Hot day dessert - Coconut Jelly

Recently the weather has turn from rainy day to really really hot day.  It has come to a stage where you may find yourself start sweating right after you step out from the shower.

Other than air conditioning and ice drinks, there is one dessert that definitely will cool you down. Atleast I find it works (for now) :)

It is Coconut Jelly, a dessert start popular few years back and now still going strong especially under such hot weather. I remember I would go together with my colleagues to takeaway atleast 20-30 of these back to office after lunch time back in those days.

The shop is located near georgetown Time Square along the old shop houses.

These coconut are relatively smaller than normal and its content is scooped out to replace by Jelly made from coconut water which is not too sweet. Just nice.

It is best served in chilled condition.

For more info about the location and other friend's feedback, can goto 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joez-Coconut-Jelly

Enjoy! 

Malaysian Style Breakfast - Roti Canai

Breakfast in Malaysia, or typically Penang are of many choices. One of it is mamak style roti canai which is my all time favourite since childhood. This Saturday morning, we decided to go to Transfer Road for the ever famous roti since decades ago.

It is not a restaurant, but an authentic stalls by a busy road side, a true Penangites style. :) Customer would park their vehicles opposite road, or just next to the stalls. Mostly they come in motorcycles as parking space are limited.

The owner of the stall are preparing the food at the stove setup outside as well. As you may noticed, they are preparing more than 5 roti at once for customer, their business is good.

We decided to get Roti Telur (roti with eggs) and chicken curry. The taste is superb and filling. 

Of course, not to forget our favourite drinks - Teh Tarik (Pull Tea). Its abit sweeter than my likings though.

Overall, the food is nice and authentic. There are other choices like murtabak, roti bengali, half boiled egg etc. It is very nolstagic to me and definitely will come again soon.

Enjoy!

Macallum Connoisseurs Coffee

There is new cafe in town...! Located strategically near Lim Chong Eu Express Highway, with sleek building designs provide a modern feel along the busy streets of the express way. Interior design are really simple, with a long bar behind the serving counter.

This cafe serves contemporary fusion food with wide variety of coffee. At first, we were just planning to have a cup of coffee or tea, but then we saw this "Macallum Coffee Spaghetti" in the menu list which caught our interest....we decided to give it a try :)

Here is how the Coffee Spaghetti looks like

Its serves with sausage, and generously sprinkle with herbs and spices. Surprisingly, it tasted creamy and a little bit on the salty side. Each bite gives you a hint of bitterness from the coffee added in. Creative dish! Cost MYR18.

Another dish that we ordered was Grilled Salmon Fillet.

Similar to the spaghetti dish, it carries a very strong flavour of mustard, spices. The Salmon steak served was very thick and fresh. Only one complain about this dish was the asparagus, it was sligthly overcooked. The rest are thumbs up. Cost MYR28.

For drinks, we ordered one 2 latte - Iced butterscotch latte cost MYR12 and Piccolo latte cost MYR8.
The iced one served in normal plastic container so we didn't take its photo. Here is how the piccolo latte looks like, in a very small glass packed with strong coffee flavour.

The cafe service is moderate as there is a lot of customer at the time of our visits. It take around 15 mins to have our drinks served and additional 10 mins for the food to be served. So, expect slower serves around the peak hour like dinner time.

One interesting things that we observed was the roof of this cafe are installed with solar panel. An added point for them to consider energy saving option, bravo!! :)

Overall, I would visit this cafe again to try out more drinks and perhaps would order the Macallum Coffee Spaghetti again. :)

Enjoy!

Food rating: 6 out of 10
Price rating: 6 out of 10

Additional information: https://www.facebook.com/Macallum?fref=ts

Koay Teow Teng - Noodle Soup

This is my favourite noodle soup that I used to have ever since I was a child.  There are quite a numbers of famous stalls selling this around my hometown Penang, Malaysia. Each stalls has its unique taste of the soup, the combination of the garnishing to the width of the noodle itself.

It is basically a clear soup served with noodles, chicken/pork/duck meat, fish/meatballs, and green onion. The base of the soup can also be chicken stocks or pork, or even duck. Its how the seller put all these ingredient together that makes it stand out and delicious.

One particular stalls that I love to visit for breakfast during weekend is at Pulau Tikus market place.

Here is closer look to what is in my bowl of happiness during breakfast :) The serving is just nice for a light breakfast.

Additionally, if you feel like you want to have a dessert after this savoury noodles. Best recommendation is to have this soya bean pudding or Douhua with dark sugar syrup. The taste is divine. :) Smooth texture, freshly prepared daily..........I feel like I want to have a bowl right now just by thinking of it.

If you would like to go try out these delicious delicacy of Penang where mostly only locals knows the place, you can follow the direction below
http://www.penang-traveltips.com/pulau-tikus-market-hawker-centre.htm

Enjoy!
Bon Appetite~

Relish @ Gurney Paragon

Relish Restaurant is our choice of today to have our Sunday lunch. It is a true Malaysian's food outlet where it serves combination of Malaysian delicacies including curries, nasi lemak and chendol etc.

Restaurant is located at Gurney Paragon 2nd floor, outside the mall. The restaurant atmosphere is very pleasant with colourful designs.

We had ordered the famous dish - Nasi Ulam with Ayam Percik, which is a combination of Nyonya delights and Malay's. I can say this dish tasted delicious and flavourful. Like it.

Cost MYR21.90

Second dish is Nasi Kunyit with Curry Chicken. This curry dish is really hitting all the right notes of our taste bud. Not too spicy and also very "lemak". :)

Cost MYR14.90

Then dessert is serve with Durian ice cream which is typically what Penangites likes the most. This one is a combination of durian flavour ice cream, chendol, gula melaka and a lot of red beans etc. 

Cost MYR9.90

Overall, the food is delicious. Service is good and fast.

I would recommend this to traveler who want to try out authentic Penang food to this restaurant.

Enjoy!

Cheers from Teddies~

Address:-

RELISH Gurney Paragon

Lot L2.33A & al-Fresco Area, Level 2

Gurney Paragon Mall

Persiaran Gurney

10250 Penang

Tel/Fax: 604-218 9216