Ipoh Sin Yoon Loong Coffee Shop

Sin Yoon Long is one of the best known coffee shop in Old Town, Ipoh, where the famous white coffee is said to be originating from. It's said that the coffee tastes better in the morning, hot coffee. Besides coffee there are also other cuisines that one must try at the Coffee shop.

Talking about its coffee, white coffee, it may not be the favorite of every "Ipoh gias", but it is surely one of the best in the town especially in the morning. The white coffee is brewed with a traditional sieve, it is so aromatic that after you take a sip, the aroma of coffee is still lingering in your mouth, there is no sour taste that sometimes I can taste in some coffee. And one can even smell the strong aroma of coffee.

Usually I order caramel custard for my friend, an egg custard with sweet caramel served on a saucer. It is cold but not freeze, it is so soft yet set, as you shake the saucer slightly, you can see the whole custard shivers. A fantastic complement to the aromatic hot white coffee.

Talking bout complement to white coffee, how can I miss out toast bread with butter and kaya. He is using a device to toast the bread but I can't tell out he uses charcoal or it is electrical. But if toast bread is swept with butter instead of margarine, it usually tastes better. Take a piece and dunk it in the coffee is the way you should savor its taste.

For me, the noodle which the locals call "Liu Fen" in Sin Yoon Long is quite special than the rest may be its because the rich taste of the "pork fat" in the noodle sauce makes it so appetizing but when I clear up the plate I feel full.

I love all the Fish ball, Meat ball, Minced pork Ball that is served in a bowl of tasty soup. I believe that they  make it themselves and especially the minced pork ball ( the dark color one ) is so tasty and the texture is so chewy and firm but not too hard.

I don't have a picture of the stall but it is just positioned at the left of the shop front.

My favorite 

The barbecue pork is also very famous here. During weekend or festive season, there will be a big crowd here and almost every table there are a plate of the chopped barbecue pork, you can tell whether it is good.

Information about Sin Yoon Long Coffee Shop
Business Hours: 6.00am - 5.00pm
Address : 
15A, Jalan Bandar Timah, 
30000 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. 
Telephone: +605-5469788
Fax: +605-5483266
Website: http://www.mycofe.com.my/

Starbucks Drive-Thru @ Tanjong Tokong Penang

I believed there are many people who felt extremely excited to know the Starbucks Drive Thru at Penang has newly opened in Tanjong Tokong Penang. I like the environment there so much. Both inside and outside of their shop is equipped with tables and chairs. There are few sofas outside, and classical music is being played in the background make it a comfortable atmosphere for gathering or even study.

We ordered the new Hojicha Frapuccino. Well, the taste isn't that well *for me. It does have a strong fragrance of tea, but I felt it still lacks of something to make it nicer. Maybe personally I prefer coffee more than tea. I still prefer Caramel Frappucino and Hot chocolate. Both of these taste better with the pleasing aromatic coffee.

Some of the inner decoration 

The counter and the waiters are still donning the Christmas Hat

Our drinks

Different starbucks tumbles. take note of the 3 tumbles left on the upper roll, you can refill starbucks drinks until 31 Jan 2013 after purchasing this drive thru tumble.

The entrance with the wording Terima kasih instead of Welcome. 

For more information :-
Location : 
4-G Jalan Pantai Molek
Tanjung Tokong, 10470 Penang 
Contact : +60 4-890 6008
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/StarbucksMalaysia

Official Website : http://starbucks.com.my/

The Twelve Cups @ Beach Street Penang

I found another cafe selling crepe cake in Penang -->> The Twelve Cups. 

It is strategically located at Jalan Pantai (Beach Street near to Bank Street, George Town )
I am pretty sure that many people are happy to hear about this. 

Beach street where i took once at night 

The twelve cups cafe

Last week, Shirlyn recommended us to come for a light tea break.

The Twelve Cups is a new cafe in Georgetown. The atmosphere here is warming and it is definitely a good place to hang out at noon. You can escape yourself from the scorching hot weather with a cup of coffee.

Next, our orders. Motcha Crepe Cake and Hokkaido Milk. I preferred the Motcha flavor as compare to the Hokkaido milk. But Shirlyn, preferred the Hokkaido milk. She claimed that she liked the heavier taste of the milk flavor
. 

The texture of the crepe cakes are more or less same with the crepe cake in Nadeje, Humble Beginnings or Crepe Cake in Northam Beach Cafe. The mixture of the multi layer cake and cream distinguish it from the others. Where we can feel the multi-layer of the slices cakes in between the cream. As usual I like the way it melt and swim to stomach. 

