HardRock Café Penang

 

Penang has its very own Hard ROCK café! Like many of their outlets, this one is as awesome! To be honest, I have been wanting to dine at hardrock cafes since undergrad. Or rather, since getting envious of my brother who has been to various Hardrock cafés throughout the world! like the one in Bali, Phuket, Singapore... etc. 

 So I thought to myself, let's just start in Malaysia first... and lo and behold, Hardrock opens one in Penang. Right at my door step! hehe. Somethings are just meant to be...

 On the of the many Fridays in October, on the 11th of October to be exact, a bunch of  peeps from work got together to have a good time...at Hardrock café.
I was there mainly for the food... the rest were there for the drinks and the live band. The gang reserved tables just right infont of the stage just to gawk at the live band whom they thought were playing that night.

I ordered their avocado club sandwich... which cost RM30++ and was pretty disappointing when it arrived. THe description in the menu was a whole lot of something else... but the food was another thing to be desired. Anyway, the sandwich was so-so la... with dry chicken breast, hard bacon amd avocado, and lettuce.. sandwiched between toasts... I could have been this at home :(
OK, nvm.. told myself I was here to enjoy the HArdRock experience...!

 The gang ordered drinks... which I couldn't take because I don't drink.. and don't like the taste of alcohol... pathetically, I just drank the fruit juice (which I only just found out was called 'mixer' to be mixed with the alcohol).. which was ok..

 At 10.30pm, the live band started! *excited*

A group of peeps with 3 main singers taking turns singing main solos and being back-ups, 2 guitarist (one bass, one melody), 1 keyboard, 1 drummer...

The girls were disappointed it wasn't the actual band that they had front row tables for. Our initial impressions were that they were gonna be not up to par. But when they started singing, boy they ROCKED the crowd!! They were super AWESOME! The ang-mos were holding up their handphone and lighters swaying to the music they were playin'. Most started singing along to the rock songs they were playing.... Amongst the songs played was Adele's - Someone like you, Set fire to the rain, Bon Jovi's - Living on a prayer, Oasis'- Stop crying your heart out, Tina turner's - The best... and many more!!!

This band CAN SING! I loved their vocals!! SUper PRO!! I was quite impressed! Only problem was that, because we had front row seats, I was fast going deaf.... the music was too loud...just too LOUD for my liking. I know you peeps reading this would be rolling your eyes saying "you're in a nightclub, and a rock club to be precise; music's suppose to be played LOUD"... I know, I know... believe me.. I KNOW... but to me, my hearing is more important than looking cool at a night club. So I let about 11pm... (pathethic, I know).

On the upside, I managed to get the Hardrock experience I've always wanted... and I did feel cool in a nightclub.. and I can safely say I was 'rocking' it out at HardRock café, no doubt :)

Brownie RM30 ++

Loved this dessert... YUMMEH

The ambiance of the night... HardRock Café Penang

 

Tea Secret @ Queesnbay Mall

Yet another Taiwan drinks stall has opened in Penang. This time it's called Tea Secret. Just like it's predecessors, Tea Secret also offers a wide range of milk teas and fruit-flavoured tea choices.

Only thing is that Tea Secret offers a Buy 1 Free 1 promotion every 15th of each month. So you get 2 drinks for a price of 1, once a month. Not bad eh? :)

siTigun @ Jalan Nagore

After eating at PikNik (from earlier post here), we headed across to siTigun for some coffee. Neither of us have been there and so this was a rare but good opportunity to try-out the cafès along Nagore Road.

Micro coffee roastery, as the canopy says... As we wee walking in, the aroma from the coffee was evident in the air. Ahh... smell of fresh coffee always makes me feel right at home.

The place was decorated with many pieces reminding you of the good old days. A special mention should be worthy of a bicycle which is hung at the back of the shop, just next to the coffee counter. Super cool! The other paraphernalia that they had adorning the cafe was this huge 'wau' or traditional kite (as in pic)
As we were already full from the previous cafe, we only had drinks and dessert here.
I ordered their siTigun regular coffee and my other friend ordered a cuppa hot capucino.

I have a video of my drink, which I will include later once i've figured out how to block off the sound.

Anyway, we also ordered a slice of apple pie (RM14. something - if i remembe correctly)
It came with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

They also serve tiramisu by the way and alot of other cakes too

I gather that this place mainly caters to tourist and young yuppies of Penang, i suppose, as the prices are quite alot for coffe and pie... oh well... perhaps this is the going rate for tourist? or I'm just too trifty?

Check out the place at their website here

30 Jalan Nagore
10050 Pulau Pinang
Malaysia
Phone: 04-228 7108

Monday
closed
Tuesday - Sunday
8.00am to 10.00pm
 

Woolloomooloo Second Visit

This is my second visit to this restaurant in a week! Click here to see  my ealier post
 Now to try-out the other dishes they offer.. hehe



 Bruchetta topped with fresh tomatoes and basil  - for starters

This time, we ordered:
1) Seafood Risotto with chive & parmesan
2) Spaghetti with anchovy, caper, chilli & extra virgin oil
3) Grilled Blackened Chicken with Tzatziki

Seafood Risotto with chive & parmesan


 

Spaghetti with anchovy, caper, chilli & extra virgin oil










Grilled Blackened Chicken with Tzatziki

and the Buy 1 Free 1 dishes:-

4) Fried Chicken with polenta

5) Fish & Chips





Fried Chicken with Polenta





Fish & Chips



and this time, we also ordered 2 of the Woolloomooloo Signature drinks

6) Bruce Lee

7) Hanky Panky

cool names for dirnks, huh!

Bruce Lee

Anyway, I took the Bruce Lee drink and it's a combo of dragon fruit juice and mango blended with ice and yogurt. It tasted ok... quite refreshing. When it came, the bright purple-pink was a stand-out!

Hanky Panky

And the Hanky Panky was better. It's a blend of lychee, apple and strawberry rolled into one. Loved the colour of this one.

This time around, the total bill came-up to RM99.55 despite the 2 free main courses. (5 pax)