We're Not Gone!

Oh my!

We are so sorry for the silence in here that's been so long!

We have both been busy with so many things especially when the year is coming to an end!

We promise to update real soooon!

Stay with us! :)

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

Jasmine Garden Cafe at Macalister Road, Penang

"Everytime we drive pass this road, you sure look at this place. You want to try the food there isit?"

What he said every single time we drive down Macalister Road. Haha. 

The truth is, she grew up coming to this place for a family meal. Since she was a very young girl. He has never tried out this place before so he decided to bring her whole family there one nice sunny noon and gave them another walk down memory lane.

This place is run by Catholics where there are rooms upstairs for rent, prolly for those who would like to spend few days in Penang in a budgeted way. Not so sure about that though..

Anyways, no need to say also you will know that she was excited to have lunch that day. She kept checking her watch to make sure we go there earlier than planned. Crazy girl.

Simple place to dine for lunch or dinner.

Signature dish: Belacan Fried Chicken.

 He says: Belachan chicken can hardly go wrong! Thumbs up! Hot and crispy! 

She says: First bite so juicy and yummy. This one ten-fingers-licking-good. We ordered round two BTW. I can just order this next time. IT'S SERIOUSLY SO YUMMY!

Stir-fry Kailan.

He says: Could be better if there is more taste to it. Maybe a bit more salt?

She says: A normal dish with maybe more taste needed.

Black Bean Soup.

He says: Ermmmm..  Nothing special but pretty decent soup!

She says: Like having a hot water soup with some beans in it? Nehhhh.

He says: Taste okay but the curry is a bit diluted. 

She says: Fish fillet is fresh. It looks better than it tasted. To be honest, it was prolly one of the worse I've ever tasted. I remembered it being one of the best I've tasted last time. Maybe change of chefs.. 

Jasmine Garden Cafe at Macalister Road, Penang

Price: Expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 4/10
Her rating: 4/10

huey&wah café at Bellisa Row, Burmah Road, Penang

So many cafes in Penang it's really crazy to keep up.

It's like new cafe opens up every two weeks in Penang or something.

This cafe that we went to on one of the nights was known to us when they first opened in Straits Quay. A small little shop along the outside of the mall.

Then, they moved to Bellisa Row and boy, they are huge. Huge compared to the one they have in Straits Quay.

All we knew of this cafe was that they serve chocolates. We have no idea where that impression came from. No idea.

We went in with a group of friends and toured the shop around before we placed our order to which was recommended by the staffs :)

Two storeys :)

Upstairs with beanie bags :)

Order & pay at the counter then your drinks/food will be delivered to your table.

A range of flavored marshmallows for you to bring home when you give money. Heh.

Vanilla, lemon, chocolate, passion fruit, rose, espresso and stout.

Price range from RM11.90 to RM18.90

 Cakes with marshmallows.

Frozen Yogurt Popsicle with marshmallow bits :)

Kopi-o with 2 cubes marshmallows (flavors of your choice) - RM6.50

Ours were stout and chocolate flavored :)

He says: Unique really. The coffee itself is nice! Then, then sweetness that the marshmallows offers when it melts is perfect. Should give this a try!

She says: I knew for sure it won't taste good! For sure! Cos I DO NOT like marshmallows unless it's over the fire for a while and melted a bit inside. That also, I only take one cos it's way too sweet as a candy kind. This kopi-o however makes the perfect combo with marshmallows. It's insane! They leave the cubes in there then it started to melt. So, I took a small sip and fell in love with it immediately! Kopi-o no sugar so the marshmallows became the sweet element in there and it tasted perfecttt! LOVE THIS ONE!

Bottle Lemonade

He says: Refreshing! 

She says: Sweet and very refreshing. Okay, amybe a bit too sweet for me. 

Frozen Yogurt Popsicle (Passion Fruit)

He says: Not a big fan of yogurt but a big fan of passion fruit! Kinda like it..

She says: I like the surprise element in it. The chunky bits of marshmallows! Sorry, no more surprise for you anymore since you are still reading this. Heh. Like this one.

huey&wah café at Bellisa Row, Burmah Road, Penang

Price: Slightly expensive

Ratings:

His rating: 7.5/10

Her rating: 8.5/10

Auntie Anne's at Lower Ground Floor at Gurney Plaza, Penang

Jalan-jalan cari makan... We are always walking and always eating.. :S

Hanging out/berdating/wasting time at the mall so we were walking around and our mouth got itchy.. Actually more like his mouth got itchy so we went all the way to lower ground floor since that level is like food's corner or something..

We walked from one end to the other, cannot decide what to have for snack. He loveeeeeeee the Passion Fruit drink at Auntie Anne's so we walked towards that area and the next thing we know, he also got their newest product in his hands.

That time, his face was lighted up for some kind of weird reason. It's as if he was holding a pot of gold or something. Hahaha.

Anyways, it has to be good because it looked so good in the photo. 

Hmm.. you've gotta read on to find out whether we hate it or we love it!

First bite: nothing yet.

After third bite then can taste the goodness :)

He says: Its a must must try for me. Wait till the 3rd bite when the chocolate and caramel ooze into your mouth. Somemore got passion fruit drink to complement it! Best.

