13 August 2008

Short-Note: Kuala Terengganu is super boring town. I will try to finish my work as soon as possible and I want to leave this place.
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Many friends told me that it is tough to find a good restaurant in Kelantan as it is an Islamic state. However, you have to get assistance from your local friends to bring you around as the delicious food are often hidden in this state.

To find a place to dine in Kota Bharu is not difficult after all. All you have to do is to drive about 12-15km away from the heart of the Islamic Capital, heading towards Tumpat.

I will give you the directions starting from Tesco in Kota Bharu.

GETTING THERE:
Go across the bridge (Tesco on your left). First and second roundabout, go straight (12 o’clock) heading towards Tumpat and Pengkalan Kubur (the border town between Kelantan and Thailand).

When you see a  police station for Wakaf Baru on your left, head for a turn to the left into a small lane with a pintu gerbang with BN, UMNO and PAS flags.

Take the first left immediately after you pass a restaurant on your right.  Follow the road RIGHT IN past Ban Kok Thai Restaurant and the Siamese temple (which I blogged about yesterday).  You should see the sign for the restaurant about 500 metres ahead.

Chengmai Thai Food restaurant offers one of the best Thai eateries in town.  You have to travel through small and bumpy roads to get in there.

I presume the people who worked here are Thai Chinese. They watched Thai channels on the TV but spoke Hokkien to me while ordering food.

The little black box on your top right is playing Thai channels all night long as the workers and the owner would sit down and watch if there is nothing much to do.

This TOM YAM seafood is extremely delicious and I can say it is on par with the ones I ate in Bangkok.

This is one of Chengmai restaurant’s signature dishes. Directly translated from Chinese, it is called the ’Burning Standing Chicken’.

When it is served, you would see fire on the dish for about 1 minute to make the skin crispier.

For 3 dishes and a few drinks, I was charged RM39 for two pax. Expensive? Perhaps it is a tad pricey but I’m willing to empty my wallet for a scrumptious meal!

YUMMY! I am glad I still remember the location even though it was 1 year ago when my ex-colleague brought me here.

21 June 2008

Due to the rising costs of petrol and food, we tend to think twice whether to drive out for a meal on the weekends. Thinking of the RM2.70 per litre, we really hesitated.

Hence, we decided to listen to our PM’s advice - ‘Ubah Gaya Hidup‘. 

Since my mummy has gone back to Ipoh, I took the opportunity to conquer the kitchen department. You see, I love to cook. Given the opportunity, why not take control of the kitchen?

Thus, I searched through the kitchen cabinets and refrigerator to see what is available.

First, I prepared 10 eggs, 1 slice of cheese, 1 onion, 1 can of mushroom soup, 10 sausages, 1 can of red beans and 1 can of luncheon meat.

And 45 minutes later…….. dinner was ready!!

Dinner for 4

All this sum up to RM15.50 only for 4 people.

Yeah, I just had this for my dinner.

7 April 2008

Last Saturday, I have decided to try out Restaurant Super Kitchen’s Chilli Ban Mee which they imitated from my ever favourite Chilli Ban Mee from Restoran Kin Kin which I blogged about it last year.

This is a newly-opened branch in Dataran Sunway (Kota Damansara), apart from the one you find opposite Restaurant Kin Kin off Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

The setting of Super Kitchen is definitely more comfortable than Kin Kin’s old and stuffy one.

Let us not compare the forks and spoons, the floor or ceiling lights and et cetera. Most importantly, we should deliberate whether the Ban Mee deserves our loyalty like how Kin Kin still attracts me every fortnight!!

Kevin and I can’t wait to try the dried Ban Mee, as it looks good when being served to us.

Gerald, on the other hand tried the Ban Mee served in Soup.

The Dried Chilli, the main taste enhancer, is added to our Ban Mee.

Looking at the redness of my Ban Mee, you would know how many spoons of dried Chilli I have taken to sprinkle all over my noodles.

The VERDICT: The texture of the Ban Mee is not as bouncy as Kin Kin’s version. I find that there is something missing in Super Kitchen’s dried Chilli. Hence, I will definitely favour the Chilli Ban Mee from Kin Kin.

In short, I will not return to Super Kitchen and I would rather drive the extra kilometres to KL to get my bowl of Ban Mee from Kin Kin.

3 April 2008

Remember this?

I blogged about the Ipoh Old Town White Coffee back in September 2007.

Yes, traditionally and over the years, it has always been Sun Yin Loong and Sun Yuan Foong offering one of the best white coffee from Ipoh.

I apologise for the dark picture due to the settings of the phone.

Today, we have a branch from Ipoh’s Sun Yin Loong, located in Dataran Sunway. This coffee shop opens daily from morning till night, offering one of the best hawker stalls’ food in town.

Apparently, the owner went on food-testing before renting the hawker spaces to various tenants. It turned out that he was successful in picking the right hawkers that cook food with the right taste!

I was itchified to try on the Curry Mee as there were a handful of customers busy gulping down the mee.

Look at this picture.

Is the Curry Mee inviting you for a bowl now?

I simply cannot resist it. I have failed to live up with my principle “NO SUPPERS ALLOWED“.

This bowl of Curry Mee which costs RM4.50 definitely deserves my thumbs up!!