Afternoon Tea @ Annabelle’s Place, Lembah Permai Penang
The lack of blog updates and replies to your comments of late is largely due to my increasing workload. But I managed to squeeze in some time to blog before I rush off to another appointment in 30mins time!
The mad rush has made me wistful of lazy Sunday afternoons enjoying a cup of tea… sometimes you do need to slow down, gather your thoughts and pamper yourself! And when I need to seek refuge, I never fail to think about afternoon teas at Annabelle’s Place.
Annabelle’s Place is pretty, comfortable and cottage-like. The perfect setting for English afternoon tea.
And for as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with English Afternoon Teas! The influence of many an Enid Blyton book perhaps? 
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Yummy Chinese Pancakes @ Church Street, Penang
Regular readers of this blog will remember this post back in 2007 when I blogged about one of my favourite foods in Penang – the unique and yummy chinese pancakes. I was introduced to this delightful snack by my dad which originally sold in a coffee shop off Beach Street (next to Maybank and Standard Chartered).
Many years have passed and I had thought that the aunty moved away and no longer sold those delicious pancakes of hers. I was half right. The coffee shop where the aunty used to operate is no longer in business. We were told that she had moved somewhere nearby but wasn’t sure where. Thanks to a tip off from CK, I finally found the original chinese pancakes from my childhood… inside a little coffee shop along Church Street (also off Beach Street!)
The unassuming coffee shop (Hwa Pin kopitiam) is located on the left as you come in from Beach Street (OCBC Bank). It is a few doors away from Pinang Peranakan Mansion and the famous Eng Loh Kopitiam.
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Ah’ Basri Satay – The Place To Satisfy Your Satay Cravings!
I’ve heard quite a bit about Ah Basri satay from my dear readers. But I’ve never actually found out where it was, until one night, I was hit by the mother of all satay cravings! Now when you get hit by a satay craving that big, not just any satay will do. Thus I set out on a mission! After googling and reading this, this and this post, I was fairly certain that I was on the right track towards satay heaven.
A photo of the satays… just as a teaser *wink*
Upon arrival at Ah’ Basri Satay in Sungai Ara, dining companions in hand, I was delighted to find that it has a small area for parking within the building’s compound. And no smoking allowed!
I was promptly seated and handed a menu. Each table has order chits where you can write down your orders ala Old Town. This ain’t your typical satay stall!
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Maa Roy Thai Food Authentic Thai Cuisine @ Abu Siti Lane
This unassuming lil thai food place has been around for some time. But I’ve only had the chance to try it out recently after hearing raves about it from Nick. (and believe you me, I had a really hard time convincing my dad to try this place, dragging him away from his current favourite haunt for thai food)
The place boasts about chefs from Thailand and so expectations were high. Also, when we dined there, we noticed a car with Thailand plates parked outside…. a Thai customer! I guess this place should be good eh?
Decor is simple but tasteful. Gives you a homely feel all around.
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My Favourite Food in Macau!
Finally, the last of my Macau posts… and I definitely saved the best for last. Because this post is dedicated to the food I enjoyed the most in Macau!
Anyone care to guess what it is?
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a soft spot for desserts…. and therefore it is no surprise that my favourite ‘meal’ in Macau was at this place…
The famed Leitaria I Son dessert shop well known for their silky milk puddings and other milky delights. Those with Lactose intolerance should avoid this place at all costs as they serve a huge variety of milk based desserts.
We actually chanced upon this store while walking along the streets in central Macau (just down from Senado Square). It was 7.30pm on the first day of our trip and we walked into the small unpretentious shop only to realise that they were closing! But the ladies were accomodating and said they’d take our order.
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d’italiane kitchen @ Jaya 33, Petaling Jaya
M and I wandered into Jaya 33 late one evening when we were driving around PJ. I had read about Bruno’s a while back and it piqued my interest. The initial intention was to eat at Bruno’s. But somehow I felt like going Italian that night (plus Bruno’s was really empty which made us rather doubtful of walking in…)
I was thankful for the cool air conditioning since it was such a humid night. We were ushered to our seats immediately by a most attentive waiter. Both M and I zeroed in on the ‘Everything but the Kitchen Sink’ drink (RM9.90) which was a combination smoothie of raspberry, strawberry and…dunno what other berries (ok I forgot!). Most refreshing! And a definite refuge from the heat.