She says: The outside bun is soft and hot, yums. The inside filling straight melted me away. IT'S SO GOOD! If you like to have sweet things once in a while, YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS. It's only RM7.60 with a drink. We took Passion Fruit as usual and their passion fruit juice is super nice. Love this snack!

Auntie Anne's at Lower Ground Floor at Gurney Plaza, Penang

Price: Reasonable

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

Arnor Crepes at Asian Avenue (1st Floor) at Sunway Pyramid Mall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

People always say Kuala Lumpur food is horrible. 

I think after going to KL so often, we now will conclude that KL has nice food too! You just have to know where to find them! 

If don't know where, then just dine in a shopping mall. Haha. 

We jalan-jalan-ed at Sunway Pyramid Mall and his sister recommended that we should try the watermelon juice at this stall!

First time hearing this brand. It's a lot like Chatime and Gong Cha etc. 

Walking around the mall with this in your hand, is perfectttt! :)

So, we googled 'Arnor Crepes' and this is what we found about this brand:

1. Recognized as BEST TAIWANESE SNACK in 2002. 
2. It's a famous brand in Taiwan
3. They are famous for crepes in different style of eating, be it as dessert, snack or as a meal.
4. In Taiwan, people will queue in front of the stall even before they open.

WHY WE NEVER GET ONE OF THEIR FAMOUS FLAVOR CREPE TO TRY! We were actually too full to put in anymore food into our mouth. So, fruit juice will be enough. 

NEXT TIME. 

Now you all know so you all can go try the crepes out and let us know! :)

Watermelon Milk (RM6.90)

He says: People say dont drink milk after you eat watermelon! Not so true! The taste is a bit weird but I think I kinda like it.

She says: I don't like fruits = I don't like fruit juice. Maybe orange juice is fine occasionally. This one sumore watermelon with millk! Another thing I don't like = milk. So you can imagine how my face looked like when I had to try this. Haha. It has that watermelon taste for sure and feels quite refreshing also actually, but no second time for me thanks. One thing though the texture of the drink is not those runny water type so extra point for that. 

Arnor Crepes at Asian Avenue (1st Floor) at Sunway Pyramid Mall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Price: Reasonable

Ratings:
His rating: 6/10
Her rating: 5/10

Hainan Chicken Rice at Ah Tong Chicken Rice Cafe at Jalan Air Hitam, Penang

We have so much chicken rice sessions on Sunday afternoons you have no idea! 

Instead of going to the usual chicken place we always go, a good friend of ours recommended this place to us and so try new chicken rice it is!

We love trying out new things, new food, new adventure. After all, change is a constant thing right? If never try new things, you will never expand your horizon. So yeah..

The place was pretty crowded with people when we arrived at about 1pm so that sort of has a first good impression. Hehe.

Let's see what we think about the makan-makan!

Meet our good friend, Tien Kit :)

Young people hard at work.

Hainan Chicken Rice.

Chicken/Char Siew rice

He says: Smells awesome.. But just okay as a whole I think.

She says: I love the rice flavor, full of aroma. Can eat just the rice. The chicken was a little too dry and tough. Char siew was alright. It wasn't bad nor was it really good.

Tien Kit says: The chicken compared to other stalls is pretty good and tasty. But for the char siew, not as good as chicken.

Kiam Chai Boey

He says: Just okay. Not OHHM enough..

She says: It will be a lot nicer if the soup is thicker. The taste is pretty okay.

Tien Kit says: The chai boey is the bomb! Just like home cooked, enough spicy and enough sour (kao luak kao swee). It's the best chai boey you can get, there's no other chai boey as appetizing as this.

Hainan Chicken Rice at Ah Tong Chicken Rice Cafe at Jalan Air Hitam, Penang

Price: Reasonably cheap

Ratings:
His rating: 6/10
Her rating: 6/10
Tien Kit's rating: 7/10

The Safe Room at Campbell Street, Penang

The night was still young and we wanted to go somewhere. We heard of this place from friends and how they make their ice cream with liquid nitrogen gas. Since we have never tasted such ice cream before, why not go give it a try.

Not sure if it's super crowded that night because it was a weekend or because it was newly opened. Either way, the place is quite small to cater for big group of friends. 

Actually, the place is quite spacious. Maybe they could re-arrange and put more tables and chairs. Just saying.

We waited at the front counter where you place your orders and pay for seats to be available. Soon after that, we got a place and made our order. 

One thing we really love about this place is they really do serve their ice cream with fresh fruits. Coconut is their signature, so that's a must try, right?

Busy night.

Their safe room with love locks all around.

Stood there for a good 15 minutes and watch how they do it.

Coconut Nitro Ice Cream - RM13.90

He says: Creative! I love it.. alternative for coconut ice cream! Haha.. Should try!

She says: I like that they use the fresh ingredients to do their ice creams whether its coconut or strawberries or mango, pineapples and the list goes on. So, that's a bonus point. The must try is coconut and it's yummy. Tasted like coconut ice cream, no biggie. A little too overpriced for me.

Butterscotch Caffe Latte - RM9.90

He says: Not bad not bad. Could be thicker though.

She says: Butterscotch latte, love it. Not overly sweet. Quite difficult to hold the glass though when it's hot. 

The Safe Room at Campbell Street, Penang

Price: Expensive

Ratings:
His rating: 6.5/10
Her rating: 6/10