Hawker food along Federal Road 1, at Sg Bakap Village

If you are looking for hawker food in the evening when passing by Sg Bakap, along the Federal road 1, 500 food court is a good place to stop, operating from 7pm till 12 + midnight, It offer all the usual food found in a penang food court, but it may be serve with a twist.


Wan Tan Mee - RM2.80 per, ok


Koey Teow Soup, with all pork spare parts, RM4.00 pricy but good, one SPS version


Dim Sum - RM14 for the lot above, Look commercial, but very nice, the chili sauce need improvement.

Satay Chicken - RM10 for 20 stick, good
Hokkian Mee, Penang Prawn Mee for those non Penang Lang RM3.20 cheep ok

Char Koey Teow - RM??? OK buleh makan .......

above are some of the food available, there are much more here

1st Day in School for 2nd Daughter

3/1/2012, A landmark day for my 2nd Daughter.

• Her 1st day in Regular School, Chinese Type Primary
• 3 malay students in her class of 30+ student
  
• No School fees need to be paid (lets see how many other odd and end need to be paid)
  
• Federal Aid of RM100 due (waiting)
  
• State Aid of RM100 due (waiting)
  

Told wife better to pick her up with a motobike as road is jam .......

Samsung Galaxy W (wonder) Review Part 7 Battery life

Samsung Galaxy W (wonder) Review Part 7 Battery life

for more Galaxy W Reviews, please click on the Galaxy W Tab

today my topic is the Galaxy W Battery, its a hot topic in the blogs and Forums, with some people praising its excellent life and some people condemning its poor life.

What i will do is try to establish some bench marks with direct comparison with my previous phone the Nokia 5800.

1. Using it like I did with my Nokia 5800, (just some call and sms only) the Samsung Galaxy W can last me 4 days (96hours) approx, the Nokia 5800 will get me through 3 days

2. My current use it just some calls, sms, wifi on to update my calender, and weather, some lite e book reading, the Galaxy W will get me through 3 full days before require charging

3. Using the GPS with the phone awake for around 45min, the Battery Level drop a total of 22%, from 98% to 76%

4. Using the Phone as a E Book Reader, with the Phone fully awake all the time, after the phone is fully charge for 5 hours, drop the battery level to 50% so i would say the phone will last for around 10 hours.

Note: my Wifi, GPS, Data roaming is all off.

Conclusion:

To Me Battery Life is more the reasonable, its much better then my Nokia 5800

Asian BBQ at Komtar Penang

Steam boat is never on my Favorite Page, unless its an all pork spare part affair, & i can get to cook what i want, Not all dump in to the Pot at one go. Frankly speaking Goh Huat Seng is the place to go for steam boat for me.

There is this restaurant in Komtar Penang that has put together Steam Boat with Korean BBQ, Its call Asian BBQ, to me a perfect Match. My In laws can have steam boat, I can have my BBQ.

I ordered 2 sets, One Steam boat set, the other a BBQ set, for 4 adults, 5 children, with drinks that came up to RM98, to me a very reasonable price, considering what has been offered, Prawns, Bacon, Chicken, Fish on top of the usual fish ball etc. Nicely presented, though I find that they can put more noodles on the Set.

One thing that is disappointing for me is that Water is charge at RM1 per small glass, the same price as Chinese Tea. If you want to charge for water, that fine, provide those 500ml bts.

The Photo Above is the Steam Boat Set, While the one at the bottom is the BBQ set, What the difference? Just that the meat and fish is thinly slice for the BBQ set to make it easier cooking.

The Difference in this Restaurant, Over the other BBQ Steamboat Restaurant is the Griller, (forgot to take photo) is that the usual restaurant it that you have a pot in the center and the grilling part is at the side. This Restaurant it the other way round, you have a grill in the center which is half a sphere, with the soup in a small, narrow rim at the side. Juice, Fats of items you grill will run down in to the soup.

Also Provided is a pot for the steamboat, you can have a choice of Clear Soup or Tom Yam Soup. However at my table it seems not to be working properly, takes too long to come to boil.

if you are feeling Cold walking around in Komtar, this will be a nice restaurant for you to drop by, its not too pricy for the Average Man in the Street for a Family treat.

Fatty Loh Chicken Rice Nagore Road "Branch"

Located in a Prewar Shop House (actually a house) along Nagore Road, (Not too far from New World Park) is a "Branch" of the Famose Fatty Loh Chicken Rice, which is operated by one of the Sons of the Original Fatty Loh. It's Seems there is 3 of this Branch in Penang.

