~我的生活点滴~ :: Journey of Angie ::

Clean Homestay Georgetown Penang

Would like to introduce the homestay available in Penang during your visit. The apartment are available for tourist, family or corporate worker for short term stay. Reasonable rate ranging RM200 to RM330 per night. Big unit house with nice interior. 3 bedroom available in the unit with 2 toilets. Equipped with 5 units air condition. The toilet is well maintained and clean. Strategic location to Bayan Lepas, heritage town and Penang Bridge. 10 mins walk to University Sains Malaysia (USM). 5 mins walk to bus stop. 5 mins drive to Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal.

sea view masterbed room - aircond

masterbed hot shower bathroom attached

Medium room- aircond

Medium room - aircond

bathroom

living hall with 2 aircon unit

Kitchen with cooking facilites

Unit facilities:
Fridge
disposal toothbrush
kettle
coffee & tea
simple cooking allow
one unit covered carpark

Room rate shown as below,

May negotiate for better rate for tenant stay more than 3 days.

Please contact 03-77324205 - Penang homestay for booking reservation and room availability.
You may also drop an email to: vskpghomestay@gmail.com

Camera Musuem Cafe, Lebuh Muntri Penang

Recently Penang have introduced quite a numbers of heritage zone and theme cafe. In example: Camera Museum Cafe Penang, Cat Cafe Penang, Toy Cafe Penang and etc. With the mural art and now with Theme cafe and making people have more reason to jam in the island :p

Went back to Penang for Raya holiday and guest what?! Started my journey on the road at 9am and ended arrived at the island 7pm! Usually it only took 4 hours drive maximum but on this festive season it tooks 10 hours! There go my Saturday...the car was driving back to back. Even when checking the traffic from Waze application made me fainted with those "stand still" icon.

During the peak season is also hard to look for accommodation and hotel. Since Penang island is small but pack with car with different state car plate number.

I am able to meet up with my best friend at Penang whom I meet her long enough. She have introduced me to the Camera Museum Cafe in Lebuh Muntri. I like photography and I thought I know all about camera and photography, but after visited the museum, it really open up my eye in the history and the evolution of the Camera with different brand. There will be a representative to tour you in the museum. Unlike the "museum", the camera museum are not boring with the description displayed. It also have few room on the camera demo!

Mr. Yap the rep from Camera Museum

After the museum visit, the cafe also serve nice cake with drink is camera lens mug. We bought coupon from living social to enjoy the afternoon tea.

Fruit punch in camera lense & banana walnut cake

Vanilla & Chocolate Ice-cream

They have limited seat and table for cafe dining, make sure you come abit earlier.

Some photo took in the museum cafe..

all type of camera

sign your name - guestbook

The business hour open from 9.30am till 6.30pm. Best visit time will be at 2pm. as they have lots of nice picture you wouldn't want to miss the sunlight!

For more info you may visit link >> http://www.penangcameramuseum.com/

Italian Wine Pairing @ That Little Wine Bar

Italian Wine Pairing - That Little Wine Bar, Penang

The RM198 wine pairing is finally back! I remembered the very last visit at TLWB is their RM98 Austria Wine Pairing. But that was not what I expecting. Anyway, this is better! It's 2nd time having Italian Wine Pairing.

I not sure why their rate range from RM98 to RM198. Sometimes, the wine pairing charge RM138 nett. RM98 definitely is a last final try out for me.>_< But if is RM138 I think I will consider to try it out more on the wine and also the food.

[I'm working on the photos and will note some comment bout the food... so stay tuned!]

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Authentic Indian Wine Pairing - That Little Wine Bar, Penang

Here comes another monthly wine pairing from TLWB. The chef always likes to try out new recipe and good thing is they accept feedback & comment and willing to improve to suit the customer needs. I think this etiquette should have for every F&B owner.

The wine pairing 4 course meal cost RM138 which inclusive of 4 glasses of wine. It depend on the day theme and they chef will pair the best wine to go with the food.

