serves with french fries, mix lettuce and oriental sauce.

Roasted Chicken Drumstick - RM15.90. Serves with rosemary potato, mix lettuce and orange ginger sauce.

Spice Lamb Leg - RM18.90. Serves with rosemary potato, mix lettuce and pineapple JD sauce.

Black Pepper Mushroom Chicken - RM10.90

Cheesy Beef Roll - RM15.90

Lamb Cutlet - RM22.90. Serves with mash potato, ratatouille, mix lettuce and mint yogurt sauce.

Teriyaki Chicken RM15.90. Serves with saute potato, mix lettuce and teriyaki cream sauce.

Tagarashi Salmon RM17.90. Grill roll salmon, mash potato ratatouille with mix lettuce serve with curry cream sauce.

Ribeye Steak - RM17.90. Serves with saute potato, mix lettuce and pepper mushroom sauce.

Baked Cheezy Seafood - RM16.90. Small shell pasta serve with mix seafood and creamy tomato sauce.

Overall, 75 Celcius Restaurant and Bar is a nice place for gathering and chit chat with your friends or loved ones during the night. I am not recommending to go during lunch time as it is too hot!

Address:
75 Persiaran Gurney
10250 Penang

Business Hour : 11am – 2am
Tel: 04-227 3775

After the Gelatisimmo’s review, we started looking for food. We cannot decide on what to eat. In the end, we stepped into A&W. If you go to A&W, the root beer is the MUST order drink. We ordered the Root Beer Float. Oh….. I missed the root beer so much.

This is the Chicken Burger I ordered. The size is small!

Just to let you see how big is the chicken burger. Overall, it is just a normal burger.

Volcano Burger. Nice name huh.

This burger looks small too!

What are the ingredients inside Volcano Burger? So simple right? I think all of you also can make this kind of burger. Perhaps, will be better than this. I am sure about it. How is the taste? I don’t know, need to ask the one who order this. Haha.

Each set is come with the French Fries, of course. The fries are not bad.

Although the burger is small, after finished all the burger, fries and root beer, we are full! The Chicken Burger set is RM14.50 for 2 sets. Add on of RM1 for a single scoop of ice cream on the root beer. I cannot remember the price for the volcano set. If I am not mistaken, it is less than RM7, cheaper than our Chicken Burger set.

Sometimes, I am wondering, can A&W survive since McDonalds and KFC are more popular and almost monopoly most of the market? I have no idea. Anyway, A&W Root Beer is still the best.

Gelatissimo is a small shop lot along the Gurney Place. It is the at the end if you are walking from Winter Warmers. If you are coming out from the new wing, it is the first shop lot, just beside Manila Place.

History of Gelato

After reading the history, do you actually know what is the difference between an ice cream and gelato? If you ask me, I have totally no idea. In fact, I just knew about gelato years back when I am in US. My brother treated me. That is the very first time I have gelato.

Differences between Ice Cream and Gelato (taken from sandwhy.com):

1. Overrun” (or aeration) of gelato, which is a lot less then ice cream - resulting in a more solid, richer texture (air content in gelato can be as low as 15%, air content in ice cream can go up to 50%).

2. Gelato is not frozen as solidly as ice cream, giving it a smoother, creamier feel.

3. The amounts of basic ingredients found in both - milk/cream, sugar, sometimes eggs - differ slightly also, with gelato having only milk (or water, depending on the flavor) or milk and a little cream, which not only means less fat (2-8% fat vs.the16-20% found in ice creams), but it means the added flavorings are the real star, not the dense, fat-laden cream (nothing against fat-laden cream, mind you) which can cover delicate and subtle flavors.

4. Gelato is usually made in small batches, and usually made with seasonal ingredients, resulting in much fresher flavors.

In short,

GELATO = less fat + no air added = rich creamier taste (taken from WorldOfIceCream.com)

Clear now? I hope so. OK, back to Gelatissimo.

On the side of the shop lot, you can see the menu.

Currently, Gelatissimo is having promotion conjunction with the Mega Sale Carnival.

These are the cups used by Gelatissimo. The red is for 1 flavor cup, green for 2 flavors cup and blue for 3 flavors cup. Cone is also available if you don’t like the gelato to be  in a cup.

Tada……. Proudly present the Gelatissimo’s Gelato. There are so many flavors. Looks tempting right?

The owner, Mr Hong let us tried out the Affogato as well.

Gelatissimo Mango Shake. Very nice!

Regular version of the shakes.

Mango Gelato. Oh…. Mango! I’m loving it!

Green Tea & Belgian Chocolate Gelato. I can finish them within seconds!

Staffs from Gelatissimo. On the most right is the boss. All the staffs are friendly. You can hear a loud greeting “Hi” and “Welcome”, if you go near to their shop lot.

