This month on May 11 we celebrated Mother's Day.On June 15, we look forward to Father's Day. As food for spiritual thoughts,I would like to quote a poem from Robert Paul Moreno which surmise our feelings as a mother and a father:
The time is Now!
If you are ever going to love me
Love me now while I can know
All the sweet and tender feelings
From which the true affection flows
Love me now while I am still living
do not wait until I am gone
And then have it chiselled
in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone
If you have tender thoughts of me
Why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know it would
make me happy?
and as glad as can be
If you wait until I am sleeping
Never to waken here again
There will be walls
of earth between us
And I won't hear you then
I won't need your kind words
When the grass grows over my face
I won't crave your love and kisses
In my last low resting place
So if you love me,even a little bit
Let me know while I'm living
so that i can treasure it!
unquote
To our two children,Shu and Jin, we thank you for the laughter and the good time we share. When things gone bad,you will surely have our comforts and shoulders to cry on.
Happy Mother's day and Father's day to all mothers and fathers!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Uniquely Singapore!
It had been a long time since I stepped into Singapore.There were of course interesting tourist destinations to choose from in Asia such as Bali in Indonesia, Siem Reap(Angkor Wat) in Cambodia or the Niah Caves in Sarawak, East Malaysia.But I chosed Singapore as I really wanted to compare its past and present.It was a long and interesting journey from Penang to Singapore as I decided to travel by bus so that I could also check on the various food-stalls operating along the North-South expressway.The pit-stops were plentiful, the journey eventful and the stalls that served the various varieties of food whether they be Malay, Chinese or even Indian dishes, all were very tasty though a bit expensive.Who cares if you are hungry,anything goes!
I arrived at Woodslands checkpoint around 1900 hrs after a heavy traffic jam from Senai,Johore.Earlier the Malaysian immigration officer was cheerful though overworked and I got my passport cleared within 10 minutes.We rushed towards the Singapore Immigration and Customs complex,there were three to four long lines of people from all over Asia.A group of young tourists from China looked puzzled at the forms to be filled and so were the Philippino and the Indian families behind me.Perhaps they did not understand english,where the crux of the problem was and they were unable to fill in the forms properly or that we tourists all have the look-a-like features of Mas Selamat, the militant fugitive who escaped from prison recently and that was why the Indian lady immigration officer checked all of us thoroughly including comparing my passport and my mycard! I managed to leave the complex only after 2135hrs after being barked at by a pregnant Malay lady immigration officer after my protest to another lady Indian immigration officer who later apologized.At the customs inspection area,I was roared at by the Chinese customs officer as I did not put my Malaysian coins in the X-ray machine!This is what I called 'uniquely Singapore' after getting battered by some ugly Singaporeans and what a good start for my latest impression of Singapore not to mentioned that my bus left us!By the way,aren't all tourists the guests of Singapore,therefore we should be welcomed with open arms?This perception was definitely further from the truth based on our truly unforgettable 'first impressions'!
Once in Singapore,things livened up.The supper at Holland village were superb though it was already 2330hrs.The crowd had fizzled out and most shops in the locality had since closed except for the bars and Mexican fast food chain.We managed to eat porridge at the Chinese restaurant next door.
The next day,we managed to take a bus to Singapore botanical garden.It was really beautiful with man-make lakes and waterfalls, but I still loved my Penang botanical garden for its natural surroundings and its floral and fauna.Next stop was Orchard road and just imagine,things changed completely except for the Tangs and Marriott landmarks that I could clearly remember!The Food Republic food-court ( on the same row as Takashimaya) here was huge and clean and I should say they served very good dry beef noodle and Hainanese chicken rice but not the char koay teow, hokkien mee or nasi kandar which we dearly love to eat in Penang.
