This blog post is meant for Dearest’s birthday celebration with bosom buddies in Penang. Yes, that was supposed to be an August blog post. Look at how backdated I was… imagine how many blog posts do I have for you guys, LOL.

The place: Chilli Corner Restaurant
Where? 10, Nagore Road, Penang
Dunno where is it? Near New World Park!
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Contacts: (O) 04 226 2940, (HP) 013 437 2775

Hmm, how to begin? Totally forgotten how to write.. gosh! Harr! This place is owned by Madame Dexterous’s parent and they serve seriously delicious (and spicy!) Thai food. I ‘ve been visiting this place for quite some time but I never realize that I am a patron of my friend’s parent’s restaurant. Small world.

Why is this place so special? A point that I will not miss is that they serve really fresh seafood. From what I know, the boss oftenly go on boat trips for the seafood  himself. I guess that explains it all. If you’re looking for nice fish dishes etc, this is the place to be.

Don’t believe it? Simple, upon visiting this restaurant you’ll see a lot of pictures of his fishing expeditions, memorabilia of fishing gears, jaws of big fishes etc. It’s amazing.

Well Nagore Road is a nice street filled with nicely refurbished old buildings and I bet it is a nice attraction for foreign tourists as well. Chilli Corner Restaurant is one of them and definitely one that you wouldn’t want to miss.

Let’s go to the food, shall we?

The appetiser platter - Kacang Botol, Cucumber and Long Beans with sambal. The sambal rocks, big time!

This one is definitely the highlight of the whole course dinner. Extremely fresh fish steamed to perfection in Thai Style. Awesome.

Actually, it has been so backdated til I lost the receipt of this meal. So I can’t really provide the pricing list as well as accurate name of the dish. This particular one is Chicken with Long Beans in light sauce.

Kerabu Squid with Glass Noodles.

My favourite - Tom Yam Goong. I bet this is one of the most spicy Tom Yam in Penang, with large prawns!

A healthy diet comes with lots of vege right? Kai Lan for dinner!

… and also some Sambal Kacang Botol.

Is it called Pad Phet? It’s Crab stuffed with Chicken. Quite a complete meal huh?

To top it off, we had another birthday cake for the princess, Peach Mille Crepe this time.

and the Four Seasons reunited.

The Venturez and the Seasons too! Welcoming another addition to our network of friend, the newly-wed Ah Hin and Pling!

Making it happen, everyday… Just for you!

Yeap, this is meant to be Dear’s birthday celebration Part II, which mom decided to treat her lunch. Location was Canton-i at Queensbay Mall, Penang. It was such a hectic weekend whereby we need to meet up with family and friends for her birthday celebrations and of course spend some quality time with Penang food.

Kinda rush though, let’s allow the pictures to do all the talking as I do not record much of the resources and information during my visit to Canton-i. By the way, the restaurant does now allow any sort of photography though. So, I just manage to capture from the outside of the shop and some pics on the food itself. I just… don’t understand why!

Pretty ordinary and cozy restaurant in the inside. Not much of a design to copy either, yet they don’t allow photography. I thought there were many artsy copyrights at first! So, all I have is food and drinks from Canton-i. 

 Drinks from left to right: Flowering Red Amaranth, Hawaiian Coffee, Combo Mix Fruit Juice and ”Yin Yeung” Coffee with Tea.

The so-called Char Siew + Siew Yuk Fan a.k.a Roast Pork & Roast Pork Belly Rice. Trust me, they serve one of the best Siew Yuk @ Roast Pork Belly in town. My words could not describe how tender it was! Awesome!

 Jellyfish with Cuttlefish Combination.

 Lor Eggs, Taufu and Chicken Wings as side dishes.

 Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Sliced Beef. It seems pretty ordinary but I highly recommends this dish as well. The rice noodles are special in a way that it is not so oily if compared to other Penang Koay Teow though.

 This one needs no further explaination. Their Signature Prawn Wan Than Noodles. Their Wan Than tops the chart, as expected. Multiple prawns in each wan than! Imagine that in your mouth!

 ”Theng Chai Chok”… totally forgotten how t odescribe this congee in English. Oops!

The ever joyous and delightful girl. She finally had her first Siew Yuk! An achievement for a non-pork eater.

All in all, Canton-i really bring to us Malaysian some taste of the best of Chinese cuisine of which is comparable to those in China and Hong Kong. I have to say that it is pricey though but I bet it is definitely worth the money for each bite that i savoured.

It’s simply yummylicious! 

I shall kick off the first part (of four) birthday celebrations I had with my dearest. First stop - Sanook, Plaza Kelana Jaya. It’s a nice place, no doubt about that. Many of you would have known and seen blogs mentioning this place and I shall just go to the wide selection of food alrite?

I simply love their ambience. The lakeside restaurant is one of a kind. That means you can really take a nice range of photo from the reflection of the lake water. Plus the restaurant itself is pretty well decorated and designed.

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3 weeks without an update huh? Well, it’s been a long 3 weeks for me. While I began my new chapter of life working in a new company, everything has changed to the very little details. Working life has so much to offer and I am starting to feel time and money is not enough.

4 massive birthday celebrations with dearest blogpost are coming up next but for now, let me get to you with this Euro Deli Grill at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng (Behind Public Bank Tower, off KLCC). So it was supposed to be a double birthday celebration for Swee Heng and Jian Huat, this place came to my mind and off we went for a try out.

