Pulau Tikus and its good food...

Pulau Tikus...my favourite town on the island of Penang. I always get a nice feeling whenever I'm in that area. Besides being near the sea...Gurney Drive is just a stone throw from it...it also boasts of nice hawker food in the various coffee shops found in the town. One of them is Swee Kong Coffee Shop which is located on Solok Moulmein just opposite the Pulau Tikus Police Station. I usually go for three things whenever I go to that coffee shop...the hokkien mee (Penang's prawn noodles), fried wantan and the original apom balik. The hokkien mee has a nice prawn-flavoured soup and is normally sold out before 9a.m. I like the fried wantan because of its crispiness and its adequate fillings and the apom balik is authentic to me because it is cooked in claypots and of course tastes original and nice. Check them out if you happen to be in the area.

yummy hokkien mee at Swee Kong...

the crispy fried wantan...

and of course the original apom balik...notice the banana leaf below it...supposed to add flavour to the apom...



Happy food hunting and as usual have fun always!

nice weekend

Had a great time last week...went to Hard Rock Hotel, Batu Feringgi to listen to Strollers 2 belting out hits from the 60s and 70s. It was like taking a stroll down memory lane...more so with this band cos the drummer, Hussein is the original member from The Strollers who were very popular in the 60s and 70s. How could I forget their hits like "Do what you gotta do", "Silly Joke", "Midday Sun" and "Just As I Am"? Anyway before we went to the hotel we dropped in at Guan Guan Cafe located just after the Parkroyal Hotel for an early dinner. Food was okay except this time it was a bit too salty for some of us. But most of the time the food is nice. You can check out...its inchi kabin (fried chicken marinated with a certain spice), garlic fried squids, prawn omelette, sambal fried kangkong and its spring roll (my favourite).

@ Guan Guan Cafe

Strollers 2 @ Hard Rock Hotel

lew and yours truly with hussein and desi (both in the

middle), drummer and leads/percussion respectively

say "rock on"!

The same weekend also attended the opening ceremony of Galeri Seni Mutiara (2nd gallery) at the invitation of our artist friend, Mr Koay Soo Kau. The gallery is located at Lot No.2 & 4, First Floor, The Whiteaways Arcade, Lebuh Pantai, Penang. Below the gallery is OldTown White Coffee. It was nice catching up with an old friend. Check out the gallery if you happen to be in that area which is slowly being 'refurbished' to bring back its past glory.

with Koay Soo Kau (the guy in white shirt)

partial view of the gallery on Church Street


the gallery is above OldTown...

Till the next posting, rock on always...