Restoran Double Dragon Inn @ Gottlieb Road, Penang

Today, I am going to blog about Restoran Double Dragon Inn. We almost forgot the existing of this shop until last year when my sis in law and her friend brought my hubby's uncle to this shop for dinner. Since then we been wanting to go and try out their foods. But always kept forgetting it. Until few months ago where we have the chance to step in this shop and try out their foods.

Restoran Double Dragon Inn

Location: 27B Gottlieb Road, 10350 Penang.

Tel: 04-2277049

Business Hour: 12noon - 2pm and 6.45pm -9.30pm

(Closed on Tuesday)

When we enter the restaurant, we were told that we have to wait for certain time. The uncle is asking us whether we can wait. And after much discussion, we decided to wait although we are very hungry back then. ^-^

"Phau Chee" ~ RM69

This is actually the last add on dish that we order. As after finished our order, we saw that they also serve "Phau Chee" and it is also their "Chef Special" for RM69. So hubby was asking whether we wanna try it out since we need to wait for others food to come.

After not sure how long, this is being served after all the dishes. And the tastes is very authentic flavour from all the shark fin, dried scallops.......... But my gal doesn't like it as she prefers other type of soup.

Sour Plum Deep Fried Chicken ~ Rm16

The uncle who took our order suggest this dish to us. The deep fried chicken tastes nice. The chicken is very tender and crispy. You can either dip with the sour plum sauce provided or eat it without the sauce. I found that both choices are great.

Stir Fry Lettuce ~ RM8

The lettuces are wonderful. As it is not too soft. We like the textures that way. I think most of this grab by my gal. ^-^

Stir fry Prawns with carrots, green beans and cashew nuts ~ RM19

Actually, I cannot recall the name of this dish. I just recall that the uncle asked if we want some prawns. And he told us that my gal will love this dish. So no harm of trying. Although this plate of prawn looks very simple but it tastes not bad too. Especially the prawn. Prawn is not over cooked or under cooked. Just perfect timing.

That's one of our weekend lunch. There are many people patronise this shop too. The shop is air condition. So it is one of the good choices to have a nice weekend lunch.

Sarkies Corner @ E & O Hotel, Penang

Ever since after the dinner @ Sarkies Corner @ E & O Hotel, hubby asked me to post this blog and I kept postponing it as I have to squeeze everything in this blog. ^-^ And some of the blogger's friends suggest that I can go for Part 1, Part 2 and so on........ But I decided to do it in one posts.

This is actually my hubby birthday celebration few months ago. I asked hubby to choose where he gonna have his birthday celebration this year and he felt like having some buffet. Hubby wants something out of Bayan Lepas area so in my mind, there are two suggestion, one is Spice Market

Cafe @Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa and the other one is Sarkies Corner @ E & O Hotel. Since hubby birthday is fall on Friday and we intend to go after work. So we chose Sarkies Corner to avoid the long hour drive from Bayan Lepas.

Sarkies Corner

Address: 10 Lebuh Farquhar,10200 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel : +(6) 04 222 2000 Ext 3175

Fridays and Saturdays from 7pm-10.30pm.

Table setting and Interior of Sarkies Corner

Usually people will blog about the entree, follow by the main course and desserts. Today, I decided to blog another way round. I will start with the desserts first. As there are lots of desserts to choose from. I think I don't have to elaborate more about this and will let the pictures do all the talking. ^-^

Chocolate Fountain Corner and with marshmallow, fruits (strawberry and grapes) and all sort of nuts, raisin and chocolate for the ice-cream toppings. Opps..... did not take photos of the ice-cream corner...... ^-^

Want to have some ice-cendol? Want more corns, kidney beans.......... in your cendol? Feel free to make your own ice-cendol.

Assorted cakes, creme brulee, chocolate, jelly....... OMG that's a lot of this. While I am busy taking this photos, I kept telling myself that I "MUST" spare some of my tummy space for all these desserts. lol

Assorted starters and salads to choose from. I am sure there are something you will love from every corner.

