Showing posts with label fried rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fried rice. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 October 2012

Piknik @ Nagore Road


I have read about this cafe a few times before and had always wanted to visit this small niche situated along Nagore Rd, Penang. It has opened its doors in one of Penang's heritage buildings (not too sure about the heritage status) ~ point being that the row of now-converted-shops were once a row of town-houses. My grand relatives used to stay in one of these houses a very very long time ago.

 Being in the blogsphere of FOOD and nothing but Food, in Penang, word comes around and goes around about new and up-coming cafes. Piknik was one of the cafes much talked about especially their famous waffles.

 We visited this place after work. It was on the 12th Oct. Yes, I still remember... the moment we all stepped-in, we were greeted by colourful ceiling lights and super comfortable sofa just beside the window.
 
I ordered the smoked salmon waffle and my friend ordered fried rice.
 The salmon was rather a very thin abeit small piece covering a layer of scrambled eggs, sitting together on a piece of waffle. The piece was quite alot for something of this portion. I was abit let-down. 

My friend's fried rice looked pretty simple with a sunny-side up. She wasn't too excited about her plate either. Sigh.
 
But the good news is, this place has cool decor! It has combined creative art with the vintage look to give it a pleasant feel. Kudos on the lights! I must say, using plastic baskets as lamp shades was a great idea! How inspiring...

I suppose the food from the menu selection could taste better, I just hadn't tried the rest yet.
Maybe i'd find something i'd like more... the waffles were ok... nothing to crow about though
 
Find-out more at their facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/PIKNIKEVERYDAY

Sunday, 26 August 2012

Yi café @ 1st Avenue

I was at 1st Avenue today.. partly because I haven't been there in a long while... and partly because i wanted to take photoes/ see the Lego displays held there.

Also, One Academy was having their sort-of exhibition with a display of art-work by their students at 1st Avenue. Wanted to get my caricreture done.. but chickened out at the last minute.

So, here's what we had for lunch. It was as Yi Cafe. A restaurant offering chinese food, dim sum, and also japanese cuisine... quite a variety... the price.. also ahem...
 

da Menu
 I ordered the HongKong style fried rice. It was good! Liked the fact that they served it with chicken floss and cashuenuts...(delightful*). Really worth the money...
Fried rice ... HongKong style RM err.. cant quite remember.. RM7 maybe
 We also ordered crisy noodles... it was seafood... came with yummy mushrooms...not bad this one.
Noodles...RM 9
 I;d wanted to try-out their dim sum variety.. so this is what I ordered. Ha Kao... or prawn dumpling... Quite disappointing. You could say I've had better... The skin was too thick and gooey...
Prawn dumplings RM4.50 per plate of 3
 Lastly, a pot of tea to go with any chinese dish... they also offer individual cups of tea... but the pot is more worth it :)
The whole pot costs RM5

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