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A day at Queensbay Mall

I personally love hanging around Queensbay Mall, regularly once in a week when I have time. Why? It's something related to a book store there... hehehe. 

Some new stuffs in Starbucks here. Their new cake looks ugly, and have some very bad review, thus, I didn't try that. Starbucks' muffins do have some good reviews. I especially love their Banana Chocolate Muffin. Today, I try out their new Espresso Caramel Muffin, they do taste great! Here's the tips for Starbucks visitors, choose the muffins only! All other food are junks! All the cakes and pastries by Starbucks are junks! ONLY MUFFINS ARE GREAT! Why? Their cakes are unattractively decorated, over priced, dry, lack of taste, and use artificial flavorings! Their pastry are stinky oily, and nothing special and overpriced! Only muffins worth its price tag!

After sitting and reading lots of "free books" in Starbucks, I bought this soy bean milk drink! The fragrance of the soy bean tempted me to buy it! It really taste great! I can see their machine full of soy bean pastes. It's the real thing! They did use the real soy beans to make the soy milk, better than ChaTime and all those other bubble milk tea which uses milk powder! (You might "pee diamond" if you drink too much milk powder from China!) Let's switch to all natural soy bean milk! :D Peace!

Austin Chase Queensbay Mall
Location: Queensbay Mall, Penang.
48HoChiak Level:   Coffee = 5/10  Tea = 1/10   Cakes = 8/10    Foods = 3/10
Cuisine: Fusion
What's Best: ???
Price Range：RM12++

Austin Chase is having discounts for their cakes! They previously taken in the Penang famous Humble Beginning Mille Crepe. However, their price tag is too high. They cost twice compare to those in Secret Recipe. I must say, their cakes have the quality, just that it's too expensive. Each of them RM12.90 in normal price. Yes, they taste good, better than secret recipe. They just lack of fancy decorations and priced too high. Now they have 50% discount on cakes. It's a great chance to get a piece of cake and try it for yourself! You'll hate Secret Recipe once you tried their cakes! 

Their tea is from Twining's, nothing special, very expensive, the worst of all! I can make a better and cheaper Twining's at home, just buy the tea bags from grocery and soak the tea bag myself! Their Coffee, isn't as good as Starbucks'. I ordered Caramel Macchiato, and the foam is not smooth! However, their caramel have some vanilla flavour in it, making it taste unique.

Their food? A disappointment! Please take note on their "Pictures are for illustration purpose only" fine prints on their beautifully photographed menu! The photo above is the real thing! While the photo in the menu showing that the sandwich comes with potato wedges and some green pesto sauces.

The taste, still acceptable! Overall, still expensive. Well, you may try this place if you want some cozy, fast internet connection. Try their cakes, they are great.

48HoChiak! Dai Sek Thong, Kulim. (Night)

Dai Sek Thong, Kulim
Location: Kulim.
48HoChiak Level: 5/10
Cuisine: Fusion
What's Best: ???
Price Range：RM2++

This is my first visit to this cafe. Middle class F&B business is not easy. After closing down of Coffee Hut and lots of other cafes around the town area, this one still survive. The food price is reasonable, and can be considered as "Family Cafe".

The only problem is, this cafe have very limited variety of food and beverage served. They do not have fresh fruit juice. They serves very common Chinese food. The good thing is, they portion of the food is really big. I ordered Jingdu Pork Rice, and there's lots of pork given. Look at the photo below: the amount of pork meat covering half of the plate. 

Overall, if you are looking for a reasonably priced family cafe with some clean environment in Kulim, I think this is the place. Honey Bakery serves expensive junks! :P

New Year New Recipe!!!

My mom always loves to experiment on the ingredients and come out with something new. The ingredients can be so simple, and she will always able to make some delicious new recipe. Another talent that she has, is able to recreate a dish without knowing the recipe! Lets share some of her new creation during this Lunar New Year.

Green Apple Sweet Corn Soup
Ingredients: Green Apples, Sweet Corn, Lean Pork, some salt.
The soup is so simple, light and tasty. The apples boiled until tender, the sweetness of the corn have covered the sourness of the apples.

Fried Fish with Pickled Onion Sweet Sour Sauce
Ingredients of the sauce: Pickled Onion (蕎头）, Fresh Tomato, Spring Onion, Tauchu.

Just pour everything into the wok and lightly simmer the pickled onion. The pickled onion is crunchy and taste sweet and sour, giving it a unique flavor. 

It's a simple Lunar New Year dishes, not sumptuous, no expensive seafood, and it is light, unique and healthy. I personally think that this is a great way to celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead of all those abalone, shark fins, sea cucumber, lobster... etc, all those food which has little flavor profile, why not we just make something new out of all our everyday meal? Both recipe above invented by my lovely dragon mom! Yes, she's 60 this year! (Not yet, her birthday is on November).

We are so lucky to have an Inventor Chef in our family! We love you Mom!!! Muack muacks!

山珍海味，不及一顿吃得开心的粗茶淡饭。

新年前夕，前一天，陪同某某吃了一顿山珍海味。其实，心里真的一点也不开心。没有想到餐桌上一大堆奇怪的动物，不见得是对身体健康好的东西。看着父亲把食物放在嘴里，心里拼命的担心。很久很久以前，就是很多官员，企图杀害皇帝，所谓的山珍海味，就是慢慢毒杀皇帝而创造的。高胆固醇，高毒性， 高脂肪的食物，也并不是美味口。

自己家的团圆饭，吃得安心，吃得开心，才是我最爱的团圆饭。母亲自己下厨的，清淡得来，却充满了幸福的感觉。我就是希望每一年的新年都能有那么快乐安心的一顿团圆饭。

Wild Wild Kulim! Catch of the Day!

I don't have those professional grade cameras, these are my best shots! Out of hundred clicks! Taking photos of animals aren't easy! Especially when they are wild and scared of us. I unable to catch photos of the pelicans, they are too fast. 

I think he is the boss of the gang. His eyebrow is the brightest and not afraid of me when i go near to them. He stays alert and staring at me.

Beautiful skin! They look gorgeous to be alive on their own meat. Not on leg or under people's  armpit! This guy actually very big in size, moving slowly, and I capture the photo very far away.

The Cutest EVER! (>..<) Kawaii! He hugging mommy, his size is just a little bit bigger than two of my palm... This is my best shot ever!