Want to have some sashimi, tuna, mussels, prawn, smoked salmon,turkey slice? Well, you can always come here and choose whatever you want and also have varieties of sauces to go with.

Not enough of sashimi? Want some fresh oysters and scallop? Well, there are one corner you can find this fresh oysters and scallop. Furthermore, there are also crab stick, assorted of meat slice, century eggs.........

And don't worry about the oysters and scallop being gone in no time. As it was always being filled when they run out.

Want some roast chicken, duck, meat, corn and assorted vegetables?

Also they have one BBQ/grilled section of assorted seafood's. You can asked the chef to help you to cook assorted seafood's available. And they are very friendly and attentive too.

There are some deep fried food section too. There are lots of varieties such as calamari, prawn, small crab, tiny octopus.......... It is some of fingers food available in the deep fried section next to the grilled/BBQ counter.

There are varieties of other cooked foods such as curry chicken, mussels, vegetables, fried rice and.........

Above are some of the foods that we ate. I did not take all of the photos since I am busy eating after around 30 minutes of taking photos from almost every corner. ^-^ The spaghetti and pasta can be ordered through the cooking section where chef will cook for you after you chose what type of pasta/spaghetti. And we had few plates of that too.

Another thing to be mention here, is they also provided free flow of beers, red wine, white wine....... as some other place you have to pay for the drinks.

I would recommend that this place to my friends, families and readers as it is a nice place to dine with and furthermore, the service that we had for that night is so wonderful. While I am busy taking photos, hubby and my gal already started eating. And on one occasion, hubby went to the nearby counter to get some food and my gal was enjoying her foods by herself. One of the waiter came over and tell my gal that she got some chocolate on her face and asked my gal to wipe it off. Hmm..... I feel that they are very attentive to all their customers and make their customer feel like at home. So three of us enjoy the buffet dinner very much.

The buffet dinner cost us RM193.55 (including service charge and government tax). You might be wondering huh???? why different with the price? Well, we get some discount if you pay with certain credit card. ^-^ The actual price is RM99++ for Adults, RM46.00++ for Children.

Dim Sum Food Restaurant @ Macalister Road, Penang

Dim Sum Dim Sum Dim Sum........ Many of the food blogger's in Penang have blog about this place before and during one occasion where my gal have to attend some replacement class from her school, hubby and I drop here and we went to have "Dim Sum". lol And when she found out that we went to have dim sum, she is like "hmm...... why you did not bring me along".

Today, I am going to blog about:

Dim Sum Food Restaurant

Some man made water fall setting in the restaurant. Hubby and I were sitting next to this waterfall. Since I am waiting for my hubby to order dim sum for us. I have nothing to do and capture this piece of man made waterfall pictures.

After browsing through the dim sum corner, hubby picked some of the following:

Har Guo

The har guo here is fresh and you can see that they have one prawn in there and the taste vice is ok.

Steamed Spare Ribs

Spare ribs tastes tender.

Siew Mai

The tastes of the siew mai is not bad.

I forgot what this is called and it is combination of prawn, meat and some vegetables in there and the overall tastes is quite good.

Chicken Feet

Custard Pao

We found that the custard pao a bit too creamy for our tastes bud and it has a very strong butter aroma in there. To be frank, we did not finished the custard pao as we were too full looking at the creamy custard pao. ^-^ But if you love creamy custard, you will surely love this. ^-^

Char Siew Pao

Hubby ordered one char siew pao to try as we were thinking to "take away" some char siew pao since my gal loves it. But after hubby tasted it, he told me better don't order that for my gal as he reckon that my gal will not like it. But the pao is ok..... nothing fancy..... ^-^

Steamed fish with hor fun and bee hoon

And we ordered this when we were seated. This is the first order but the last to come. As they need time to prepare it. ^-^ The fish slice is very fresh. I prefer the hor fun than the bee hoon for this dish as I personally felt that the hor fun can absorb the tastes better for this dish than the bee hoon. This plate of steamed fish with hor fun and bee hoon is very big and both of us seem like digging for long long time to finish this. ^-^ The price vice is very reasonable.

