Chok Dee Thai Restaurant at Burmah Road, Penang

Hello there you all. We realized that every time we post something up, it always starts with this kind of greetings. The kind where we haven't been here for the longest time already! Haha!

Well, since we've been gone for so long (actually not very long also right), we shall post on another of our all-time favorite cuisine! 

Yes, another Thai food post! 

Told you that we are big lovers of Thai Food. If we're both so busy with whatever things and you try to get us out for a night right, always use Thai food as the winning point. CONFIRM WE BOTH WILL SAY YES! Hehe.

We personally think that majority of the people in Penang likes Thai food. No, we don't have some kind of survey of whatsoever but it just seems like Thai food has been surviving for so many years here. As long as your price is reasonable and your food is good, sure got return customers. 

If your cook is from Thailand, most likely your Thai food will taste awesome. At least that's what we feel lah.

So, this place is pretty famous already. People know about Chok Dee Thai, Burmah Road. In fact, everytime you drive past Burmah Road, for sure got cars in front of the shop. 

The shop is quite small, so do make your reservations first if you're planning to dine in with a big number of people okay.

We enjoyed our time at Chok Dee Thai, Burmah Road with the company of amazing people. Thank you Judson Lim for the treat! Our lawyer, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, he's still available :))

Take note that the photos are all on large orders (bold pricing) and just enough portion for 5 adults :)

Tom Yum Seafood - RM 20/RM 31

He says: Pretty good! More of a lemak kind of tomyam =)

She says: When I saw the soup, I was like, "Confirm nice already!" and I was right! Milky and spicy!

Tofu Curry Paste - RM 12/RM 15/RM 20

He says: Thumbs up! Like the gravy. Very authentic thai taste to it.

She says: This was highly recommended by Judson himself so my expectation is like so high on this dish. First serving: LOVE IT. Second time: Hmm. Sill nice okay. Third time: Err.. starting to feel jelak d. But overall very aromatic and different.

Crispy marinated Pork Strips - RM 16/RM 28 

He says: A bit dry to me. But its not bad when dip into the thai sauce.

She says: If its crispierrr, then it would have been perfect! Quite a dry dish to eat with rice.

Salted Egg Squid - RM 16/RM18/RM 28 

He says: Not a big fan of salted eggs! A no no for me.. the squid is quite nice and chewy too!
She says: Love this dish! Salted egg dishes are always of prawns so this one with squid was actually really nice. 

Tub Tim Krob (water chestnut and jackfruit served in coconut milk) - RM6

He says: A little bit too sweet and the taste is a little bit weird.

She says: A bit too watery to my liking. Normal je.

Chok Dee Thai Restaurant at Burmah Road, Penang

04-229 1492 / 012-505 8668 for reservations

Lunch: 11am - 230pm

Dinners: 6pm - 930pm

Price: Expensive

Ratings:

His rating: 6/10

Her rating: 6/10

Korean Fire Noodle: Flaming Chicken Fried Noodles by Samyang.

I'm sure by now, many of you have seen the KOREAN FIRE NOODLE CHALLENGE on Facebook and Youtube and other social media. People call it fire noodle because its spiciness is beyond the world, apparently. So we've heard and it got us really curious. 

We found out about this fire noodle quite some time ago but couldn't seem to find any in Penang at that time. Apparently, you can find them in Singapore. So, we kinda let the thought go since neither one of us are going to that Merlion City anytime soon.

Then, she found out that there is one Korean Mart at Prima Tanjung, Tanjung Tokong has this Korean Fire Noodle. IMAGINE OUR EXCITEMENT but because we were both so busy that time, we kinda forgot about it.

Not until he went to Singapore for SEA Games and his good friend got for him a few packets of this Samyang's Bool Dak Bokkeum Myun, which is also called, Flaming Chicken Fried Noodles. She was surprised that he actually remembered about it to be honest. Thank you Sniper Teck and Bernice!

So, we got home from work on a working weekday and decided to give this FIRE NOODLE a try. She's super blessed that he enjoys cooking :)

Hint: Read till the very end to see how you can get a packet of this fire noodle and a mystery gift from us! :)

Samyang's Bool Dak Bokkeum Myun a.k.a Korean Fire Noodles 

a.k.a. 

Flaming Chicken Fried Noodles 

a.k.a.

One of Korean's Spiciest Ramen 

a.k.a. 

Top 3 in the Top Ten Spiciest Instant Noodles of All Time in 2014 according to The Ramen Rater, 

Honestly, we were like, "Aiya, cannot be that spicy lah" and "We're Chinese leh, for sure easy peasy for us"

We seriously thought it couldn't be that spicy as what is portrayed in the videos of these people taking up this Fire Noodle Challenge. So, we decided to also take a video on ourselves finishing one packet EACH. No sharing whatsoever okay. Continue scrolling down to watch our time-lapse video okay? 

EACH GETS ONE FULL PACKET. EACH ONE NEEDS TO FINISH ALL.

That was our challenge. 

Let's see how it goes okay.

Korean Fire Noodle for two persons please :)

Challenge yourself and put all the paste into the noodle okay.

Pour/Scoop/Put/Squeeze the paste into the noodles (boiled and water drained out) and mix well.

Dinner for two.

