Adam's Kitchen at Perda, Bukit Mertajam

Get to know Adam's Kitchen when browse through offpeak.my, the new discount website which offer pretty good deals.

On this hot Saturday, I said why not give it a try. Although it is at Bandar Perda, a place where you hardly see Chinese nowadays since Aeon Jusco moved out, no offence, but I really don't understand why most Chinese only hang out at Chinese dominant place. Probably most Chinese lived in the city their whole life. Most, but not all. I just so miss my kampung. :D

Adam's Kitchen located at the same row with Kapitan Bandar Perda, facing the inner road.

The ambient is comfortable in the afternoon. With air-conditioning and light music. The staff is friendly and always with smilly face, make us feel really welcome.

Here comes the food...

Grilled Chicken Chop RM16.90

The chicken is served with generous mashed potatoes and the meat is tender. The vegetable is washed clean.

Grilled Lamb Chop RM22.90

I must say... the Lamb Chop is awesome! The lamb is cooked to its perfect tenderness and without the lambshy smell that some people might afraid of. Probably the best cooked in Bukit Mertajam I ever tasted. The taste is a bit salty to my liking, but it is still perfect. Salad was served with mint sauce instead of the typical mayonnaise nor thousand island sauce. Totally feel the sincerity in their cooking. I cannot believe there's such a good cafe hidden in Perda!

Mojito RM8.90

The Mojito is equally good and refreshing!

I believe I will definitely come back again very soon!

Penang Travel Privilege Card - Discount Card

The Ministry of Tourism & Culture and Tourism Malaysia Penang has partnered with Penang Tourist Centre to launched the ‘Travel Privilege Card – Penang’ (formerly known as Museum Adventure Pass), which offer a great discount for Penang attractions and participating cafe and restaurant.

Card holder can also get additional 5% discount when booking hotels or homestay at staynest.com.

This Travel Privilege Card providing up to 20% discount at over 100 outlets. It can be purchase at RM20 and is transferable with validity for one year.

Price: RM20
Validity: 1 Year

Where to buy the Travel Privilege Card?
http://www.penangtouristcentre.com/distribution/ 

Sources:
http://www.what2seeonline.com/2016/03/travel-privilege-card-for-penang-attractions-cafes/
http://www.penangtouristcentre.com/

Spade's Burger at i-avenue, Penang

We went to Spade's Burger at i-Avenue during lunch hour to try out this newly opened burger shop. It was not crowded but it took roughly 15 minutes to reach our serving.

Looking up on the menu, the price ranging around RM10-20. To make it a set, add RM5 to have french fries and bottomless drink. I was trying to keep fit and do not want any fries, but I was told I need to pay RM4 to buy the drink... Oklah, make it a set then (weird...I cannot have anything that is not bottomless?).

The special about the menu is that, they serve non-meat burger! I think this is a great news for vegetarian, although I am not sure whether their non-meat burger have any garlic or not for pure vegan. I haven't get the chance to eat their portobello mushroom burger, but with portobello plus the picture from other blogger, I think this non-meat burger looks really promising~

Come back to what I have ordered - Jack's Chick (C1), the basic chicken burger with cheese and special sauce. The sauce is indeed special, with a flavoury and sourly taste,  not typical thousand island, mayonnaise nor teriyaki taste.

The chicken meat is well done and tender. However, still lose to my beloved New York Pizza's burger at Sungai Dua, this burger is lack of juiciness and fattiness~ LOL~ The meat is more lean and less fat and might be preferable by health conscious people though.

The french fries portion is generous and the drinks come with a choice of various machine pressed soft-drink and Heaven & Earth Lemon Tea. The price is a bit high although bottomless drink is a plus. Overall, still a good experience and if I do come back, I will try their mushroom burger.

Self-order Counter

More Menu Here: (Click to Enlarge)

Spade's Burger
Address: 1-1-22, Ideal Avenue, Medan Kampung Relau
Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang, Malaysia
Opening Hours: Tue - Sun: 11:30 am - 10:30 pm
N 5 19.959 E 100 17.582
(Same row with PC Depot & 100 Yen Shop)

The Mugshot Cafe, Georgetown Chulia

It's been awhile since my last post, busy looking for my second property but after a 3 months struggling, I still got nothing. On the other hand, my daily full-time job didn't give me a break either. What a hard time...

I have been spending much of my time in island after work for dinner to avoid the jam at penang bridge. On a nothing-special-day, after searching nothing on mudah.my,  I was thinking what should we eat tonight. I have a secret loving feel towards Chulia Street area, most probably because it gives me a feeling that as I am traveling myself.

