Jan's home made tiramisu

Jan's home made tiramisu

It was Beth's farewell, someone ordered tiramisu from Jan. I can't tell who is Jan is but I think is someone good at baking start-up own business named Jan's homemade cakes. I googled about it and found some information about this Jan's home made cake.

They've just opened their shop at 16-C, Abu Siti Lane Penang. They're home based bakery and specializes in a wide range of cakes, pastry, cookies, puddings, puffs, pies and sandwiches. They strive to maintain quality, retain the exquisite taste and at the same time remain competitive in their prices. They can contact at +604-2270733 or at Facebook page named Janshomemadescakes. Business hour from 10am to 8pm, close on Sunday.

I think their signature cake is Carrot Walnut Cake as recommended by tripadvisor. Regular size (6 and half inch RD) at RM25 while big size (9 x 9 inch SQ)at RM50. Considered quite competitive in the prices. The tiramisu we ordered at RM48

The ingredients needed to bake a tiramisu as below:

• a tub of mascarpone
• 4 tablespoons of sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 espresso cups of espresso
• 1 pack of sponge fingers
• Amaretto and possibly brandy as well
• dark/bitter cocoa powder

The recipe can be found here

Other available from Jan's

• Moist Chocolate Cake - RM20/RM40
• Moist Carrot Walnut Cake - RM25/RM50
• Chocolate Cheese Cake - RM25/RM50
• Almond Sugee Cake - RM24/RM48
• Almond Cherry Cake - RM21/RM42
• Butter Cake - RM17/RM34
• Orange/Marble/Coffee Butter Cake - RM18/RM36
• Pandan Kaya Cake - RM21/RM42
• Light Baked Cheese Cake - RM22/RM44
• Sour Cream Apple Walnut Cake - RM22/RM44
• Hokkaido Cake (6pcs) - RM14
• Cheese Cake with Peaches - RM33
• Royal Yam Cake - RM28/RM50
• Chocolate Banana Cake - RM33/RM60
• Baked Cheese Cake - RM33/RM60
• Opera Cake - RM33/RM60
• Black Forrest Gateau - RM42/RM75
• Tiramisu Gateau - RM48/RM88
• Fruit Cake (5 days advance notice) - RM42/RM78

Jan's homemade also offered Puffs, Tarts, Pies, Cookies and Puddings. Teddy bear also love it.

...and I finish the remaining of the tiramisu :-) happily...!

Savory Ham Cheesecake

Savory Ham Cheesecake

Have you ever try Ham Cheesecake before? I'm first time eating cheesecake with Ham. I never know Ham can mix with cake. Frankly, I not enjoy it much because cake should be taste sweet even most cheese taste sour and salty but cheesecake always baked to taste sweety. This ham cheesecake a bit caught in me, it look nice from the outside but when I take a bite on it. It just surprised me.

It taste salty! arrgh...taste shocked. How can cheesecake taste salty?? not my type of cake. If it taste sweet, I believe I will enjoy a lot.

This savory ham cheesecake is baked for salty taste lover. Some people like salty taste food. In my own analysis, I noticed most women like salty food while men like sweet taste food. It like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. (".)

I wish to return the slices after a bite but I just finish it and try to proof that men and women are from same planet :-p ........impossible!

Starbucks vs Coffee Bean

Starbucks vs Coffee Bean

I'm not a big fan of coffee or I should say I'm not particular in coffee brand. I do drink coffee but not addicted. Not like some friend addicted to caffeine that must drink coffee every morning or else they can't concentrate, hand shaking, eyes watering, sneeze like drug addict. OK, I sound exaggeration. However, it is true :-p have you ever follow comic like Dilbert? There is a scenario in the office that everyone drop dead and boss appear and ask, what happen?

someone in the comic said: "the coffee machine breakdown"(-_-)

In this post, I want to rate the latte in Starbucks vs Coffee Bean. I ordered Vanilla latte in Coffee Bean in one occasion and I found it too sweet and the taste of vanilla is so artificial. Not really enjoy the drink and I recall in the past, whenever I drink at Coffee Bean, I not feeling well afterward. It like some sort of dizziness, do you have the same experience before? Maybe it just me who encounter it. I didn't find anything fancy in coffee bean at all.

