After receiving the first verbal complain, Im resuming my blog again.. wahaha.. Yeah, i stopped writing my blog for quite sometime.. Can i give my work as an excuse again?..

A few weeks back, i wrote about Nasi Kandar and the famous cendol at Jalan Penang..Well, that and a few more articles to come are series of short snippets of my little tour to Penang not too long ago..The guys and i were tagging along with some members who were here for the Penang bridge run..So, that's why we were in Penang..while group A had a marathon, group B had a 'food' marathon ; )..Obviously, i was in the latter group >.< style="font-style: italic;">mum mum lohh..oh yeah, we checked in prior to that too but i dont think youre interested in that right?



Honestly, i dont wanna brag too much about Khoo Kongsi cos i dont know much about the place and neither was i interested in all the history and stuff (but if you are, click here). What i was really interested in however, was the intricate design and structure of the whole damn place..No wonder this place won the UNESCO world heritage thingy.. The carvings, the drawings, the culture - superb. Just cant think of any other place like it..i thoroughly recommend it..



Oh, and its just a clan house by the way (or Chinese association). Well, i thought it was a temple at first until clarified otherwise..This explains the defensive congregation of the buildings; the huge centre court, a single and long entrance, windows overlooking this entrance, secret chambers and access routes.. All these makes me wonder how ppl lived during those times.. seems like an era of chaos and turmoil to me..

I find it strange that im writing about cendol, something that ive eaten all my life, yet there isnt a thing i know that i can write about..Also wondering how i made it through the last article on cendol..remember cendol Klang? Well, here's a cendol that beats it kau kau...frankly, i never eaten anything closer to the niceness of this cendol and ..and ..and its Teochew? and I thought cendol originated from Southern Thailand since in Thai, cendol basically means "help!"..guess it mustve been darn difficult to make them during the olden times but now, its just a squeeze away; umm, u noe what i mean right?

Well, stripping cendol right down to its core, the dessert is made out from strips of green pea flour dough (added pandan for flavour), served with santan (coconut milk), gula melaka (palm sugar) and red beans in shaved ice..i wonder if anyone who hasnt eaten this imagine how it tastes like by just looking at the ingredients..Then again, why am i thinking this?

Anyways, Teochew Chendul is located at Penang road, Penang, same as 'line clear' restaurant in the preceeding article..the stall serves awesome ice kacang too.Lastly, i regret writing this article cos im craving for a bowl of cendol right now! =( LOL

Have you ever tried OVER-editing photos? well, this is one of the outcome; the thing is...i think its cool!!

This time, we head back to North for some travel and food. Where? any hints? I think just seeing the word Nasi Kandar i'd bet you have the word Penang running across your mind now..unless of course you're foreign...In fact, Nasi Kandar is so synonymous with Penang that if you say Penang fast enough, it sounds like Nasi Kandar (and i hope youre not doing it)..LOL..as crappy as my preface might sound, so is the name of the hidden lil treasure of Penang..tucked in a neat lorong (alley) somewhere near Jalan Penang (Penang Street) in Penang!, this place is no where near the status of being "line clear"..in fact the line (or rather the queue) is so extensive that on peaks, you'd have a few ppl queuing until outside; under the hot sun/rain for your more than average Nasi Kandar.. Our's was drizzling on that day, but tell you what..its well worth for the sake of this Almost Ultimate Nasi Kandar (A.U.N.K <-im making this up).. Just picture this..think of queuing up in a lorong (lane) for about 15 minutes..as you wait anxiously for your turn, your stomach begins to rumble ..a fusion of smells fills the air; mostly of curry origin..your turn arrives as you scramble to make a choice..The first decision is the simplest; white rice or briyani?..then, it gets a little more difficult; you bite your lips given an array of choice..should it be the curry? fried? rendang? masak merah? chicken, fish, mutton, beef?..then attendant then reaches to add some cucumber, this buys you time..you can feel that the ppl around you are getting impatient..you have to decide..tension rite?

But it's not that bad la..basically, fried chicken and briyani always works grrreat for me..then fish curry aubergine..a combination of gravy (mostly beef and chicken curry i think is the best!) and another choice of vege would just make my day..i mean, that's for me..