Field report: Mr.Pot

Hi fellow friends and bloggers,
I guess this place is very familiar to all Penangnites.
With us, we have our pretty blogger, Janice stading just outside Mr.Pot.
Guess what? We are going in there!




It looks a bit gloomy on this Saturday morning due to the cloudy weather.
Good for a nostalgic mood or simply to reflect on why the heck am I eating breakfast at 8a.m. on a Saturday morning. Oh ya, because I need to attend an investment talk.




With the lamp turned on, the interior looks much better!



With a wall mounted LCD TV, I guess this is a good place to catch your EPL.



We started off with this strange bubbly liquid which tasted like plum, with tomato and kiam kiam. Ordered by Janice, she's penalized as that's a yucks for me!

Johnny took a penalty! Did he scores?

Yes! Cucumber blended with honey drink came to save the day! It's sweet and cooling.

Team Johnny's first goal brought to you by: Cucumber blended with honey!

Our kiasu lass simply have to mix both cocktail. Damn, musn't lose to her so I tried defending....

...but to no avail. Team Janice scored equalizer with super mixed red and green cocktail.

Johnny - 1 , Janice - 1

Blogged even with dinner served. Err... I mean breakfast. Oopsie!


Leaving the toast bread combo feeling lonely was a no no for our Janice, so...


...she started warming them up with some soya sauce. Smiling gleefully as she sprinkled the pepper, I couldn't help noticing the cucumber slice stuck between her teeth courtesy of the cocktail. Sweat!



After our friendly neighbourhood toast bread did a 16 points jump into the half-boiled eggs (no longer a perfect 10 diving competition thanks to the recent olmypics committee), it was devoured mercilessly by....JANZILLA!!!

Half time score: Johnny - 1 , Janice - 2


Well, in the meantime, my nasi lemak arrived with some curry spread over the cucumber. Mum mum mia! It tasto like tho riso with chikono and anchovio and finisho witho eggo and papadamo.

Simply, delicio!

Equalizing nasi lemak: Johnny - 2, Janice -2

Kiasuism sets in again as Janice's order of grilled chicken chop fried rice smoothered with honey came in to give the away team an extra lead over the equalizer. Damn!
Full time: Johnny - 2, Janice - 3

We'll like to extend our thanks to Mr.Pot for our wonderful breakfast although it costs slightly over RM35.

Friend's referral: Beng Kim's favourite food stall

Hi again fruitful bloggers and faithful readers!
This just came in from one of our faithful readers.

The porridge you saw is located at near the Perak Road fire station.
Looks yummy isn't it? Well, try out and let us know!

This is the all famous Chulia Street curry mee. You just gotta try it yourself as we hadn't try it yet. Feel free to leave your comments once you are done!

Meanwhile, this is Padang Brown's lor bak! Non-halal!

This lor mee can only be found in the morning at Kimberly Street.

This one is taken near the Bukit Kayu Hitam and it cost only RM30 for four people. Nyam nyam!

This are several home cooked food but our fellow reader forgot where it is. Sigh! Looks like those dishes we eat at wedding right? Make us can't wait to go wedding again huh?

Thanks so much for the recommendation, Beng Khim. If you guys have any queries regarding these great food stall, kindly forward your questions to simon_bklok@hotmail.com . Thanks!

Field report: The new Taiwanese restaurant @ Gurney Plaza

Several Saturday's ago which I can't remember when (I think it's 1th October 2008), we went to Gurney Plaza with Janice's cousin. Janice was dying to try the new Taiwanese food, which, I've of course, tried a few weeks earlier. We went to the basement of Gurney plaza and were pleasantly and thankfully happy that her cousin had queued up for 20 minutes to get us a table.

The entrance look so welcoming!


Here's the set of herbal chicken with spagetti which I ordered...Affordable at RM14.90 per set.

Note the yummy mango pudding. Too bad the portion is so small!

This is the chicken chop set which Janice ordered. We find it nothing special. Honestly, Kocha Taiwanese food fared better here.

For the first time in my life, I get to try the duck's tongue shown on the left side and wash it down with chen chu lai cha.

Here's a zoom in look of my herbal chicken. I wanted to order the other type of soya sauce chicken but too bad they are not available anymore :( Anyway, this dish turned out quite good!

The chen chu lai cha is thicker. I ordered the milk tea (teh tarik lah)

All in all, this is a value place to eat if you ended up in Gurney wondering what's for dinner. It's slightly cheaper than Kocha Taiwanese food but apart from the mango pudding and drink, we think that this restaurant is just average. No offense to anyone though!

Field report: Hawker's store @ Macallum street

Penang, as we know, is a haven for great hawkers food.

We went to Macallum on a Sunday night and Janice ordered bak kut teh while I ordered Hokkien Mee. There are quite a variety of hawkers here.

The food is cheap and good!

If you don't trust me, look at that smiling face below. :P

Bah kut teh @ RM6.80 only complete with eu char kueh, a pot of meatballs, mushrooms, bak kut, herbal soup and vegetables and a warm bowl of steamed rice!

Alternatively, try the hokkien mee @ RM2.20. Very rarely, we can find such competitive price with great taste and lots of prawns. You just have to try it!

Field report: New Town Kopitiam

I'll like to open your mind to something wonderful yet hidden.

Open your mind, coz, this is unimaginable.

Right about 5km into Jalan Siram off Jalan Raja Uda, there's a cafe called New Town Kopitiam.

Yes! You heard that right, New Town, not Old Town. The design is about the same but is definitely absolutely fantastic.

I've found this fantastic place by accident when I went auditing around this area and was searching for place to eat.

There's even Wifi if you want to hangout and surf the net.

For Old Town lovers, hold your horses, I definitely recommend you try and compare this place out for yourself. It's just absolutely wonderful.
The man tou is so fresh and crispy.
WARNING: Order it once and you'll be hooked for life!

For pasta lover, try the spaghetti. Utmost satisfaction guaranteed!

If you guys need direction there, just shoot me an e-mail at johnny_chng@hotmail.com.

The price is half fight with Old Town but once you tasted the food, the competition is almost over. You'll fall head over heel with this marvellous place. Au revoir!

Field report: Mum's Kitchen

On the September 20th, 2008 on a beautiful Saturday, we decided to pay our good buddy, Top Lim a visit. He’s currently having a family business at the Alila block near TAR College.

The restaurant is called Mum’s Kitchen.

This is how it looks like:

The waitress is pretty too:

We ordered a few dishes like the Thai Tonyam with boneless chicken stuff with meat. We also ordered mixed vege as mum reminded us to eat our greeneries.

To quench our thirst, we ordered Thab Tim Grob (a must eat in all Thai restaurants)

The pumpkin pie was complimentary (Thanks, Top!)

The setting is definitely very romantic and suitable for those who wants peace.

All in all, the tomyam is definitely sour and fragrant enough for our savouring stomach. Give it a try today. The price is also reasonable and the taukeh is definitely a handsome man (hint! hint!)