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.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Nutmeg
Saturday, March 7, 2009
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.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Window shopping
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
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.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
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.