Tiger Prawn For Lunch

Its just great to be back in my hometown Penang. My father just came back from Kota Kinabalu and he bought a few kilos of tiger prawn (udang harimau). It was so big and fresh and it cost RM60 perkilo in Kota Kinabalu. I knew the price here in Semenanjung may hike up to RM130 perkilo for this jumbo tiger prawn.My mom did the butter prawn for lunch and it was very tasteful. I could only eat up 4 four of it and end up full already. The taste was juicy...

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Deep Purple in Malaysia!

Date: 16 May 2010I had this opportunity to watch Deep Purple Concert at Genting Arena Al Stars. Thanks to Ariff, a friend of mine back in Penang who came to KL for the concert. He had extra tickets since his dad can not make it to KL the same day.Even though I don't really know about Deep Purple, but I really enjoyed it. The only song I know is Soldier of Fortune but unfortunately they didn't sing that song. Its full of energy, and that is what...

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Home Made Siakap 3 rasa

My wife did the siakap 3 rasa (sweet and sour barrumandi) and it was marvelous! The siakap cost less than RM10 and home made cook is always good and healthy.a little bit of spice is just niceAnd for our open house next raya, my wife will be making char koey tiow, nyum nyum. Just plan 4 month ahead:)Muhammad bin Kamarulaz...

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Work Trip To Bandung part 5

Final day, we went to Tangkuban Parahu, its a dead volcano and the only place in Indonesia where tourist are allowed to visit such place. The scenery was awesome! We went down to Kawah Domas to experience the hot spring and mud massage. It took about half and hour jungle tracking from the car park to the Kawah Domas. I bought the volcano mud and also sulfur and manage to bring it back to Malaysia without any problem at the airport custom!can smell...

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Work Trip To Bandung part 4

Our fourth day we had went to Nasi Bancakan for lunch. It looks like a kedai nasi kandar, but Indonesia style where you just need to pick any food you want. The food is unic where you can also get ox colon, those siput sedut which is quite different to the Malaysian one and many more.Nasi Bancakan Restaurantthe siput seduthoneydew, taste great!plenty to chooseenjoying the mealMuhammad bin Kamarulaz...

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Work Trip To Bandung part 3

Day 3 we had lunch at Vin's Berry Restaurant, a nice restaurant with great foods. I had nasi goreng steak 3 rasa (can't really remember the name) and it was really delicious! My office mate, Amir had a Sundanese food which was rice covered with banana leaf and grill beef with veggies. And desert, we had ice cream covered with strawberry souce.ice cream with strawberry soucenasi goreng steak 3 rasasundanese foodCihampelasWe went to Cihampelas for...

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Work Trip To Bandung part 2

talking with the owner of the guest houseAll I wanted to share is about the foods in Bandung. There are several types ranging from Sundanese, Padang, and Indonesian local dishes. Our partner in Bandung took us to some of the great restaurant in Bandung. My first dish for day 2 is the nasi goreng buntut. Its sounds like something not right, only if its translated in Bahasa. Nasi goreng buntut is actually fried rice with oxtail., or nasi goreng ekor...

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Work Trip To Bandung part 1

Its my first time visiting Indonesia and the first place to go is Bandung. Quite a nice place and its a shopping heaven for most of the tourist, especially Malaysian. We flew to Bandung on the 2nd May 2010 and a representative of one of our working partners had waited for us at the Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Bandung.De' Tropis Guest Housetasty sate padang... We went straight to De Tropis Hotel which is a small hotel which was really...

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