Ironically, I won RM60 coffee bean voucher in one of the game.....fml (-_-)"

In the other competition of Coffee Bean, Starbucks offered much better latte. I like the green tea latte in Starbucks. The taste maybe weird for some people but I just like it :-D

Besides good latte at Starbucks, I noticed many good looking people buy coffee at Starbucks also. In one afternoon, not only good looking guys but many hot chicks will drink at here (Queensbay Mall branch) too. Drink coffee at Starbucks not only relaxing but can be very enjoying also (eyes washing.... :-p)

You rate at Poll beside, which one you like most?
Coffee Bean or Starbucks

Asian Cup Rice at Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Traditional Cup Rice at Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Date: 21 October 2012 (Sunday)

Time: 8.00pm Dinner

My second visit to this place after heavy workout in sea rowing. Why I choose cup rice? My first impression on this famous stall of Chicken Pork rice is the rice served in big portion. Instead of big portion, I should say the rice is well compress in the metal bowl. When the rice pour on plate and un-compress it, you'll notice the rice is a lot and start to wonder why you never finish the rice :-p 

Since, I super hungry after workout, then it will be right meal for me and also full of protein since the rice is topped with shred pork and chicken. I been heard about other similar Chicken Pork rice in Cup at other stall in Bukit Mertajam but many can't come close to this one at Jalan Danby near to Chinese Temple (Tua Pek Gong Beow) at Bukit Mertajam. What make this one stand out from other?

It is the amount of shred chicken and pork that added on top of the cup rice. 

They unselfishly give the ingredient and the cost is only RM3.50.

This cup rice is unique from normal roasted chicken pork rice because it served with the special thick gravy that make the rice better. If you're spicy lover, add green pickle chilies, the rice taste heavenly when the "dynamite" explode in your mouth. yum~yum~yum~, mouth watering?

Address: Cup Rice, Jalan Danby, Bukit Mertajam

GPS: N05 21.809' E100 27.633'

Business hour: 9am - 9pm

Please note that, the shredded pork and chicken selling fast, it may sold out before business hour end. Go early to avoid disappointment.

Japanese Steamboat at Krystal Point Penang

Sawara Japanese Restaurant at Krystal Point Penang (Second Branch)

Date: 24th September 2012

Time: 7pm Dinner

Heard about this Japanese Steamboat from friend long time ago but never dine in because it was located at Pulau Tikus (First Branch). It is quite far from the place I stay and don't feel the kick to try it although highly recommend by friend. Why I don't feel eating Japanese Steamboat?

My experience on Japanese steamboat at Yosenabe Shabu Shabu Steamboat restaurant not so great and I more prefer Japanese food like Sushi and Sashimi than other type of Japanese food. However, I remember how my friend recommend the food like the fish-Sawara imported fresh from Japan every Tuesday, how nice is the broth,  this and that, very tasty. It influenced me!

After sometime, Sawara open second branch in Penang where the location near to my place. So, I go to 'verify' it :-)

I forget how is the menu look like already. But you can order a basic set and add many side dishes or simply order advance set with most of the side dishes included. I ordered a basic set with Sawara fish head and some side dishes. Total bill is around RM60.

For those who not good at eating fish head, you can order fish meat only. However, that amateur. The best part of the fish is their eyes that full of nutritive. I also ordered 2 type of noodles which go very well with the soup after sometime.

I'm not fancy of Japanese steamboat but I will go back again and recommend this to other. :-)

Penang Food: Chicken Rice at Fettes Park

The one and only Fatty Loh Chicken Rice at Fettes Park, Tanjong Tokong Penang.
Date: 24th September 2012
Time: 1pm Lunch

Monday lunch, I travelled nearly half Penang Island planning to eat Western Food at James Foo restaurant but it closed on Monday. yakes...~! How now brown cows? Never mind, another good chicken rice next door.

