T.Bowl, Queensbay Mall @ Penang

How often will a person...
Eat, in the toilet?
Or... sit on the toilet bowl and eat?
Or... eat inside the toilet bowl?

I sounds insane? Yuck? Disgusting?

I 'm not kidding.

Welcome to T.Bowl in Queensbay Mall.

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[caption id="attachment_192" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Toilet Toilet... BOWL!"][/caption]

How do I know about this place?
My mum and sis went over this place about a week ago...
It was recommended to my mum by my sis....
So, when I got to know bout this place...
I insist to check this "jamban" out!

It's not a big restaurant, more likely for teenagers place to hang out...
But surprisingly, there were few families there and few couples of uncles and aunties too!

So what so unique about this place?
Do you sit on your toilet seat to eat?
Or maybe at your sink?
Look at this.....

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Some people might finds it disgusting to sit on the toilet and eat...
But some might just enjoy it!

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For their menu it's kind of unique...

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If my partner didn't do an action...
I didn't know there's something attached to it...

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There's a toothbrush at the side of the menu!

For their items..
They used well with Chinese Language or with some of the English...
As we known, Toast in Cantonese is "Toh-Si" their "Si" was simplied to be "SHIT" in Chinese Character...
And one the example...

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From the picture, just normal rice of course...!

We ordered some of the items from the menu....
They are more famous for their Cheese Baked Rice...
So we ordered 3 types of Cheese Baked Rice...
Chicken Chop, Black Pepper Chicken and not sure what did my BIL ordered!

[caption id="attachment_237" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Cheese Baked Rice"][/caption]

It's really way too cheesy for me, but it tasted good!

My mum ordered a bowl of porridge...
Well, presentation was good...
But it tasted burnt.

[caption id="attachment_236" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Porridge (Theng Zai Chuk)"][/caption]

My sisters were saying that should be the taste of that not sure what it calls looks like fried thin onion which will melt in hot items...
However...
Definitely was burnt.

My eldest sister ordered tom yum soup to share....

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Not too sourish and no too spicy, taste good too.

So for this few items....
Do you want to know how it served?

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Dig into the toilet bowl!

Don't think so much...
It's pretty fun!

I ordered a plate of spaghetti to share too...

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Even though it's said Japanese, it surely taste Chinese...
Very tasty!
Fried with vegetables and served with a small slice of Unagi on top.

There's 2 Western dishes that we ordered....
I forgot the specific names for them...
One was sausage and one was kebab....

We ordered the sausage cause....

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Yeah...
It looks like shit!
But lucky enough it taste good with bit spiciness.

For the kebab was nothing special...
Lamb as you wonder, not really tender kind of dry too.

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Dessert... Dessert...
Due to I don't feel full and craving for vanilla ice-cream, I decided to order the Donut Delight...
Lucky enough they do serve just vanilla, however as I told the waiter, NO CHOCOLATE....
Still, it's being served with Chocolate drizzle!

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Good enough...
The ice-cream was real good...
Can't describe, but it's really good...
Not too creamy and not too sweet, smooth if I can say.

Next one...
Dragon fruit Sponge...
It's dragon fruit with raspberry sauce on ice shaved...
Maybe I was over joyed with the ice cream, so I just took some bites on the dragon fruit...
It's good, no worries!

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I've taken few snap shots from the place....
So check it out...

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[caption id="attachment_228" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Side lighting"][/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_227" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="The mascots!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_222" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Jamban Clock!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_220" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Toilet! Toilet! In their merchandise glass rack..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_223" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Sink @ Table, with glass on top."][/caption]

So we enjoyed our dinner on that night....
Pretty new experience for me to dine in there...
Will go back some day ...just for the fun of it too!

$ - RM135.05

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Price Range: RM3 - RM 20
Good For: New experience in different cafe environment!
Bad For: Don't feel like eating in the toilet, this is not your place!

Vote: 3.9/5

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Definitely taste differently!

Maxim Dim Sum Restaurant, Taman Pekaka @ Penang

Dim Sum! Dim Sum! Dim Sum!

Craving for dim sum for couple of months....
So whenever back to Penang, I surely will get dim sum as breakfast!

So nothing much to blog about here...
But this is definitely a good dim sum place to be...
Hardly can find dim sum restaurant that serve no pork "smell" siu mai...
Here, least the siu mai pretty much appetizing.

