eating days :P

been having a great time in penang since Monday. Colleen has been most gracious to house me at her place and we've enjoyed some nice "makan" [eating] at various places in Penang.

*sigh* if only penang was just a bridge away from KL, taking a 5 hour bus ride nearly killed me on Monday. I'd so rather drive up than sit there in the morning trying to make myself fall asleep, it just doesn't work too well.

Monday ~

we arrived around 3pm on Monday at the bus station and Uncle was there to fetch us back to their place. Then we drove out to eat at a nearby hawker area... reminds me abit of "wei sek kai" at SS2 but definitely muchmuch nicer! I had Char Hor Fun, Colleen had curry mee... we both shared Pasembor which was tasty...soft, crunchy, sweet, savoury and spicy..all rolled into one! Next for dinner, we drove off to eat claypot beef.. served in a piping hot claypot with cabbages, slices of succulent beef, garlic and beef balls, it was the most ideal and filling meal to eat with rice and chili sauce! The best thing was we could ask for more soup FOC :D Not outdone yet... our stomachs were filled by the famous Ramli burger and hotdogs sold nearby Colleen's place where the burgers are SQUARE in shape (i kid you not) and covered or i should say slathered with oozings of mayonnaise. I ordered a burger cheese telur [egg] special which is my favourite! Heaven was in my stomach on Monday night :D 

pssst! I found out the secret ingredient for the burgers, jiarong! want to ask me what it is? it's not coconut.. but something else :P

Tuesday ~

woke up to follow colleen out to send joanne [her sister] to college in town and we dined at House of DimSum (dian xin zi jia). More than 5 plates and it comes to less than rm20! amazing stuff! stuffed myself with good chee cheong fun, friend dim sum, siew mai, jasmine tea (sorry Colleen, i forgot to tell you my tea preferences). 

next stop was to visit the Baptist Book Store at Jalan Burma and we had a short while of browsing through books and looking up stuff there. Small but well stocked book store. I like the bookmarks there :D After the visit, we decided to make our way to the famous fried oyster (o jian) and feast on a plateful of fried oyster. Crispy, tasty and slick in your mouth, it's to die for! Specially delicious when you mixed it well with some of its chili sauce. Gosh...melts in your mouth. The best thing about Penang is, seafood doesn't have a fishy taste to it cuz it's so much fresher than KL's seafood *slurp*

isn't it heaven on a plate *wink wink*