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Mini ‘Yee Sang’

philin — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:47:25 +0000

The above picture is a mini bowl of yee sang for 1 person from Sushi King at this time of festivity. As for the tradition of eating yee sang during Chinese New Year, this is an invented “tradition” of the Chinese in Malaysia (and Singapore). Yee sang – a dish of raw salmon fish slices mixed with crunchies and other ingredients like julienned cucumber, carrots, turnips plus sauces of various kinds such as plum sauce and honey – is not part of New Year cuisine among the Chinese of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Part of the attraction or fun of eating yee sang comes from audience participation, i.e., all those present at the dinner table are supplied with chopsticks and are actively encouraged to indulge in boisterous mixing of the ingredients simultaneously. The higher you toss the yee sang, the better luck and fortune for the year. Thus, a feeling of family togetherness and bonding is created at the same time.

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Ice Cream Cakes

philin — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:34:16 +0000

Life is stressful. Remedy? Just take ice cream. As for me, it is soothing to the throat and is cathartic, not that I take a lot. I happen to do some window-shopping and stumble upon this exciting ice-cream cake with cute faces and cone hats from Baskin Robbins. And I just couldn’t resist taking a snap shot. I suppose it is not often I get to see cakes like this in Malaysia but being a new outlet in Queensbay, I guess we Penangites are getting luckier.

Here are more ice cream cakes to feast my eyes on and for posterity of the baker’s creativity.

As my bf and I were waiting for our movie entitled Babel, we feasted on ice cream from Swensen’s on the third floor. I ordered a mint flavored one, hence the green color while he had rich chocolate. Food has always appealed to most people and that’s the only reason I like to put up some interesting photos.

Manhattan Fish Market

philin — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:24:55 +0000

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.

Chinese Food

philin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:42:03 +0000

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.

Green Kale

philin — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:20:15 +0000

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.

Dinner at Chicken Rice Shop in Gurney Plaza

philin — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:39:34 +0000

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.

My Dinner of Prawn Noodles

philin — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:34:55 +0000

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.

Fish Pot Pie

philin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:38:00 +0000

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.

Buffet Dinner

philin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:02:05 +0000

The above photos were taken from my old collection that I dig out from my PC. They were taken in October where I went to The Cafe Restaurant in a local hotel in Penang for its buffet dinner. I loved the free flow of Haagan-Dazs ice-cream with different flavors. There were curry prawns, broccoli, cream of mushroom soup, fish, chicken and much more.

As the photos were taken around the Hari Raya celebration recently, I have taken some photos of the dessert, mango pudding, cakes, some traditional cookies and others. All in all, the buffet was quite worth is as there were many selection of epicurean food.

More Foodie Pictures

philin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:32:12 +0000

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.

My Tim Sum Meal

philin — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:38:56 +0000

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.

Dinner at Fishing Village Restaurant

philin — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:41:04 +0000

Last night, my boss and I had our dinner at this obscure hidden restaurant by the beach in a village. We got to know this little restaurant by word-of-mouth from my sister’s Intel colleagues. It was supposed to be my treat to my boss, but he ended up paying RM95 for the meal. I ordered frozen lobster which sells at RM10 per 100gm as compared to fresh live lobster at RM18 per 100 gm. So they prepared 700 gm frozen lobster thermidor as shown in Photos 1 and 2. It was full of lobster meat, creamy cheese, button mushrooms, onions, spring onions and crispy bits sprinkled on top of the lobster meal. The meal cost RM70 and the succulent white crustacean meat tantalized my taste buds. It was pure ambroisia! I also order plain stir-fried brocolli (photo 3) and chinese ‘sar hor fun’ (photo 4) which is rice batter layer cut up and fried with vegetables, garlic and prawns. Let the above picture speaks for itself.

The address of Fishing Village Restaurant is 765, MK2, Teluk Bahang, 11050 Penang and the telephone number for reservation is 604-885 2084.

Previous Articles:
Dinner at Chicken Rice Shop
Dinner at Fish & Co in Gurney Plaza
Dinner at Mr Teppanyaki

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Dinner at Chicken Rice Shop

philin — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:15:31 +0000

Recently my partner boss and I went for dinner at Gurney Plaza’s Chicken Rice Shop at the basement beside the food court. I have taken some pictures as shown above. Photo 1 shows the roasted chicken that comes in a set with rice, soup, dessert (Photo 3), ‘taugeh’ (or bean sprout), pounded ginger and chilly sauce with a drink that my friend ordered. I had ‘pie ti’ (Photo 2) and ‘kailan’ or chinese kale (Photo 4). I hardly take rice so as not to add to the carbohydrate intake. I guess my selection of dishes are healthy and mainly vegetables.

‘Pie Ti’ is a cup shaped fried batter filled with julienned turnip, carrots, onions and shitake mushrooms stir-fried into a mixture, seasoned with soya sauce and oyster sauce.

Previous Articles:
Dinner at Fish & Co in Gurney Plaza
Dinner at Mr Teppanyaki
Lunch at Asian Spoon Restaurant

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