At the Lau Par Sat food court, there were certainly much to choose from.Ikan Panggan at stall No.18 was delicious.If you liked Satay Itek(duck satay),you could get this delicacy at Rahim stall No3 and 4.Clarke Quay,another tourist attraction, was our next stop.It was really an enchanting evening to relax here but we also managed to rave with the extreme thrill seekers who rode those GX5 Extreme Swings at the complex.
The Vivo City,another tourist attraction and a great shopping destination was another experience one would not want to miss.If you are there the next time for lunch,rush to the Marche restaurant for an unforgettable food feast.For just SGD28.00 you could vet your appetitites on the various servings and drinks!Or what about a fine dining in a cable car to Sentosa Island/Mt Faber and back?
Anyway, the fabulous Singapore Sale is back with its unbelievably great deals,anyone game to have an unforgettable experience?
I arrived at Woodslands checkpoint around 1900 hrs after a heavy traffic jam from Senai,Johore.Earlier the Malaysian immigration officer was cheerful though overworked and I got my passport cleared within 10 minutes.We rushed towards the Singapore Immigration and Customs complex,there were three to four long lines of people from all over Asia.A group of young tourists from China looked puzzled at the forms to be filled and so were the Philippino and the Indian families behind me.Perhaps they did not understand english,where the crux of the problem was and they were unable to fill in the forms properly or that we tourists all have the look-a-like features of Mas Selamat, the militant fugitive who escaped from prison recently and that was why the Indian lady immigration officer checked all of us thoroughly including comparing my passport and my mycard! I managed to leave the complex only after 2135hrs after being barked at by a pregnant Malay lady immigration officer after my protest to another lady Indian immigration officer who later apologized.At the customs inspection area,I was roared at by the Chinese customs officer as I did not put my Malaysian coins in the X-ray machine!This is what I called 'uniquely Singapore' after getting battered by some ugly Singaporeans and what a good start for my latest impression of Singapore not to mentioned that my bus left us!By the way,aren't all tourists the guests of Singapore,therefore we should be welcomed with open arms?This perception was definitely further from the truth based on our truly unforgettable 'first impressions'!
Once in Singapore,things livened up.The supper at Holland village were superb though it was already 2330hrs.The crowd had fizzled out and most shops in the locality had since closed except for the bars and Mexican fast food chain.We managed to eat porridge at the Chinese restaurant next door.
The next day,we managed to take a bus to Singapore botanical garden.It was really beautiful with man-make lakes and waterfalls, but I still loved my Penang botanical garden for its natural surroundings and its floral and fauna.Next stop was Orchard road and just imagine,things changed completely except for the Tangs and Marriott landmarks that I could clearly remember!The Food Republic food-court ( on the same row as Takashimaya) here was huge and clean and I should say they served very good dry beef noodle and Hainanese chicken rice but not the char koay teow, hokkien mee or nasi kandar which we dearly love to eat in Penang.
At the Lau Par Sat food court, there were certainly much to choose from.Ikan Panggan at stall No.18 was delicious.If you liked Satay Itek(duck satay),you could get this delicacy at Rahim stall No3 and 4.Clarke Quay,another tourist attraction, was our next stop.It was really an enchanting evening to relax here but we also managed to rave with the extreme thrill seekers who rode those GX5 Extreme Swings at the complex.
The Vivo City,another tourist attraction and a great shopping destination was another experience one would not want to miss.If you are there the next time for lunch,rush to the Marche restaurant for an unforgettable food feast.For just SGD28.00 you could vet your appetitites on the various servings and drinks!Or what about a fine dining in a cable car to Sentosa Island/Mt Faber and back?
Anyway, the fabulous Singapore Sale is back with its unbelievably great deals,anyone game to have an unforgettable experience?
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Remembering the Dead!
Only the Chinese New Year and Qing Ming are two very important occasions that bond the Chinese families together.Qing Ming or Cheng Beng happened to fall on April 4 this leap year.The sky is expected to be clear and bright which bears the festival's name.This festival is sometimes called 'clear brightness festival','grave sweeping day','all souls' day' or 'spring remembrance day'.
