Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Wantan noodles or more popularly known among locals as Wantan Mee. The 'Wantan' word sounds something like 'one tonne'. Wantan means chinese dumpling. You can also refer this as Dumplings Noodles.
This local favourite can be easily found in most places in Penang. Wantan Mee is originated from the local Cantonese ...
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Saturday, December 30th, 2006
The police will be setting up roadblocks at the Penang Bridge as well as the ferry terminal at Weld Quay in order to prevent the Mat Rempits (illegal motorcyclist racers) from entering the island and create havoc on New Year Eve.
A crowd of about 10,000 people is expected to converge ...
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Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Well, I'm not sure if anyone realise this or probably everyone is just ignoring it since there isn't much that can be done. Anyway, lately or should I say since ages ago, the ga'ment has been decorating our roads here with traffic lights !!!
Can you imagine driving on the road ...
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
Fried Kuey Kak is another popular dish of food available in Penang. The main ingredient of the dish is white radish cake. The white radish cake is usually made up of a mixture of white radish and flour. The mixture is then steamed to create a piece of soft-textured white ...
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
Hokkien Noodles or Prawn Noodles is one of Penang classic popular dish. More popularly known to the local as Hokkien Mee.
Hokkien Mee usually consist of yellow noodles. One can also request to add vermicelli to the dish. Beside this noodles and vermicelli, most stall will put in egg slices, prawns, ...
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Last week we had a friend who got back from Singapore for a short holiday and we decided that a group of us would meet up somewhere for a meal and chat.
A friend suggested that we meet up at the Northam Beach Cafe & I was like whooaah ... is ...
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Wat Chaiyamangalaram Thai Buddhist Temple or more popularly known to most as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha is one of the more popular tourist spot in Penang. It is located at around Pulau Tikus.
The piece of land which the temple was built on was donated by the late Queen ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
This is the day
the Earth gave us the Richter 7.1 magnitude quake
This is the day
the internet connections break
This is the day
our highspeed broadband has a downgrade
This is the day
our connection speed is as flat as a pancake
This is the day
a lot will curse sea & moon, throw shoes and clog
This ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Claypot noodles is a common dish among the Chinese folks in Penang. The noodles used are called yee mian which are usually deep fried until the noodles are crispy before they are used in the dish.
The noodles are put into a clay pot with some vegetables, fish balls, crab sticks, ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Kebab or grilled meat is one of the popular food sold commonly by the Muslim folks in Penang. It's commonly available in Malay's food court as well as pasar malam (night market) operated by the Muslim folks.
Kebab is usually made up of lamb, beef and sometimes chicken. Pork is never ...
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