Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tutti Frutti Set Lunch

Tutti Frutti Set Lunch Meal @ Tesco Extra , Sungai Dua.

Oh....Now only I realized the Set Lunch here is actually a separate menu from Set Dinner (which you could find here at Tutti Frutti Drunken Chicken is still very trademark-ed! )

No additional service charges nor government tax.


Set Lunch + Drink of your choice : coke, tea, coffee, fruit juice of the day.
Set A : Le Chic Noodle + Drink = RM9.80
Set B : Nutty Noodle + Drink = RM9.80
Set C : Drunken Chicken Rice + Soup + Drink = RM11.90
Set D : Drunken Chicken Noodle + Soup + Drink = RM11.90
Set E : Black Pepper Spaghetti + Soup + Drink = RM12.90
Set F : Sizzling Lemon Chicken + Soup + Drink = RM12.90
Set G : Cafe De Tutti Spaghetti + Soup + Drink = RM13.50
Set H : Seafood Cheese Bake Rice + Soup + Drink RM13.50
Set I : Mexi Chicken Ham Spaghetti + Soup + Drink = RM13.90







Soup - No, this is not what we expected but we won't be surprised it's being served so since this is a value meal. The soup is 'instant' type, got it?!


Set I = Mexi Chicken Ham Spaghetti




Set D = Drunken Chicken Noodle. Yup, it's instant noodle. Again, like the rice set, the noodle serving is small if compared to the drunken chicken.




Set C = Drunken Chicken Rice . This time we 'seng muk' already, ADD RICE! Additional bowl rice is charged at RM1 each. Six of us sharing three bowls. "Hmm.......macam ini lah baru FULL...." :)










L1-01, Tesco Extra Sungai Dua,
No.675, Jalan Sungai Dua, 11700 Penang.
Tel /Fax : 04-6568861

This handmade T is matching the colour of Tutti Frutti deco! Chio boh?!

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Haven Delights Buffet

Haven Delights Buffet @ Times Square

The ambience is cozy and cool.




This corner (counter items) is a little bit beh khi.


Winter melon soup, pretty oily. Why not serving some lou for tong uh? :)




GREEN TEA is totally beh khi. Not only the colour is out, it has no green tea taste at all.



This is the ONE! :) This has been served as my drink instead. I had a few bowls of this.



Cold Cut (冷盤) - all the cold dishes tasted good!

Tako Sunomono (章魚醋物) [1 serving]



Eel Tofu (鳗魚豆腐) [1 serving]





Higawari Chukamono (每日醋物) & Hijiki (日式海帶絲) [1 serving]


Sashimi Karapachio (西日刺身) [2 servings]



Hotzz Abalone (熱熱鲍魚片) [this is for 3 servings]. We ordered 12 servings in total. :)



Sashimi (刺身)

Shichiten Sashimi -3 kind 7 pcs (七) 刺身 - Very fresh.


[for 2 servings]


[for 1 serving]


Chuan Hua Fish (川花魚) -forgot to take photo! This one tasted very good! Recommended!



The main dishes of can cater for 3-4 persons therefore it's recommended to order ONE serving only to test the taste.


Orange Pork Chop (橙汁豬排) [1 serving] - So So ONLY! Avoid ordering this lah.



Hong Xiang Spicy Lamb (紅香辣味羊) [1 serving]- This one also not bad.




Japanese Yaki Udon ( 日式烏冬麵) [1 serving] - This one VERY beh khi! From this dish alone, I know it's not that en tao chef who cooked one! Hmm! No Jap feel and very salty.





Chawan Mushi ( 茶碗蒸) [1 serving is 1 cup]- SO SO only. Why? The steamed egg texture is a tad solid. Waiting time long though.


Daily Steamed Fish ( 每日蒸魚) [for 1 serving] - So So only.

So small serving leh! I expected the whole tail of fish with head one! : )




Unagi Mushi ( 酒香鰻魚蒸) [for 1 serving] -This one is really good!




Due to the waiting time is too long for this dish, we ended up had multiple orders.



Salmon Teriyaki (照燒鮭魚) [1 serving] - Pretty good.



Salmon No.1 (鮭魚第一號) [1 serving] - Pretty good too. Fresh salmon.



