As much as I wanted to avoid going to Straits Quay (been there too many times), I was tempted by pork knuckle promoted by KSC. How can I resist a delicious PORK KNUCKLE? Jom!!!
This Irish style establishment located at Straits Quay same side with Dome Cafe. Although it doesn’t looks exactly what I’d imagined, it still looks pretty pleasant.
Healy Mac’s
This corner kinda secluded & cozy
Without having 2nd thought, pork knuckle was my order. Even the small portion came out to be gigantic. Just look at my pint of Guinness.
Healy’s Pork Knuckle
This dish comes with spiced potatoes & pickled vege. The black sauce given is slightly bitter which I believe made with Guinness. I didn’t take much of it as the BBQ sauce applied on the pork knuckle is delightful enough. The meat was scrumptious perfectly matched by crispy roasted skin. Even shared 1/4 of it, I was not able finish this god damn thing.
KSC ordered grill cod which was equally mouthwatering. The portion was small enough for her to share some of my pork knuckle. Else, we will be strike by lighting for wasting too much food.
Healy’s Grilled Cod
It was a long dinner session accompanied by some beverages.
How can you not order a pint of Guinness in an Irish pub
I don’t think any guy would want to order this, Strawberry Magarita
End with a glass of Rocking Jameson Irish Whiskey
I was quite satisfied with the food served. However, I’m still wondering why all the service in those restaurant I’ve been to are the same. BAD! needs major improvement. Hope to see some improvement in this area.
If you’re Penangites, when is your last time you’ve visited Penang Butterfly Farm, how many times in your entire life you’ve visited the place out of the reason to appreciate the park for its educational purposes and its wide range of butterflies species. I personally will not go if I do not have any guest from outstation. I realised I was totally wrong about this concept. My recent trip back to Penang has brought to me a meaningful experience of touring the park under bright hot afternoon sunlight to experience with my own eyes & of course my Canon G10 to deliver to you some beautiful species displayed below.
Entrance to the butterflies sanctuary
Young butterfly – Caterpillar
Hypolimnas bolinaThe Great Egg Fly Nymphalidae feeding on Bunga Raya
Paper Kite nom nom nom
Butterflies Happy Hour
Thirsty Butterfly
Established in the year 1985, the Penang Butterfly Farm served two objectives as first tourist attraction and secondly as centre for education and scientific research. Housed more than 4000 Malaysian butterflies of 120 different species, the unique part of the park is its free flying papilions in the enormous enclosure.
Endangered Yellow Birdwing (Troides helena) – Huge butterfly it is.
A walk through the park has also inspired me to know more about butterflies & how they are symbolised in some of the cultures in the olden days. Japanese has symbolised the butterflies to personification of human whether they are living or dead. They also believed if a butterfly flew into the guestroom & perched on the bamboo screen, someone you loved most is coming to see you. The Greek meanwhile sees butterflies as soul or mind. While most culture associate butterflies with bad omen, the Chinese on the other hand believed that 2 flying butterflies together is associated with love.
The brief write up above is with the hope to encouraged more and more people to go and see for yourself the enchanting beauty of this colourful flying species. On top of that, you can find many funny looking insects in the butterfly farm.
If you are bored with the normal beer selections, move your ass now and drop by Brussels Beer Cafe and order a Grimbergen. I personally think you won’t be disappointed. To be honest, I’m not a beer kind of person. I think I will get drunk with beer easier than any other alcoholic drink. Just my feel and doesn’t means this is 100% true. In fact, I got drunk with any alcohol drink quite easily. I’m a cheap drinker and it helps the wallet.
Well, weeks ago, I was invited to Brussels Beer Cafe Menara Hup Seng for the soft launch on an awesome Belgium abbey beers. I was kinda impressed to discover the beer was 1st brewed in 1128 by monk. YES monk! Can’t believe ancient monk is contributing to some amazing beer we are drinking today.
This Belgian ale is definitely one of the smoothest beer in town. In contrary to its smoothness, it’s rich and flavorful. Instead of the normal sourish taste on ale, this one produces sweet after taste. To me, this is a very nice, easy to drink ale. Oh, it does comes with 6.7% ABV to make you really happy after few glasses.
Check out the bottom right corner. 6.7%
Brussels is generous enough to take good care of our stomach with their famous Roasted Pork (Siew Yuk), Pork Sausages with fries, amazing garlic bread and mussels + Grimbergen + Cheese + Bacon (with these combination, how can it not be awesome?)
I miss the garlic bread already
I couldn’t remember exactly how many times the refilling took place.
The golden fluid of happiness
The more refill we got, the level of enjoyment increases.
The boss of Luen Heng showing us how to down your drink and he bought all of us Jägermeister
And the fun begins.
Grimbergen transformed Suanie OMG!
I was happily wearing my Grimbergen’s hat. That’s how fun Grimbergen can be
What’s worst? Try finish this video clip and you will know how we rock Brussels Menara Hup Seng.
Just imagine this, Grimbergen can turned Carlsberg’s MD Mr. Soren into a rapper and how can the nite not be happening? Superb beer, awesome hospitality, great companion and it was one hell of a nite. Yam~ Seng~
Some time back in July 2010, I was returning to hometown for a business trip. @khoosc excitedly informed me of a newly opened place in town serving Sichuan & Hunan cuisine – Chin’s. Situated right beside the ferry terminal, under the same group as Soho, the place was luxuriously decorated in a totally awesome oriental style setting. Focusing on serving quality cuisine, they employed a troupe of Chinese chef to ensure the authenticity of their menu.
This unique by the sea restaurant is really exquisitely designed, decorated with hand painting saucers on each tables only to be displayed and not for use. Plus, there is a calligraphy art on the bar counter.
I was fascinated by first the interior design & second its menu that I insisted on placing the orders myself for a group of 4 of us.
Entrance & bar
Classy Interior & distinguish setup
Such views not too much to ask for when you are in Penang right?
Chinese cucumber salad (pretty much like what I tried in China)
Duck Confit, best dish of the night.Crispy aromatic skin with succulent meat wrap together with green onions and sweet sauce in a thin sheet of special pancake.
Steamed diced green and red pepper fish. Never find this type of cooking any place else other than here. It was one of the delicacy of HuNan Cuisine.
MaPo Taufu, the famous SiChuan dish
Chili Chicken. Not usual here in Malaysia. This dish was no where near what I tried back in China.
Oil Cooked Beef. Very silky and delicious. Good.
4 seasons beans. Long bean fried with dried shrimps, minced pork, chili and some garlic. Not quite similar to its origin taste but acceptable
Jello cakes for dessert
Fried pumpkin & red bean. Awesome shit. slurps
Service from the manager was at its top notch – regularly followed up on the taste of their food. All I have to say, it’s a fabulous place with a pleasant ambience and most important great food. Chin’s is by far the nearest to any Sichuan and Hunan cuisine I’d enjoyed while I was based in China for work. Thumbs up!
My spine is getting dry. I miss swimming with all the fishes underwater. Every time I watch this video, it makes me wanna pack and depart for some compress air immediately. Season opened and I’m broke for this activity. So how? Anyone wanna buy my G10? Wanna sell it for diving trip. (Desperate right? LOL)
This video was taken during my dive trip in Anilao Philippines which I posted previously. Hope you like it as much as I do. When is my 1st dive trip for this year? Haiz……
