Hostel Ah Wai, Hostel Ah Zai at Alor Star Kedah

By 靜涵 ♥ - June 19, 2018

Hostel Ah Wai, Hostel Ah Zhi places you in the center of Alor Star, steps from Kedah State Art Gallery and within a short 5 minutes stroll to Balai Besar. Go a little further, and you'll reached to coffee shops. Shopping, food, attractions just around the hostel. While easy transport and free parking is a plus. Parking available right opposite to the hostel. If you're coming by commuter, take a Grab and is just RM4 from the train station, of course, by using the promo code will be free of charge! The noise it makes at night is the biggest con for someone who's light sleeper. Clunk Clunk Clunk consistently. Perhaps you'll get a snorer in your dorm room to distract you. NO WORRIES. They have earplug for you! Totally free and will block out sound and wouldn't distract by the sound.

This hostel is a formal typical goldsmith shop being progressively renovated and excellently located within 5 minutes to the nearby train station. Most of all the owner of the Hostel keeps as much as history as possible within the unit. Sound cool right.

Smoking Area

This hotel is also smoking friendly, with a dedicated smoking area available. The smoking area is at the back of the hostel. It has the comfy couches.

Common Area - Dinning Table and Kitchen

Another small plus is the owner will provide local breakfast outside. The kitchen has plenty of equipment and large enough for everybody. It always nice when they provide free water, bread, coffee and tea maker and jam 24/7. All the room features free WiFi , statelite TV. Well, complimentary snacks also provided.

Dorm

The dorm was considered quite spacious for me, and they did have a big locker right beside the room to keep your things safely. You will get our own private space, clean and comfy tent with different name of the tent. Beds are sturdy. Doesn't feel like an earthquake whenever someone walking in or outside uses the ladder. Mattress are premium linens and Pillow are good with plenty of sockets beside the bed so no worries about out of battery! Blankets was comfortable. Air conditioner keeps the room as cold as you like. Of course, a personal lamp in case you need light when everyone else doesn't.

Toilet

Hostel bathroom can be the worst part of budget travel, but they're not all bad. Some are actually just as nice as you'd find in a hotel.

There is a one mix bathroom for everyone are perfectly adequate and available. Shampoo and shower gel are provided. You'll find nice touches like slippers and free toiletries there. Service and cleanliness were what you'd expect. We never had to wait to find an available shower.

If hot shower is important to you, they do have hot shower!

Part II coming soon. Please stay tuned!
Next post will be what we having around there and other facilities of this hostel! Please Stay Tuned!

Hostel Ah Wai, Hostel Ah Zhi

87 Pekan Rabu 05000 Alor Star Kedah

012 5972274

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Incredible 3D Beverage Art @ Coffee on the table Penang

By 靜涵 ♥ - June 13, 2018

Nowadays people likes to enjoy a cup of coffee while chit-chatting with friends or dealing with business partners. Penang, the pearl of the orient not only famous with painting, food, but now with various of Heritage cafe that served nice coffee too. In this post you can find out the incredible 3D Coffee Art in Penang at Coffee On the Table. Integration between vintage and modernity along with a serene environment are what you can find here in Coffee On The Table. Sitting elegantly in the heart of the busy Beach Street in Penang, this exquisite hideout offers a comfortable and calm sitting to its customer.

This is also a new spot in the core of Penang that offering great cakes, coffee and food. Here also a dessert heaven where you can enjoy a whole different sweet sensation, as its provides a top-notch homemade food and beverages. Finally we got to the highlight Earl Grey Raspberry crepe cake . My first choice :P Forget about any other types of cakes, once you've had a taste of this, it'll be all you're ever going to need or want in this lifetime.

Purple sweet potato having a hint of sweetness, a flora nose, and a caramel-sweet finish. LOL It's actually taste like a sweet potato. I always feel left out of cafe culture. I don't like coffee and fussy about how my tea is made and hot chocolate means, but i have discovered a new love - The Sweet Potato Rose. The barista in this cafe little cafe in historic Georgetown have come up with a brilliant little twist. After pouring the usual milk and sweet potato, they take a lump of froth and turn it into a work of art. I'm so amazed that they get the milk foam to stand perfectly up to give a great 3D effect. This really gave my coffee a wow kick! Sweet potato rose is made from fresh ingredients such as sweet potato and mix with milk

The consistency of the Belgium Cheese cake was perfect, it was dense, smooth and creamy. The flavor was a wonderful blend of chocolate cake, hazelnut and cheese. Getting a slice when you're over at this cafe has gone past being highly recommended.