Just got some snap shots of the dim sum....

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[caption id="attachment_174" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Steamed Spare Ribs"][/caption]


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[caption id="attachment_176" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Black Vinegar Pork Leg"][/caption]


[caption id="attachment_178" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Lo Mai Kai"][/caption]


[caption id="attachment_179" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Black Pepper Pork Stomach"][/caption]


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Trust me....
That's not all we had....


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I can't describe how good are the dim sum...
But this place, definitely should try out!

It's always pack and full house for this restaurant...
So be there either very early or after 10-11am....
Opens from 6am-2pm.

$ - Rm81.00 (5 pax)

Price Range: RM1.80 -RM5
Good For: Not too pricey, if you headed from KL!
Bad For: Not all the dim sum 100% yummy, so, pick the ones you prefer. As said, when it's full house, you got to stand  beside the tables which the eaters ready to go!

Vote: 4/5

Chinese Coffee Shop, Anson Road @ Penang

It was near to 2am in the morning...
I just picked up my partner at Butterworth and was looking for Char Kuey Teow after back to the island.

We took ferry back to the island...
So we were at town looking for supper...
Lucky enough we were at Anson Road and there were 2 coffeeshops opened during this wee hours.

It was located exactly opposite the Him Heang Tambun Biscuit shop...
Was surprised to know during that hour the place was full!
Wonder is it those people were just finished clubbing!

My partner was busybody to know that a Hokkien Mee stall so busy serving customers...
So she can't decide to have her char kuey teow or the hokkien mee...
So end up, she ordered 2, we shared the char kuey teow.

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Surprisingly.... with shocked...
It cost RM4.00....
My partner was like.. WOW! KL pricing...
And I thought the price hiked up cos it was late night...
But I was wrong.
Lucky enough...
It tasted good.

For the Hokkien Mee...
Why it was busy because beside the normal serving (chicken meat, eggs....)
They even served with fishballs, chicken feets, meatballs, roasted pork...
I ordered the roasted pork to go with the noodle.

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We were expected it to be cost around RM6...
Pheww... RM4.50 with 3 slices of roasted pork...
Funny!
Not too bad, just bit spicy!

I got myself char hor fun@yin yeung for KL people...

[caption id="attachment_162" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Char Hor Fun @ Yin Yeung"][/caption]

When I tried the sauce, it's bit tasted like shark fin soup though...
I forgot how the original taste of char hor fun before....
My mum luv this noodle the most...
It's bit burnt on the noodle, but I guess that's the "trademark" for it...
It's RM4.00...
Pretty reasonable.

Which gave me the shocked the most...
LOBAK!
Just see the picture....
And guess how much?

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RM8!!!!

This is the only plate that I feels not worth at all!

However...
For late night supper...
Sick of mamak.... well, can head over this place...
Just bit pricey for Penang Island!

$ - as stated above, just got to plus all together :P

Price Range: Rm 3 - RM 20 (grill fish available there)
Good For: Late night supper, craving for Chinese meal...
Bad For : Pricey!!! (and you got to pay RM1 for the so called uncle who looks after the car for you even though you don't need to pay at all... better be safe, JUST PAY! Prevent your car being scratched!)

Vote: 2.5/5

Hokkien Char / Fukien Chow @ Penang

I just post this up as I can't resist not to snap a picture of my breakfast....
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This is Hokkien Char also known as Fukien chow in KL...
Different is, in KL... they will used those "big noodle"...
I still prefer to have the style in Penang...
Bihun with yellow noodle....
Good enough!

See Kong Ooi Restaurant, Transfer Road @ Penang

I've been visit this restaurant for few times...
My parents kind of like this restaurant since their younger days...
So since my mum and I were looking for lunch...
So we headed over to this place.

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[caption id="attachment_134" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Interior"][/caption]

We just want to have a quick lunch...
So we ordered something simple to munch it off!

As usual...
There will be kangkung belacan on the table...

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For this dish, usually it will be bit dark/greyish colour as how the belacan colour be, however, for this time, it's orange colour...
I not sure what they add it in... but it tasted nyonya~

I so wanted to have assam fish...
So we ordered the assam ikan pari...

