Nutmeg

Roaming around the Tropical Spice Garden in Penang during a recent visit to Penang,took a snapshot of the Nutmeg tree to share with you.



Nutmeg is widely grown in the surrounding hill slopes of Balik Pulau in Penang. This photograph was taken in the Tropical Spice Garden in Penang.



Description on Nutmeg and its uses.

Nutmeg is used as food, spice and medicine.



The Nutmeg fruits.

Cannon Ball Tree in East Coast Park, Singapore

Went for a morning walk in the East Coast Park, Singapore and took some snapshots of the Cannon Ball Tree & Flowers to share with you.



Cannon Ball Trees can be found in most parks in South East Asia. This one is found in the East Coast Park, Singapore.The free flowering tree can grow to 15 metres in height.



Beautiful flower of the Cannon Ball Tree. You can see bees are attracted to the flowers.



The flowers are so colorful. They are seen almost everyday, free flowering of the Cannon Ball Tree for your admiration.

Window shopping

While window shopping, came across this item for sale. Just snap to share with you.



All the dwarf figurines are for sale. They are just beautifully made and nice to have in your showcase for decoration.

Japanese Carp or KOI

Visited a friend who has a pond full of Japanese Carp or Koi. Looked beautiful and full of colors in the water. Took some snapshots to share with you.



The carp is a large group of fish originally found in Central Europe & Asia. Various carp species were domesticated in China & South East Asia, where it was used a food fish.



Historical records indicate that carp were first bred for color mutations in China.The ability of carp to survive & adapt to many climates and water conditions allowed the domesticated species to be progagated to many new locations including Japan. Natural color mutations of these carp would occurred across all populations.



Of the various domesticated carp species, the common carp is the most commonly raised food fish used in aquaculture. The common carp are known as Koi in Japan.First bred for color in Japan in 1820.

Penang Hawker Food : Kafe Mandarin

KAFE MANDARIN - Lorong Delima 6 - PENANG

Kafe Mandarin

There are many Penang Hawker Food stalls in the Kafe Mandarin

Penang Char Koay Teow

Penang Laksa

We went to look for old Kedai Kopi Genting in shoplot at the junction of Lorong Delima 6 and Lorong Delima 3 in the evening for dinner but found it empty but directly behind Kedai Kopi Genting, there is the new Kafe Mandarin brightly lit-up and full of people.

We decided to give it a try. There are many stalls selling all the different Penang Hawker food - Char Koay Teow, Pan Mee, Hokkien Mee, Laksa,Koay Teow Soup, Popiah, Chicken Rice, Indian Nasi, Rojak and many others.

We had Penang char koay teow and Penang laksa. The Char Koay Teow was quite good for MR2.80 only. The Penang Laksa was a disappointment as it was not up to standard even though it was only MR2.50.

Orchids

ORCHIDS

Snapshots of Orchids for your viewing pleasure.

Happy viewing.

Beautiful Orchids

Beautiful Orchids









Fascinated by the beauty of orchids on show in Penang Botanical Garden during a recent visit, we decided to snap some photos of the beautiful orchids to share with you.

Happy viewing.

Penang Hawker Food : Kopitiam at night

Penang Night Kopitiam - Penang Hawker Food

If you are looking for Penang Hawker Food in the evening in Penang Island, go straight to Restoran Bee Hooi. It is at the junction of Jalan Burmah and Lorong Pulau Tikus. It is one coffee shop where you can find all your favourite Penang hawker food.

Chinese Pasembur - good

Or Chien - very good

Char Koay Teow - very good

Lor Bak & Prawn Fritters - good

Sar Hor Fun - one of the best in town

There are many other stalls serving all Penang hawker fares - Hokkien Mee, Curry Mee, Jawa Mee, Lor Mee, Wan Tan Mee, Satay, Chicken rice, western food and many others. The place comes alive only after 6 pm and is always crowded.

Penang Hawker Food Coffee Shop : Kheng Pin

If you are in Penang and searching for Penang Hawker Food for lunch, you do not need to look further, just go straight to Kafe Kheng Pin.

Kafe Kheng Pin is located at the junction of Jalan Penang (Penang Road) and Jalan Sri Bahari.

There are many good yummy Penang Hawker fares in this coffee shop "Kafe Kheng Pin".

Penang famous Char Koay Teow hawker at work. The price is reasonable , RM4 a plate (with duck egg). The Char Koay Teow is really good.

Do not miss this Penang Hawker Food : Char Koay Teow

Char Koay Teow

The Wan Tan Mee Stall serves very good Wanton Mee. He is very generous with ingredients.

Wan Tan Mee

Lor Bak Stall

The stall serves very good Lor Bak & Prawn fritters. They sells fried Tau Kwa, Squids and others as well. It is one of the best Lor Bak stall in Penang.

Lor Bak & Prawn Fritters is a must when you have lunch in the Coffee Shop

Lor Bak & Prawn Fritters

If you like Chicken Rice and willing to wait for at least 20 minutes, the chicken rice from this stall is worth your wait. It is really good and tasty.

Chicken Rice

The other hawker stall in the coffee shop is Koay Teow Thng (Koay Teow Soup). The Koay Teow Soup is really good but might not be the best in Penang.

Koay Teow Thng

There are many coffee shops in Penang serving Penang Hawker food but there are not many where you can find all the good hawker fares together in one coffee shop.

You do not need to run around for different hawker food, just pay a visit to Kafe Kheng Pin and you will understand why this coffee shop is a must to visit for locals as well as tourists or visitors to Penang like us.