Joyous Cafe is an adorable looking cafe on Union Street which provides full month packages with customized baby cards, customized selection of box designs. All packages are easy to deliver right to your doorstep. Besides that, they are also selling healthy fruit juices and snacks. They have highly creative concoctions help to de-stress and detox, while at the same time help to improve your skin’s radiance. Joyous Cafe was our 2nd stop of the day for Penang Heritage Food Trail. It was a good thing too that we had our stop here after having a pasta overload session in Soul Kitchen. Conveniently located at Union Street, it’s very hard to miss it as it’s just before Maybank.
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Penang Heritage Food Trail: Soul Kitchen Trattoria
I am gonna be frank here. I have always heard about Soul Kitchen but never had the chance of dropping by, simply because i was rooted to KL for the last few years. 2011 however was different. I was back in Penang and when i was told that the 1st stop for Penang Heritage was Soul Kitchen, i was ecstatic. I checked out their Facebook page before hand and true enough when i arrived there, i was greeted by the beca and the owner’s new bike. Located at Muntri Street, it’s hard to miss this place if you are coming from either Love Lane or Penang road. Michele and Tonio who run this place are not your usual couple you would see in cafes. They are a Malaysian German couple who met in Munich and ended up getting married here in KL before setting up this business. As i was walked into this cafe i could sense on why they called it Soul Kitchen. It was cosy, every where you look it was eye catching and not forgetting both Michele and Tonio who were kind enough to introduce the place as well as the food that would be served. Soul
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Charlie Brown Cafe Malaysia
I finally had the chance to drop by Charlie Brown Cafe last Saturday after going through a Bake At Sugar session. Both Sugar and Charlie Brown Cafe are located at the 1st floor of Straits Quay, Penang. The setting of Charlie Brown Cafe brings back a lot of memories when i used to watch them when I was small. It had an impact in me that till today I use some characters name as my nick As the cartoon has made an impression that could last a lifetime, i wouldn’t say the same for the cafe. The service was little slow and I just didn’t like how things were managed. The excitement that was built over the month when I saw the phrase Coming Soon, went down the drain almost instantaneously. The food and beverages were nothing to shout about. It was those typical cafe style kinda menu. Nothing special. I asked Angeline if she would drop by again and she gave a disappointing “no”. I would have answered the same. I am better off hanging out at Old Town or even Starbucks.
Roti apa kamu mau?
I was waiting in front of a stall for my roti naan to be done when I was suddenly greeted by a small kitten right in front of me. It kept purring which got the attention of one of the fellas from the stall. He took the kitty away and returned. He immediately got behind the stall and started massaging the dough. “Roti apa kamu mau?” he asked. He never washed his hands.
Korean Restaurant gets invaded by Thai Villager
It was more than 2 weeks ago that some of us decided to drop Amcorp Mall to pay a visit to Joey’s stall. He was selling some items from his shop which is based in Kelantan. Before we went there, we had lunch at Haeun Khon Restaurant. It was a Korean / Japanese / Chinese restaurant and it seems to be famous for it’s kimchi sets. I wasn’t mentally ready to torture my mouth more over i was dead hungry, especially after queuing up like a cow for close 2 hours to ride a hot air balloon. That i will talk about in my up coming post. This was Angeline’s, which was too vege-ish for my liking. When i am hungry, i definitely need meat and not make myself greener. Nevertheless it tasted quite ok.
The Chronicles of Cambodia 7: Angkor Wat & Amazon Angkor
I suddenly had the inspiration to blog about Cambodia again after Chiaw Yin passed a very random statement over on Facebook. “Mr Shiya is very good”. I was cracking my head on who is this fella and why is she telling me this. Then it clicked me ! Mr Shiya aka Siya was our tourguide in Siem Reap and i used to call him as Ya. I knew Chiaw Yin was in Siem Reap not long ago but i never knew she also got him as her guide. The best part was, she said he still remembers me ! ^.^ But to be frank, he is one hell of a guide, to be honest. Though we occasionally teach him the wrong things in Hokkien, hahahaa. I really hope the guide i am getting in Indonesia would be as good and enthusiastic as Siya Back to my writing, I am still in 3rd day of Siem Reap of the 4 days we were there. The picture above shows a note from one of the kid saying she isn’t well to do and she supports the family by selling books. The thing about the kids, they really look pitiful but if you
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The Chronicles of Cambodia 6: Eating the embryo
I am finally BACK ! I am BACK blogging. Curse facebook and twitter for taking up my blogging time, LOL. Anyway i am back here to finish off my Cambodia entries with the second last entry which is basically the 2nd last day in Siem Reap. For some reason i think it was a bad idea shooting this particular shot in sepia cause it emphasizes how dirty the hands were. If you didn’t already know, the egg looking thing in the plate my friend is the unborn ducky -_-! It’s known as Balut in the Philippines.
Coconut Jelly and Prawns
Initially i was suppose to take a photo of mine but due to unforseen circumstances, i only realized i forgot to photograph it right after i was done eating. Too bad i don’t have a clear shot of the jelly and this is the only picture i have before my sister asked me to buzz off. The jelly of the coconut is actually the coconut water itself and this is done by removing the outer husk and left in the oven to roast. During the cooling period, the coconuts are placed in a cooling room and this is when the jelly is formed. It’s best to be eaten there and then cause if you were to leave it in the car and finally return home after a few hours, it would turn sour. There’s no preservatives, all natural. Angeline brought it home and some of it did turn sour when she and her family ate it the next day. Mine on the other hand was perfect as i ate it on the same day. It’s RM 3.70 per coconut and it’s pandan coconut, just like the one at Abu Siti Lane but this is along Dato Keramat. Earlier that day,
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Your roti canai is ready
Krispy Kreme gave away free doughnuts at Times Square yesterday While having lunch at Old Town Kopitiam, i took Angeline’s ipod and started punching in reminders which would come in play for what i have installed for her while she waits to board her flight. … but to no surprise, the flight got delayed and the reminders popped out ahead of time. Nevertheless, the reminders were sort of vague and Angeline called up and asked what was going on. I told her to ignore it. An hour after the actual boarding time, she calls and says that she is finally boarding and asked if she had to do as i asked in her reminders and i replied yes. “What happens if i don’t want to follow your instructions ?” she asked. I told her to have a safe journey and it’s up to you if you want to follow. Just don’t kill me once you have landed in Penang. So she boarded the plane.. When the plane reached it’s cruising altitude, an announcement was made. Paging for Miss Angeline Tan, paging for Miss Angeline Tan Your roti canai is ready – - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA She was kind of stunned and decided
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The Chronicles of Cambodia 3: From south to north
Now that my blog is finally UP Arghhhh for some reason this entry disappeared no thanks to the propogation delay -_-! Anyway i shall continue where i left on Phnom Penh. We were still on the Killing Fields and i didn’t feel all that confortable reading signs after signs indicating what had happened here during the Khmer Rouge. The cold breeze just made matters more eery than usual. This particular tree had a loudspeaker on it for a purpose … … which is to drown the voices of the victims as they were executed in mass. We later went into the building that stored all the remainings of the victims. Here’s William snapping with Angeline observing the skulls. I didn’t take any though I had to ration my memory card so that it could last me the whole trip which didn’t happened as i had to borrow 2Gb from Aaron. Having barely 2 hours or so before our bus departs for Siem Reap, we rushed back. Since we had time to spare, we roamed in Phnom Penh to find for lunch. We agreed to go to the Central market since it would be a good place to seek for food.
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