Chinese families would visit the graves of their ancestors to observe the ritual ten days earlier or after the actual date to pay their respect or to show filial piety to their loved-ones.Normally a date will be set for members of the family to go to the cemetery or the columbarium to pay respect to the patriarch or the matriarch of the family.They would bring along food which their departed loved-ones would usually like to eat while they were alive, joss-sticks and hell money to burn by the grave side.Some richer families burned paper replicas of modern items such as cans of beer,designer clothings, mobile-phones,televisions,refrigerators,paper houses and even luxury cars.To supplement these they even burned a paper petrol station or even a designer's paper bra!
Since my family had all relocated to Penang from the east coast state of Trengganu years ago, we did not visit the graves of our loved-ones but still remember them by setting an altar at the front poach of my mother's house and invited the departed for a feast.Beside the joss-papers,and the burning of joss sticks,we would lay out tray and tray of food that my deceased father,his father and those that left earlier on in time to invite them to eat what we the livings can afford to offer.Normally,we set up vegetarian dishes , a cup of coffee, some fruits like bananas and pineapples etc.After all had prayed,then my brother would take two coins and toss them into the air to 'check' whether all have finished the grand feast and if so by the denoting of the coins,then the joss papers together with the hell notes and whatever paper peripheries would be burned for the deceased.My brother would take a pot of tea to circle the burnt items while at the same time calling our loved-ones to accept whatever were offered by the livings.Of course,once the ritual was over,we too will have a grand feast on the food just to add to our blessings!
For those who visited the graves,they would also bring along the cooked food with roast chicken or roast pork which their ancestors relished together with trays of fruits, to be laid out in front of the tomb.The family members would start cleaning the grave off the weeds and placed pieces of joss-papers all over the grave together with tiny pieces of paper flags.I was told that once the grave was attended to, the relatives of the dead need not have to do this ritual again even if they came to pray later within the set dateline!Once the joss-sticks and candles were lit in front of the tombstone and the food were laid out together with flowers,then the younger family members such as the grand children or children of the ancestor could start lighting up the paper offerings to the departed soul.For most of the graves in the cemetery,new soils or earth would be added to the tomb or grave in the believe that the descendent's would be doubly blessed with further prosperity as the dead was responsible for ensuring fertility in the family as well as in the fields. Sacrificial food and hell notes are offered to the ancestors so that the descendants will receive abundant blessings.
The whole episode sounds like All Souls' day for the Christians but to us Chinese this is the highest mark of filial piety instilled to us by our parents from a very young age to honour our dear departed in the hope that our childrens' children would continue this grand tradition!
Chinese families would visit the graves of their ancestors to observe the ritual ten days earlier or after the actual date to pay their respect or to show filial piety to their loved-ones.Normally a date will be set for members of the family to go to the cemetery or the columbarium to pay respect to the patriarch or the matriarch of the family.They would bring along food which their departed loved-ones would usually like to eat while they were alive, joss-sticks and hell money to burn by the grave side.Some richer families burned paper replicas of modern items such as cans of beer,designer clothings, mobile-phones,televisions,refrigerators,paper houses and even luxury cars.To supplement these they even burned a paper petrol station or even a designer's paper bra!
Since my family had all relocated to Penang from the east coast state of Trengganu years ago, we did not visit the graves of our loved-ones but still remember them by setting an altar at the front poach of my mother's house and invited the departed for a feast.Beside the joss-papers,and the burning of joss sticks,we would lay out tray and tray of food that my deceased father,his father and those that left earlier on in time to invite them to eat what we the livings can afford to offer.Normally,we set up vegetarian dishes , a cup of coffee, some fruits like bananas and pineapples etc.After all had prayed,then my brother would take two coins and toss them into the air to 'check' whether all have finished the grand feast and if so by the denoting of the coins,then the joss papers together with the hell notes and whatever paper peripheries would be burned for the deceased.My brother would take a pot of tea to circle the burnt items while at the same time calling our loved-ones to accept whatever were offered by the livings.Of course,once the ritual was over,we too will have a grand feast on the food just to add to our blessings!