I came across The Mugshot Cafe in one of the blog I surfed. It is located right besides Rainforest Bakery on Lebuh Chulia. The interior design of the cafe have a same feel as Rainforest Bakery, and they have a open entrance in the shop which link two shops together, obviously belong to a same owner.

What's so special about this cafe? They sell bagel! Something I never had and never seen in Penang.
What's bagel? Check it out yourselves. :p

I was afraid they will run out of bagel at night as out of the blogs I read, they all came here in day time. However, we reached there around 7pm and were lucky enough that day.

The bagel is crunchy at the outside, chewy in the inside. It's really satisfying. I will consider that as a very good experience having my first bagel.

Beef & Rocket Bagel

Bacon & Egg Bagel

We had a kiwi & honey yogurt and wild berries tea as dessert & beverage. The yogurt portion is generous and the tea giving a refreshing fragrant, totally complete our meal that night.

One thing that need emphasize is they are partially self-service. You need to place order and collect your beverage from the counter. Bagel will be delivered. It doesn't bother me much as the attitude of the staff is pretty good, but perhaps some sign showing "self-service" will be much better.

The price is reasonable ranging between RM5-12 for beverage and RM10 for both bagel and muffin.
p/s: photo taken by phone, poor resolution.... :s

The Mugshot Cafe
Address: 302, Chulia Street, Georgetown, Penang

Contact Number: 012-405 6276

GPS Coordinate: N 5 25.099    E 100 20.193

The Mugshot Cafe Facebook


In case you like to know what is bagel~
"A bagel (also spelled beigel) is a bread product, traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, which is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior. Bagels are often topped with seeds baked on the outer crust, with the traditional ones being poppy or sesame seeds. Some also may have salt sprinkled on their surface, and there are also a number of different dough types such as whole-grain or rye." - Wikipedia

Loft 67 Cafe Kulim 居林

居林, 2009年, 我來到北方第一個居住的, 山邊小鎮.
人家說, 它甚麼都沒有.

然而我卻從它身上, 看到我所嚮往的點點滴滴.

住在居林, 到Hi-Tech Park上班, 用時七分鐘.
一路鳥語花香, 偶爾可見薄霧籠罩著山頭. 早上常看到摩多騎士在餵食路邊的猴子.

不遠處, 是綠油油的稻田. 開著車從居林來回大山腳, 一年里看著稻田耕種的變換,灌溉,插秧,青綠到橙黃...

食物便宜好吃. 餐室沒有華麗的衣裳, 但該有的都有.
購物中心, 是15年前峇株的The Store. 日常用品, 一樣不缺.

我愛上了居林.

在居林住了三年, 我離開了, 來到了槟城工作. 時時仍然想起居林的這些那些.

這幾年里, 居林發展了許多. 從原本新開的Giant, 到有了Tesco和McDonald.
雖然我並沒有喜歡, 卻深深地知道那是必然的變遷.

還住在居林的舊同事告知, 市區開了一間咖啡廳 - Loft 67. 於是, 我以咖啡廳之名, 回到了居林.

Loft 67, 開在舊市區, 老舊的房子.
整修了的老屋, 風格與槟城喬治市的許多Cafe相似. 在居林, 卻是十分突兀, 和難能可貴的. 欽佩店主的勇氣和熱血.

Loft 67 的食物主打是自制漢堡. 由麵包到肉餅, 都由他們自己製做 (當然蔬菜不是自己種). 味道是獨特, 並且好吃的, 份量也不吝嗇.

Various burger in chicken, lamb & beef to choose from. Generous portion and delicious to my liking.

 
我們也試了它的白醬義大利麵, 沒有一般義大利麵的沉悶和奶膩, 有著一種我很喜歡卻吃不出是甚麼食材的味道 (好想跟他要recipe!).
在居林有這樣素質的食物, 它得到的絕對是滿分.

White sauce spaghetti with its unique taste. Despite the presentation, it tasted really good!

Bruschetta on a Masimo bread? Nice but not much surprise. 

餐厅里的特调 Mocktail 以各种 Monin Syrup 配制， 味道清爽。

Hot chocolate, one of my favourite.

壓軸來到了咖啡廳裡的, 咖啡.

Americano

咖啡師是老闆的弟弟, 他是否也是老闆之一, 不太清楚. 但言談間, 可知他比定是愛咖啡之人.
在咖啡師的誘惑下, 不能喝咖啡的我, 點了Latte, 據說有著最mild的咖啡元素, 適合不善於喝咖啡的我.

咖啡, 我不懂. 但卻喜歡這Latte, 奶多咖啡少的搭配. 我這才了解, 原來這就是人家所說的, 層次感.

