It has been almost 20 years since we took a vacation in Penang. The last time was when the kids were little with Yew Kong's family. This time it was just the two of us with Dave's family. But the food is still as good ... especially the chendol along Penang Road, the Gurney Drive hawker center with all the local specialities. We even went up to Penang Hill (a day before the agung was there, there were people sprucing up the place for us!). It was a great 2 night/3 day break. Budget airline, budget hotel, budget food but all very enjoyable.Sunday, June 26, 2011
... so good to be back in Penang after almost 20 years
It has been almost 20 years since we took a vacation in Penang. The last time was when the kids were little with Yew Kong's family. This time it was just the two of us with Dave's family. But the food is still as good ... especially the chendol along Penang Road, the Gurney Drive hawker center with all the local specialities. We even went up to Penang Hill (a day before the agung was there, there were people sprucing up the place for us!). It was a great 2 night/3 day break. Budget airline, budget hotel, budget food but all very enjoyable.
Monday, June 20, 2011
.. so good to see everyone again
we gathered at Cliff's condo on 18th June -many ex-Inforians (Dom and family, Serene Swee, Elyn, Raymond Hee, Patrick), current Inforian (YK) and Marcus's family. It was a good time to catch up and chill!
... so good to finally baptise the kitchen
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(picture is for illustration only - not actual meal)
We finally cooked our first meal (actually just plain porridge as we had porridge with century egg, pork floss, five spice pork cubes, frozen mixed veggie and peanuts - all mircowaved food). So the showroom kitchen is finally opened!
Technically, Connie cooked spaghetti sauce the week before but I don't consider that a meal as it was just sauce.
Actually we had to delay the cooking for a whole week because of some issues with the Bosch gas hob. Believe it or not - the hob actually has two types of gas nozzles; one for cylinder gas and another for piped gas. The unit comes factory fitted for cylinder gas. As a result everytime we turn on the gas, there is a small flow of gas and if we attempt to have a bigger flame, the flames goes off with a 'poof'. So silly that no one told us about - not the salesperson, not the city gas technicians who came to install it, not even the Bosch service center person when we call to complain. Surprising the technician knew immediately the problem when we spoke to him on the phone.
Anyway, we are just glad that it is working. Now we can look forward to the next home cooked meal - maybe we will be adventurous and cook instant noodles.
(picture is for illustration only - not actual meal)We finally cooked our first meal (actually just plain porridge as we had porridge with century egg, pork floss, five spice pork cubes, frozen mixed veggie and peanuts - all mircowaved food). So the showroom kitchen is finally opened!
Technically, Connie cooked spaghetti sauce the week before but I don't consider that a meal as it was just sauce.
Actually we had to delay the cooking for a whole week because of some issues with the Bosch gas hob. Believe it or not - the hob actually has two types of gas nozzles; one for cylinder gas and another for piped gas. The unit comes factory fitted for cylinder gas. As a result everytime we turn on the gas, there is a small flow of gas and if we attempt to have a bigger flame, the flames goes off with a 'poof'. So silly that no one told us about - not the salesperson, not the city gas technicians who came to install it, not even the Bosch service center person when we call to complain. Surprising the technician knew immediately the problem when we spoke to him on the phone.
Anyway, we are just glad that it is working. Now we can look forward to the next home cooked meal - maybe we will be adventurous and cook instant noodles.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
.. so good to get all the local food in one comfy place
This year we broke tradition and celebrated Ken's birthday at Straits Kitchen, Grand Hyatt Hotel because Kenneth wanted all the local cuisine at one go. He didn't have time in his short visit to Singapore to sample all the local delights. So we chose the Straits Kitchen which is like an átas' food court. The food was great with Herbal Chicken soup (barely see it at the top of photo below,) Malay rendang, Indian nan, lots of local desserts ... Hyatt did provide the complimentary mini birthday cake!
Ken left last night for his internship in London. Not sure when we will meet him again in person but he is maturing in his thoughts and handling of things. We are so blessed to have him and Jon. Must have done something right to be so blessed. Thank you, Lord!
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