Had never heard of taking Indian food pairing with wine but I think the chef have did some research before putting it on. It's quite a brilliant idea for them to pair the champagne, white wine, rose wine & the dessert wine as none of these categories are full body wine.

So, the Indian food recipe was inspired from a few state of India. Lucknow (North India), Kolkata (West India) & Hyderabad (South). I been to the Bangalore but yet to travel to try out the food from others state. So, it a bonus for me to try all in a day without taking the flight! Hahaha! ♥

Among the course, I will personally rate the food below with some comments,

Lukhimi - thick samosa flour skin, the filling is grind too fine and not much of taste of spices & lack of the aroma.

Seekh Kebab - the mint chutney goes very well but I personally think there's still room for improvement in the dressing part. Perhaps instead making into 1 long sausage size, it could be divided into 2 - 3 mini sausage which I think is more presentable. ♥

Katchi Roll - This is beef with thin Roomali bread, the beef is cook in right timing, not too hard to chew and taste the juicy meat. Just the wrapper is a little bit loosened and once is cut the content (beef) scattered. This goes perfect with their home made mint sauce! ♥ ♥ (I like this beef but maybe lamb could be better combination with the Indian theme?)

Subbu's Kofta Curry - Pork meat ball in green curry with the tumeric rice and shermal. The rice are well cook and the pork is perfectly soft! But the green curry gravy is not hot/ spicy..It could taste even better to have the "hot" sense ♥

Phirni - Indian rice pudding dessert. Strong cow milk but I personally don't like it as it taste sweet in milk.

Su the chef!

Another photo with the sweet lady Louis

Looking forward on their next upcoming Malaysian Wine Pairing~

more info about the wine bar, u may visit their official site at

http://thatlittlewinebar.com/ or FB: https://www.facebook.com/Thatlittlewinebar

Hainan Western Food, Terengganu Rd Penang - Say NO NO!

This shop previously was a steamboat shabu shabu but I think the respond wasn't that good and within few month later they changed to serves western food with restaurant name - Mount Erskine Hai Nan Western (Branch). Situated at Jalan Terengganu, nearby Lai Lai Food Court. Cornered lot unit.

Went for late dinner around 10pm after swimming. It's our first time trying this western as everytime we passed by we saw the crowd is there. Wondering perhaps the food/ service will be good??

Unfortunately, it wasn't! We have made an order for mixed grill combo - grilled chicken & lamb chop, Grill Salmon Head (1/2) & Chicken Cordon Bleu.

After looking around at the workers, it was quite obvious it's the so-call family business. Can see the three generation are there.

Some Comment after the food tasting, BAD, 1ST TIME ALSO LAST TIME!

Grill Chicken & Lamb -dry without any gravy sauce. Lamb overcooked and salad without dressing! The cabbage are obviously chopped and left aside 'drying'! We asked for tissue, then the boss (a man but looks like 'ai zo mai zo' (in hokkien it means "happy I do not happy I don't do") passed us the tissue book without a smile! Really KNS! Such bad service? Helo, as a boss I think he need to attend F&B course before start this business!)

Salmon Head - all this while I suppose is serve with sweet sauce right? But once I tasted it, OMG! It was super salty! I called the waiter, (the bosses are standing far aside glancing how the staff served) then commented it's too salty until my tongue felt the numb. Can't really continue my meal which I've really tried it hard. >_<

Then one old lady (I believe is the boss mother in law / mother) came and ask what happening? I told her it's too salty but guess what, she responded me in Chinese with "So, what to you want?"

What the heck? Such rude & bad service?! Then here come the waiter trying to be nice, I told her to taste the sauce as it's really salty. Then she helped me to check with the kitchen. Here even more KNS! The bloody snobbish chef answered her with "It's like this one!" Without tasting it! Really want tell the boss to close shop! What a attitude?

