Mid-Autumn festival w/ Gartien Pineapple Cakes

DING DONG!!! You have a parcel ... and... it's from PENANG!!! 

After working in Singapore for more than half year, I only realised how much I miss and love Penang, especially the food. *hee.. hee..*

Immediately opened the parcel  and it's the Pineapple Cakes from Gartien!!! Still remember my previous blog post about Gartien Pineapple Cakes ?? *Click here* 

Missed the taste of the pineapple cakes so muchie XD

My friend, Jennifer, specially arranged for 2 boxes of Gartien's pineapple cakes to be sent all the way from Penang to Singapore for me. It has finally arrived this morning and I'm so excited!!! 

Awwww... How sweet she is... =3

Wait wait wait.... 

Eiii.... Did you realise something different with it??? The PACKAGING!!! My friend told me that the packaging was designed by a local artist just for this Mid-Autumn festival and it's limited edition too. Limited edition means what?? Have to fast fast grab it while stock last lo... hehehe =)

Yoohoo!!!! I like to collect limited edition thingy ^^

Individual packaging for the golden pieces


Yummy! Feels like i'm back in Penang.... 

 

 My limited edition hello kitty w/ the limited edition packaging of Gartien Pineapple cakes. Too bad kitty has no mouth to eat... Can't share with you. Sorry >< !!

The Twelve Cups, Beach Street

The Twelve Cups, another newly opened café in Penang. Located at Beach Street, just beside Subway. Serving only beverages, mille crepes and some muffins, it is definitely not a place for dinner or lunch. I guess the main concept of the café is to provide a comfortable environment for youngsters to chit-chat and gathering. I'm totally in love with the cozy environment they have, simple yet relaxing.

The coffee counter

Some artistic decor on the wall 

The main attraction - Mille Crepe

If not mistaken, they have varieties such as Hokkaido Chocolate, Hokkaido Milk, French Vanilla, Tiramisu, Oreo Chocolate, Matcha and etc.

So here is our choice! Hokaido Chocolate - RM10.50

We pick this because it sounds special for us and I think I can't found this flavour in other shops selling mille crepe. So how does it taste? When my first bite, I found that it was too milky for me as I don't like to drink milk! (I guess many girls don't like milk too ^^) BUT.... the flavour was Hokaido Choc and it supposedly should tasted milky right?~~~ *smacked head* After few bites, I found that I love it and what make it special is that the little black round things between the layers. It is Chocolate Rice Chips!!! The crunchiness of it makes the mille crepe more delicious. ^^

Actually I think that mille crepe should go with a cup of great coffee. But again, the caffeine will affects me and I might get another sleepless night if I consume the coffee at that time. So we ordered Tropicana Breeze - RM12.90. Another brilliant choice of us! Very refreshing for a hot weather. :)

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A new café in town that absolutely worth a visit

THE TWELVE CUPS

12, The Whiteaways Arcade, Beach Street, 10300 Penang.
04-2626 812
Business Hours: 8am-10pm (Sun - Thurs), 8am-12am (Fri & Sat)

Tiny but Warmth - Eté Art Café

E’te means summer in French and there was a beautiful love story behind this name. Read here.
Once I stepped inside the shop, I was so shock that the shop was so tiny and it was much smaller than what I have expected. I think it is around 5 or 6 little tables where only maximum 3 occupants per table. @.@ Can you imagine how small it is? Besides, very limited menu and I think they only serve pizza slices for food. Despite that, the owners are able to manage their business by focusing mainly on signature coffee, tea and of course ... dessert!!! and again, dessert was the main purpose that drove me here.

A tiny little shop with no air-conditioning that ran by a Taiwanese couple. This explains the very Chinese vintage concept décor they have for their shop.

Sea Salted Caramel and White Chocolate Mousse Cake (RM 8)

A very rich cake with layers of different texture and flavour. The cake was not too sweet and each of the layers blend well nicely together giving so much excitement in one bite. Besides, there was also hint of coffee which gives some bitterness inside the flavour.

Eté Love (RM 8)

Made with high quality mango and passion fruit sourced from France. It has a very strong flavour which I don't like it that much and I found it rather weird. 

Forgotten the name. Siphon coffee (RM 15)

Eté Café
134, Carnarvon Street, Georgetown, Penang. (Just opposite the police station)
017-4350922
Business hour: 12noon - 6pm (Close on Tuesday)

Hidden Gem in Steward Lane - Café 55, Coffee Atelier

Café 55 or also known as Coffee Atelier, located at the corner of the building in Steward Lane where Kopi Cine use to be. It offers a variety of foods from breakfast menu, main to dessert.. and not to forget a wide selection of beverage.

Cafe Latte (RM8)

My friend commented that it's nice

Vanilla Icecream Milkshake (RM12)

Tasted like melted icecream :))) Dunno is a good thing or not. Anyway, love it ^^

Khalua Brownies served with icecream (RM15)
The brownies was very moist and the flavour enhanced by the icecream and fruit garnishing. Nice!