Our drinks being prepared at the bar…
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Saltier Foods? Or is it just me?
I’m supposed to be posting on the last segment of my Macau trip. But I thought I’d write about this issue first.
Now, my family and I eat out quite a lot. And in general we tend to lean towards foods that are more full bodied and stronger in flavor. We like our food creamy, salty, sweet, sour etc. No bland stuff for us thank you. Of course over the years, we’ve mellowed out a bit and have taken to switching to healthier options (less salt, less oil, less sugar) but most of us haven’t totally transcended to healthy eating and we still enjoy our sinful roast porks and as for me… I still love my desserts.
So… it is to my utter surprise that of late, I find myself complaining that the food served outside is very salty!
Its not just at one or two place, but quite a few. Some at restaurants, some at hawker stalls. At one particular outlet, our soup was just too salty that all of us couldn’t stomach it. The outlet gladly changed it for us (i think by watering it down), but commented that their chef thought it was fine!
My grandpa is champion of salty foods. He has a very high threshold for salt. And yet, even he is finding his food salty!
I am appalled. Is this the current trend? Why the heavy hand in using salt? Is it to cover up for the lack of flavor? Is it to slyly encourage us to order more drinks?
So what I’m curious to know is, do you my dear readers, agree with me that our restaurants and hawkers are being too overly generous with their salt? Or have my tastes buds gone haywire? What say you?
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Blue Reef Fish & Chips – My Current Favourite Restaurant!
Every now and then, my family and I stumble upon a restaurant that we all adore. Now this is no easy task, as we are a family with varying taste buds and eating patterns (she’s not keen on vegetables, he’s not keen on spicy food, she’s vegetarian, he doesn’t eat fish etc etc). So to find a place we all like to eat at is hard enough. What’s even harder is for our friends to like the place as well! But, we recently found one such place…. none other than Blue Reef Fish & Chips! (located at Casa Permai 2, a few doors away from Annabelle’s Place)
I’ve been wanting to blog about this place since I first patronized the place back in Feb this year. But somehow never got around to it, because everytime I make a re-visit, there are new items on the menu and we keep trying different things! Therefore this long long post, is actually accumulated from about 7-8 visits!
Blue Reef Fish & Chips is simple but charming and quietly confident, with a strong sense of who they are. They’re not glitter and glamour. Instead, they serve up hearty meals that don’t burn a huge hole in your pocket. Eager to know more? Well read on then!
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Wickedly Good Weekend Chee Cheong Chok @ China Street
Out of the blue, dad suddenly suggested that we go for porridge with ’siew yoke’ and ‘char siew’. The mere mention of those words conjured up images of fatty slices of roasted pork goodness. So I said ‘let’s go! what are we waiting for?!’
He told us it was at China Street. And it was apparently a shop dad frequented in his younger days but subsequently forgot about it until now.
We arrived at a small, unpretentious kopitiam. With a tiny signboard, and a small stall at the front. The place was quiet and almost deserted. Had dad not brought me there, I would have easily missed it!
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Glutinuous Rice Dumplings (Bak Zhang) @ Tavoy Road, Penang
One of my favourite snacks would definitely be ‘bak zhang’ or glutinuous rice dumplings stuffed with pork wrapped with lotus leaves. Traditionally eaten during the Chinese festival “Duan Wu Jie“, this delicious savoury dumpling is also being sold throughout the year. My usual haunt for this snack would be at this stall off Burmah Road, at the corner of Tavoy Road.
The ‘bak zhang’ here is sold in two sizes – normal ones are RM3, while the super sized ones are RM5.50. “Tau Zhang” also sold here but the I prefer ‘bak zhang’!
Usually we would get the super sized ones to share. Its chockful of pork (fatty belly pork), chestnuts, mushrooms and the very essential salted egg yolk! Its almost too irrestible to stop at just one ‘bak zhang’, but for the sake of avoiding indigestion, one should not over-indulge!
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