Daily Dose Cafe at Stewart Lane, Penang.

We are back!

Yes, this time for real. We have taken such a looooong break from food-blogging just because we got lazy. No other excuses whatsoever. 

We became lazier and impatient. Everytime the food arrives, we no longer have the patience to 'find' nice lighting and snap photos. All we wanted to do was dive right into it, and we did for the many months ago. 

Now that we have came out from that box, we decided that this shall be a thing again. 

After all, we do enjoy (a lot) on eating and spending time with our friends, so yeah. 

Also, we realized that cafe's food nowadays are so pricey. 

Anyways, we took a weekend morning to this cafe that was introduced by a dear friend, Nick and we decided to bring the entire family there. 

Just a note that we both are not big fans of overly-priced cafe food especially on breakfast because we orang cina, we prefer dim sums and hokkien mee. Hah. 

Enjoy our first post after the absolutely long silence yeah. 

The Big Breakfast - RM20

He says: Pretty good but nothing to shout about..

She says:The portion is enough for a man, but I think needs two women to share it. I think the price isn't too bad considering that the portion is pretty big. It tasted pretty standard, like nothing unusually yummy about it. 

House BLT - RM14

He says: Gotta be one of the best BLT I have ever had! Actually it is not BLT. It's BELT - Bacon Egg Lettuce and Tomatoes! HAHA.

She says: I ordered this because I wanted to eat something that do not require any cutting. The name itself gave me idea that it's a sandwich but it came out as the deconstructed kind of sandwich. Surprised I was because I was feeling sandwich-ish that morning. Heh. Anyways, the rocket leaves go very well with the sesame seed dressing that they put o the bread. The eggs and bacon was standard. Overall, this dish was very yummy. My favorite I can say. 

French Toast - RM12

He says: I would go back there to have this again!

She says: This was just okay for me. Nutella spread inside the bread was too little I feel. Could hardly taste it. It's a very standard dessert kind of dish. You may like this if you're a dessert person. You can probably give better reviews than both of us. 

Daily Dose Cafe at Stewart Lane, Penang.

Price: Expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 7/10
Her rating: 6.5/10

Mee Kari at Eupe Food Court at Sungai Petani, Kedah

We lost count on how many times we actually say, "We are back!"

We are! It's been the busiest two months this year and now that we're slowly getting our groove back, it's time to share with you another meal that we both really enjoy having! More of her lah actually. He's not the biggest fan of it because generally he doesn't like curry mee so yeah.

This place was introduced by a friend obviously because Sungai Petani is a new land for us. We have never been there before. It was only when both of us started working and some of our clients are based there that we make trips down there. Most of the time, separately so we never got any chance to review on this. 

Not till one day when we both planned a trip there and decided to share with you this amazing place.

It's already a very famous stall in Sungai Petani. We'll tell you why in a sec.

Sometimes, when she goes there for lunch at about 12pm, everything will be sold out. SOLD OUT. So, based on past experiences, we went there at about 1030am-11am so that we will not be disappointed right.

The famous Mee Kari!

The line was insanely long, but the thing about it was we didn't wait that long before it was our turn. The chef very fast and efficient. 

The unique thing about this Sungai Petani's Mee Kari is that it's served with either fresh fish fillet or pork ribs for only RM5! Of course if you want both also can at RM6, which we thought was a great price.

We can't think of anywhere that serves curry mee with fish fillet or pork ribs. Usually only hokkien mee has that option to add pork ribs. So, this was really nice.

 Sungai Petani Mee Kari with fish fillet - RM5

served with ladies finger and slices of tomatoes.

He says: Would go back for that even-though not a big fan of curry mee. Now I know why friends from SP always introduce this to me!

She says: The soup is pretty standard but towards the yummy side. The chilli is uniquely so delicious. Then, the fish fillet is so soft and fresh and just oh so yums. Definitely my favorite curry mee mee kari so far!

Mee Kari at Eupe Food Court at Sungai Petani, Kedah

Address: Lorong Gamelan 1/4, Taman Ria Jaya, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:
His rating: 8/10
Her rating: 9/10

Deen Nasi Kandar at Toon Leong Coffee Shop at Transfer Road, Penang

Weekdays morning we usually try to catch as much sleep as we can even if that means we could steal 5 minutes from the snoozing time. With that being said, of course it means that we usually won't have breakfast together when we are working.