There are lots of choices to choose from. Do drop by when you need some "dim sum". A piece of advice is to go early to avoid the waiting time. We been there once over the weekend, it is full house and we left. The second visit we managed to get a seat. lol

O & N Cafe Shop @ Green Lane, Penang

Sorry that I am unable to update my blog so frequently these days as been quite busy but I promised that I will try to blog one or two blog once a week. My draft folder is going to be full if I kept postponed. ^-^

During one outing last month, we decided to try "Chu Char" again since my gal wants to have some rice for the night. So we recall that there is one shop in Green Lane that offers some "chu char" so we decided to give it a try! The shop is

O & N CAFE SHOP

Business hour: 4 - 10.30pm (Close Thursday)

It is located in the same row as Mutiara Selera. (Next to Sports Toto Shop)

There are lists of foods that they wrote on the white board inside the shop and also in front of the shops. And After browsing through and recommendation from the person who took our order. We order the following foods:

Watercress Soup

If you follow my blog for quite some time, you will noticed that I always ordered this soup as my gal fond of this soup very much. And the size of the soups are very big. It seems like it will be no ending of soup as I kept scoop scoop scoop and there are still more. lol

Stir fry vegetables with garlic

When this vegetables dish being serves, my first impression is like.... hmmm....this must be so-so. But after I tasted..... hmm... not bad leh... the vege taste so fresh. And hubby also reckon that it tastes nice.

Pai Kut Ong
Ah...., first of all look at the serving plate. Nowadays, it's hard to see this kind of plate being served in the restaurant. ^-^

As for the foods, the pai kut ong is very tender and juicy. It tastes quite nice and my gal enjoying it very much.

Curry Kapitan Chicken

Ah.... this dish is under "Today Special" list. And we were recommend to have a try! So we order this. This turn out to be quite nice. Chicken is very tender and the curry Kapitan is rich of aroma.

Overall, the foods are very reasonable cheap. It cost us RM28 for all the above dishes and 3 plates of white rice.

At first when we entered the shop we saw not much customers around but half way through our meal, we saw lots of customers visiting this shop. So a piece of advice is to go early and avoid the long waiting time.

Ah Joo Durian @ , Teluk Kumbar, Penang

Durian Durian Durian.......... every where you go around Penang, you will easily spot the durian stall. Some are managed by chinese and some are Malay. If you are durian lover, you will love it. But some of my friends who are not the durian fans, hate it very much during the durian season. ^-^ But they have to bear the long season mainly from May to August.

Ok now back to the place that I am going to introduce are located in Teluk Kumbar. When Steven told me about Teluk Kumbar, my mind only flashes with seafood. Teluk Kumbar Seafood and Hai Boey Seafood. ^-^ I really cannot imagine that we are having Tropical Foods for our dinner.

Direction to Ah Joo Durian Stall: Using Jalan Bayan Lepas to Teluk Kumbar and passed by a mosque shown as the photos below and look out for FOREVER STAR ELECTRICAL & HAPPY PLUMBER TRADING on your right. Then Ah Joo durian stall is just next to it. You can asked around the local to get direction if you are lost, the local know them well as AH Joo durian have been operating for about 17 years.

Ah Joo Durian Stall

Rambutan

Before the durian talk, first let talk about rambutan. Ah Joo Durian stall also sell rambutan. All the rambutan sold here are from Balik Pulau. When we arrived there, we saw lots of rambutan at the back of the car boot. And I can't resist to take some photos of it. And we get to tasted the rambutan too. And the rambutan tasted very juicy.

Rambutan are sold at the price of RM5 for 3kg and RM2 for 1kg.

Langsat, Mangosteen and Cempedak

They also sold other local fruits such as langsat, mangosteen and cempedak. My dad loves langsat so much. Whenever he saw langsat, he always buy it. I tried one of the langsat and it tastes great. It cost RM2 per kg.

Next is Mangosteen, I am not the fans of mangosteen but you can get 2 kg for RM5 and 1kg for RM3. They also sell cempedak. That's my SIL favorites. Too bad that she cannot have it this year since she is overseas. Every year she will buy cempedak and deep fried it. So I always have free juicy deep fried cempedak to eat during this season. Cempedak (red meat) cost RM3 for 1kg.