Motcha RM10.90

Hokkaido Milk RM10.90

There are a shelf displays quite a few unique collection which have made the environment more attractive. Below is a wall paint. I like it so much. It shows we should treat everyday a wholly new dawn, new day and new feeling and the most important is  | I am Feeling GOOD |~ for everyday

Stay tune, there was another best Surprise enriched our day.

In a sudden, the waiter approached us and served us an ice cream with espresso topping when we were about to finish our cakes. He told us that we were lucky to be the 12th customer of them on the day. Everyday, the 12th customer in their shop is entitled a free ice cream. It's was so great to us. 

The mocha topping on the ice cream is filled with coffee fragrance. This is my favorite. I like the ice cream as well, it is as smooth as Mc Donald ice cream. It is less sweeter when the sweetness is diversified by the slightly bitter coffee.

This is the back door

This Trishaw displayed at the shop behind The Twelve Cups. I saw it when I went to the washing room located rights behind the Cafe. It wasn't so special, but I liked the antique feels of this photo.

The Twelve Cups information :-

Operation days : Daily (10.00 am - 12.00 am)

Location :

12, The Whiteaways Arcade, Beach Street, 

10300 Georgetown, Penang.

Contact : +604 - 262 6812

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/TheTwelveCups

Cendol and laksa @ Penang Road

I like Penang Road Cendol so much. It is tremendously irresistible when I am strolling in a motorbike under the equatorial hot sun with my Boyfriend. The cendol live up to its fame and popularity. It is icy, and it is so rich with coconut milk fragrance and the brown sugar is so aromatic, ya, can you imagine how great it could be after a ride, the relief is maximum.

The mixture of slightly transparent green color cendol and the red beans rinsing inside the coconut milk with blended ice adding the mix up of brown sugar really make this simple dish become the best ever dish at once.

It is so famous and the sons of the boss have expanded their business to a few branches in Penang island and mainland with the name TeoChew Chendul. While, I felt it is different to taste the chendul in the new franchises. I still prefer the originality in Penang Road. The franchise normally located in shopping mall such as, Komtar walk, Sushine Farlim, Shop lot in Bagan Ajam(butterworth). Thus, it is well equipped with air cond. Thus, if you ever tried it under a scorching sun, you can feel the satisfaction of tasting this. It is definitely tastes way more better than serving in an air-con room.

While, they have expanded the business by having a shop in Penang Road, just few steps away from their stalls. The small shop sell laksa, and rojak. The small shop is equipped with air-con a few tables and chairs but it is too small to fit in the crowd.

This is the laksa. We can see it is crammed full with the fish meat. This is one of the best laksa can be found in Penang too. Laksa, Cendol, Rojak, what such a good combination of cuisine during tea time.

Last month I came here with my matriculation friends after cycling around george town. You can see the satisfaction on our sweaty and tired face. The cendol relaxed us and motivated us to continue the journey.

Penang Road Cendol information :
Operation Days & Hours : Dailly (10am-7.30pm)
Location: Lebuh Keng Kwee,10100, George Town, Penang
Price: Rm 2.20 (Subject to change)
Contact: 012-480 8135

Blended Peanut Drink / Peanut Milk Shake

Nowadays, you can see all the cafés and coffee shops selling milk shake, pearl milk tea beverage. It is no doubt that these drinks are very nice,I am especially passionate to pearl milk tea, chewing them while drinking is kind of fun. However, the price is so “GOOD” too. Most of them cost us at least RM5.90 per cup.

I like them but I can’t afford to have them too often. Well, in seberang jaya food court. It's just opposite Sekolah Kebangsaan Seberang Jaya 2 and quite near Sunway Carnival. There is a stall in the food court sells a blended drink which can compete with those pearl drinks.

The Blended Peanut Drink or we would call it as Peanut Milk Shake 

This drink has been sold for so many years in Seberang Jaya, and many people who stay in Butterworth know about it too. It is a simple drink where they blend peanut together with ice cube. I think they add the concentrated milk too. There are 3 different flavors Peanut, Red Bean, and Corn [Jagung].

It is really nice and it costs only RM1.80 (subject to change). I guarantee you will feel it worth much more than the money you spend.

* The food court is well known of their Jawa Mee too.