For those who visited the graves,they would also bring along the cooked food with roast chicken or roast pork which their ancestors relished together with trays of fruits, to be laid out in front of the tomb.The family members would start cleaning the grave off the weeds and placed pieces of joss-papers all over the grave together with tiny pieces of paper flags.I was told that once the grave was attended to, the relatives of the dead need not have to do this ritual again even if they came to pray later within the set dateline!Once the joss-sticks and candles were lit in front of the tombstone and the food were laid out together with flowers,then the younger family members such as the grand children or children of the ancestor could start lighting up the paper offerings to the departed soul.For most of the graves in the cemetery,new soils or earth would be added to the tomb or grave in the believe that the descendent's would be doubly blessed with further prosperity as the dead was responsible for ensuring fertility in the family as well as in the fields. Sacrificial food and hell notes are offered to the ancestors so that the descendants will receive abundant blessings.
The whole episode sounds like All Souls' day for the Christians but to us Chinese this is the highest mark of filial piety instilled to us by our parents from a very young age to honour our dear departed in the hope that our childrens' children would continue this grand tradition!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
A perfect storm!
For many, the Malaysian election results after 8th march could be considered as a political tsunami but to most of us,we would rather associate them with a perfect storm.Many experienced and well-tried politicians were swept into the abyss just like committing 'harakiri' in Japanese. In the aftermath of the storm, my state of Penang fell into opposition grip and so were the other four states in Peninsula Malaysia.Well, what has this got to do with food,one wonders?
Like food, election is just a matter of choices for the voters. Hawkers' food for that matter evolved from the kitchens of our fore-fathers or mothers.Though time tested recipes basically passing from words of mouths(or should I say through many many mouths)that we got the present concoctions that you and I are presently enjoying the tempting and mouth-watering char koay teow,curry-mee, char hor fun, hokkien char and many more!
But What I would like to share here is the Nyonya restaurant presently run by the third generation Khoo family at Nagore road, off Burma road.
To most old-timers, the previousDragon King restaurant at Bishop street would draw packed crowds for lunch and dinners.Since it was then next to my bank,Public Bank,I would without fail came to the same table reserved by the young miss Khoo either for myself or my clients.I did all the bank marketing and entertaining on the same table every working day of the week without fail and on top of that I get more customers to bank with my bank and they were the same customers of Dragon King! This cute restaurant had a very cozy ambience with proper lightings and superb services.I once told my management that to win more customers,one needed to introduce 'service with a smile"concept and I actually picked it up at Dragon King.
Now after more than 30 years,the young Miss Khoo,the previous supervisor of Dragon King Restaurant decided to continue the fine dining but this time, she moved to Nagore road. Many new restaurants serving nyonya food in the mean-time sprang up but ended their natural death due to the lack of customers or due to keen competitions from the hawkers' food. But Miss Khoo's Nyonya restaurant continued to survive and grow.I had the opportunity to talk to the elderly Khoo who said she learned the recipes from her mother who managed the earlier restaurant together with her aunt and a family relations.When Dragon King was at its peak,she managed it but now her daughter( third generation Khoo family) single-handedly cooks, takes orders and does her own marketing.
So when my wife decided to treat Ken and Yukii for a farewell dinner, I suggested we had it at Miss Khoo's Nyonya restaurant!