Some 30 plus years back, Fatty Loh Chicken rice, was located at a Shack, and the corner of Fettes Roads, and Jalan Tanjung Tokong. It was one of My family favorite eating spots, as it has one of the best chicken rice in town.

Once the shop close (due to a complex being built there), the 3 brothers split up (I think) each operated their own Fatty Loh Chicken Rice Shop!

Well I drop by at this branch, and had lunch here, Not Bad, still among the top chicken rice, but somehow i still prefer the chicken at the Fettes Road Outlet. However the Service here is much better.

Samsung Galaxy W Review Part 6 Wonder Camera

Samsung Galaxy W Review Part 6 Wonder Camera

To see my other reviews on Samsung Galaxy Wonder - Click on Tab Galaxy W :-), More review coming over the next few weeks? on the Phone, The Apps on the Phone and New Apps that I will download.

Samsung Galaxy Wonder has a Wonder Camera, its the best camera for low light shots I have ever seen! its even better then my compact super zoom Fuji S700. See the photos below! Taken in Low Light, in the auto setting! and then crop!

My Comments on the Camera

• There is no dedicated camera button, so you have to launch your camera using the touchscreen , and then take photos using the touch screen, that not so good. You cannot have easy access to your camera. (actually not too bad - if you put a short cut to camera on you home screen)
• Controls are on the Left and Right of the screen, when holding the phone in landscape mode, (Or top/bottom portrait)
• On the Right is the Switch between video n camera mode, center is the shuttle, and bottom is the last photo taken / galley.
• On the left is the (from the top) the switch back and front camera, flash, and 2 switchable keys and bottom is the settings
• In the settings we have, among others
  

:- Shooting Mode which have single shot, smile shot, panorama, action shot, cartoon
:- Scene Mode which have Potrait, Landscape, Night, Sports, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dawn, Fall Colour, Firework, Text, Candle Light, Back Light.
:- Focus Mode, Auto & Macro

Update : The Camera auto setting seem to work very well, you really do not need to fiddle around with the setting and such not to get a OK photo! I will be testing out the camera over a few weeks before posting about it.
:- Effects, Negative, Grayscale, Sepia

Good Char Koey Teow at Bukit Tengah, Mainland Penang

Good Char Kooy Teow is a rare find around Mainland Penang, You really have to search to find it.


at Ho Ho Chiak Kopi Tiam, Bukit Tengah, Penang Mainland, ( if you are standing at the new Carefore (what use to be Krico) you will be looking at this kopi tiam,) is one of the rare places you can find ok char koey teow on the main land, there is also a duck egg version that will cost you RM3.80

My normal char koey teow cost RM2.80 with egg, just cannot beat the price here!


nasi goreng from the same stall

Good Koey Teow soup As well

Lye Lye Kopitiam / Food Court

On of my favorite makan place, due to the following, ample parking, wide, airy (thanks to a roof that can open), not pricy, large verity of food, not too congested, hawkers that listen to your order. - Places like this is getting less and less, do not know how long the lease will last at this place.

its location is just off the Jalan Ayer Itam and Jalan Masjid Negeri main roads, Located at Jalan Terangganu, just behind Free School or Hang Chiang School

Delicious Wan Tan Noodles, one of the few stalls that offer the broad noodles instead of the thin narrow ones. Some how more satisfying. This hawker listen to you when you want a DRY version instead of the semi soup version that most hawker does for you. This come with a load of "Kachang / Peanuts" of deep fried pork lard!

Now at most food courts you will find a stall offering western dish, like speghetti

Ok Curry Mee Penang Style of Course !

Penang Poh Piah, Non Fried version of Spring roll

Koey Teow Soup, OK not bad

X Mas Season! 2012

its Christmas time, was wondering around Gurney Complex, and tried out their new food court, Below is a photo of their decoration! Happy Christmas 2012 ....

Lima tingkat Restaurant, Nibong Tabal & Test of Samsung Galaxy W camera

Got tired of being at home, so took the family out for makan, at one of my usual makan place at nibong tebal, penang main land, its also a opportunity to snap some food photo and test out my new hand phone camera.

Camera was set at 3.2mp, (can go up to 5), on auto setting with out flash. The Result is as below, much better then my Nokia 5800 and even my Fuji S700 super compact in low light / night condition even without special settings! Some of the photos have been crop, all have been resize, other then that no adjustments

Restaurant Lima Tingkat, Nibong Tebal, Jalan Sungai Daun near the Pasar Malam site