Then the waiter put the same old plate back on my table. I really pekcek & beh tahan (can't stand) but trying to be patient, I told her again that I can't take the food, insist asking her to taste my sauce but she do not dare to try. Therefore, I told her to remove all sauce but to give me only the fish head.

After 10 mins, the same old fish are back but without the sauce! But guess what! When I continue eating the fish, the gills are still there?! Really made my fire burning again! I 'dig' the meat out and place it there! Calling the waiter 3rd time, but really no more patient. How come the gills are still there? They don't even know the basic in how to clean to fish head?! Oh Gosh! I really feel like talking to the chef in person. But the stupid snobbish chef I believe will not listen to any comment after knowing his 1st respond of the salty sauce.

I talked to her nicely, saying that she should pass the message to the chef on the customer feedback. But it's seem she commented she is just partimer and can't really do much on it. At the same time, I can see the boss are looking at my table but none of them walk by and provide good service.

In conclusion, this will be my first time & last time visiting / supporting them and they don't listen to customer feedback as first reason. Secondly, their service is super duper bad! Do not respect customer and prioritize customer satisfaction.The bosses provides lower service than the hired waiters? What a role model? I suggest they should say Bye to their business!

Puppy Love Grooming & Boarding

Is hard to find a good grooming center which really know how to cut poodle!

Anyway, so far I only found 1 which able to satisfy me. This shop is at Lorong Macalister. Quite small but full of poodle and the poodle are freely to play with each other! LOL! ^_^

Just the problem that when I first enter the shop, the strong dog smell which somehow distracting me abit. Other than that I'm pretty satisfy with the shop customer service too. The groomer even tie her 2 little ribbons! Yaya looks so lady! hahahah! Full grooming is charging RM60. Quite reasonable price too.

Lady yaya is so happy after the grooming =) hehehehe

Batu Maung Orphanage & Old Folks Home

My house mate invited me to join their company charity event which is to visit the orphanage nearby Batu Maung, Penang. It was my 1st experience here in Penang visit this pity group. Without hesitating, I agreed to join the group. We pool the money and decided to buy them dry food.

We went to Giant to shop for dry food from the food list we checked out from the Orphanage. About an hour later, everyone headed to the village near the sea. Seriously, I will not know how to go in and got out from there and it is a very quite small village.

It was around 12 noon when we reach there. We sorted all the food out and we visit the orphan room. Meet the poor childrens, room is really small. But heard it fit 30 childrens. Hardly imagine it. Some having down syndrome sickness but all well behave.

When I talked to one of the person in charge, found there's 4 chinese others are all indian abandon child. Age from 2 to 12. Pity to hear that this 4 kids mother were mentally sick and could not take care of the kid and yet the father, is earning very little and he couldn't afford to feed them all! He visited them once every week. My 1st thing came up from my mind is, WTF?! Can't afford then stop F*cking the mental sick wife la! Now all here, and then you are saying nonsense that you can't cope? Really sickening man!

Their kid are all very small. The thing that touched my heart is when I distributed the cracker titbit out for each children, the eldest bro really good in take care of his younger sister. Imagine children are so naive & innocent, they talk & ask what in their mind without second thought! But this bro, really a mature one. I am impressed. When I asked him what color he want (as the packet is having different colors), the brother answered me that he don't want any but to give to his sister. He is the eldest and continue with 2 younger brothers then youngest sister age 2. Each of them having only 1 year old gap. Which mean he is just 5 years old!

Well, I also see how the kid have their childhood there. Not much of freedom like today's spoil kid! They basically sleep anywhere and spent most of their time in the living hall. Well...is really boring! I really wish those over pampered kid or spoil kid can really see how these kid living! Having all those 'Angry Bird' which is unnecessary rubbish or those controller game etc. And also those spoil parent, treasure their only son or daughter... and those infertile women, if they really want kid, why can't they adopt? Is just the matter how you grow them up, I don't see the issue or difference of having a down syndrome kid even is your own birth child?! As a mother or father, even they are sick you will hold strong to let their life continue. So, why not adopt? I just don't understand...