Actually we do but very very seldom. He starts work at 8:30am and she at 9am, so it's ery difficult to meet up for breakfast before we begin our day. 

One morning though, we went to breakfast at Transfer Road. Deen Nasi Kandar!

She was a bit hesitant because who eats so much rice in the morning right?

But it was highly recommended by a good friend so we decided to give it a shot.

Was it worth waking up early for this? You shall read on and find out! :)

By the way, we had to queue so we went there extra early. Penang people and food. 

Very tempting indeed. 

The queue was so much longer.

"Kuah basah, bang!"

Deen Nasi Kandar, ladies and gentleman.

He says: Enak rasanya! The nasi kandar here is really good. The sotong, the beef, the curry, the egg, the vege. All tastes authentic! I think I would queue here again for this before work next time. Hehe.

She says: "Early morning ask me to line up, it better be good!" That was what I told him and a friend of ours, Judson. And... it turned out SUPER GOOD! No wonder so many people sacrifice their sleep just to get their hands on this yummy typical Malaysian breakfast. I think only Malaysians eat so heavy for breakfast. Crazy hah? It's really good. I would sacrifice my sleep for this again. Maybe not that often lah! :) MUST TRY GUYS!

Deen Nasi Kandar at Toon Leong Coffee Shop at Transfer Road, Penang

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:
His rating: 8.5/10
Her rating: 8.5/10

Jojo Little Kitchen at Jalan SS2/162, Damansara Uptown at Petaling Jaya.

Hola! We're back! After such a loooooong time never hear from us, you must be excited to see that we're finally back!

This time it's going to be one of the things that we ate in KL when we were there for a short holiday! 

We always hear people say that KL's food not nice one and so expensive sumore. Right? 

WRONG! Actually KL has a lot of nice food that's affordable (we say affordable because their portion is huge!). We just need to know where to find them. There are so many ways to find out about where is nice to eat lah and stuff, regardless of wherever you go, be it KL or overseas.

You can always read food blogs like ours *ahemahem* or you can always ask a friend who stays there for a while already. They will know better, don't you think?

Anyways, we were brought to this place by his sister and her boyfriend for lunch. We were excited to give it a try. At least she is because she's quite a big fan of pan mee. 

Pandan Cincau - RM3.50

He says: Pretty good for me. Refreshing!

She says: Got pandan flavor meh?

Lat Jiu (Chilli) Pan Mee (Dry) - RM7

He says: The mixture of all that is delicious, everything in there compliments each other. The texture of the pan mee is just nice, neither too hard nor too soft. Good!

She says: This I like! Mix everything including the egg yolk and you'll get yourself a wonderfully challenging meal! If you can't really take spicy food, don't mix all the chilli. Add some first if not you sure will be needing a whole box of tissue! Love this!

Traditional Pan Mee (Soup) - RM6.50

He says: Its not bad. Soup is pretty sweet though =)

She says: Quite an ordinary soup pan mee. Nothing really special to shout about!

Jojo Little Kitchen at Jalan SS2/162, Damansara Uptown at Petaling Jaya 

Location: 92, Jalan SS21/62, Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya, Damansara Utama, 47400

Price: Reasonable (big portion)

Ratings:
His rating: 8/10
Her rating: 7.5/10

Ah Lai Kopitiam (Under The Tree) at Gat Lebuh Gereja, Penang

Summer this year is crazily hot. All year long of summer and these few months has got to be the hottest time ever recorded or something.

We realized that we are constantly looking for water or fruits or shaded place or a place to eat with air-con! 

Then, we heard about this place that has the perfect shade under a big tree, along Penang's jam-mest main street during working hours. That's right. The Beach Street area where all the banking business are located. This area is usually packed with vehicles and humans. Go during lunch hours and you can literally break into tears, just waiting in the car. Haha. Okaylah, I exaggerated a bit lah.

Anyways, there was one day when we were both were seeing client around that area and decided to try this place out. It's famous for it's iced coffee and other kind of foods. 

