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Coming to the end of 2010, I thought it would be a good idea to share my last short trip of the year up north

It was a compact 2 days of road trip, packed with food and sight seeing!

What’s Penang without Kek Lok Si right?

Hello spanking new Puma shoes! Not mine of course

What’s Penang without Asam Laksa right?

It still tasted the same as 6 years ago!

Hello gorgeous! She must be excited to get her dose of Asam Laksa.

Located at the Air Hitam along the wet market, finding parking as hell!

Assam Laksa Air Itam Market
Pasar Road
11500 Air Itam
Penang

After touring the Kek Lok Si and the extensive walking, we were drenched in sweat.

It was a bliss to be able to nap before dinner

Our dinner destination: Bali Hai along the Gurney drive!

Bali Hai Seafood Market: 90, 90A, 90B, 90C & 90D, Persiaran Gurney, 10250 Penang.  (04-2288272)

Some may say that it is  over-priced, but but, I love the dishes there! My last visit was 1.5 years ago already!

I must say things have not changed much except for the increased weight. Bummer!

Crowd started pouring in as early as 6pm+.

HELLO CHOLESTEROL! It was so good we licked every bit of the yolk clean!

We ordered 2 roe crabs to be cooked in salted egg, which cost about RM48. It was RM75/kg.

Kam Heong Lala @ RM15.

The kam heong is quite different from the usual dried one, it is more to the sambal side, absolutely tasty too!

And yes, most of the shells had meat

Mango chicken @RM15.

As good as it is, I feel that this is overpriced with such small portion.

Sambal bamboo shoots @ RM15.

You see, they have a strategy of taking order, they will also ask if you want to add prawns or scallops into the vege. Bear in mind that, once added, the price could be 400% of the plain vegetable.

After the satisfying dinner, we walked to Gurney Plaza and the hawker area from Bali Hai.

It was about a 15-min walk.

We entered G-Hotel to tour a little.

They still had the Christmas tree up!

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Hello everyone! Merry Christmas (Belated) and Happy New Year soon!

Since I just got a Canon S95, now I have the motivation to blog again! (If not, please remind me ^_^ )

It is very rare of me to visit the same restaurant twice in a single month, but this House of China in Kepong, I have paid them 2 visits consecutively for 2 weekends!

And I would really like to share my new find – House of China, specializing in Peking Duck!

It is not a huge restaurant, and it can get crowded on weekend dinners.

They have set menus for 4 pax, 6 pax, 8 pax and also 10 pax.

For a family of us (5), we ordered a set for 4 @RM128.00.

Bummer is, the set menu is in Chinese, could be a headache for those who can’t read. And the waitress speak Mandarin only. I was told that the chef is from China.

The set comes with half a duck which will be cooked in 2 dishes.

Of course, Peking duck is the recommended here!

This is a 1/4 of the duck. Being different from the usual Peking duck, it comes with meat too!

And the skin is not the regular thin and small one. This is about the size of a saucer.

I love the crispy skin of the duck!

And another 1/4 is being cooked with black pepper soup.

It tastes exactly like the pig stomach black pepper soup, except that this is much better, thicker, pepper-er. And the duck meat is soft too

You can be rest assured that your 1/2 is definitely served to you, and you won’t secretly wonder if the meat has been taxed or not.

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Last week, I had a short work trip to Kuching, the journey took about 1.45 hr of flight from KL to Kuching. I don’t wanna talk about the flight experience…I hate taking flights especially if it is a short journey in Air Asia. Out of 3x experience with them, I had vomited 2x due to the nausea.

Ew!

Anyway, what I would like to share here is my stay – Pullman Kuching!

To my surprise, it was much better than I thought.

Checking into Pullman Kuching.

There is a new shopping mall underneath the hotel too. Though not many shops opened, but there is Old Town, Marry Brown, MNG..etc. Unfortunately, there is no supermarket. But there is  a small 24/7 convenience store. It’s really a small store though.

The tall Christmas tree is set up right in the center of the lobby.

The huge waiting area is really spacious.

Of course, I couldn’t wait to check out my room!

Hello King bed! It was all mine that night.

This superior room has a King bed, and a work station.

The work station. However, there is no free Internet in Pullman and it was pricey.

Well, thank goodness I have my Maxis 3G broadband. The speed is fast in Kuching!

As for the TV channels, there were popular ones like HBO, Star Movie, CNN, Channel News Asia and etc.

They have a bathrub in the bathroom, wish there was a jacuzzi instead!

The toiletries are quite complete, and you can request to borrow an iron for free too.

The glass door partitioning the shower.

After touring my room, it was dinner time!

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Ding Tai Fung in The Gardens has just been renovated. The whole place looks brighter now and can accommodate more patrons so if you see a Q, rest assure that you usually don’t have to wait longer than 20 mins.

There is now a private function room for 10 pax. You can now celebrate special occasions in this room. Make sure you book in advanced first   If you are a regular, you will now see new wallpaper too

Appetizers are one of the must-orders items. I especially love the House Special Appetizer (bottom right corner), it tastes like sze-chuan style vegetables.

The new addition to the appetizers family – Golden Pumpkin with Salted Egg @RM3.80.

Love the soft bite, but crunchy on the outside! Deep fried with salted egg..ahh heavenly!

We  have also tried this Drunken Chicken, soaked with wine and served chilled, it makes a perfect starter.

And oh, it is boneless whole thigh too!

Introducing – Truffle Xiao Long Bao RM12/2 p cs!!!

Can you see the dark glow shining from the almost-translucent skin?

BLISS!

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