Blended Peanut Milkshake information :-
GPS Location : 5.396958,100.405195 (Lengkok Tenggiri Food Court)
Price: RM1.80 (subject to change)

Chili @ Gurney Plaze Penang

My sister is a typical great food hunter. She brought me here last year, after the "coach" handbag fair in Gurney Plaze Penang.

Besides the main course and We ordered "the Molten Chocolate Cake" a warm Chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling. Topped with vanilla ice-cream under a crunchy chocolate shell. I can smell the goodness of the chocolate muffin. When I scooped out the cake, the chocolate fudge split over the plate and further attracting our eagerness to finish. The only word to describe was "AWESOME". Their food was both good at appearance and taste. 

the Molten Chocolate Cake (RM 15.95)

I ordered Southwestern Grilled Lamb as my main course. The grilled lamb with Chili's special marinade. Served with mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy, seasonal veggies and garlic toast. My grilled lamb was medium done, this was my first time to try that. The taste was much better than well-done cooked lamb. This is because, the mutton is softer and smoother by at medium done, and it is more chewable. The mashed potato smell milky and smooth. It was melting easily in the mouth and swam directly to the stomach. I was almost fulled with the big serving of lamb, however I can't resist to finish all the mashed potatoes. What else left in my plate was the Garlic bread. I thought I would just leave it. While when I tried the first small piece, I knew I would have to finish it. It's crunchy and smell fragrantly.

Southwestern Grilled Lamb (RM 30.95)

Chili's information : -
Operation hours:
Sunday - Thursday :11.00am - 11.00pm
Friday & Saturday :11.00am - 12.00am
Location : 
Lot G-05, G Hotel Penang,
168A Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Pulau Pinang
Contact : 04 210 1111
Fax : 04 210 1100

E-mail : chilisghpg@chilis.com.my

Website : http://www.chilis.com.my/  or Menu

Humble Beginnings Crepe Cake

I tried this cake once when we were celebrating a uni's friend birthday. His GF ordered crepe cake AKA "thousand layer cake" in Mandarin. That was our first time to try this type of cake, we were so surprised to its deliciousness. The multi layers cake and the vanilla cream in between have made the cake taste so much different. Besides, the cake was very smooth which have allured us to try more.

Humble Beginning : -
Humble Beginnings’ Creations are essentially Mille Crepes. A Mille Crepe is a French Cake with “mille” meaning “a thousand”.
In our Creations, there are 20 layers of crepes with a delightful combination of Fresh Cream and Vanilla Custard between each layer.
The topmost layer is caramelized to give it a nice smoky sugary flavour. Everything is hand-made and hand-layered; a true labour of love.

Khang's GF ordered the 1/2 kg cake and there were more than 10 of us, so each and everyone can only try a very small slice of the cake. The little amount magnified the tastiness of the cake and it succeed to capture my attention and it has insist me to try again.

I ordered again in my 21st bday. Instead of booking online, I called the PIC in Penang. Well, I was really frustrated that time. There was only one line dealing with booking in Penang area, I had called for several times to reach the person. Well, okay. When I reached him, the line was not stable, and the person was rude. I was really upset at that time. however, I still decided to purchase the cake as I wanted to give my family members to try on this crepe cake too on my special day. | I'm turning to a lady soon |

In Butterworth, they will send the cake to a Floral Shop besides, Tao Cuisine in Auto City, Juru. We have to pick it up by myself. To be honest, the cake was nice to be served in small portion. Everyone of us can't afford to take more than 2 pieces because it was so creamy.

The cake without topping

Oreo flavor

I tried Oreo, Vanilla flavor before. Both of them are the remarkable flavor in their shop. Another feature of the cake that attracts me is the sweetness. It is not so sweet and I believe that this is one of the added attraction to those who are health conscious.

People, you can order one for the birthday celebration. It is a fine cuisine to share with family.

* Humble Beginnings have their shop opened in Straits Quay, Penang now. Many of my friends have tried it. All I heard was positive feedback.* 

Humble beginnings' information :
Contact numbers:

Johor Bahru : +6012 6358035
Kuala Lumpur/ Petaling Jaya : +6017 2458035
Penang/Prai : +6012 4858035
Singapore : +65 64921695
Website : http://www.humblebeginnings.com.my/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/HumbleBeginningsMilleCrepe
Price :
1/2 kg : RM72
1kg : RM92
add RM12 with topping

You may also like : another Crepe Cake in Penang

Black Ball Dessert @ 1st Avenue mall

Yesterday I was off earlier at 3pm as my director approved after Quarter End closing. It was so hot when I reached my hostel. I was so thrilled as my roommate said "let's get some dessert."

