Archive for March, 2005

MTV in the neighbourhood

Penang sometimes seem to be caught in a time warp. We have the Teochew Opera and also the modern stage show, called ‘koh tai’ in Hokkien. Roughly translated, it is ’song stage’. These practice of putting up the opera and singing has dated back to a long, long time ago.

Usually, it is [...]

Posted by on March 31st, 2005 under Festivals & Religious | Comment now »

Nasi Padang - Part 2

Part 1 is here. I am now bolder and brave enough to ask the owner of the shop if I can take photos of his food and put it on the internet. Probably when I am braver next time, I will ask if I can eat for free and give food review as [...]

Posted by on March 26th, 2005 under Food | 4 Comments »

Muffins and tarts

Since I often get ‘hate’ mails and comments like ‘I HATE YOUUUUUU’ for blogging about local foods, I decide to blog about muffins and tarts. Hopefully those Malaysians staying abroad will finally say, ‘aha, I can get better muffins and tarts over here’ and will ‘hate’ me less.
My all time favourite muffin is from Continental [...]

Posted by on March 25th, 2005 under Biscuits | Comment now »

Prawn and mango salad

Lazy day is salad day. To make salad for kids, all one need to do is to add some protein food and some fruits and that’s all. Leave the vege out if they hate it. No point spoilling their eating mood.
I made the above salad for the kids today.
1 mango (the cukanan [...]

Posted by on March 24th, 2005 under Recipe | Comment now »

Muar Chee - snacks

There are some Chinese snacks which the other races should copy. Because they are so tasty and easy to make. For e.g. the muar chee.
Muar Chee is made from glutinuous rice paste, steamed. And then, it is cut into small cubes and mixed with grounded, roasted peanuts and sugar. [...]

Posted by on March 23rd, 2005 under Food | Comment now »

Arp tui mee suah (duck drumstick)

Long time no post recipe. (I know, I still owe papi pohpiah recipe. Malas to type leh, wait hor?) So here is one for homemade arp tui mee suah or duck drumstick vermicelli.
Recipe real easy leh, here goes:
1) Go to Chinese medicine shop and ask them to pack for you the herbs [...]

Posted by on March 22nd, 2005 under Recipe | Comment now »

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