The wonderful garden series. If you not going for coffee or chocolate, this is your another choices! Sweet Potato Rose, Beetroot Hazelnut and Yam Vanilla. Those are healthy drink without espresso.

This nice pink beverage. Don't be afraid when you look at it! Every drinks they served doesn't contained artificial color. It made from natural and fresh ingredient - Beetroot and milk.

This possibly the cutest coffees ever! Not everyone can whip up amazing 3D beverage art but Coffee On the Table do. Each cup is perfectly sculptured so there is waiting time involved as well. However, they have perfect combo set as if you order any piece of cake and their famous 3D art beverage only RM27.90.

Yogurt Series RM15.90 each

Sweet Romance - It served in strawberry and honey

Cooling King - It is so hot whether in Penang that really compare to other cities, that is why they've created Cooling king, one of the yogurt blended series which will reduce heat inside your body. It served in mint leaves, cucumber and green apple.

Autumn Sunshine - This is so cooling, refreshing, healthy and best to drink when hot day. It served in orange, butterscotch and lemon!

Oriental Chicken RM24.90

The chicken local style grilled with Rice Aroma's Locl Herbs and Spice with a side of salad. The meat of the chicken is tender and the oriental sauce wasn't too spicy but both mixed together are amazing.

Aglio E Olio with seafood RM29.90

This traditional pasta stocked with lightly sauteed garlic flakes in extra virgin olive oil, sweet basil tomatoes an olives with lots of seafood such as large shrimps, mussels, scallops fresh salmon and clams. For me, it's quite a big portion at least for two person and the price is a good price.

The Egg Atlanic had their own unique but absolutely delicious twist. Absolutely love their hollandaise and eggs are poached perfectly. I definitely recommend the burger which came in a nice big English muffin, topped with smoked salmon, poached egg confit and homemade Holandaise Sauce.

Coffee On The Table

164 Lebuh Pantai 10300 Georgetown Pulau Pinang

+604 262 2611

* Display your PENANG GPS MEMBERCARD to get 10% discount

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Richard's Top Taste Cafe @ Perai Butterworth

By 靜涵 ♥ - June 11, 2018

Penang has lots of awesome western food, however for Richard's Top Taste Cafe, it is fusion food the reason why everyone keep returning for it. It is very popular for the locals as well. Richard's Top Taste Cafe were rather hidden in somewhere there pretty hard to find, the area is pretty silence at night and not much people around but with the help of GPS it is easy to find. I was actually quite taken by the decor. One of the most delightful this here is plenty of seating in the indoor and vintage decor really went well with the whole vibe of the place. You have a lot of choice of seating ~ This has an '' All people are welcome '' vibe as Richard's Top Taste Cafe having a Halal Certificate.

Looking at the menu, we were actually having a bit hard of time deciding what we wanted to have LOL especially since if this was the first time we were visiting, it seemed like almost everything on the menu was something we really wanted to try.

So the star of this dish is a lamb shank that has been sous-vide and then seared for good measure. We have absolutely fallen in love with sous-vide cooking because so far it yielded some really tasty and tender food especially when it comes to meat. The lamb juice was superb that different from others.

This Chicken Gordon Bleu is another highly recommended dish here. It was very crispy outside and went well with the sauce that was not too heavy. You can see that the breaded chicken breast is stuffed with chicken ham, filament stick, cheese, mushroom, mini corn and a side of salad.

Salmon Salad is as good as it looks, the salmon is fresh and put on top of mixed greens with a good balance of taste.

The oxtail is very juicy and tender and this has very very very tasty soup, with soft meat that falls off the bone. If you are looking for rich, dense, delicious NY style cheesecake, this is the exact opposite. The homemade cheesecake was soft in the texture, very delicious. This cake will stay together when you put your fork into it.