We started with the traditional Paiti(vegetable mixed in a cup),Roti Babi(pork spring roll),Kerabu Bok Nee(vegetable with dried fungus),succulant Assam Prawn, followed with chicken curry kapitan,Loh-Bak(another pork spring roll) and turnip fried with small strips of squids(Ju Hu Char).Of course,Yukii enjoyed these dishes as they are not spicy (at the most up three ritcher scale!)My wife and I were very facinated with the way Ken and Yukii managed to take out the shells from these prawns.I also noticed they did not eat the red lining of the prawn which is considered a delicacy here and If I were them,it will be very 'adventurous' to attempt to suck out the juice from the prawns' head!
We ended our meal by toppling up with black glutinious rice with suger coconut palm and pieces of mangos (Or Choo Bee pengat)I have never eaten such a delicacy before and all at the expense of the chef herself.
Thank you Miss Khoo for the fine Nyonya food you and your generations have dished up for us from time to time.Incidentally this cozy restaurant is also mentioned on Tokyo Channel 9 TV programme and the traveller's guide book "The Lonely Planet".
Like food, election is just a matter of choices for the voters. Hawkers' food for that matter evolved from the kitchens of our fore-fathers or mothers.Though time tested recipes basically passing from words of mouths(or should I say through many many mouths)that we got the present concoctions that you and I are presently enjoying the tempting and mouth-watering char koay teow,curry-mee, char hor fun, hokkien char and many more!
But What I would like to share here is the Nyonya restaurant presently run by the third generation Khoo family at Nagore road, off Burma road.
To most old-timers, the previousDragon King restaurant at Bishop street would draw packed crowds for lunch and dinners.Since it was then next to my bank,Public Bank,I would without fail came to the same table reserved by the young miss Khoo either for myself or my clients.I did all the bank marketing and entertaining on the same table every working day of the week without fail and on top of that I get more customers to bank with my bank and they were the same customers of Dragon King! This cute restaurant had a very cozy ambience with proper lightings and superb services.I once told my management that to win more customers,one needed to introduce 'service with a smile"concept and I actually picked it up at Dragon King.
Now after more than 30 years,the young Miss Khoo,the previous supervisor of Dragon King Restaurant decided to continue the fine dining but this time, she moved to Nagore road. Many new restaurants serving nyonya food in the mean-time sprang up but ended their natural death due to the lack of customers or due to keen competitions from the hawkers' food. But Miss Khoo's Nyonya restaurant continued to survive and grow.I had the opportunity to talk to the elderly Khoo who said she learned the recipes from her mother who managed the earlier restaurant together with her aunt and a family relations.When Dragon King was at its peak,she managed it but now her daughter( third generation Khoo family) single-handedly cooks, takes orders and does her own marketing.
So when my wife decided to treat Ken and Yukii for a farewell dinner, I suggested we had it at Miss Khoo's Nyonya restaurant!
We started with the traditional Paiti(vegetable mixed in a cup),Roti Babi(pork spring roll),Kerabu Bok Nee(vegetable with dried fungus),succulant Assam Prawn, followed with chicken curry kapitan,Loh-Bak(another pork spring roll) and turnip fried with small strips of squids(Ju Hu Char).Of course,Yukii enjoyed these dishes as they are not spicy (at the most up three ritcher scale!)My wife and I were very facinated with the way Ken and Yukii managed to take out the shells from these prawns.I also noticed they did not eat the red lining of the prawn which is considered a delicacy here and If I were them,it will be very 'adventurous' to attempt to suck out the juice from the prawns' head!
We ended our meal by toppling up with black glutinious rice with suger coconut palm and pieces of mangos (Or Choo Bee pengat)I have never eaten such a delicacy before and all at the expense of the chef herself.
Thank you Miss Khoo for the fine Nyonya food you and your generations have dished up for us from time to time.Incidentally this cozy restaurant is also mentioned on Tokyo Channel 9 TV programme and the traveller's guide book "The Lonely Planet".
Friday, March 7, 2008
Food for thought in a National Election.
