Archive for January, 2005

Soup for the soul

Chinese soups are very distinctive from all others. It is slowly boiled with lots of love. Sometimes, soups symbolise the love a woman has for her family, spouse and children. It is like some magical love potion. The different dialects of the Chinese have different ways of cooking soups. The [...]

My church

Peter Tan has some lovely shots of our church, The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Green Lane. (Behind Caltex, in Jalan Besi). Please check out the beautiful shots taken by Peter. Long before I step into this church, I had been admiring it from far. Each morning when I [...]

Jalan Transfer : Nasi Padang

Yellowish curry is masak lemak cili padi with cow’s udder/perut lembu. Sotong basah with cili. Cat fish is the shop’s special with their signature cili and ikan cencaru belah belakang (fish spiltted and stuff with onions and cili)
I had wanted to take the photo of the whole range of food on display [...]

Jalan Chulia : Teik Seng

See the tall hat fella in singlet? I love this place. It is located in the middle of a busy market and rows of old, old sundry shops. The ambience add authencity to the Penang feel.
The place is called Teik Seng. If you can stand the heat, that is. All the dishes are plain and [...]