My First Latte

 喝了咖啡會頭暈想吐的我和V, 非常雀躍我們喝了的確沒事. 這杯Latte, 更是又多加了幾分.

能在居林, 找到一間好的Cafe, 喝到一杯好的咖啡. 真是幸福之事.

Loft 67 Contact
Loft 67 located after the right bend of road after kulim old town police station/Nasi Kandar Pelita. Go straight and search for the blue house on left.
Address: 67-F Jalan Raya, 09000 Kulim
Opening Hours:
Mon - Tue: 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Thu - Sun: 12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Phone: 04-490 5541
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/loft67
GPS Coordinate: N 5 22.050    E 100 33.283

台客茶馆 Taitea Cafe at Bukit Mertajam

** 19/05/2013 Unfortunately, Taitea Cafe had closed down.

Taitea Cafe is a newly open cafe located in Kampung Baru, Bukit Mertajam, opposite Station One Cafe. We first visited it middle of last month and we were there 3 times within 2 weeks, so you know how attractive it is to us.

The side view of the shop looks like a cheap bar with a outdated name, which makes us kinda late to check out the shop.

When we drive passed the main entrance, Taitea impressed us, with its most special part which differentiate it from other cafes - the big, green compound in front of the shop. Admire the courage that they sacrifice a big build up area and give it a try on Malaysian who always can't stay out of air-con. God knows, it works like a charm! Who say Malaysian don't like open air?

Despite on the outlook, Taitea do provides plenty of tea selection and I must say they taste really good. It had been added to my list for top 2 bubble tea in Bukit Mertajam together with BubbleGurt at Pusat Perniagaan Gemilang.

The price is reasonable which may be why the shop are pack with full of youngster. There are families too although in a smaller group. Another good thing which is a nice trend nowadays, we are able to customized the percentage of sugar and ice. I have tried one of the drink which they have the so called "Best Taste" (黄金比例) adjusted by them. However, personally think it is still too sweet.

Taro Milk Tea RM4.90

 

Mango Yakult Drink RM4.90

盐酥鸡　Signature Fried Chicken tastefully with Basil RM5.90

中文版台客茶馆小笔　V's - Life's Simple Pleasures


Taitea Cafe
Address: 30c, Jalan Kulim,Taman Jaya, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
Tel: +604-5388998
GPS Location: N 5 21.158    E 100 28.343

Sweet Heaven 螞蟻窝 Bukit Mertajam

We talked about the new hang out place at Pusat Perniagaan Gemilang before. There are many restaurants and yum cha shops in this area. Dessert shop itself we already have Tong Bak Fu, Simply Autumn, Bubble Gurt, Yes Yogurt, Berry House and Sweet Heaven, the one we going to talk about in this post..

Sweet Heaven is not so crowded compare to most of them. However, it doesn't mean that the quality of food is lower than the rest.

Maybe the staff should have smile more

They have quite big number of dessert selection, bean curd, snow flakes ice cream, red and black bean, fruits dessert and etc, more to Taiwanese style. The dessert tasted ok, we only tried on their snow flakes, it is pretty good although not the best. The price average from RM5-RM8, topping is not stingy.

V and I always investigating why people business is not so good (like we are very successful business man :p). The only thing that V point out is the less attractive lighting. It doesn't create a comfortable/warm feeling that people feel like keep going back.  While I just couldn't figure out why...

Photos credited to V - Life's Simple Pleasures



Sweet Heaven 蚂蚁窝
Address:
35, Jalan Perniagaan 1 (Pusat Perniagaan Gemilang),
Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
GPS Location: N 5 21.057   E 100 26.470
Telephone Number: 05-3063036

Business Hour：
Sun - Thu:    1:00 pm    -    11:00 pm Fri - Sat   :    1:00 pm    -    12:00 am

Stone Age Cafe & Restaurant in Bukit Mertajam

There is an area in Bukit Mertajam that has recently became a fabulous hang out place, Pusat Perniagaan Gemilang. Cafe, restaurant, dessert house, boutique, saloon, pub and club established like growing mushrooms. Soon it will be like another Auto-City! Glad for fellows staying in BM.

Not too far from the auto-city, the place located on the famous off Jalan Song Ban Keng, Opposite Taman Limau Manis and behind Taman Gemilang. It's like my second home and I came here almost everyday. Due to laziness, now only I started blog about this place. This post, we going to talk about Stone Age Cafe & Restaurant. I will write about others later. :)

To our surprise, all the while we thought it is a pub, and I dressed really well that day, hah! At the end, it's actually a restaurant.

The interior and exterior using plenty of wood as their theme. Wood-like table, chairs and the significant big tree at the center of the restaurant which you can see it even if you just drive passed the restaurant.

