Coconut Palms Delicious Seafood @ Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus

Coconut Palms Delicious Seafood opened its doors about 2 months ago, taking over the large bungalow house that was previously Audees Cuisine (and before that I think it was some restaurant serving Australian cuisine?).

At first we had our reservations about Coconut Palms, but having drove past the place and seeing it’s car park packed to [...]

Tags: Australian Cuisine, Bungalow House, Chinese Dishes, Chinese New Year, Coconut Palms, Delicious Seafood, Dipping Sauces, Dried Chilli, Dried Fish, Fish Tanks, Fried Squid, Pulau Tikus, Rm10, Squids, Style Chicken, Thai Chilli Sauce, Thick Sauce, Tumeric, Vegetable Dish, Western Food

Lingzie’s Tummy Treats Turns Three! (and a Bubbly Giveaway!)

Boy what a tongue twister-ish title eh? Especially when you try to say it three times really fast!
The dual celebrations of the past week (Chinese New Year & Valentine’s Day) have been gradually winding down  as most are preparing to get back to work tomorrow. Though for most Hokkiens in Penang, the celebrations [...]

Tags: 3rd Anniversary, Aga, Blogosphere, Chinese New Year, Dear Readers, Friendships, Grape Juice, Jade Emperor, Jetty, Joyous Occasion, Loving Moments, Melted Chocolate, Penang, Precious Moments, Sparkly, Special Occasions, Strawberries, Teetotaler, Tongue Twister, Tonite, Valentine S Day

Green Pea Cookies Recipe for Chinese New Year

With Chinese New Year just a week away, Penang is a hustle and bustle. Roads are packed with people out and about running errands, preparing for the new year. While the heat wave that we’re experiencing of late is causing trees to shed leaves, making Penang feel like autumn!

It’s been so hot that I didn’t [...]

Tags: Baking Tray, Chinese New Year, Cookie Recipe, Cookies Recipe, Corn Oil, Dry Ingredients, Egg Wash, Green Pea, Green Peas, Hot Oven, Original Recipe, Pea Flour, Peanut Cookies, Peanut Oil, Penang, Pineapple Tarts, Purpose Flour, Sesame Oil, Sugar And Salt, Sugar Content

Chinese New Year Pineapple Tarts Recipe

The blogosphere seems to be abuzz with Pineapple tarts! What with Chinese New Year a mere 3 weeks away! In fact, Food4Tots was also making them almost the same time I was, so we launched into a long discussion about them, exchanging tips and stories.
My family and I love this delicious, addictive tart [...]

Tags: Annies, Bali, Batches, Blogosphere, Chinese New Year, First Mistake, Grating, Hokkien, Jam Recipe, Josephine, Juices, Lai, New Year, Odd Shapes, Pineapple Jam, Pineapple Recipes, Pineapple Tart Recipes, Pineapple Tarts Recipe, Pineapples, Rasa Malaysia, Yonks

Deep Fried Butter Oats Prawn Recipe for Chinese New Year

I know I’ve been guilty of neglecting this blog lately. How time flies when you’re caught up in a whirlwind of activity and when you’re having fun!
The first gust of wind came when I decided, that this year, I would cook Chinese New Year reunion dinner! ~faints~ I had no idea what came over me [...]

Tags: Array, Chili Padi, Chillies, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, Confectioner, Fried Butter, Gust Of Wind, Leisurely Dinner, Microwave Oven, Neglecting This Blog, Oat Prawn, Prawns, Recipe Book, Red Chilli, Rice Cooker, Sprigs, Tablespoons Butter, Tapioca Flour, Traffic Jams, Waiting Time, Year Reunion, Yoghurt

Sawara Yong Tao Foo @ Pulau Tikus Penang

Whenever I want to have something simple and wholesome, Sawara Restaurant at Burmah Road comes to mind.  They started out as a humble lil restaurant serving mainly yong tao foo items made with 100% mackerel fish and some noodle dishes. Since then, the menu has flourished to include many other items like fresh fish slices, [...]

Tags: Burmah Road, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner, Claypot, Dried Noodles, Fish Ball, Fresh Fish, Ginger Slices, Humble Lil, Mackerel Fish, Many Other Items, Many Other Types, Noodle Dishes, Pork Chop, Pulau Tikus, Rm5, Sawara, Soup Noodles, Spring Onions, Uncooked Fish

Zi Wei Yuan Steamboat @ Raja Uda, Butterworth

At the last minute, a group of friends and I decided to meet up for dinner last Saturday since we were all too busy to meet over Chinese New Year. Since it was a weekend, we decided to go a bit further than we usually do for food – across the Penang Bridge to Raja [...]

Tags: Ajinomoto, Butterworth, Chinese New Year, Fish Balls, Fresh Fish, Jalan Raja, Kuai, Oysters, Penang Bridge, Pork Balls, Saturday Evening, Scallops, Sea Cucumber, Soup Base, Steamboat Ingredients, Steamboats, Unfamiliar Territory, Wei Yuan, Yew, Zi Wei

Happy Chinese New Year!

Keong Hee Huat Chai! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

Will be back really soon with more food reviews… I’m looking forward to eating all the traditional festive cakes and cookies. Food glorious food!

Tags: Cakes And Cookies, Chinese New Year, Chinese Year, Food Glorious Food, Food Reviews, Happy Chinese New Year, New Year

Reunion Dinner at Spice Market Cafe

Have been toying with the idea of starting a food blog for a while..and what better time to start than the new lunar year? So here goes….

Our family reunion dinner this year was more posh than usual, because my dad decided to have it at the Spice Market Cafe at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & [...]

Tags: Amp Spa, Baked Breads, Chillies, Chinese Dishes, Chinese New Year, Cold Cuts, Different Types Of Food, Flower Crabs, Lunar Year, Mandarin Oranges, Open Style, Rasa Sayang Resort, Reunion Dinner, Salad Bar, Satay, Sheer Variety, Spice Market, Ssert, Sushi Bar, Western Dishes