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Gurney Delights @ Kota Kemuning
No, you didn’t read it wrong – there IS a place called “Gurney Delights” in Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam. It’s a neat little café, unpretentious and simplistic in its set-up, located in the midsection of...
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Penang Food Stories (Chapter 1) – Food hunting in Pengkalan Weld
In the past few months, we made a couple of food trips to Penang. The main objective was really to gorge ourselves silly, checking out food places recommended by friends as well as re-visiting old...
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Penang Food Stories (Chapter 2): Lam Ah Kopitiam – damn nice Beef Noodles &...
“Gubak Kway Teow”, that’s what the Penangites call their Beef Kway Teow (flat Rice Noodles). It seems that Penang had 2 famous Gubak Kway Teow outlets founded way back in the 1960s, one was at...
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Penang Food Stories (Chapter 3): Song River Cafe @ Gurney Drive
I know some people scoff at Song River Cafe being a good place to eat in Penang, maintaining that it’s only meant for tourists and that most self-respecting Penangites would not patronize that place....
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Help to spread some love – The Ramakrishna Ashrama
Recently in Penang, about 40 bloggers and members of the public visited The Ramakrishna Ashrama to distribute food, beverages and gadgets, sponsored by various commercial entities. It’s a...
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Help to spread some love – Penang Shan Children’s Home Association
Recently in Penang, just before the Chinese New Year, about 40 bloggers and public visited the Penang Shan Children’s Home Association to distribute food, beverages and gadgets, sponsored by various...
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Grand Dame of Heritage Hotels in Penang: The Eastern & Oriental Hotel
I first set foot into The Eastern & Oriental (E&O) Hotel way back in the mid 1970’s (I can’t recall which exact year though). I remember I was really in awe of it… well, understandably, it...
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Afternoon Tea @ 1885, The Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang
So where would you go, in Penang, if you wish to have a quiet tête à tête with your best friend over a traditional English Afternoon Tea? Why … to 1885, of course. 1885 – named for the year that The...
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Ah Boy Kwayteow T’ng, Penang
Have you heard about this stall? Apparently most of the locals in Penang want to keep this secret. In a recent trip up north to Penang, we were told to search for this place along Argyll Road. So...
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Fish Noodles @ WONG CHAU JUN RESTAURANT, PENANG
We needed a quick breakfast before heading back to KL and Wong Chau Jun popped into my mind. I’ve heard about their fish noodles and we were in the mood for something hot and soupy. Wong Chau Jun...
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Fish Noodles @ WONG CHAU JUN RESTAURANT, PENANG
We needed a quick breakfast before heading back to KL and Wong Chau Jun popped into my mind. I’ve heard about their fish noodles and we were in the mood for something hot and soupy. Wong Chau Jun...
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The Eastern & Oriental Hotel Penang – Experience The Heritage Wing
The Eastern & Oriental Hotel (E&O) stands majestically along Farquhar Street in Penang and each time I pass by it, I’m always awestruck by its elegant beauty. My fascination with the E&O...
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FARQUHAR’S BAR & JAVA TREE @ The E&O Hotel, Penang
FARQUHAR’S BAR We love the remodelled Farquhar’s Bar in the E&O Hotel Penang. There’s such a sense of old-world charm and luxury here. Plush leather sofas, panelled walls, chandeliers and gilded...
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REN I TANG, Penang – Staycation in a Heritage Gem
Staying at Ren I Tang Heritage Inn brings back many childhood memories. Not that I grew up in Penang but this old-world charming building reminds me so much of the old shops and places of my...
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