A Malaysian with her Food and Travel Blog
If you’re looking for old taste, look no further than char hor fun stall at the intersection of Beach Street and Malay Street in Penang. It’s been a long time since we tasted a zi char like this. So what makes this dimly lighted stall perks up out taste buds? Nope, we did not take […]
Back in 2004 when we visited Penang for the first time, a friend brought us for a tomyam mee. It was remarkable! This experience recently came to mind and we wanted to relive it by trying another Penang Tomyam Mee again. Hon Kei Food Corner is one of the places reputed to offer tomyam noodle, […]
Before we started for our Penang trip, I made a list of best Penang char koay teow so we can try at least one or two of them. One of them is Tiger Char Koay Teow on Lebuh Carnavon, not far from Armenian Heritage Hotel. Tiger Char Koay Teow While Ping Hooi Coffeeshop (which houses […]
We were delighted to find ourselves at the rustic heritage-y doorsteps of The Edison Georgetown earlier this month. Always have a thing for historical rich, heritage hotel, we could not pass up the opportunity to experience this small luxury hotel for once. Towing a baby bump around, I was fed with lots of concerns about […]
Traveler that I am, it’s amazing how I have never use Airbnb before. Yet today, it has certainly became one of my favourite ways find an accommodation for traveling. We had a family trip with my in-laws recently and had preferred to stay together in a whole house instead of hotel rooms. I knew my MIL would have […]
I’ve got to hand it to Hameed Soup, ten years after we had our first bowl of sup kambing (mutton soup) here, it still serves hearty (and oily) soups and remained as the uncontested favourite soup of ours in Penang region. While we had only tried the ox and mutton from the long list of […]
Continuing on my Penang food trip, we swiftly checked into hotel and gave my ex-roommate for a meet up which unfortunately too late for lunch and too early for dinner. Luckily, ZL’s aunt and uncle were very accommodating to our late visit to their coffee shop. Toon Leong Coffee Shop Although I am more of a […]
Last month we had a blast of holiday by going up north to Penang with a stopover lunch at Ipoh and spent another 2 nights in Pangkor Island. As you might have noticed I don’t particularly like driving north because the hilly road and the lack of R&R stops but for the love of food, […]