Above is a picture of the salmon with rice that I had yesterday from Manhattan Fish Market in Queensbay, the recently opened megamall in Penang. This project has been stalled for a few years under Dr Mahathir’s rule and when Badawi took over the helm as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister, he made sure all the stalled projects are revived in Penang. Thanks to him, Penang is more prosperous now.

The above is another of my ordered dish recently at Chicken Rice Shop. It is called Pie Tee which is julienned turnips and carrots with mushrooms stir-fried together and put into a cup of fried battered crust. This is one of the Nonya food, the Straits Settlement Chinese recipe. We Chinese have a penchant for food and come up with many delicious recipes that have been copied by others, namely the malays here in Malaysia.

This was my dinner of a plate of green kale topped with shallots, soya sauce and oyster sauce from Chicken Rice Shop last night. As I don’t take rice to reduce carbohydrate intake, I only had vegetables and this was one of them. I guess to maintain the dark green color of the fresh kale, you need to boil them in hot water with a teaspoon of oil so that the color does not fade and the dark green chlorophyl is maintained in the leafy veges. This dish was tasty and the picture above speaks for itself.

We had dinner last night in Chicken Rice Shop in the basement of Gurney Plaza where the food is. Above is what my sister ordered of a set of roasted chicken with rice, soup and bean sprouts (Picture will be shown later). It was tasty and originated from Chinese recipes and now taken over by this apparently Malay owner of the restaurant. Shortly later, after dinner and reading newspapers to while away time, we went to watch a movie, BarnYard.

Above was my dinner recently at a beach cafe in Penang. This is a relatively new stall that was opened and the food looks tempting with plenty of gravy. So, I ordered one and it was, quite tasty and delicious. The gravy was thick and sumptious with cabbages inside. Sometimes, it is good to order something different for a change than the routine food type.

Above is a tantalizing picture of what my sister ordered in a beach café in Penang. It is a fish pot pie consisting of baked carrots, corns, mushroom soup, mushrooms, potatoes and fish slices covered by pie on a cup. It is a meal by itself and quite filling to the stomach. This used to be my favorite order but it took quite a while to prepare. I guess I am lucky not having to prepare dinner or lunch and get them cooked ready for me. After dinner, it is my usual routine of window shopping and reading the newspapers.

A normal digital camera and some photoshop touchup surely make the foodie combo photos above look professional and enticing. Photo 1 shows two chocolate coated dough nuts sprinkled with green and yellow rice-bits of sugar of Dunkin Donuts bought along the highway back to Penang from KL. Photo 2 is my bamboo basket of 8 tim sums or prawn dumplings. Two of them have scallops on top. This was my dinner upon arrival in Penang. Photo 3 was my dinner yesterday of butter fish fillet and Photo 4 was my double order of water melon juice without ice and syrup. I am still having some traces of cough and sore throat, so it is better to take some fruit juice to quench thirst.

Photo 1 on the left is my tim sum combo for only RM10 per set or bamboo container of 8 pieces. This is a bit more expensive than the usual set of 3 prawn dumplings or known as har kau in Hokkien for RM3.20 or 80 cents each. The photo on the right, Photo 2 is my quick lunch of 12 har kaus packed in a styrofoam food container. Note that I only take prawn dumplings for the weekend and not everyday to reduce calories intake.