I first read about this intriguing creation in this article “Food Tale promotion by Knife Cooking Oil” which was published in The Star. As usual, it took me months later to visit the shop, with the usual obstacles of distance, time & the lack of an adventurous eating partner. So one weekend, I decided to [...]
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Indeed the woks here wields some serious magic. How else could one explain the delicious dishes that appeared from the kitchen that night? One dish that got me hooked that night were the finger licking long ribs. It was absolutely addictive. The marinate thoroughly permeats the meat & the tender texture with the glorious soft [...]
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A firm favourite of mine, this unassuming (& thank god, still a non-commercialised & pretty well kept secret in Penang) restaurant is as ole school as one can get. Located next to the Magnum 4D shop along China Street, just off Pitt Street/Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, one does have to be familiar in Penang to [...]
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The Grand Imperial, had perhaps, hoped to be a strong contender for The Grand ‘ole Dame of Chinese cuisine, The Ming Room in the vicinity of Bangsar. A quick Internet google did not yield much results except for the dim sum review by Joe & another by STL of happy Happy. Since we wanted to [...]
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The fact that tonight there is another session at the Ming Room kinda reminded/prompted me to post this up. I do have memories of really scrumptious food that night else I wouldn’t have bothered. Partly also it would be a shame if these pictures remained tucked away in some cluster of my HDD, collecting bits [...]
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