Yapisland is back after 2 years of absence

After 2 years of absence to pursue other interests, I am back but in another blog

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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.