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Breakfast at Eng Loh Coffee Shop, Church Street Penang

One of my favorite breakfast joints in Penang is Eng Loh Coffee Shop in the heart of Georgetown. It is located at the end of Church Street, diagonally across the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and is exceptionally crowded during lunch hour. Besides serving good coffee, the coffee shop operator also serves choices of Western breakfast of sausages Continue reading

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The Betrayal

. If Hoegaarden was true love, what is Sapporo? . Continue reading

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Because Time Waits for No One

Friday 7 August 2009 I took out my keys to open the front gate, the corner of the wall was empty. It was an unbearable scene Continue reading

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# 2 The Black Echoes

* Read the first part of the Tales of Saigon here. That irritating sound won’t stop. It just won’t stop bothering me. Continue reading

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Tales of the Unexpected from Saigon

. #1: Untold Secrets of the Message Room When darkness falls, everything turns into a picture of dead silence. I stepped on the narrow staircase leading to the underground Continue reading

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That 3 Days in an Island

Different from what the title would imply, I’m not writing a hopelessly romantic getaway post. In fact, the trip was initiated by a not so amorous reason – to clear Fishy’s annual leave for the first quarter of 2009 Continue reading

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By Invitation: Karaikudi Restaurant at Market Street, Little India

My family and I eat regularly at Karaikudi (Hillside) Restaurant , but we’ve never gone to the original outlet at Market Street. Continue reading

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Cake Decorating & Tiramisu Baking Class in Penang!

As a baking enthusiast, it thrills me to bring you this piece of news that Big Boys Oven will be back in Penang for another round of classes!! This time, there will be an exciting full day cake decorating class (using fondant) and also a tiramisu class!! ~swoon~ Cake Decorating Class (Hands On Class) Pastry Chef Sunny Yaw will share with you: – How to make your own fondant (sugar paste) and gum paste – How to cover a 2 tier cake with fondant – How to decorate the 2 tier cake with flower theme (similar to photo above) Time : 9.30am – 5.00pm Date : 18th April 2009 (Saturday) Fee : RM550 per student (All materials included, plus tea break) (Limited to only 6 students) Glorious Tiramisu (Hands on class) Tiramisu, a rich decadent and desired dessert! Come learn the art of making this glorious dessert with Sunny Yaw! Time : 9.30am – 12.30pm Date : 19th April 2009 (Sunday) Fee : RM150 (Limited to only 6 students) Limited seats available! To register for the class please email bbonorth@gmail.com or sms/call 012-4209433 I can hardly wait!! Continue reading

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