Before going back, I bought my self a take away pack - 650cc. Guess what are the 2 flavors I chose?

Nice bag for the take away pack.

Gelatissimo
G-45A Gurney Plaza, Penang
LG-K08, The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City, KL
G-53, Jusco 1-Utama Shopping Centre, Selangor

Attendees:
Alan
Allie
Allen
Anna
Bee
Food Promotions
Penang Tua Pui
Jian
Kathleen
Mei Yi
Lingzie
Mary
NKOTB

Thanks Foodpromotions for the address.

I waited for quite some time for the menu but seems like no one is free to entertain me. I have no choice but to raise my hand and asked for the menu. The menu is different from my last visit. It looks new and “shining”.

Menu

There are total of 5 breakfast choices:

1. My Toast (RM4.50) - Kaya and Butter Toast (Single), Omega Soft Boiled Eggs and Kopi O or Black Tea (Hot/Cold).
2. My Meehoon (RM3.90) - Meehoon Siam and Kopi O or Black Tea (Hot/Cold).
3. My Nasi (RM 5.50) - Nasi Lemak Classic and Kopi O or Black Tea (Hot/Cold).
4. My Noodle (RM5.50) - Noodle Soup with Egg, Sausage & Vegetables and Kopi O or Black Tea (Hot/Cold).
5. My Western (RM6.50) - Toast, Sausage, Egg, Red Bean and Kopi O or Black Tea (Hot/Cold).

If you don’t like the Kopi O or Black Tea, you can switch your drink by adding additional RM1. There are 3 choices:

1. Old Town White Coffee (Hot/Cold).
2. Fresh Lemon Tea (Hot/Cold).
3. Old Town White Milk Tea (Hot/Cold).

I ordered My Toast and my mum ordered My Meehoon. For the drink, we just stick to Kopi O, without switching to other drinks.

This is our Kopi O (Black Coffee).  The Kopi O was  too bitter without putting the sugar. I need to get the sugar from another table.

Kaya and Butter Toast. This is a MUST order when dine in Old Town Kopitiam. I like it a lot.

2 small strips of butter inside the toast. The toast on that day is a bit cold. I prefer it to be warm.

Next, 2 Omega Soft Boiled Egg. It is nice to have it with soya sauce and pepper.

Meehoon Siam. My mum left a bit for me to taste. It is sour and a bit of spiciness, but nice, especially the chili/sambal. At first, I thought Meehoon Siam will come in a small plate, since this breakfast set is the cheapest among all. I was wrong. It comes in quite a big portion.

Overall, it was a good decision to dine at Old Town Kopitiam for breakfast. From as low as RM3.90, you can have a wonderful breakfast, to cheer up your day. The Kaya and Butter Toast was still up to standard. Meehoon Siam was a bit surprise to me. My mum likes it. If you are bored of Penang hawker food, try to have your breakfast at Old Town Kopitiam.

Old Town Kopitiam Breakfast is served until 11am from Monday to Friday. It is not applicable for Weekends and Public Holidays.

A big banner is hang on top of the entrance. As you can see, Ivy’s Kitchen offers Steam Boat Dinner, Seafood Dinner and Fish Head Curry. Of course, these 3 are only some of the dishes among others.

You can choose to sit outside or inside with air conditioning. It’s your decision. However, order and payment need to be done inside.

Table setting inside the restaurant.

We suppose to order our own drink. Since we have no idea on what to choose, Mr Tan decided to give us different colors of drink, for the photo taking purposes. First, it comes with 5 colorful drinks.

Then, add in another one, become 6. But we have 7!

Here comes another one, to make it 7. All the 7 drinks are: Honeydew, Watermelon, Apple with Lime, Cucumber Mint, Carrot with Milk, Orange and Ambala Sour Plum. Each drink costs RM2.20. According to NKOTB who has the Apple with Lime, the lime is too strong against the apple. For Cucumber Mint, Waco said it tasted like cucumber. Hmmmmm, of course it tasted like cucumber, if not, it tasted like banana? LOL.

Our first dish of the night, Sweet and Sour Flower Crab. The gravy is very good. However, I never feel the sourness. Besides, I like it to be more spicy. Mr Tan explained, if it is too spicy, children are not able to take it. All the dishes are meant for whole family. This has cleared all the doubts. We suggested to have the level of spiciness:  mild, moderate and super spicy for customers to choose their desired level. Sounds great right? This dish will become perfect if Fried Man Tou is provided, to dip it with the gravy. Slurp…….