Orange is the theme of the restaurant. Euro Deli Grill is a German-Swiss restaurant which serves one of the best pork knuckles and German Sausages in town. Don’t get me wrong, they serve really good sausages! Read the rest of this entry »

Many floggers have blogged about this restaurant. Now, it’s my turn to give my 2 cents for this highly rated and popular Thai cuisine restaurant in Seksyen 17, Petaling Jaya. As you guys always notice, myself and my the other half are always hunting for new-cheap-delicious eateries all over the place and so happen when we found out about this place.

A meal for two, you usually can’t find a lot of variety for sure. Yet, one or two main dishes could normally conclude whether it is worth visiting the restaurant. For more info about this restaurant, surf their very own restaurant’s website here. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m kicking off with the new series of PJ Food Guide, after 4 years of food hunting as a student from University of Malaya. With this, I hope the new batch of students would have a greater picture of food around UM and PJ itself. On the other hand, to those who wish to hunt something light to fill your tummy or eating out in PJ, you are at the right post.

So, where is cheap and affordable to eat? That is for sure a common yet top priority question for students (well, at least for me!), although I know students nowadays like to go to fast food outlets or even restaurants even for an ordinary meal. Lavish… but not me.

First stop, Chuan Lee Restaurant, Jalan Bukit 11/2. The best way to describe the location is of course the same road down the hill at University Towers (UT). As you go down hill, the last shop on the row of shop houses on your left is the exact destination. Usually packed during lunch hours, it is a ideal location for students and working class people. Cheap hawker food with reasonably big portion can satisfy your gluttony at least for lunch. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s get back to KL, shall we? A little switch of tastebuds and we’re off to Kuchai Lama this time for my new found favourite. If you’d remember Chicken Hot Pot Restaurant, this shop that I’m gonna introduce to you is just around the corner too.

Introducing… Ah Soon’s Fish Head Mee at Winsoon Cafe, Kuchai Lama. This time we do it the KL style. The fish head noodle is exactly the milkish and sour type, which differs from the clear soup style we have in Penang. Being a lover of sour and spicy food, this is what I have been craving for in KL! Read the rest of this entry »

Siddique, here you go! Sorry for the delay bro… Hope this post can drive you all the way to Penang for some taste of the legendary Nasi Kandar! More posts today!

What’s next? Let me bring to you my all-time-favourite Nasi Kandar or Nasi Melayu from Penang. The stall which serves arguably the best Nasi Kandar that I have been savouring the last 17 years. That’s really close to where I stay, yes it is Nasi Kandar Kampung Melayu. For health reasons, you might stomp at me for suggesting a Nasi Kandar place to eat for breakfast… but heck! I just eat because it taste so good and I will never miss it unless I fall sick, to be honest.

Still have a very clear picture in my mind, how I sacrificed my sleeping hours by waking up early just to “tapao” nasi kandar to school as my breakfast. By 6.30 a.m, it was already a long queue in the line! Well, things changed. They now operate another stall for the night session too at Medan Selera Farlim (if I am not wrong, it’s the one opposite Shell and Sin Kang School).

Well, you’ll anticipate a lot of students and working class people eating there on the weekdays and on the weekends, the queue lines are endless. Nevertheless they are efficient and you don’t have to wait long either. Unlike the Classic Hokkien Mee in Dato Keramat, dang! Nowadays, everytime I go back to Penang and if time permits, I’ll savour a plateful of Nasi Kandar Basah at around 10 a.m. Although it’s kinda near to their closing time, it’s still good despite lesser choice of dish. Read the rest of this entry »

First of all, I just wanna say Malaysia memang boleh. Slowmyx is really keeping me frustrated with their incredible speed… It took me 30 minutes just to load Google’s main page. How about that for a RM99 per month service I have to pay every month? Even better, my web host - TapakWeb is giving me insanely godlike services with downtime more than you can ever imagine. My website and mail servers are running as usual but it could be down for the next 24 hrs for no reasons. Worst is when they actually suspended my account saying that I did not pay up and asking me to contact billing/support staff that does not exist! Thumbs up Malaysia!

Now let’s go back to the food, shall we? My sincere apologies for the backdated posts that’s coming up within these few days. This time around I’ll be bring you guys an in depth focus of food in PJ, the famous hangout places for UM students. Begin with this special beef noodles from Uncle Cheng, from Kluang, Johor.

Located at Restaurant Khasiat, Seksyen 17, it is just somewhere close to Restaurant How Yee Kee and Kim Seng Cafe. Uncle Julian Cheng operated this stall, speaking real cool English with a motto:

Why bring home a cow? Let our special noodle do the moo!

Let’s check it out what he’s got to offer!

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It was suppose to be post final exam farewell luncheon. After 4 gruelling years of uni life, it has finally come to an end and come to think of a place to have a proper farewell lunch,… Jaya One - nearest, most convenient, and many choices.

Of we went… It supposed to be Kissaten Japanese Restaurant but too bad it was closed on Monday. The group decided to opt for Kinnaree, the restaurant I am so afraid to enter cos seemingly from exterior, the restaurant looked just too classy for my pocket.

I was late actually, not in time to stage a proper protest though, LOL… Nah, just kidding… I was freaking hungry - slept only 1.5 hrs (0.5 hrs for 3 separate session for the whole day) just to get myself ready for my final exam paper, with no subtle meal to accompany… Just plain water. Gosh.

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