Gourmet Garden

This coming 5th of September, we have planned and will be organising a “Speed Jiaozi Eating Contest” at its restaurant premises. The event would be co-organised with Foodmice.com. The main objective is to promote the Chinese traditional food- Jiaozi (饺子) a.k.a dumplings. Date of Event: 2PM to 4PM on 5th September 2010 (Sunday) Location/ Venue: Young Heart Restaurant Registrations Fee: RM10.00 Contest: Every contestant have to eat 10 dumplings (Female: 8 pcs) in 60 seconds. Prizes:... (more...)

YOUNG HEART RESTAURANT Address: 44A, Jalan Cantonment, 10350 Penang, Malaysia. Opening Hours: 12.00noon-10.00pm (Closed Wednesday) Contact: 604-228 8084, 016-410 8098 (Ms. Ann Kee) Some of the active food bloggers that know us or have met us would know that me and Gill are currently running a restaurant & marketing consulting business that also provides food and product photography to compliment our concepts and design services.  A few week ago, after refurbishing and making some adjustments... (more...)

It has been quite awhile since we last set foot into the infamous “New Lane” in Penang. Our recent venture bore us 2 new finds, one a “Tang Yuan” road side stall and two a Chee Cheong Fun with its origin from Teluk Intan. The Tang Yuan stall is said to have been operating for the past 2 years in the coffee shop opposite the from where they are now. They are easy to find, just near the Sunway Hotel exit. Their Tang Yuan is soft and smooth with the texture of “Muar Chee”... (more...)

It has been a busy weekend for the past 2 weeks. Last Saturday we were invited by Caffe Strada to review their outlet after operating  for about 2 months or so. When we first heard of their name we thought they were related to the Strada in Pulau Tikus, luckily they aren’t. But I have found similar named establishments in Australia & America. Caffee Strada is located at the previous spot that housed the infamous Island Red Cafe. The place has been given a face lift internally and externally.... (more...)

Simple but yet hard to master, it is one of the most common noodle dish in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc, and yet many have been disappointing. In this current times, almost all the noodles are bought from suppliers and they are not left to “aged” sufficiently, the soup base are not made as they were used to, the consistency of toppings and other ingredients are not controlled and most of all the passion and focus of the trade is no longer there.  Therefore good businesses that... (more...)

云吞麵啊…云吞麵, 尽管是一碟最普通的小吃，遍布街头小巷, 然而欠缺诚意，也难以精通。 近日有个的英文部落格也选写这家志明茶室的云吞麵, 但看了看, 却没写出那家麵的精髓. 纯粹是为了介绍而介绍吗? 那太草草了事吧? 很多人都喜愛吃, 但是否懂得吃? “愛吃”和”知食”是兩回事，”知食’和”懂得吃”又是另一回事. 大家同意吗? 愛吃要求的是食物滿足口福，而知食者，注重食物背后的故事。那懂得吃呢?... (more...)

Just changed to a new UV filter with ED. And are trying the effects of the new filter. These are some of the photos taken at the Tanjung Bungah Tuesday Night Market(Pasar Malam). This stall sells various Chinese deep fried snacks (dim sum) and is normally located next to Uncle Bob’s Taiwan Chicken Chop truck. My favourite would be their Deep Friend Yam Dumplings or 芋角. The Deep Friend Yam Dumplings or 芋角 are crisp and firm on the crust, the mashed yam filling is moist, sweet and... (more...)

Song River is located right smack on Gurney Drive, just a few doors up from Evergreen Hotel. We usually don’t patronise the place but because of its grilled fish, we have put in some time to try the other hawker stalls and their offerings available for the dinner and late night crowd. Charcoal grilled chicken parts are one of the attraction in Song River, especially for the beer drinkers and those looking something snack on while they chit chat. So far our favourites are the chicken wings and... (more...)

Last Thursday we were given the opportunity to scoop for a better understanding of Hard Rock Cafe, its origins and “culture”, which I would leave for my next post that would be quite tedious to compose in view of the long recording and research that needs to be carried out. Before we go bonkers with all that, let us introduce the ‘Set Lunch menus that will be launched this coming Monday. The sampling of some of the main courses available in the set lunch menus was part of our... (more...)

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Since our last review of Haven Delights we have not been back there ever since, but we have heard certain restructuring and changes that were done to the restaurant. Recently the owner of Haven Delights has finally closed down the business unit in Penang Times Square and opened a new restaurant in Gurney Plaza where Ko Fu Loft used to be. The new restaurant is named ‘小南国‘ or directly translated to  ’Little South Country’ after one of a quite well known restaurants in China. The... (more...)

A month or ago we noticed that there was a new nasi lemak stall located just in front of Sunrise Tower McD at Gurney Drive Hawker Center. At last we managed to try out the nasi lemak and fried chicken from the stall. The price ranges from RM1.00 to RM3.50 and the price of their fried chicken is RM2.50 per piece. The nasi or rice is steam and kept wram in a wooden bucket on top of some hot water. The fried chicken is fresh prepared and the taste is about 85% near to the taste of the Original... (more...)