Motoyaki Scallop ( 辣味扇貝) - How can we skip ordering this?! :) Juicy medium size.

[2 servings]


[2 servings]



Mix Tempura ( 盛合天婦羅) [1 serving] - Not bad at all.






Red Dragon Golden Squid & Prawn (火龍雙鮮) [1 serving] - so so only. Too sweet.



Agedashi Tofu (日式炸豆腐) [1 serving] - Pretty good!


Sawa Kani Tempura (炸小蟹) [1 serving] - No good. The flour is too thick OH NO!




In overall it's an enjoyable meal! Since there are only four of us AND none of us are buffet-stomached, we couldn't afford to eat a lot actually.


The buffet concept is same like TAO Japanese Restaurant. We had the same THIRSTY experience here, just like what we had after eating at TAO. Perhaps we ate too much of Hotzz Abalone (熱熱鲍魚片) and Motoyaki Scallop ( 辣味扇貝)?!



HAVEN DELIGHTS @ Penang Times Square

77-L1-34, Jalan Dato Kramat, 10150 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel: 604-210 8855, 604-210 8856

Business Hours: 10.30am-11.00pm

Each head (Adult) is RM49.90 + 5% service charge.

Children is 50% discount for above 3 yrs old ( 3 yrs and below is free).

Order duration is 2 hours.


Haven Delights Buffet Menu

We chose Haven Delight to celebrate belated birthday for Miss Wdy.
Pls hop to the next post for dish photos. Those in pink are the dishes that we ordered.

Each head (Adult) is RM49.90 + 5% service charge.
Children is 50% discount for above 3 yrs old ( 3 yrs and below is free).
Order duration is 2 hours.

Salada (沙拉)
Spicy Crabmeat Salad (辣味蟹肉沙拉)
Spicy Salmon Salada ((辣味鲑魚沙拉)
Tuna Mayo Salada (鮪魚沙拉)
Wafu Salada (和風沙拉)
Thousand Island Salada (千島沙拉)
Golden Breaded Salada (麵包日味沙拉)



Cold Cut (冷盤) - all the cold dishes tasted good!
Tako Sunomono (章魚醋物)
Eel Tofu (鳗魚豆腐)

Sashimi Karapachio (西日刺身)
Mussels No.1 (海鳥第一號)
Higawari Chukamono (每日醋物)
Hotzz Abalone (熱熱鲍魚片)
Hijiki (日式海帶絲)
Pari Lengkong Sansai (酥蓮山菜)
Tsukimi Tako (章魚蛋黃醋)
Edamame (毛豆)




Sashimi (刺身)
Santen Sashimi -3 kind pcs (三) 刺身
Goten Sashimi -3 kind 5 pcs (五) 刺身
Shichiten Sashimi -3 kind 7 pcs (七) 刺身


Sushi (壽司)
Salmon-2pcs (鲑魚)
Unagi-2pcs (鳗魚)
Ebi-2pcs (蝦)
Kani-2pcs (蟹肉)
Tunamayo-2pcs (鮪魚美乃滋)
Kanimayo-2pcs (蟹肉美乃滋)
Ebiko-2pcs (蝦卵)
Ebiko Lemon-2pcs (蝦卵檸檬味)
Ebiko Mango-2pcs (蝦卵芒果味)

Makimono (壽司捲)
California Maki-8pcs (加州捲)
Spider Roll-4pcs (蜘蛛捲)
Haven Special Maki-8pcs (新天地特製捲)
Pari-pari Roll-8pcs (脆脆捲)
Fire Cracker Roll-4pcs (火爆捲)
Tempura Cheese No.1-8pcs (天婦羅起司捲)
Tempura Spicy Roll-8pcs(天婦羅辣味捲)
Dare To Taste Roll-8pcs (試試捲)
Smoked Eel Roll-8pcs (鳗魚捲)

Handroll (手捲)
California (加州)
Tuna Mayo (鮪魚美乃滋)
Spicy Salmon (辣味鲑魚)
Spicy Crabmeat (辣味蟹肉)
Soft Shell Crab (軟殼蟹)
Ebiten Mayo (天婦羅蝦)





MAIN DISH (炒物)
Chicken (雞)
Red Dragon Chicken (火龍雞)
Korean Spicy Wings (韓式辣味雞翅)
General Chicken (左宗堂雞)
Spicy Orange Chicken (辣味橙汁雞)
3 Cup Chicken (三杯雞)
Honey Chicken (蜜香雞)


Fish (魚)
Kao Bao Salmon (高寶鮭魚)
Jiu Xiang Fish Fillet (酒香魚片)
Orange Fish Fillet (橙汁魚柳)
Sze Chuan Fish (四川魚片)
Sweet & Sour Fish (甜酸魚片)
Basil Spicy Fish (塔香辣味魚)
Chuan Hua Fish (川花魚) -forgot to take photo! This one tasted very good!


