Hello again and continuing with my discovery of Penang, I am at the Upside Down Museum. This is a fairly new attraction. I am not sure when it started. The reason we are here is because we have some discount vouchers from the leaflets that we took when we were in Chew Jetty. It gave …
Hello again, There are so many things to do and to visit in Penang. So today we decided to visit George Town again. We went to the old part of George Town. We went to the Love Lane, Armenian Street, Beach Street and Chulia Street Area. There are many places to see and do in …
Hi there again. There are many places to visit in Penang. The beaches are one of them. Touristy places include Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, The Botanical Garden, The Funicular Rail, The Reclining Buddha in Pulau Tikus, the Snake Temple and lots more. Oh, and don’t forget the street food which I have been bragging about …
Alkaline Dumplings or Kee Chang This is a continuation of the dumpling festival which will be in 30 May this year. As promised, I am sharing this recipe. In my previous post, I shared my Mother’s recipe for Penang Sweet and Salty Pork Dumpling. As promised, I am sharing the Alkaline Dumpling recipe this time. …
After spending my time in the mainland, I went to Penang Island. In the morning we went to the Jelutong Morning market. This is a typical morning market where there are stalls selling food, like vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and everyday essentials. There are also shops selling all sorts of goods and coffee shops selling …
Here, I am continuing my trip to Penang and savouring the glorious food. In Part 2, we went to Yeow Kee Restaurant before my sister departed to KL. We then went back home to my brother’s and have a rest and catch up. And as usual we have more food for tea. My brother decided …
tival Nyonya Bak Chang Nyonya Sweet and Salty Rice Dumplings The Dumpling Festival is approaching. It falls on the 5th day of the 5th Lunar month of the Chinese calendar. This year it falls on 30th May . The Dumpling Festival has a legend behind it. The story goes like this… … Once upon a …
On the 4th day of CNY , my sister had to leave for her home as she starts work the next day. So we went for lunch in this place in Kulim. According to my sis-in-law. This place serves good roasts. Roasts here means roasts like char siew, roast pork, roast duck, roast chicken, etc. …
Continuing my Penang holidays; on the third day of CNY, we decided to go to Penang Design Village. This is a newish development featuring discount designer goods. One can get a good and cheap deal on designer stuff, great for stingy Penangites. It is located in Batu Kawan, in the main land, or Seberang Perai; …
Easter eggs in nests – Chinese style. I have been planning to post this since last week. The trouble is that: 1) I had some problem making the little nests. I thought I should use sweet potato strips to make the nests as it would give a nice brownish colour. However after a few attempts, I …
The Chinese celebrates the lunar new year for 15 days. There are 12 days of Christmas, so this concept is not too strange to understand. However, I am not sure if the 12 days are of real significance, or, it is just a song. Can you please enlighten me, if you know the answer? …
Yesterday was Cheng Beng or also known as all Souls day. It is a day in the Chinese Lunar calendar where the Chinese remember their dearly departed..it is ancestral worship. On this day families will take time off to clear the graves of their ancestors, tidy the graves by removing all the weeds and giving …
This trip to Malaysia is a bit special as I got to spend it with my brothers and sisters and their families. The celebrations and tradition starts on the eve of the first day of Chinese New Year. We used to travel a day or 2 before the eve so that we would be at …
Chinese New Year is around the corner and I am heading ‘home’ to celebrate it with my family in Malaysia. After 10 years of celebrating it in the UK, I am finally flying to spend time with my bothers and sisters and their families. This time I decided to fly with Malaysia Airlines. The last …
Whatever You Have Tomato/Pasta Sauce As the Lunar new year is a fortnight away, I have been slowly clearing out my larder and other nooks and crannies that I stashed my dry and canned food. This is a good time to do this.The Chinese believe that we should clear out our house of rubbish so …
