Thean Chun Coffee Shop, Ipoh

This time, I went all the way to Ipoh to food hunt. Well, not exactly the main reason I went to Ipoh but I actually went there for a business trip for work in purposes. This so happen to be one of our lunch spot. Since it was only an hour of lunch break, we quickly headed to Thean Chun Coffee Shop to have lunch. They are well known for the Kai See Hor Fun which is Chicken Kuey Teow Soup.

We had to wait about 20 minutes before we got to eat this Kuey Teow Soup. I always eat this dish in Pappa Rich or Old Town. After having this bowl of the original Kai See Hor Fun, I now know the actual taste it is suppose to be. And oh my... It was so delicious! The Hor fun was not like the usual Hor fun you would have. 

Kai See Hor Fun

This coffee shop is also famous for their Egg Custard! I kid you not, it was PERFECT! The texture was on point and it was tasty. It wasn't too sweet at all.

You know how they say if the Panna Cotta stays steady, it's a successful Panna cotta. So we can confidently deduce that this was a successful Egg Custard! 

Our beautiful Egg Custard

A colleague of mine was from Ipoh so she order all their famous food from the coffee shop. She even order Pork Satay and Chee Cheong Fun which has filling in it! It was spicy so I didn't get to eat but everyone says it was good! 

Hehehehehe. Here comes my favourite! Popiah and this time we even have fried popiah! I have never tried fried popiah before and this was the first time! And it was so so so so so good! I even wanted to dapao it back all the way back to Klang but it wasn't possible. It probably be bad already. 

Even the normal popiah was good! But my favourite was still the fried one! Not only it was something different, but it was tasteful! We would normally expect that when u fried it everything would just comes out or be over fried. This wasn't the case at all. Everything was just simply PERFECT! My tummy was so happy that day. I was so full, definitely overeat but it was totally worth it at all!

So here's another place you can explore when you are there in Ipoh.

" One cannot think well, sleep well, if one doesn't dine well"

Yeap... thats me!

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Pince & Pints, KL

My friend bought me to this place to have dinner last weekend. We had this in London previously. I've also blogged about the place quite awhile go. So, this shop Pince & Pints is quite similar to Burger & Lobsters except instead of 3 style, they offer 4 different style.

Pince & Pint is located in Bangsar, KL, super far away from my home all the way in Klang. 

Took the photo from Google image because I didn't take it from outside. All I took was the food 😂😂

So, the menu for food was just lobster done in 4 different styles which is the :

a) Live Whole Lobster with a choice of Grilled or Steamed with Chef Salad, Straight Cut Fries and Herb Butter Sauce

b) The Lobster Roll with Chef Salad, Straight Cut Fries and Garlic Aioli

c) Chilli Lobster with Fried Mantou, Homemade Fresh Tomato & Chilli Sauce 

d) Lobster Noodles - Wok Fried Lobster, Egg Noodles, Ginger and Scallion

All of the dish is price RM158+++

And yes, it's super expensive. We ate it in London for about 20 pounds so I guess its more expensive in KL.

Anyway, we ordered the Grilled Lobster and Lobster Noodle. In fact I think the lobster noodle is to suit us Asian taste because in Chinese restaurant, the lobster is famous cooking with noodle and in this style as well.

Lobster Noodle 

Grilled Live Whole Lobster

Totally love the lobster. It was fresh, tasty, delicious! The Grilled Lobster was good as well especially when dipped into the Herb Butter Sauce. It mix so well, just perfect! The lobster noodle was tasty as well but the noodle did not beat the noodles in the Chinese Restaurant.

If I have to choose, I would say the Lobster Noodles was better if its to compare the lobster meat. The lobster was more well done for this dish then the grilled lobster but don't get me wrong! Both were equally good. It's not everyday I have dinner here as it's extremely pricy only on special occasions. 

On a scale to 10, I would give it an 8.5! The ambiance of the restaurant is actually really nice. It's not the noisy restaurant and actually look classy. There is also a bar at the side. They do serve alcohol as well! So, if you are looking for a place to have lobster, I would say this would be a good dining place! 

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Operator 25

Missing Melbourne Brunch so much. So here's one of the brunch places in Melbourne that has good brunches. I've been here too many times so I am just going to post all the food that I've tried here before.