The charges for Sweet and Sour Flower Crab is RM30 per 600g. By looking and the photo below, can you guess how much we have eaten? Honestly, I have no idea. If you want to know, ask Mr Tan or Ms Ivy. Maybe, you can get a free treat from Mr Tan by guessing it right. I said, MAYBE.

Joo Hoo Char - RM10. This dish is very common. You can find it in most of the Nyonya restaurant. I just like it.

Whose hand? This one is pretty easy to guess. It is nice to have the Joo Hoo Char with the vege.

Lobak is the next. If Mr Tan never mentioned the meat was chicken, I did not notice also. I just eat. To me, it is just normal. I still prefer the one my mum made. Haha. RM6 for this plate of Lobak.

Here comes the Asam Prawn. The size of the prawn is small, if compare to other restaurant. But with the price of RM4-RM5, it’s worth it! I like this Asam Prawn. YUMMY!

Sambal Kai Lan. It has 3 categories: Small (RM8), Medium (RM10) and Large (RM14). If you dine in Ivy’s Kitchen, don’t forget to order this dish with more sambal or more spicy. The sambal is just fantastic.

Fish Curry or in Malay, Gulai Tumis Ikan. Black Promfret was being used in this curry. The curry is sour. Spicy wise, it is OK for me. The price is charged according to the weight of the fish. RM10 per 100g. Again, how much is the fish curry below costs? Same answer from me, ask Mr Tan.

Tofu Seaweed Soup - Small (RM8), Medium (RM10) and Large (RM14). It is a very normal soup. Nothing special.

Additional dish: Beef Rendang, courtesy of Mr Tan. The gravy was superb. However, the beef was not tender enough. Besides, maybe the beef can be replaced by chicken or pork, since some people don’t eat beef.

Red Bean Longan - RM2 per bowl.

It is full of red bean, sago and longan, worth the price.

Overall, I was very full after this dinner. All dishes are delicious and great, especially Sweet and Sour Flower Crab, Asam Prawn, Sambal Kai Lan and Beef Rendang. If you cannot think of a place to go for your dinner, try Ivy’s Kitchen out. It’s simply delicious and yummy!

Map:

View Yummy Station in a larger map

Address:
58 Jalan Chow Thye
10250 Penang

Tel:
013-433 7878 (Mr Tan)
016-433 7130 (Ms Ivy)

Business Hour:
Open Daily 12pm-9pm

Time flies. Next month will be the 4th Floggers gathering. The 1st one I never join. I only got to know after the event. I started to join on the 2nd gathering. It is a nice one since this is the very first time I got to know so many food bloggers. Click to read more on the 2nd Gathering.

The 3rd gathering we have was in Gill’s house. It was a pot luck session. I was not feeling well on that day. I just notice that, I never write on the 3rd gathering. If you want to see the dishes we cooked, you need to search from other blogger’s blog.

The coming 4th gathering will be a big event. Until now, we already have 34 floggers who will attend. I am really looking forward for this event. See you all there!

On the first traffic light along the Jelutong Express Way, turn right. Just after the right turn, turn left and you will be surrounded by all the flats. Just look for the parking lot and park you car. If you have no idea where is the shop, no worry. There are a few sign boards on guiding you to locate the restaurant.  Below is one of them. See the arrow?

The menu looks simple. You can choose among the 5 Pan Mee:

Pan Mee Soup, Pan Mee Dry, Spicy Pan Mee, Minced Pork Pan Mee with Special Sauce and Crispy Pork Pan Mee.

The price is from Rm2.80 to RM4.00. For the Pan Mee, you also have 3 choices: thin, thick or square. Additional items to add on are available as well.

For the drink, we ordered the Ice Herbal Tea.

Minced Pork Pan Mee with Special Sauce.
It looks nice, lots of ingredients.

Crispy Pork Pan Mee
My friend said this is very nice. I will try this on my next visit.

Spicy Pan Mee
I ordered this. To me, it is not spicy enough. I like the meatballs that come with this order.

The logo of I Mum Mum.

See, even students are eating over here.

There is one orchid plant on the counter. Not sure is it real or fake. It looks fake to me though.

Overall, the Pan Mee is special if compare to the one in BJ. There are 5 choices and not only the soup and dry version. Cleanliness wise, I prefer I Mum Mum Restaurant. You can judge by yourself. For the Pan Mee, the one in BJ put too much of the dark soy sauce. I don’t like. Bottom line, we have one more place to dine if comes to Pan Mee, which is good for all the Pan Mee lovers.

Article from Sinchew (Chinese): http://www.sinchew-i.com/special/food/node/940

Address
No. 294, PDC Flats, Pengkalan Weld,
11300 Georgetown, Penang

Business Hour: 7.30am - 3.30pm (Closed on alternate Monday)

Tel: 012-518 1827 (Carmen Choo)