Many types of durian sold in this stall. And above are the photos of the owner ~ Ah Joo. The boss is a very friendly person, just tell him what kind of durian you after, he will recommend you what to have.

During the visit, we had several types of durian. Please refer to the following for more details:

Ooi Kiau Ong/ Kunyit Kunning 黄姜(Below RM 10)

This type of durian tested very creamy, bitter and smooth. Furthermore, this is the cheapest durian we have tested among the rest. Although the durian is cheap but kunyit kunning has it own attraction.

KIM POH ~ Below RM15

After the first bites, every one have the feeling like we are having some ice-cream except It is not being served in cold. And the textures of this durian is very creamy and soft.

Hor Lor 葫芦 ( Below RM 15) and Ang Hae/ Udang Merah/ Otak Udang 红虾 (RM10 - RM30)

Hor lor.... ah...... it tested sweet in the outer layer but when you eat towards the end, it tested a bit bitter. Don't get me wrong with the bitterness. It is not like the bitter gourd. ^-^ It is just a way to describe it. For me hor lor get the top bitterness among other durians that we tested.

As for Ang Hae, it tested mostly sweet and only a little hint of bitterness towards the end. And the seed is very small in size. It has a very creamy and silky textures. I still can recall when Cariso having Ang Hae, she was so excited and kept pointing at the durian. She falls in loves with it after the first bite. ^-^ I think most of us like it too with the smooth and silky textures but be warn it is very rich. The Ang Hae that we had cost RM16.

We were told that we cannot consume the Ang Hae straight away after it drop from the tree as we need to wait for few hours. So don't consume Ang Hae straight away if you have the chance to go to durian orchard. ^-^

Chae Pui 青皮(RM 8 -RM20) and Tatt Kar Chui (Below RM10) 塞屁股

Chae Pui is translated from "Hokkien". Normally, if you saw the durian flesh inside appear as green-based for Chae Pui, it usually tastes bitter. And it tested sweet from the beginning and towards the end, it turns a bit bitternes. The seed is very very small. The one that we had cost around RM8.

As for the tatt kar chui, err..... you must be wondering what is that? Well, that's our reaction too. I think this is the name created by the owner and was told that it is a new species. The taste is very sweet. If you love sweet durian, this will suit you.

All the durians sold from Ah Joo durian stall is from Gertak Sanggul, Penang.

Apart from what we had, they also offerred other species such as Kor Teh, Kucing Tidur, Capri, Susu, D15, D2, COB, Ganja and Qi Xian Nyu.

The business hours are from 10am -12 pm (open daily). You can contact Ah Joo @ 017-4222248 and Kelly @ 012-4531812 (For delivery).

If you find Teluk Kumbar is so far for you, you can stop by their other branch @ Sg Nibong from 4pm - 10pm (nearby the kopitiam selling bak kut teh).

Are you tempted with all the durian that we had? If so, you might gather some friends and families to have their durian buffet fest available @ RM25 per adult and RM15 per child.

The next question is what will you be having during the durian fest? Well, you will be having all branded (include hor lor, ang hae) durian. If you are interested, please contact them for booking and please note that you must gather at least 5-10 persons.

Another good news for you to share, that is they provide delivery service too. ^-^ Not fast food delivery, but durian delivery. They only deliver within penang island (not including Seberang Prai) and the minimum order is 10 biji.

The delivery services available for weekends, as for weekday it will only available after after 5pm. Call them now if you are interested. And hope everyone of you enjoy the durian fest as we did. ^-^

I would like to take this opportunity to thanks Kelly and Ah Joo for inviting us and Steven for the ride. And Cariso, Criz and Waco for the good accompany. ^-^

Invited Review @ KO-FU- LOFT, Gurney Plaza, Penang.

Ah.... some of you might say... "Finally! you blog this!". ^-^ I am sorry as I am quite busy for the past few weeks as too many visitors at a time. So I keep postponed to write up this posts. As it needs extra time to put all the photos together and find a right time to do my "homework".^-^ And I told myself my dateline is the last day of June and phew... finally I do it on time.