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There's something a miss on this dish...
The gravy was thick but I not sure... what was missing... hmm....

For the soup...
We ordered the salted vegetable soup...

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SALTY!
Doesn't mind whether they slow cooked or as they said "kuan tong"...
It's served pretty well.

Maybe I was not feeling well that day...
So, didn't much enjoy the lunch as how I used to.

$ - RM22.80

Price Range: RM 5 - depends in the fish KG
Good For : Penang dishes!
Bad For: It will be pack during lunch time and it's limited place!

Vote: 3.5/5

Ming Chow Bak Kut Teh, Off Kampar....

Raining season....
With chilling night crawling into the bones...
What to have to warm up the body?

While driving back to Penang...
I gave a lift to a friend of mine from Teluk Intan, who works in Gopeng...
She recommended to pit stop at a Bak Kut Teh which near to Gopeing.

She drove all the way off Kampar and reached the destination...
It was pretty pack on that raining night...

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I was bit worried if the BKT turns out to be bitter taste...
I was not really into BKT that much during younger years as I tasted the bitter BKT which turns off my taste bud...
So I was pretty hesitated to try new ones.

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Surprisingly...
The BKT in this place served pretty sweet...
And I was just indulging the soup more than my own rice!

We even ordered golden mushroom and pork intestine and stomach as it was not served in the first pot...
It was served with Chinese wine...
Not really into that, so I'd chucked all into the first pot and mixed it...
Least it tasted much better with the soup!

My friend ordered the Choy Sum with Oyster Sauce...
Not to bad too...
Pretty much of the stems than the leaves...
My furkid luv that pretty much! Ruff!

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Besides BKT...
I spotted a pot of curry fish at the next of our table...
Smells pretty good too.

Had full tummy to continue our journey!
Will go back to try again if we ever got the time to turn over there!

$- RM32.00 (with 4 rices, Yao Ca Koi, vege and a pot of Chinese Tea for 3 pax)

Price Range: For the pot of 2 pax is RM 28.00 with (exclude the vege)
Good For: To BKT luvers who prefers sweet taste instead of bitter herbs style
Bad For: Limited space!

Vote: 3.9/5

BBQ King, 1Utama Shopping Center

On last Saturday...
My friends and I went over to Bandar Utama Central Park for the Cutie Pet's Fair...
My friend, Lou, was suggesting to have dinner at BBQ King... a place that I heard "NOT NICE" from my other friends.

Oh well....
Why not try it out?
While my friends queuing to get seated, my partner and I went for a walk.

My friends ordered the Family Set, consists of pork bacon, pork sliced meat and seafood plate.
For this set it's just RM 39.90, good to be true!

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[caption id="attachment_115" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Family Set (II) - Seafood"][/caption]

Another friend of mine,Meg, was saying that she luv the most was the sauce...
Well, that's true...
The taste of the sauce reminds me of the sweet sauce for the Vietnam cuisine.

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Mix 3 ingredients in the sauce....
Want more sourish, get more lime...
Want more spicy, get more chili!

Garlic, Lime, Chili Padi...

For the grill side, the provided the fat of the pork...
To "oil" up the hot plate...before start placing the meat to grill....
Besides that....
This way of BBQ Grill Steamboat much similar with the Korean Style Steamboat...
Hot plate, with a very very small space for the soup...
I prefer to have more soup!

Grill Grill Grill!!

Let's GRILL!!!!!

My friends, ordered us garlic rice...
Not sure why I didn't ate much of it...
I was more enjoying digging the soup!

Garlic Rice

It's smell nice with garlic fragrance, for those garlic luver, this is good!

I can't recall whether I was having jasmine green tea or green tea ice...
But what's best is, it's free refill!

Jasmine Tea Ice

It's not sweet...
So for mine, I squeezed some lime in it... yummy.

Burp....
Even though it might looks little...
But, it's really filling....
IF you luv cabbage!
They place lots of cabbage on both plates....
Good for 4pax!

$ - RM69.95

Price Range: Averagely from my this male about RM15/pax (I didn't get to see the menu~)
Good For : Chilling out with friends and family for BBQ Steamboat under the air con!
Bad For: Get there early as it's full all the time! And if you prefer to have soup steamboat, this is not recommended    restaurant for you.

Vote: 4/5