Operator 25 is located in the Melbourne CBD on Will Street. The menu of this place changes every quarter so you get a variety of choices and you can always try something different. I would definitely go there at least once every semester. If I were to bring friends from Malaysia around in Melbourne to try the food, I would always bring them here. Not only the food is good, the coffee as well.

Well, I am not a coffee lover but my friends and parents are. According to them, the coffee here is pretty good. So, here's a cup of cappucino that my mum ordered.

My very first time to Operator 25, I tried the corn fritters. Any brunches places I go, I will always go for their corn fritters first. If they don't have it then I will pick something else on the menu. 

The all time favorite, Sweet Corn Fritters, Tomato Salad, Goat Curb with Fried Duck Egg

This was smashing! Totally love it! So muchyyy. I went back there twice that same week to order the same thing right before flying back to Malaysia. When I came back, they already changed the menu and this wasn't on it anymore, left me heartbroken!

Pulled Pork Burger with Sweet Potato Wedges, Fried egg, Chilli Mayo, Coriander, Cabbage and Carrot Slaw on Brioche Bun

This was another signature dish from Operator 25. They kept this on their menu for two quarters but have already change it now. If it comes back, this is definitely the dish you would want to go for. This is my second favourite from Operator 25. Totally loved the sweet potato wedges. 

Elderflower sago with chia seeds, rhubarb and strawberry compote, with white chocolate foam and freeze-dried mango

This was a dessert after deal for me and it indeed a flavorful and delicious one. The flavors were refreshing and it wasn't too sweet. Everything was just nice. The white chocolate foam and strawberry compote match pretty well! AND Who doesn't love desserts with sago? Anything dessert with sago is never bad.

Sweet Potato Fries/Wedges

Each time I go there, I will definitely ordered this one here. This was by far the best sweet potato wedges in Melbourne. It 7 aud for a basket of chips. It's usually not on the menu but you can always ordered them from the waiter/waitress. 

Granola with poached figs and syrup 

When I am not too hungry and want to go for a healthy brunch dish, I would order the granola. I like having granola because its not too filling for the tummy and its also a sweet dish. This one here also also good and especially love the poached figs.

Chicken A La Normande with braised apples, pickled shallots, kipfler potatoes, green beans and almond. 
Another good lunch dish from Operator 25. I had this twice there, totally love how tender the chicken fillet was and the braised apples were really good. It does feel weird having to have braised apple and chicken together but trust me, it was smashingly delicious.

This is their most recent menu of the last quarter of 2015. 

Matcha Crumpets with Poached Pears,Macerated berries,kaya sauce, lychee pearls and Mango

For those matcha lover, this matcha crumpets does really have the matcha crumpets. By itself, its a bit tasteless but mix with everything else and the kaya sauce, then it'll taste good. However, my many times there, this dish was the one I least enjoy.

Soft Shell Crab on Squid Ink Brioche, Lime Mayo, Nam Jing dressing, coconut and herb salad

This one was delicious! My mum ordered this and I stole a bite and totally love it.

Balinese Pork, Pork Fillet and belly cooked in traditional Balinese Spices, marcilla, sambal malah, lemongrass broth, stir fired corn, green beans and mushroom

Pork Belly, always the favourite dish that we would ordered in any brunch places and this was really done well and delicious. The pork fillet was tender and with the spices and broth, it blends together all so well. 

Address :

25, Wills Street,

Melbourne CBD

Phone :

(03) 9670 3278

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday 7am - 4pm

Saturday & Sunday 9am - 4pm

Webpage ; www.operator25.com.au

It Brew My Mind 

~ Operator 25 ~

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The Hurricane Grill, Darling Harbour

So.... I finally tried out Hurricane Grill in Sydney during the Easter break. And it was amazingly good. A lot of my friends told me that it was a MUST GO place to dine in when you are there. So, I quickly make my booking one week in advance there on the first day I arrived in Sydney.

It was super crowded and there was a line when I went there. Thank god I made a booking. Totally love the ambience of the restaurant. 