Looking up on the menu, the price is surprisingly reasonable given on the very nice look and feel of the restaurant. Drinks are consider reasonable for a hang out place.

 

Once you step into the restaurant, you could simply sense that the whole place is covered with attempting BBQ smells.

The food on a 400 Celsius hot stone, their signature dish.

Grilled Chicken on Hot Stone, Rm16.80

You can choose from the various main dish on the stone. There are chicken, fish, steak, tiger prawns, scallop and etc. And complimentary 4 sidelines you can choose out of 6 selection, among them are wedges, mashed potato, rice, corn and etc.

The chicken that we had, marinated well and on the hot stone is definitely an interesting point. However, the sidelines are not hot, like fries and wedges are pre-fried. So we ended up putting all of the sidelines on the stone to heat them up (if that was the intention... lol).

We also ordered the seafood carbonara fettuccine. It was not hot either, just warm and the scallops are small and over-cooked. I understand that it is not so easy to cook scallops to its perfection, let's just don't take risk. This one failed.

Seafood Carbonara, <RM15

Another thing that deserve compliment is the services. The staff they recruit always with positive attitude and really responsive as far as I seen. Just got to know that every Tuesday is their hot stone BBQ buffet night, RM50+ per pax, RM25+ for children below 12 years old.

The hot stone meal is satisfying and have a generous portion. This make me definitely want to revisit again.

* Photo credited to V - Life Simple Pleasures

* Revisit Stone Age today and tried on their Hot Stone Tilapia, still prefer chicken because unlike chicken, fish doesn't have much oil to burn on the stone, which make it a little bit dry.
The sidelines do have improvement, getting hotter nowadays, but still don't feel like they make it upon order.

Stone Age Cafe
Business Hour:
Mon - Thu: 11:00 am - 1:00 am
Fri - Sat    : 11:00 am - 2:00 am
Sun           : 11:00 am - 1:00 am

Contact Number: +604-537 7228
Address: 11, Jalan Gemilang 2, Pusat Perniagaan Gemilang, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia
GPS Coordinate： N 5 21.044   E 100 26.555

Direction: If drive from Penang Island, drive toward north-south highway (Kuala Lumpur direction). Exit at Juru/Bukit Mertajam, turn left without waiting for the traffic light. Drive all the way straight until you reach a T-junction with small weird round about with traffic light. Turn right on the traffic light you will find yourself driving on Jalan Song Ban Keng. Drive straight until you see Honda Center on your left, then ready to turn into left. After turn into left, turn right immediately and you will see Stone Age on your left.

Micke's Place, Love Lane Penang

Passed by Micke's Place when we visit Behind 50 the other day. Haven't been heard its name so far, not a famous one maybe but the exterior does catch our attention.

One day after work, we decided to check out this Micke's Place.

The shop is small but homey, with about 6 tables inside, some at the outside, comfortable lighting and temperature. There are few foreigners in the shop, looks like it's favor by tourists but not discovered by the locals yet.

Two sides of the walls are full of remarkable messages left by the visitors. Especially love this one - "It's always good at the end. If it's not good, it's not the end." :)

The price is really cheap for a restaurant run on the famous Love Lane. The food are not some high-class cuisine but definitely a delicious one with a strong taste of local home cooking. I never know I could actually taste localness in a spaghetti! Hah!

The Grilled Lamb with Napolitana Linguine I ordered come with quite a big portion of lamb chop but really small portion of linguine. Kinda weird but I love the lamb so much~ It cooked just nice, tender and juicy~ So much better than many local western cafe.

RM15

The Aglio olio Spaghetti tasted relatively good as well but a bit too spicy, even for locals like us. Tips: try request for less spicy. Besides that, they also serve various Asian food.

RM10/RM12, can't remember d...

The lady who serve us came by to "sembang" (chit-chating) with us. Get to know Micke's Place is just open since August 2011, many of the decoration in the shop are from her grandma, how this restaurant startup, stories on the wall and many more about Micke's Place.

I must say, aunty cooked really well. :)

We say goodbye to the aunty and left with my bag full of stories. I had a really wonderful night here.

*Photo credited to V - Life's Simple Pleasures
Micke's Place Information
Forgot to ask for their opening hours, and can't find much information on the internet about them. But can check out Micke's Place Review on TripAdvisor. Just drop by there to try your luck!
Direction: Turn in to Lorong Love (Love Lane) from Lebuh Chulia (Chulia Street), Micke's Place is the first shop on left after you turn in, right behind the 7-eleven.
GPS Coordinate: N 5 25.115  E 100 20.181