Pork (豬)
Sweet & Sour Pork (甜酸豬肉)
Pork Chop in Chinese King Sauce (豬排大王)
Red Dragon Pork Chop (火龍豬排)
Orange Pork Chop (橙汁豬排) - So So ONLY!
3 Cup Pork (三杯豬)
Korean Pork Kimchi (韓式泡菜豬)
Honey Pork Chop (蜜香豬排)
Basil Spicy Pork (九塔豬片)


Beef (牛)
Korean Beef Kimchi (韓式泡菜牛)
Yaki Niku (風爆牛)
Sze Chuan Beef (四川牛肉)
Dry Chilli Beef (乾椒牛)
Black Pepper Beef (黑椒牛)
Basil Spicy Beef (塔香辣味牛)


Lamb (羊)
Hong Xiang Spicy Lamb (紅香辣味羊) - This one also good!
Black Pepper Lamb (黑椒羊)
Sze Chuan Lamb (四川羊)
Yaki Lamb (風爆羊)
Basil Spicy Lamb (塔香辣味羊)
Spicy King Lamb (辣香王味羊)


Seafood (海鮮)
Salted Pepper Mantis Prawn (椒鹽蝦姑)
Haven Spicy Squid (天地辣味小捲)
3 Cup Squid (三杯魷魚)
Red Dragon Mantis Prawn (火龍蝦姑)
Basil Spicy Mantis Prawn (塔香辣味蝦姑)
Orange Spicy Mantis Prawn (臘味橙汁蝦姑)
Spicy King Cuttle Fish (辣味王味小墨魚)
Yaki Ika (風爆小墨魚)
Chuan Hua Cuttle Fish (川花小墨魚)


Noodle ( 麵類)
Japanese Yaki Udon ( 日式烏冬麵) - This one VERY beh khi!
Sze Chuan Zha Zhiang Noodle ( 四川炸醬麵)
Oriental Kimchi Udon Soup ( 中華辣味喬麥麵)
Korean Kimchi Udon Soup (韓式泡菜烏冬麵湯)
Japanese Shoyu Udon Soup ( 日式醬味烏冬麵湯)


Steamed Dish ( 蒸物)
Chawan Mushi ( 茶碗蒸) - SO SO only.
Daily Steamed Fish ( 每日蒸魚) - So So only.
Spare Ribs in Bean Sauce ( 豆汁排骨)
Unagi Mushi ( 酒香鰻魚蒸) -This one really good!
Steamed Ginger Chicken ( 姜蓉蒸雞)
Wasabi Mini Bun (芥味小饅)


Grilled Dish (烤物)
Lamb Teriyaki (日式燒羊排)
Lidako Teriyaki (照燒小章魚)
Salmon Teriyaki (照燒鮭魚) - Pretty good.
Salmon No.1 (鮭魚第一號)
- Pretty good too.
Shishamo Yaki (多春魚燒)
Black Pepper Beef Steak (黑椒牛排)
Ika Maruyaki (烤魷魚)
Motoyaki Scallop ( 辣味扇貝) - how can we skip ordering this?! Hentam a lot of this.
Miso Yaki ( 味增奶油魚)
Unagi Don ( 燒鰻魚飯)


Fried Dish ( 揚物)
Mix Tempura ( 盛合天婦羅) - not bad.
Red Dragon Golden Squid & Prawn (火龍雙鮮) - so so only.
Ban Ban Chicken (棒棒雞)
Korokke (可樂餅)
Chicken Katsu (酥炸雞排)
Agedashi Tofu (日式炸豆腐) - Pretty good!
Sawa Kani Tempura (炸小蟹) - no good. too thick the flour.
Tori Karange ( 日式炸雞)


Counter Items

Drink
Fruit Juice (果汁)
Green Tea (绿茶)


Dessert
Daily Soup Dessert of the Day
Daily Porridge of the Day
Authentic Soup of the Day
Assorted of Fruit Platter
Agar-Agar/Jelly
Ice Cream

Appetizer
Assorted Deep Fried Snack - Where got?????

