The Tale of a long long snack at Paya Terubong

Some time ago, blog hoppers might remember a slew of reviews about a certain extra long snack… also known as the longest ‘yew tiao’, longest deep fried Chinese cruller or “Te Chang Yew Tiao Wang” to be exact (translated from Mandarin to Extra Long Cruller King). Well, Lingzie’s Tummy Treats is here to jolt your [...]

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Penang Special Samosa @ Little India

I’ve always been a big fan of Indian food though my knowledge about it is still very much in its infancy stage. I love how spices add so much depth and flavour to otherwise ordinary ingredients. Therefore I was most delighted when I stumbled upon this lil stall at the junction of Market Street and [...]

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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 [...]

Tags: Afternoon Teas, Ale Beer, Carrot Cake, Cheese Sandwich, Clotted Cream, Cucumber Sandwiches, Cup Of Tea, English Afternoon Tea, Enid Blyton, Generous Slice, Jasmine Tea, Lazy Sunday, Mad Rush, Pot Of Tea, Rarebit, Slice Of Cake, Strawberry Jam, Sunday Afternoons, Tuna Sandwiches, Vanilla Scent

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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OXO Cafelab @ Queensbay, Penang

OXO Cafelab Restaurant is one of the latest additions to the eating scene in Bayan Lepas area. I found out about it when a friend had sent me their Opening Promotion Brochure. RM9.90 for set lunch! RM13.90 for set dinner! the brochure had said. I liked the Red, Black and White color scheme. I liked [...]

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Home Made Chicken Pie

Apologies for the lack of updates of late. Have been traveling quite a bit, and I will be flying off again next week (and coming back with more yummy food photos to show! Hint: Gourmet Tour )
Anyway, my family and I recently discovered this lady who makes chicken pies for sale from her [...]

Sweet & Sour Fishballs

This is a long overdue post, as I prepared this dish for a pot luck at the end of last year.
At that time, I had spotted this simple yet tantalizing recipe from Rasa Malaysia’s site. And the pot luck was the perfect opportunity for me to try out the recipe!
I have never had fishballs cooked [...]

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Laksa & Fried Popiah @ One Corner Cafe, Jalan Bawasah

I remember that as a young kid, my grandpa and my dad would bring sometimes bring us out for a delicious snack – fried ‘popiah’ sold by an Indian uncle on a motorbike. Usually there would be lots of people crowding round his motorbike which held lots of goodies that included laksa, nyonya kuih and [...]

Yummylicious Yew Char Kuih @ Raja Uda, Butterworth

Little did I know that I would be having these heavenly deep fried snacks when I went for steamboat at Raja Uda. Before we even took our seats at the steamboat restaurant, a few of my friends already spotted the yew char kuih stall opposite the road doing brisk business. And we charged towards it [...]

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