Overall,

Richard's Top Taste Cafe

3&5 Taman Inderawasih 13600 Perai Butterworth

Open daily AM1130 - PM230 PM6 - PM1030 Closed on Monday

Contact 04 3994342

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CANTONESE RESTAURANT | IMPERIAL COURT王朝海鲜酒家 @ THE TOP KOMTAR

By 靜涵 ♥ - June 05, 2018

ENJOYING MY DIM SUM and food @ IMPERIAL COURT ,the top komtar PENANG

It's been a while since I last eat my dim sum and i did crave for it recently just that did not manage to find friends to go along with me as when i wake it is already about brunch time and my friends already have different cravings at that time. Located at Level 6 The Top Komtar, Cantonese cuisine is Imperial Court's signature restaurant and it has a reputation of serving some of the nice dim sum in town. It's ala cart style so you will be ordering off the dim sum menu which includes selection of various steamed and deep fried dim sum, congee and snacks. In total, there are many items to choose from. With that said, I feel the overall quality of the dim sum here is just awesome.

Thanks Imperial Court for the invitation.

Lets start with the better ones first. Steamed scallop and seafood dumpling RM12 / 3pcs was probably the best dim sum i had that day. To save myself from repeating I am going to say I enjoyed every single dim sum i tried. The ingredients were fresh and you could tell that a skilful chef was behind the creation.

Imperial Dumpling Served with Shark's Fin in Supreme Stock RM 18 each. You know what, this probably can fit for 2 people! The portion totally give me a shock. The prawns were big and succulent and wrapped in snowy, translucent dough has a pleasant texture of chewy skin and firm stuffing , suggestion freshness of ingredient.

One of my favourite too. I like their Steamed Siew Mai RM8 / 3pcs. Prawn dumpling wrapped in wantan skin and topped with roe for being just the right size, because anything bigger cannot be regarded as 'dainty' and anything smaller would be stingy.

Deep Fried Yam Puff RM8 / 2pcs

Crispy and Juicy! Yam Puff also variety of dim sum served with Cantonese cuisine. It is a standard dish in Dim Sum restaurant in everywhere. The dumpling is deep fried and the outer layer of Yam Puff become crisp, light and fluffy. The filling is made from seasonal ground pork.

Wok fried Radish Cake with Egg & XO Sauce RM9

Fyi, XO sauce is one of the most luxury Chinese condiments. It is mainly made with dried scallops, dried shrimps, chilli peppers, shallot and garlic. It has a deep savoury and umami flavour with a little kick. It can be put on pretty much anything. They are especially good in fried rice, noodles and vegetables. In Imperial Court, Wok Fried Radish Cake with egg WITH XO Sauce is a quite well-known dim sum dish there. XO sauce and Radish Cake are excellent match. They don't take away from each other flavours, but make each other even better. In this dish, you get the savoriness from the sauce, the sweetness from the radish cake, the crunchiness from the bean sprouts. There are so much flavours going on, and you just can't get enough of.

Spanish Iberico Ribs RM14 / 100g

Spanish Iberico Ribs is heavenly. It may not look like much but believe me, it was packed full of flavour and texture. Juicy, succulent and absolutely delicious. Two racks were simply insufficient for anyone who love a good plate of ribs.

Steamed Chef Special Bean Curds RM22 / per portion

The bean curds is also recommended. Soft, smooth and not too sweet when it comes to your mouth. The Tofu is topped with prawns and carrots

Deep Fried Egg Plant with XO chilli sauce RM18 / per portion

Crispy outside, tender and sweet inside and Stir Fry Mix Vegetables with Macadamia Nuts RM22 / per portion The Stir Fry Mix Vegetables what i known is 'Chap cai' is really good too. Crunchy cabbages, some mushrooms and a lot of Macadamia Nuts on top of them. Of course, the yam ring is nice!

Osmanthus Jelly RM2 per pcs

We ended off the course with a dessert called Osmanthus Jelly. The Osmanthus are tiny and beautiful and this is used mainly in Traditional Chinese Medicine and some health benefits.

This Osmanthus flower gives this dish a light scent and calming fragrance that's simply soothing for an after-meal finish.

Hong Kong style Seafood Congee RM388/ 10pax

The seafood porridge comes with Prawns, Crabs and Fish. The seafood and fish were fresh and the flesh firm. This was delicious and full of flavour and it's boiled for long hours. The portion totally give me a shock. Maybe because I'm full that time lol.

The dim sum quality i had was excellent. They were all delicious. Overall my dining experience is awesome. Thumbs up. Well worth of visit.

Imperial Court The Top Komtar

Level 6 The Top Komtar, Penang Road 10000 Georgetown Penang

Opening hours

Mon - Sat AM10 - PM230 & PM6- PM10

Sun and Public Holidays AM9 - PM230 & PM6 - PM10