HAVEN DELIGHTS @ Penang Times Square
77-L1-34, Jalan Dato Kramat, 10150 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 604-210 8855, 604-210 8856
Business Hours: 10.30am-11.00pm

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Lebuh Melayu 台牛后 113 vs Lebuh Pitt (Koay Theow Thng)

Lebuh Melayu 台牛后 113 Koay Theow Thng (located at the lane exactly opposite the ASIA educational supplies Sdn.Bhd 亞洲書局)

Business Hour starts as early as 6.30am to 11.00 am. Sunday off. [WIN! for starting early]


Small bowl is RM2.80 . Big is RM3.50.



Fish ball is ready stock. Fish cake too.
Duck meat. [WIN!]
Minced pork so-so taste.

Soon......Pitt Street Koay Theow Thng is moving to 183, Carnavon Street, which is a few units away from the Mummy Wong. This is also a 90 degree turning from this Lebuh Melayu only, in walking distance loh.

Pitt Street Koay Theow Thng.
Business Hours : 9am to 5pm. Sunday and Monday off.


Small RM2.50 (got 3 fish balls). [WIN! for cheaper]
Small + add fish balls RM3.50 (total 7 fish balls).

Handmade eel fish balls. [WIN! for handmade]


Personally I prefer the Lebuh Pitt one. The soup is clearer. The fish balls are nicer and bouncing 'toi-toi'. The minced pork is also nice but more salty and pepper taste. Overall it looks like the freshcook (鮮煮) version but actually not.

Monday, November 02, 2009

Chopper Board - don't hiam if you are broke :)

Chopper Board @ Queensbay

I guess whenever I am broke, Chopper Board is considered a better choice than the rest if I want to get a cheap+MHBP meal (MHBP=mai hiam beh pai) in a shopping mall. :)

Is it since day one they gonna great you like this "W-E-L-C-O-M-E~~~~~~~~~!!!" (wah..very kawai accending tone, slightly ta lang zhan lah me :) ) whenever they see you stepping into their restaurant?! Or just recently huh?!

I could see that this outlet is handled by all youngsters.

Chopper Soup RM2.60. This is its signature dish but then I always felt that the kang hu kia is sandpapering my throat after swallowing a few spoons.
Black Pepper Chix Rice Set RM6.20. Set comes with a ginseng drink. This is one of the safest dishes to order at the Chopper Board. (Chilli paste is a bit tooo keng for me lah, I got to skip eating it).

I tried to be more daring and it ended up....................

Fish Noodle Soup Set RM7.50. Clear soup with tomato, fish slices and 唯一 instant noodles.
C-h-e-n-g c-h-e-n-g t-e-i loh! I started to appreciate this soup after eating the roti below.


Cheese Chic Crouton RM5.20. The roti is hot with charcoal appearance, very crunchy but the sauce is served COLD. A bit funny for me.....

Inside is minced chicken. I won't be back for this again.




No service charge nor gov tax. :)
Chopper Board Food Corner
Add : 2F-73, Queensbay Mall, 100 Persiaran Bayan Indah, 11900 Bayan Lepas.
Tel / Fax : 04-6412037

Chopper Board Bukit Jambul = 04-6413037
Chopper Board Gurney Plaza = 04-2271426
Chopper Board Tesco Penang = 04-6563037

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Chok Dee Thai - Simply Delicate!

Chok Dee Thai @ Burmah Road

Before I finalized to go to this Thai restaurant, I always walked around the office and imitated Thai accent, "Maa Roy Thai...Aroi Thai...Chok Dee Thai..." and they would show the face of "????" or "what the heck?"! at me (this 'siao cha bor' ) as they had no idea at all what I was talking about. (The three names above are actually the names of Thai restaurants at town. I was indecisive which one to bring our US guest to).