He says: First, Sarah is such a noob in eating spicy stuff! kekeke! =p But really, this one hurts my tongue real bad and made my lips feels like it got stung by a bee. Like most Korean instant noodle, the texture of the noodle is really springy! The spiciness tortures you slowly as you eat, burning you as you feed. Love this thing! Must try! 

She says: Let me first start by describing the noodle. It's thick kind of instant noodle that is NOT THE SAME as any of our local instant noodles. It's springy and quite chewy in a good way. It's very yummy okay. When you smell the cooked dish, it instantly projects certain signal to your brain that makes you salivate. No kidding! It smells really good and not that spicy surprisingly. The first mouth in and I was like, "Oh, okaylah. Not that spicy also!" By my third mouth, my eyes were already tearing up and my nose started to be stuffy. If you know me well enough, you would know that I can take spicy stuff, like I enjoy cili padi in my rice for dinner kind of spicy. But this one, this one is just pure madness. I've never NEVER eaten anything that could make me actually cry during the eating process. Ohh and I wanted to give up halfway through. That's how spicy it was. Of course I finished the whole thing because cannot lose to Adrian Koay. Heh. I love the taste but at the end, it got too spicy to even enjoy the taste of it. VERY VERY SPICY LIKE THE CRAZY TORTURING KIND BUT SUPER YUMMY. You all should make this a must-do/try in your bucket list. 

This fire noodle, not a joke.

We did not have any lipstick, lip balm or lip gloss on our lips okay. The redness on our lips is also not because of the sauce from the noodles. We wiped our mouth super clean and still, it was THAT red and a bit puffy. 

He took less than five minutes to finish his bowl and she took close to 10 minutes. 

Special shoutout to LOTD Clothing for their comfortable top (the one he is wearing in the video) that makes sweating not a pain in the behinds. It's definitely one of our favorite to wear now!

Korean Fire Noodle: Flaming Chicken Fried Noodles by Samyang.

Can be found in a Korean Mart at Prima Tanjung, Tanjung Tokong.

Price: Slightly expensive (About SGD 7 for a packet of 5)

Ratings:
His rating: 9/10
Her rating: 8.5/10

WAIT! This is not just it. It's not going to be like those usual post because it's special. 

SPECIAL FOR YOU GUYS!

We are feeling super spiced up (heh!) and decided to give to THREE readers a packet of this Korean Fire Noodle each along with a MYSTERY GIFT! Yes, you read that right. A packet of this Samyang's Bool Dak Bokkeum Myun and a MYSTERY GIFT! Everyone loves mystery gift yes? :)

All you need to do is:

• LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE because you just should AND INSTAGRAM (this one optional for you lah actually!)

• READ FINISH THIS ENTIRE POST :)

• GO TO WhatTwoEatHere's FB PAGE and SHARE THIS Korean Fire Noodle post ON YOUR OWN WALL WITH THIS CAPTION ---> "I WANT TO TRY THIS KOREAN FIRE NOODLE!"

• THEN CLICK POST!

Our dateline for this Special Giveaway is until 30 June 2015! After that, we will begin our random-draw-lots for those who have shared this post on your Facebook wall okay. 

Remember to share it from WhatTwoEatHere's Facebook page so that we could track your sharing!

Faster go post! We're so excited to give out to those three chosen people already! Who knows maybe we might wanna give to more than just 3 readers!

Thanks for following and reading us, you guys :)

Signing off.

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

Ini Karilah at Jalan Masjid Negeri, Greenlane, Penang

Another Groupon-inspired dinner! 

Okay, Groupon-inspired because his mom got it at RM35 for four people. 

The price is inclusive of:

Salmon head curry with orka and tomato claypot (RM55 value)
Sweet and sour lychee boneless chicken (RM15 value)
Vegetables of the day (RM10 value)
4x embryo rice (RM8 value)

So, can say that it was a very good deal. We ordered an extra plate of golden fried bean curd with sesame sweet sauce because we thought it was going to be too little for 5 people to share. Wrong! More than enough actually. 

Anyways, it was a nice dinner with his family :)

Good to know that they use kangen water and embryo rice.

Salmon head curry with orka and tomato claypot

He says: The BOMB. The curry is simply authentic! And the fish head served is salmon fish head! My first time trying it this style. Interesting!

She says: The portion was simply madness. I remembered being in a shock mode when it came out. Even more when we discovered that the fish head is of a salmon's. Yummy curry! 

Sweet and sour lychee boneless chicken

He says: One of my favourite dish that evening. When you bite it, everything just fall into place inside your mouth. Haha!

She says: What a funny combo huh? I love lychee drink, but I find this combo a bit funny. Don't really like it. Fried chicken is okaylah.

Vegetables of the day

He says:  Decent. Could be better if served hotter!

She says: Typical dish. Nothing special.

Golden fried bean curd with sesame sweet sauce

He says:  Crispy outside and soft inside. Also, the topping of pork floss could only make is even better. 

She says: Crispy outside, soft inside. This one I like. It's not like those typical soft kind of bean curd. This is probably the softest bean curd I have ever eaten. No kidding. 

Two types of sauce that came with the fried bean curd

He says: Spicy and sour on the left and sweet on my right.

She says: Funny and weird. No thanks :)

Ini Karilah at Jalan Masjid Negeri, Greenlane, Penang

Price: Quite expensive (ala carte) / Cheap (Groupon)

Ratings:

His rating: 7/10

Her rating: 6/10

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