The bar corner where they made their mock tail and cocktails. Also, they had mini tables there for people to sit in and have a drink first while waiting in line. Good strategy 😏😏😏 

Allocated the seat outside, and then i started taking photos. As usual. Photo were pretty dark although the background is really pretty. We got the view of the harbour and all the building across the river. 

Isn't it so pretty the background? Usually they had the fireworks there but me and my friends didn't get to see it but while I was looking back at my photos, I notice that there was the firework but I guess we were too busy taking photos to notice. 

See. Got fireworks but aiya this photo not nice. Oh wells.... When we were ordering, looking at the price it was actually pretty expensive. But since we are already there, why not? So we ended up ordering drinks, the appetiser and definitely got their famous dish, *drumrolls* PORK RIBS 

We order the cocktail and mock tails and its was actually pretty good! 

Pretty in Pink (left) Cocktail & Mocktail Raspilian (right)

Tropicana Jolly :)

The Appetizer

Garlic Prawn

Fresh Oyster and Oyster Kilpatrick

For our main, we had of course the AMAZING pork ribs and lamb cutlets. Rumours say the pork rib was good and I have to say it's is just awesomely delicious filled with flavour and it's no rumours. It's the truth :)  however, our lamb cutlet was burned so we didn't enjoyed it as much as we did with the ribs. 

We didn't get any dessert there because we were just too full already but I really enjoyed the dinner. Definitely would go back there again for sure. Round 2 in December if all plan go wellllllll....

Ending the post..

With myyyyyy Mocktail and also...

With my so-amazingly-delicious pork ribs 

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The Melbourne Supper Club

 Just right after the final exam, a friend of mine told me that this place has good dessert especially the sticky date pudding. Being the usual greedy me, the day after exam, I had to make my way to this place which was called 'The Melbourne Supper Club' located on Level 1/161 Spring Street in the CBD.

So right after shopping, we just headed there and I love the way the restaurant is decorated although it looks a little old. Classic design. 

Looks pretty cozy and comfy 

So there was I, sitting near the window sit , solo shot and looking much more energetic after three weeks or studying home. Anyway back to topic. My friend said that she really like the sticky date pudding so we order that and also a lemon tart. 

For the drinks, we had the typical drink. 

Lemon Lime Bitter :)

The presentation might not look so pleasing but it taste extremely good. I totally love both of them. Well, we all know we have to eat it when it's hot and when it was first serve, I was afraid I would burn my mouth. That is why we have the ice cream there so it makes it not that hot. The caramel sauce went perfectly well with it and it was just perfect. Not too sweet not too hot , just simply delicious. 

As for the Lemon tart, it was really good as well. It wasn't too sour of a tart and it gives you the urge to take one mouth after another. When I first try to cut the pastry, it was extremely hard and I was thinking to myself, this wouldn't be good. Surprisingly despite it being so hard, it was actually extremely crispy and goo. It was indeed a good place with a nice environment. Totally would go back there again and try other food when I am back in Melbourne :) 

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Penang Food Adventure

Mini getaway to Penang before my brothers start schooling again. Gotta say I am so excited because I haven't been here for awhile. Anyway, these are the top few favourite and famous shops I visited in Penang this time.

1. Air Itam Asam Laksa

                             

The old man above is the maker of this mouthwatering Asam laksa. He totally own it. I am usually not a fan of Asam Laksa but this is really good. I don't fancy spicy food but this bowl was good enough to keep me eating despite the burning feeling in my mouth. 

                             

The soup was thick and full of flavour with the shredded fish. There is lot of vegetables and they taste good all together. The price a bowl was RM4.00 which was reasonable. It was quickly served and there wasn't much waiting. Definitely should try this out. :)

Air Itam Market
Pasar Road
11500 Air Itam Penang
GPS Coordinates: N05 24.072 E100 16.6773

2. Siam Road Char Kuay Teow

                  

One of my favourite food is Char Kuay Teow. This is one of the few famous Char Kuay Teow in Penang. I personally still prefer the Lorong Selamat Char Kuay Teow. The unique thing of this store which differentiate them from others is that it uses charcoal as their main source of fire. 