On Thursday, we were caught in a downpour on the journey to Chok Dee Thai . Most of us were 80% drenched by the time we reached the entrance but our disgust were soon swept away by the charm and warmth of the taukeh soe and also the DELICATE dishes offered by Chok Dee Thai.

The 'taukeh soe' is a MUST to mention. :) I couldn't take my eyes away from her for the first 10 minutes after I entered the restaurant as I really thought her apperance is 80% resembles the 泰国著名法医普缇(Porntip Rojanasunan)). Don't you think so?! The hairstyle in particular!

The tables in the restaurant were soon 90% filled up within half an hour despite of the heavy rain.

Mr. A, B & C with beers and two ladies with lassi drink and longan drink.

Judging from the serving size at Chok Dee Thai, which is relatively smaller if compared to other Thai restaurants, you may interprete this as MORE expensive too. I got no objection on this. :)

My responsibility is to zha fit ordering all the recommended good dishes to make everyone eat happily. Therefore, trust me dear, I couldn't care less about the price at all! Wahahaaa!!!!


Green Curry Chicken. The green curry is not spicy (according to my level of acceptance) but it's impressive enough. Serving in a small clay bowl, one could easily taste the sense of delicacy in preparing this dish. The curry is cooked finely with tender chicken meat served in small pieces.



I was a bit reluctant when I was introduced Deep Fried Kailan as it always ended up to be TOO OILY from my past experiences at other places. I bet you I would have surely regretted if I didn't order this at that night. At Chok Dee Thai, this dish is far too good! The leaves are very crunchy with minimal oiliness.


Lemon Steamed Fish (clear soup). The soup is superb enhanced by lemon's sourness! We couldn't stop scooping for more and more! The fish is fresh and properly cleaned internally.


Since we have already ordered one fish dish with white/clear soup-based, therefore we were recommended to take Red Tomyam.

Seafood Tomyam (Red). Well! The flavour is better in terms of smoothness and milky fragance if compared to other tomyams. It uses fresh milk(!)



I chose MEDIUM for spicy level to suit all in general but the two males sighed! Upon seeing such situation, the taukeh soe offered this chilli for them to add into their tomyam soup to increase spiciness.
I personally felt that MEDIUM is actually too mild. If a person like me also can tolerate the MEDIUM level, then it's better for you to choose HIGH and above. :)

At this juncture, someone even commented so,"After eating here, I started realizing that the lunch we had at Golden T*iangle last week was really beh khi leh !"

Prawns with Curry Paste. Prawns are fresh with creamy curry paste.

Long Beans fried with Roasted Pork, Sambal. I actually tasted sweetness in this dish. Sambal?! mild though.

Otak-Otak (Seafood). I was a bit disappointed to find more cabbages than seafood in this dish. I wished that the texture of the whole otak-otak could be a little bit firmer.


Fried Kailan with Salted Fish. Pretty standard.


Stuffed Chicken Meat. Normally for this dish, I ate thick flour skin but at Chok Dee Thai, it's the opposite.


Thin flour with juicy chicken meat which is just right, not too dry.



Dessert.
Total bill is RM230+ including drinks and rice, for 5x persons.

I WILL BE BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!


ChokDeeThai Restaurant
Add : 231-D, Jalan Burma, 10350 Penang.
Tel : 04-2291492
Business Hr : 11.30am - 2.30pm, 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Closed on Monday.

(Direction : ChokDeeThai is located opposite the Chin Woo Association. Same row with Kochabi Taiwan Food, next to Klinik Tropika)

Friday, October 30, 2009

Mr. Baoz - Will this be popular like J.Co or Big Apple?

Mr. Baoz @ Queensbay.

I don't think so (see the bottom of this post). How about you?!

My colleages took the voucher and each of them claimed a free Bao from Mr.Baoz.

Selling @ RM3 or RM3.50 per piece. It will be more worth to buy in 3 or 6 or 12!

Roast Beef


Curry Mutton

Potato Cheese. How come the skin of BAO so thick one leh?!


The topping looks like those donuts one heh?!

3 pcs RM8.50 (Each only RM2.80)
6 pcs RM15.90 (Each only RM2.65)
A dozen RM29.90 (Each only RM2.49)



Why?! coz I can eat a lot of donuts BUT I can't eat that many BAOs lah!