A great place to hang out but the food was pricey T.T

Café 55, Coffee Atelier 
47-55, Stewart Lane 10300 Georgetown Penang Malaysia
04-2612261
Business Hours: Daily, 8.30am – 10pm

Love at First Bite - Love Bites @ Nagore Road, Penang

First Bite,

Yeepieee… It’s almost Friday!!! The day I look forward to week after week. I absolutely love weekend cause it was the time when I get to eat delicious food, chill out with friends and spend quality time with family and loved ones. Last weekend was an awesome weekend with a public holiday on Friday. ^^ Did a lot of stuff and one of the highlights of the weekend was meeting up with my BFF!! Haven’t seen her for a while since she went KL for internship. T.T Besides, we’re just so preoccupied with our own lives. But it’s so great that each and every one of us takes the extra effort to meet up despite our hectic schedules.

The chosen one, ❤Love Bites❤ @ Nagore Road

I think we went into the wrong place. With such romantic and quiet ambiance, it is not very suitable for us as it make us felt so uncomfortable with it. Any small movement seems could be heard by others and I'm so paiseh to suddenly laugh out so loudly cause of her silly joke. *blame her >.<*

We went there during lunch time and set lunch was available during that time. RM23++ included soup of the day, choice of main course, lovely dessert of the day and choice of drink (Passion Fruit Tea/Peach Fruit Tea/Mineral Water)

Passion Fruit Tea & Peach Fruit Tea

Soup of the day with the cute ❤ bowl

Fish Goujons

Coated oat breaded fish fillet, high temperature deep-fried to crispy and golden brown accompanied with rice, sauteed season vege and miso mayo dips

It was so-so only =.=

Seafood Spaghetti Ala Tomyam 

Spaghetti sauteed with assorted seafood in homemade tomyam marinara sauce, fusion hot & sour pasta
The homemade tomyam marinara sauce was delicious and thick. Yummy ^^

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Perfect place for those loving birds out there and I will definitely come back for its dessert~ ^^

Second bite,

Went here for the second time purposely for its ❤ Love Toast ❤ !!!

Left : Pomelo Tea (RM5.90)
Right : Strawberry Yoghurt (RM7.90) 
Personally, I love the strawberry yoghurt so muchie!!! The strawberry and yoghurt blend well together giving the feeling of first love. aww.... =3


❤ Love Toast ❤

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There are three types of love toast - Temptation of Love (Green tea flavour), Sensation of Love (cheese flavour) and Impression of Love (strawberry flavour). 
(I really appreciate how they put efforts in naming the dessert accordingly to the theme of the restaurant *liked* )
It took us some time to choose between these three and finally we agreed to choose the cheesy wan as we found that it might be more special if compared to the other two. 

Sensation of Love (Cheese Flavour) - RM18.90
Half block of toast stuffed in cheese sticks with vanilla ice-cream. Adding maize flacks, homemade cheese crepe and nuts to bring out endless satisfaction of Love Toast. *recommended*
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So, curious what is inside the box??? ... Tadang!!! Answer in the picture below~

A bread box that was full of bread crumbs and bread stick that baked to perfection! *thumbs up*

The breads were very very crunchy and I love the bread crumbs so much. At first I was afraid that the cheese flavour might get too strong, but overall I think it's a great combination. :)

One only things that I hope is that they put a larger scoop of ice-cream as I found that the small scoop of ice-cream was not enough to eat with the large amount of bread.. @.@

❤ LOVE BITES ❤
11, Nagore Road, 10050 Georgetown, Penang
04-2286188
Mon to Sat : 12noon - 11pm (Close on Tuesday)
Sun : 3pm - 11pm

Oishii Mochi - Mochi Sweets @ Gurney Plaza

It was a usual family outing and we just wanted to find a place for lunch. After that, I bumped into this outlet selling mochi at the basement of Gurney Plaza. My curiosity encourages me to buy it when I saw the big crowd making their purchase. Besides, I was attracted to its display and packaging as it was simple yet stylish and elegant. Initially we just wanted to buy a piece or two since it was quite expensive and we scare that it might not taste good. Ended up bought a box of 6 due to the opening sale promotion. Mochi Sweets sells pretty looking cute mochi, will it taste as good as the look???

Lucky us to become the first 200 customers to enjoy the promotional price

Per mochi @ RM 3.50 - RM 4.00 (depending on the fillings)

Every single of this little cute thing looks so tempting and delicious. wish that I can try all of it... @.@

12 flavors set @ RM 40.00
Peach cream, caramel macchiato, purple potato, red bean, green tea, strawberry, sakura, mango yoghurt, blueberry cream, chestnut cream, black chocolate and cream chocolate.

6 Top selling flavors set @ RM 21.00
Green tea, red bean, cream chocolate, mango yoghurt, blueberry cream & chestnut cream

When you purchase the set, you will be given a box of frozen mochi and you are required to thaw your mochi for 30 minutes before eating. That is to ensure that the skin is soft and squishy enough to enjoy. I felt so shock that the staff taking out the box from the freezer and thought it might not be very fresh. Well, I know I should taste it first before making any judgement  The recommended defrost time is 20 minutes in summer and 40 minutes in winter and best consumed when mochi skin turns soft (printed inside the box as above).

These mochi’s size are approximately 5-6cm in diameter. Flavour and texture wise, the mochi was yummy. The mochi’s skin was chewy and squishy, filled with generous amount of filling. It wasn’t too sweet and the cream was relatively thick and smooth. My favourite among all was the chestnut cream!!! In fact, I enjoyed all the flavours (*except the blueberry cream which I felt so artificial) which were all unique in its own way. Just one word to describe it after my first bite, おいしい!!!

It definitely makes a perfect sweet ending after a meal!!!

Good things are to be shared with the loved ones