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 …
Oodles of Noodles – How to Find Good and Cheap Food in Penang Part 3
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 …
Penang Nyonya Bak Chang (Rice Dumpling)
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 …
How to Find Good and Cheap Food In Penang Part2
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. …
How to get Good and Cheap Food in Penang – Part 1
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; …
The 15 days of Chinese New Year Vs The 12 Days of Christmas!
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? …
Cheng Beng or All Souls Day
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 …
Chinese New Year Celebrations
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 …
Heading Home for Chinese New Year!
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 …
Brick House Sourdough Bakery & Cafe
I recently visited this Café recommended by my niece. On that idle Saturday morning we took a walk around the town of East Dulwich. There were the street vendors out with antiques, food, picture frames, etc. There were some quirky shops selling quirky things. We strolled by the flea market and a lot of shops …
Shuang Shuang, Steam Boat or Hot Pot on a Conveyor Belt
On my last trip to London, we were in Chinatown doing some shopping and looking for some interesting Chinese food. We had come across this restaurant before. So this time we decided that we want to give this a try. Shuang Shuang is a Steam boat restaurant. Steam boat is a popular type of cooking …
Have you been to Kensington Roof Gardens, London?
On my recent trip to London, I intended to have a lazy weekend. However my niece told me that her mother-in-law suggested to her a ‘trail’ which was really good for children. My niece took her advice and went on this trail with her friend and young daughter. The little girl enjoyed herself with …
Have you visited a Durian Farm in Penang?
This was what I did last summer.
# Summer #Fishing in Cornwall
Fishing trip in St. Mawes, Cornwall. A great trip and my first youtube video!!
#Summer Holiday : #Padstow and Truro. #Rick Stein
My adventure continues… In the tour there were some optional tours that we can go to. However, the optionals were only announced on the day in the bus on Saturday. It was a bit confusing. The bus driver was describing the tours and I had a hard time understanding him. It is not that he spoke badly, it was just me. …