And we all need iced coffee on a hot day. DEFINITELY.

It was quite cooling to be sitting under the tree. Try not to sit in the shop as it's really hot in there. 

Iced Coffee Special - RM2

He says: Special it is! Would come back for this =)

She says: One of the best I've had so far. LOVE IT! One glass not enough!

Maggi Mee Tomyam flavour - RM5

He says: Just a normal maggie mee for me.. Could be better!

She says: It's quite inconsistent. This is my second time and it tasted bad compared to the first time when I tried this, which was like 2 weeks ago. They should put less water so that the soup's taste is stronger and has more "ooopmh" to it. 

Maggi Mee Curry flavour - RM5

He says: Soup isnt power enough but it pretty okay. Not baddddd..

She says: It's alright. Very expensive for something that we can just cook at home. For those lazy to cook but wants to eat maggi mee, can come here. 

Roti Special (inside: sausage, egg and cheese) - RM5

He says: The bread is really crunchy! Love it.. Slightly pricey though.. recommended!

She says: It's quite a normal sandwich but one thing that's different is the bread. really thin and crunchy. A bit too expensive I feel because it's just one sausage with egg and cheese. The portion is really small.

Ah Lai Kopitiam (Under The Tree) at Gat Lebuh Gereja, Penang

Direction: Located next to DSOP building (yellow on the right)

Price: Very expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 5/10
Her ratiing: 5/10

Ah Soon Kor Har Mee at Sim Kin San Coffeeshop, Rangoon Road, Penang

Working days, we usually don't like purposely wake up earlier to have breakfast together but nowadays, we are kinda doing it once in a while. It starts our day really nicely. To have breakfast and also to see each other's face of course :)

Since we didn't want to like wake up super early, we decided to makan around our office area. We decided to eat hokkien mee at this corner coffeeshop along Rangoon Road. 

Famous for its extra ingredients like prawn mantis and roasted pork belly, he sells until it's finished. 

One large bowl of hokkien mee please thank you.

Har Mee aka as Hokkien Mee/Prawn Mee - RM6.00 for large

with roasted pork belly, pork ribs and prawn mantis.

He says: Ohhhmm.. The soup is sweet and tasty! This dish comes along with the BIG 3 dish that compliments hokkien mee. Siu-bak, bak kut, & prawn mantis!

She says: I like this hokkien mee. The soup is very prawn-ish which is a very good compliment. The ingredients inside made this breakfast even better. Spoon licking good this one for sure. For sure will go there eat again!

Ah Soon Kor Har Mee at Sim Kin San Coffeeshop, Rangoon Road, Penang

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:
His rating: 8.2/10
Her rating: 7/10

I Mum Mum Pan Mee at Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay), Penang

Pan mee on a sunny afternoon!

Go on either weekdays or weekends during lunch time, and you'll find yourself having to wait a while for table and also for your food to come.

For our visit this time at Weld Quay's branch (they have another shop at One Precinct), they took quite a long time to serve ur our orders. We actually had to remind them couple of times. Hmmph. What a start to a good lunch.

Their menu is pretty simple and straightforward.

Spicy Pan Mee (small) - RM3.40

Thin style pan mee with minced pork, fried crispy anchovies, pork balls and their hot chilli with lime.

He says: Yum yum! nyiam nyiam! biam biam! or whatever.. this one tastes good!

She says: The chilli is indeed the bomb! Mix it all well together and quite yummy. I quite like this one.

Crispy Pork Pan Mee (small) - RM4.00

He says: The crispy pork is nice. 'Garing outside and soft inside'. 

She says: The pan mee itself is pretty okay with the normal sauce. The crispy pork is delicious! So tender and juicy. I love it!

Egg Vegetable Soup - RM1.80

He says: Pretty good :)

She says: Love the leaf-like-vegetables. The soup tasted like normal chicken-cube-infused. I don't know. It tasted very normal and quite bland. It was okay-okay kind of soup.

Deep Fried Dumpling - RM0.80 per piece

He says: Haha. Krispiii!

She says: Just a normal dumpling. Nothing special.

I Mum Mum Pan Mee at Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay), Penang

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:
His rating: 7.5/10
Her rating: 6.5/10