We spot a newly opened "Black Ball Grass Jelly Dessert" in 1st Avenue Mall. Thanks to Foursquare which have really introduced most of the nice / new food for us. This is something quite similar to Snowflake and is quite trendy recently. There are more and more cafes are selling this kind of dessert


We can add milk to the dessert. Full of jelly.


The stall

We ordered warm dessert, you know girls can't take too many coldies. There was a TV showing the process to make the Grass Jelly in Taiwan. [The founder, a Taiwanese, and the ingredients are all imported from Taiwan]. I was so amazed to know that the dark black grass jelly is processed by Real Grass. Well, it was tasty and the jelly was very Q and smoothThis is the first time I took hot one, really nice.

I think the hot serving taste nicer, as it has tense aromatic fragrance as compare to the cold serving. Besides, the jelly were smoother. However, mostly will choose the cold one. Ordinary we crave for dessert is because of hot weather or perhaps bad mood. As such, cold dessert is more satisfying.

I believe that it can be easily accepted by children, youngsters and working adults regarding its taste and price. The price of  its items are affordable and reasonable.

Something about the dessert

PS : It is just located directly opposite 1st Avenue TGV cinema.



Black Ball Taiwanese Tea & Dessert information :-
Operation Days : Daily
Location : 
8-3A, 8th Floor, 1st Avenue, 182, 

Jalan Magezine, Georgetown, Penang
Price : RM 6.90
Contact : 016-4423953

Tea Garden @ Jalan Ong Yi How

Jenny asked for a gathering after we have been lost contact for half year. She suggested to go Tea Garden in Jalan Ong Yi How shop house. This was because, she tried the drink before and she like it. Besides, there fundamental attraction was Tea Garden provided "unlimited refilled" of French Fries. *wink*

I like the environment of the cafe. There are many small games like UNO, building blocks, millionaire, pocker and so forth provided. Besides, there are 2 PCs free provided for surfing net and plenty of books for reading too. All of the games, net, books are provided free. This is an good and suitable place for gathering. As normally we prefer to have some simple games when we are having gathering. This is based on the cannily plan of the boss. He knows well that a more private yet "open" corner is the strategic location for gathering. There is only one partition and it can fit in around 10 people.

This the french fries

Their french fries have a lil different. I think it is prepared by the mixture of potato and also sweet potato. Moreover, I guess they make the french fries themselves, and this is the reason that they could afford the unlimited refilled.

Signature Roasted Milk Tea

Milky Strawberry

Description: 

Tea-Garden (“TG”) is a specialty Taiwan beverages & deserts chain operator. TG uses a system that is new to the beverage service industry to provide cold and hot beverages in a convenient and time-efficient way. TG provides its customers the quality and refreshing taste for various choices of bubble teas, custom-blended espresso drink, freshly brewed coffee, or other beverage
copy from Tea Garden Facebook page

Subsequent review :

Tea Garden Jalan Ong Yi How has renovated their shop. Now, there is a glass partition. The place is free for reservation. We can simply call them to make the reservation when there is any gathering. This is such a 

Tea Garden information :-
Operation days & hours: 
Mon - Thu: 11am-12am
Fri-Sat: 11am-1am
Sun: 11am-12am 

Location : Lorong Teras Jaya 2, 13400 Butterworth, Penang
Price : RM 4.90 - Rm6.90
Contact : 04-323 2857
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/TG.teagarden

Frosty Delight Delicious Yogurt Ice Cream

Do you love Tutti Frutti yogurt ice cream
Yummy right, and it is expensive right?
But now you have an alternative in Penang Island Sungai Dua Tesco Extra

This is how the stall looks, simple but sells awesome yogurt Ice Cream

There is a stall over there selling yogurt ice cream at a surprisingly low price RM0.99 only(subject to change)
The stall looks like an ordinary ice cream stall in a shopping center.
There are quite a number flavors of ice cream sold, with the service of warm and welcoming staff

There is only one flavor for Yogurt ice cream, that is natural.
The ice cream is not that creamy but fluffy.
And it tastes light sweet and sour just a lovely yogurt
Therefore it still taste delicious after your meals
And It is extremely appetizing before you meal as well.
Here is it :)

Yummy Yummy

If you are students of USM, you should go and try it, it is real cheap, and spread this lovely news around. =)

Frosty Delight information : 

Address : 

675, Tesco, Jalan Sungai Dua,

11800 Penang, Gelugor

Contact: 04-6568344