Ok back to the post. First of all, I would like to thank Alicia Ng of KO-FU-LOFT, Criz Lai and Jian for inviting us to this review. And this is the first biggest ever food review gathering I ever attend.

Some of KO-FU-LOFT interior settings and also the three chefs postings for us to take photos. Since I am running a bit late (due to traffic jammed) , so I did not take much photos of the interior. If you still remember the settings of Food Loft, then it still maintain more or less the same settings.
KO-LU-LOFT located @ 170-04-59, Level 4, Plaza Gurney, Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Penang, Malaysia.
Contact Number: 604-229 5011
Business Hours: 10.00am-10.00pm (Weekdays) and 9.00am-10.00pm (Weekends)

Ko Fu Sesame Seed Ball ~ RM10.90
We start by having two appetisers. One of the appetisers is Ko Fu Sesame Seed Ball. It is basically meat stuffed with some ingredients such as capsicum, spring onion and..... in there and coated with white and black sesame seed. It is then served with some sauce.


Crystal Spring Roll Skin Stuff with Vege & Chicken Meat ~ RM6.90
Spring roll....... that's another appetiser we had for that day. There are lots of vegetables such as carrot, cucumber, glass noodles, chicken and...... in the spring roll. It is good for those who want to go for something light and healthy eating style. As some think that it is a bit tasteless if it does not go with the sauce provided.


Photos from clockwise are Pork Dumpling with Fish Roes (Siew Mai), Signature Steamed Custard Creamy Bun, Minced Squid with Crab Claw Meat and Steamed Fresh Prawn Dumpling (Har Kau).
Next, we had some dim sum. The dim sum that we had are Pork Dumpling with Fish Roes (Siew Mai) ~ RM5.50, Signature Steamed Custard Creamy Bun ~ RM5.50, Steamed Fresh Prawn Dumpling (Har Kau) ~RM5.50 and Minced Squid with Crab Claw Meat ~ RM6.90
Dim sum is best consume while it is hot. And since we took lots of time to take some pictures, all the dim sum turns cold. I personally love siew mai very much when I am having some dim sum. I found that the minced squid with crab claw meat cute. ^-^ The har kau that I had is a bit disappointed as the prawn in there tested not so fresh. But other's har kau is ok. Their signature steamed custard creamy bun is one of their attractions. And the custard cream is not so sweet. So it is suitable for people who take care of their diet.
Overall, I would say that it is best to test it while it is hot. As the textures might be different while it is hot.

Deep Fried Homemade Bean Curd ~ RM12.90
The textures of the bean curd that that they use is like the Japanese bean curd. It is very smooth and silky but it tastes very plain and lack of the bean curd aroma. It will go well with the sauce provided.

Szechuan Aromatic Duck ~ RM18.90
Have you try the Szechuan Aromatic Duck before? Well.... I have not try it before, I tried Peking Duck and also Jia Su Duck before and I like both very much. As for this Szechuan Aromatic Duck, I don't really like the duck slice that is being served because when we had our Szechuan Aromatic Duck, it is cold already. So I really can't comment much about this. I need to go back there and try it out next time when it is hot. ^-^

Deep Fried Five Spices Calamari ~ RM13.90
I personally love calamari very much. I usually love calamari in ring shapes rather than the shapes above. And the calamari here is added with some five spices and deep fried. I still prefer the original types of deep fried calamari. However, the textures of the calamari is still there.

Fried Seafood Emperor Noodle ~ RM12.90
Next, is the fried seafood emperor noodle. The noodle tested a bit mild. And I cannot feel any "Wok Hei" in there. I prefer my noodles have "wok Hei". The textures of the noodles itself is ok.

All in 1 Roasted Meat with Vegetables ~ RM19.90
Ah..... next is the "Poon Choy". Ah this is also another economy type of poon choy with the price RM19.90 only. The soup base is not consistence as some of the floggers tried out all the 4 pots of poon choy and they reckoned that the one in our table tasted the best. But you can always give it a try. As everybody have different taste bud.