This is it!Just barely 2 hours to go before Malaysians go to the poll.Today being a national election day,most 10.5m eligible voters will rise early to go to their respective polling stations where they were registered to exercise their national rights as malaysian citizens.Of course,my vote is my right and have I made up my mind as to which party I am going to put a cross(X) on the voting slip?In our land, we have the Barisan National party comprising of juxtaposition of parties based on various races of Chinese (MCA),Indian(MIC) and Umno malay parties.There are also other loose mosquito parties aligned to the major parties linked to this alliance, which has been ruling the country for the last 50 years. On the other end,we have the Oppositions comprising of the DAP(Democratic Action Party),Kealiran and the PAS parties.Before I share my voting secret with you, let me also share with you what we eat before casting our votes.
I would love to eat heavy breakfast in the morning. I would go the an Indian-Muslim(mamak) restaurant to have roti canai with egg or plain,or a tosai or a chapatti.Those are flour based pancakes to be eaten with gravy or with just sugar to accompany them.On my left side of the table there will be a glass of teh-tarik(tea with milk) to wash down these oily food.Most of the time, I would love to go the food-court at the Sungai Ara market to eat Wanton mee(sometimes pronounced as One-Ton mee. No,we do not eat a ton of noddle for a single breakfast,just that some hawker stalls try to be fanciful!There are dry noddles,wet noddles,curry noodles,plain gravy noodles etc.These hawkers will sell them the whole day,so not to worry that you will miss these wonderful concoctions!Try also the hokkien mee or the curry mee.These are more spicy but if you can take them it's O LA LA!
What about our malay friends in the polling centre?What do they eat for lunch?The Election Commision would usually arrange to cater nasi lemak for them.It is actually rice cooked in coconut milk with half a slice of egg and some anchovies to go along.It can be very spicy at times but I believe if you can tell the maker in advance that you do not want the chilli gravy that goes with it,you are perfectly safe!
My wife,one of the returning officer in the center, can opt for a hailanese chicken rice.Her mum cooks this speciality perfectly and I would never want to miss her cooking!AH Fatt chicken rice shop at Fette's Park did a very good job in concocting these hailanese dish.Try the assam pedas or the Kiam chye soup that goes with the chicken rice!I would rather not explain what this soup is make of for this will stir up the food adventure in you. Of course, these officers mostly government servants would be given malay traditional queh(Cake) to go along with their coffeee and tea in between!
Anyway, the center opens from 8am to 5pm.Then the counting officers will take over until the results are known.Good luck to those candidates whom you have seen their faces on the posters or flyers fluttering all over town!
Now coming back to me,who will I vote? The BN or the Oppositions?Wow? A rather difficult decision to make but I will definitely not shriek my responsibility. Or rather would I say that I would vote for the candidate with a PROSPEROUS SIGN and not one with a THIN AND HUNGRY LOOK because the latter would not be able to take care of the country but his own personal pocket!What say you? Voting is your right, so vote wisely!
I would love to eat heavy breakfast in the morning. I would go the an Indian-Muslim(mamak) restaurant to have roti canai with egg or plain,or a tosai or a chapatti.Those are flour based pancakes to be eaten with gravy or with just sugar to accompany them.On my left side of the table there will be a glass of teh-tarik(tea with milk) to wash down these oily food.Most of the time, I would love to go the food-court at the Sungai Ara market to eat Wanton mee(sometimes pronounced as One-Ton mee. No,we do not eat a ton of noddle for a single breakfast,just that some hawker stalls try to be fanciful!There are dry noddles,wet noddles,curry noodles,plain gravy noodles etc.These hawkers will sell them the whole day,so not to worry that you will miss these wonderful concoctions!Try also the hokkien mee or the curry mee.These are more spicy but if you can take them it's O LA LA!
What about our malay friends in the polling centre?What do they eat for lunch?The Election Commision would usually arrange to cater nasi lemak for them.It is actually rice cooked in coconut milk with half a slice of egg and some anchovies to go along.It can be very spicy at times but I believe if you can tell the maker in advance that you do not want the chilli gravy that goes with it,you are perfectly safe!
