Archive for the ‘Hawker foods’ Category

Video : Dim Sum and some old world charm

When I first own a digital camera, I was very shy about taking pictures. But now, almost everyone has a camera and taking photos are not such an awkward thing anymore. However, now I am into video filming and it is once again, a very bashful time for me to take the video camera to [...]

Kedai Makanan Song River, Gurney Drive

In Penang, we have so many eating places. Kedai Makanan Song River is one of the oldies and have been around like 30 to 40 years. So, it is not in one of our regular eating places simply because they have been around for too long and there are plenty of newer, brighter and more [...]

Lojak, cendoi, ang tau sn’g

Do you know how much is the rental for one little stall in Sunshine Farlim? I cannot believe the stall owner but she insisted the rental is RM6,000 per month. This stall only sells some nasi lemak bungkus, local kuehs, drinks and nothing else. At the other corner, stands an aiskacang and cendol stall. The [...]

Down memory lane about dating and bribing the girlfriend’s parents with char hor fun

I think one should count one self lucky if the daughter doesn’t ask money to feed the boyfriend. All these rituals of dating and pleasing the girl’s parent probably no longer exist. But Yong Pin, Kek Seng, Foo Heong and other old coffee shops selling the famous char hor fun still exist until today.

NY Times listed Penang as one of the 44 places to go in 2009

Penang Island has been picked by New York Times Travel section as one of the 44 places to go in 2009. Our little island in the sun, with all the quirky stuffs offered as foods are amongst some of the most interesting place to go. The above is the screenshot taken from The New York [...]