This plate contain variety ingredient such as the prawns, Chinese sausage, bah Yu pok (not sure what is it called in English), si ham and also vegetables. Only for RM5.50 for large The small one is RM4.00. It was a good plate of Char Kuay Teow despite it being a bit too oily. The prawn is crunchy and everything was just well done, not over cooked.

Be warned that the waiting time for it is long. I waited almost an hour before it came but for me, it was worth it as it was a good plate. If you are also looking for good coffee, you can order it at the restaurant where the food is served. They have really good coffee. :)

Siam Road, Penang

(Located near the Anson Road & end of Siam Road)

Open from Tuesday - Sunday, 2pm - 11.00pm

GPS Coordinates : N05 24.55 E100 19.134

3. Kheng Pin Cafe 

                               

The best Lobak everrrrrr. I have been eating here for years since I was really really young. The taste has never downgrade in fact it kept on taste better. It's quite often when a store become famous, they always become less tastier but this store has never had that. 

                              

Doesn't it look good ? Have to admit my camera is not really good. But I like how he doesn't over fry it and it taste just good. Crispy and delicious. Dipping into their homemade sauce just make it perfect. Whoever goes to Penang must definitely try this out.

                                

80 Penang Road,

Georgetown, Penang

Opens from 6.30am, Closed on Monday
GPS Coordinates: N05 25.019 E100 19.486

4. Char Kuey Teow at Lorong Selamat

                                   

The Lady Boss and her daughter in action. :) When I first went there, the lady boss was really fierce but after a few times she actually smile and was in a good. Be sure to be there after 11am if you want the Char Kuey Teow cook by her because her sister is usually cooking there before 11am.  

                  

Her Char Kuey Teow taste really good, I remember waiting for 1hr 30 minutes but if you are there early probably won't be that long. Her shrimp are big and crunchy and goes with the Kuey Teow. Although it's a bit stingy on the Chinese Sausage but you can request on adding on. The ingredient that makes is nice is that it contains a pickle vegetables called 'chai po'. It as extra taste to the Kuey Teow. Overall, I find this plate full of flavour and it's my favourite char Kuey Teow so far. 

Kafe Heng Huat
Lorong Selamat,
Georgetown, Penang
Closed on Tuesday
GPS Coordinates : N05 25.16 E100 19.294

5. Hameed Pata Mee Rebus & Goreng / Mee Sotong

                                    

                                    

This is pretty far from where I stayed but decided to try something different. There was a lot people queuing for it so it should be popular. It's located near Fort Cornwallis. 

                                     

Hameed Pata Mee Rebus

                                     

Hameed Pata Mee Goreng

They have two choices, one is the mee is boiled, a bit soupy and the other one fried. However, both plate were really spicy. So those who like spicy food would probably enjoy it. I had some but because it was really spicy so I did not eat much. However, I sort of like it because when I first ate it, it was sweet and sour then only it turn spicy. I guess the sauce is sweet while it was spicy due to the sotong. My brother said it was good as he likes spicy food. The price range from RM4.00 to RM6.00 so it was quite reasonable. Definitely could give it a try.

Padang Kota Lama Court (Next to Fort Cornwallis)
Jalan Padang Kota Lama,
Georgetown, Penang
Closed on Sunday
GPS CoordinatesL N05 25.200 E100 20.539

6. Gani Famous Pasembur

                                 

Another long queue stall. This was also located near fort Cornwallis but the other food court. My brother suggested to eat Pasembur so I started googling where is good and a lot of people recommended to come here. 

Their variety of ingredient that you get to choose from. But it's better to choose what u really like and not everything because it's going to cost you a bump.

                                

                                

It does look good isn't it? It taste equally good too. It's a big plate but in about 5 minutes it was already empty. My favourite part of this dish was the nutty sauce. It was sweet and not too spicy. It goes well with the ingredient. I would suggest to pick ingredient that are actually Rojak ingredient instead of just sausages, or fishball. However, I would say it is actually expensive because that plate cost me RM26.00.

Gani Penang Famous Pasembur
Medan Renong Padang Kota Lama,
Jalan Padang Kota Lama,
Georgetown, Penang
Opened every evening
GPS Coordinates : N05 42.2892 E100 34.0517

Well, I had other food but these are the ones I liked best. However, they say different have different taste so this is my personal preferences. =D

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