My wife,one of the returning officer in the center, can opt for a hailanese chicken rice.Her mum cooks this speciality perfectly and I would never want to miss her cooking!AH Fatt chicken rice shop at Fette's Park did a very good job in concocting these hailanese dish.Try the assam pedas or the Kiam chye soup that goes with the chicken rice!I would rather not explain what this soup is make of for this will stir up the food adventure in you. Of course, these officers mostly government servants would be given malay traditional queh(Cake) to go along with their coffeee and tea in between!
Anyway, the center opens from 8am to 5pm.Then the counting officers will take over until the results are known.Good luck to those candidates whom you have seen their faces on the posters or flyers fluttering all over town!
Now coming back to me,who will I vote? The BN or the Oppositions?Wow? A rather difficult decision to make but I will definitely not shriek my responsibility. Or rather would I say that I would vote for the candidate with a PROSPEROUS SIGN and not one with a THIN AND HUNGRY LOOK because the latter would not be able to take care of the country but his own personal pocket!What say you? Voting is your right, so vote wisely!
Penang hawkers food
For the first timer to Penang,Malaysia, welcome!Those who like spicy food,it should have been no problem but those with weak stomach,just taste these food first and get your taste buds adjusted to the varying degree of spicy temptations that the hawkers here can offer.A Japanese friend of ours,Ms Yukii found these food so tempting but with just a small sip of the gravy would send her to the toilet!Whereas her husband, Ken-san(that's how my blog is named after!) can eat anything in the sun.My wife and I will surely miss this young couple who will be going back to Tokyo, Japan in a week's time.
Just last week too, we met a friendly Australian couple, Wendy and Barry Cooper from Melbourne.An elderly couple who preferred to travel light.At the foothill of Penang Hill, a famous landmark where most tourists will ask their tour guide to take them to.After climbing the Tee Kong temple or popularly known as the God of Heaven temple,my wife suggested to me to climb the Penang Hill as we have not done so for so many years.We happened to bounce into one another and decided that we would make Wendy and Barry remember their holidays on this sunny island of Penang a memorable one.What they wanted to hear,see and taste we guide them to the best of our ability.We took them to our home on Chinese New year and let them taste the love letter,Kueh Bankit,Kueh bulu and many more.To their delights,they took all in their stride including the madarin oranges!We ended up at the New world park for the Kueh Teow thing(gravy noodle),Char Kuey Teow(Fried broad noddle),yam rice to go with yong tow hoo ,ice kachang and lots of fresh juices. The next morning, Barry could not wait to tell his other tourist friends during breakfast at a five star hotel at Batu Feringgi!
Bon Voyage Ken and Yukii, so too to Wendy and Barry Cooper!
Just last week too, we met a friendly Australian couple, Wendy and Barry Cooper from Melbourne.An elderly couple who preferred to travel light.At the foothill of Penang Hill, a famous landmark where most tourists will ask their tour guide to take them to.After climbing the Tee Kong temple or popularly known as the God of Heaven temple,my wife suggested to me to climb the Penang Hill as we have not done so for so many years.We happened to bounce into one another and decided that we would make Wendy and Barry remember their holidays on this sunny island of Penang a memorable one.What they wanted to hear,see and taste we guide them to the best of our ability.We took them to our home on Chinese New year and let them taste the love letter,Kueh Bankit,Kueh bulu and many more.To their delights,they took all in their stride including the madarin oranges!We ended up at the New world park for the Kueh Teow thing(gravy noodle),Char Kuey Teow(Fried broad noddle),yam rice to go with yong tow hoo ,ice kachang and lots of fresh juices. The next morning, Barry could not wait to tell his other tourist friends during breakfast at a five star hotel at Batu Feringgi!
Bon Voyage Ken and Yukii, so too to Wendy and Barry Cooper!
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