Photos from clockwise - Deep Fried Yam Paste with Minced Pork~ RM4.50, Deep Fried Pandan Lotus Paste Dumpling ~ RM4.50, Sago and Water Chestnut in Coconut Milk, Jingdo Pork Ribs ~ RM14.90
Actually I found that the deep fried yam paste with minced pork and deep fried pandan lotus paste dumpling is quite suite my taste bud. And I quite enjoying having it. The lotus paste is not so sweet. As I don't like very sweet lotus paste. ^-^ The Jingdo Pork Ribs are ok but not the best that I have tested before. As for the hot desserts that we had are Sago and Water chestnut in Coconut Milk. I would like to try out their Mango desserts when I revisited them.
And with this review, we were given a RM5 voucher by KO-LU-LOFT . Once again, thank you KO-LU-LOFT for their arrangement and invitation. You can pop over to other attendee review:
Gill and Jason - http://www.gourmetgarden.com.my/,
Steven - http://www.stevengoh.com/,
Bee -http://buzzingbee.blogsome.com/,
Carrie - http://cariso-food.blogspot.com/,
Waco -http://www.noweating.com/,
Eunice, Siew Ying and Iris - http://www.foodpromotions.com.my/,
Allie - http://alliefoodtalk.com/,
Allen - http://yummy-station.com/,
Christy - http://yumyumbites.blogspot.com/,
Low - http://food-4tots.com/,
Penang Tua Pui - http://www.penangtuapui.com/,
CK - http://www.what2seeonline.com/,
Cheryl - http://nuttyeve9.blogspot.com/
and KDU F&B Lecturer - Chef Khoon.

Kedai Kopi Swee Kong @ Solok Moulmein, Penang

I have been busy for the past few days but still try my best to squeeze in some time to do some blogging. ^-^ And today, I choose to blog about

Kedai Kopi Swee Kong @ Pulau Tikus. The actual location is @ Solok Moulmein. Directly opposite the Police Station. This blog consists of two visits, one during breakfast time and the other during late lunch.

I found the way the boss prepare the Apom is so interesting. As the way, he can quickly move the pot from one charcoal stove to another with fast speed using one hand. I think for me, I have to use both hands and not with that kind of speed. ^-^

Hubby captured some of the photos from the stall as following:

The boss in action.

Apom

I usually love the crispy type of apom like the one that sell in Air Itam. But this one is a bit different. It is very crispy at the edge of the apom and soft in the interior. And it tastes great when serves hot. And we ordered twice from the owner as my gal loves it very much.

Wantan Mee

When I entered the shop, I saw the stall owner of the wantan mee is so busy and most of the table order this. And since my gal wants some wantan mee, hubby ordered one for her. She comments that the wantan mee tastes nice and she loves the wantan mee textures.

Hokkien Mee

I opt for the hokkien mee. The hokkien mee tastes not bad.

Ban Chang Kueh

This is the second visit to this shop and hubby told me that the ban chang kueh is very famous there. So he went and ordered. Then the stall owner told hubby, you have to prepared to wait as there are so many ordered. And there are lots of people standing on the road site and some wait inside their car for this ban chang kueh.

After hubby finished his late lunch, he went to the stall and wait. He still have to wait for very long time. However, my gal and I just sitting inside the coffee shop had our late lunch. ^-^

The Ban Chang kueh is very crispy and thin textures and it has many peanut fillings in there and hubby ordered one with egg. It tastes delicious when it serves hot.

Hokkien Char

Char Tua Pan

The hokkien char and the char tua pan came from the same stall and it tastes very delicious as the "wok hei" is there. We are thinking to order another plate but at last we decided not to as we still have the ban chang kueh. ^-^

Laksa

I am not too sure whether you will get the thick laksa soup when you order it in the normal hour. As when I start digging this, I told hubby that this laksa stall have a very thick and strong soup base. Hubby agreed with me when he savour some. Then I just realise that the laksa that I had was the last bowl. ^-^ As I overheard one of the customers sat next to our table want to order the laksa, he was told that it all sold out. So I guess I am quite lucky. ^-^