S̄wạs̄dīka, Wantan Noodles

Introducing Wanton Mee Hat Yai Version @ Lee Garden Hawker Centre @ 350 Baht
It was a magical combination. Delicious soft veggie noodles coupled with meaty deco. Unlike the Penang version, the wantan was not particular delicious but the meatball was awesome and the brown unknown food was incomparable. Scanty portion, which makes you crave for more!

4/5 star-rated

Dessertherapy @ Crêpe Cottage

All of a sudden, I miss Penang, tremendously >.< Though she is just a stone's throw away from this lush green forest, I can't be home until at least 3 weeks from now ... how pathetic!! So, I decided to share a new option with all the dessert lovers (especially Lili Tan ..)

This cottage (is indeed a COTTAGE, we missed it thrice before the excruciating parking experience @ Coffee Island car park) is a home-inspired cafe situated on Gurney Drive. Expect to see no clothed-tables and cutlery, nor highly-trained waiters and romantic ambiance. Warm is the most appropriate word to describe this little place. Forget about the main courses (I haven't got the chance to try yet), the desserts were exquisite~~

Presenting my Mango Cup. I had never in my life consumed a crispy coconut crêpe, which is a sort of pancake. Whatsmore, home-made mango ice cream!!! With nuts as toppings, I was surprised by the luxury underneath the scoops of mango ice-cream. There were more fresh mangoes!!! And guess what? Mango + mango ice-cream = neutral. Ngam ngam! The mixture was just not too sweet.

 

Magical sensation I would say. Just like love at the first sight(WTF.. haha!)

 

 Here's me looking a lil bit awkward with the orange background and my orange Mango Cup

 

Hui Lun's Sunburst. Attractive deco, beautiful name and tasted more or less like mine.And underneath the mango and ice cream and mango, there was a freshly-baked pancake.

Kudos to the mango ice-creams once more. Love it love it love it!

Our Certificate of Contribution - to the recession ^.^ They weren't too expensive. Taking into consideration the pic below.

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The portions . Haha. Was just too big a portion for girls. The leftovers. Sharing is most recommended. 

As sharing is loving (...........)

The mango ice cream reminds me of an era - mom's era. whereby a scoop of home-made ice cream sold by vendors cost like 20sen? and now that we can hardly find home-made ice-cream, that we have to drive all the way down Gurney Drive just to have a taste of it, that it costs more than RM3 per scoop, that there are even leftovers after all the hardships. May be this is the so-called lifestyle. I don't know....

Shortbread & I

SHORTBREAD - a tempting word Auntie Lin murmured to me one evening when I did part-time for Lewre shoes in Parkson in June 2009 . As curious as a cat, I urged Auntie Lin (a vivid pastry-lover exactly like me) to tell me how a short bread looks like. Buttery, 7cm long stick, not too thick and most-deliciously tasted after a short toast in the oven & lastly again... extremely buttery. Originated from the Britain, a packet of shortbread costs from RM5.50 onwards. Auntie Lin strongly recommended the Mc Vites' brand, and added that the box is red in colour, surrounded by black squares (like the Scottish skirt - Yahoo Answer says it is a Kilt)

Without due hesitation, I went to the Cold Storage on the ground floor during my rest time to grab myself a pack of scrumptious shortbread. Yet, I found no Mc Vities'. Adversely, I saw a box as described by Auntie Lin.

Similar, aren't they?

RM13 for 10 sticks but not RM5.50 I remember. As expensive as it is, I bought it because I have made up my mind to grab one no matter what. It was actually of the brand of Walker's. It tastes totally like what Auntie said. I would like to add that in fact, it is the best butter cookie a man could ask for. Crunchy and unstoppable. Once u start devouring, u would not be able to stop eating.High in calories but 1 sercing is enough to cure hours of hunger.Heated in oven is even nicer as the buttery taste continuously flow into your mouth and nostril. (I don't always do that due to the weather in Penang) Mom hates it and Sis absolutely loves it!

Since then I have tried a local brand short bread (cheap, good effort but Yucks), Tesco shortbread (locally attainable, affordable and most importantly, delicious - a bit sweet though), Mc Vities' shortbread of cause (too hard for me and the taste is a bit ... erm... hehe .... but its the cheapest in the market minus the local brand I mentioned). Recently, Jack bought me a Marks & Spencer's short bread with Belgium chocolate from UK and I think it was delicious yet a bit soft. Lagi recently, he sent me 3 extra packets of Dean's Scottish Edinburgh shortbread. The coconut and Belgium chocolate were so so. However, the original Luxury All Butter shortbread is highly recommended. One of the best I have ever tried. Not just buttery as it should, but as moderately-soft and easily swallowed. I am just loving it!

Love it love it love it. And I also just found out that shortbread plays an important role in UK. For instance, the hotel would serve shortbread as a welcoming and shortbread is part of a lunch packet there. How unlucky I am not be able to live in UK. Or else, my 3 meals would be none other than different brands of shortbread : ). My resolution: To try as many different brands of shortbread as possible in my June UK trip . Just a little reminder, it is advisable to drink gallons of water after eating shortbread.

All the pics are taken from Google.