Fatty Loh Chicken Rice and James Foo Western Food, these two restaurants used to co-exist in the same location before. That time, you can order chicken rice if you can't wait for the James Foo western food to serve. Last time, the service of western food was really bad and yet many people still dine there. 

One of my experience is waiting 1 hour ++ to get the western food serve....wtf! That is the last one time I visit there until the new shop for James Foo opened side by side with Fatty Loh Chicken Rice, then the service only improved. Anyway, I talking about Fatty Loh Chicken Rice in this post.

I believe there is conflict in the fatty loh chicken rice business, the signboard of the fatty loh written as "one and only fatty loh chicken rice in Penang". But, you can see other chicken rice stall in Penang also claimed as Fatty Loh Chicken rice. Which one is the original? I think the one located at Fettes park look more real and original because there are 2 big statues of fatty chef and standing chicken outside the shop.

If someone tried to copy the fame of fatty loh, they won't spend so much money creating the statues. Another factor is fatty loh still selling RM1 Koay Teow (noodles) soup in Penang. You can't find any noodles soup at RM1 (USD0.30) nowadays.

Although they selling the Koay Teow soup at RM1 but the chicken rice is not cheap. I "kena" slaughter by them in this trip. I ordered steam chicken for two person portion, 2 normal rice, lok bak x 2, acha (vegetable) small portion, 2 koay teow soup and 2 drinks. it cost me nearly RM30, to be exact at RM28.50....fml. breakdown the cost, I also don't know how it come to that. On that particular dine in, fatty loh give sour vegetable soup for free. I feel like VIP treat until I make payment, then I find out they plan to slaughter me by give some "free soup" upfront....damn...!

I looked around, we're the only customer who dine there from the start order until I finish the chicken rice. Not even a single working class dine in or take away on Monday lunch. What could be the possible reason? I guess I know what is the reason and this probably the last time I dine at Fatty Loh Fettes Park. 

Thai Food 123: Tomyam, Pork Knuckle and Crab Meat at Danok

Awesome Thai Food at Danok, border of south Thailand and Malaysia
Date: 22nd September 2012
Time: 12.00pm Lunch

Northern Malaysian favourite tourist spot is South Thailand, every weekend thousands of people if not million will travel to destination in South Thailand like Hatyai, Krabi and etc. There are also many travellers who go on short trip in Southern Thailand will prefer Danok as place to stop over. Here offer good massage, good entertainment, good food with fraction of price.

With many travellers each week, businesses boom and expanding at this area. Places like massage parlour, night club, pub, shopping area is coming up bigger and better. I'm not so adventurous, I can only tell you where to massage and where to find a good food.

(recently, friend also suggest go to Yes Club in Danok. it is happening club hidden in the "Soi")

Since this blog talking about food mainly. So, I quickly tell you where to massage then go over to the mouth watering Thai food by just mentioning on it :-p
For massage, go to "Oscar" at 3rd floor (if not mistaken). 2 hours massage at RM24. They also offer 2 hour massage at VIP room at RM50 if you would like some privacy. 

Next, the food that I want to recommend at this Ah Ya Restaurant at Danok. It located at one of the "Soi" after Thai custom on the right side. Argh...can't explain in details or exact location of this restaurant. You just need to have good observation, you won't miss it as the signboard can be view from main road.

The specialities of this restaurant is the crab meat fried vegetables

What so special about this dish is the crab is served without the crab shell. I always find it hard to eat crab meat from the shell. Too much effort for too little return, some time the shell stuck in between teeth is so uncomfortable. Experience cut by the crab shell when tried to eat the meat also very frustrating. I also don't like the artificial crab meat. Till, I found this restaurant served the original crab meat without need to peel the crab shell. Good news for crab meat lover, isn't it?

Anyone going to Thailand without eating Tomyam is like never been to Thailand. The origin of Tomyam is from Thailand. So, I ordered the seafood tomyam and also crispy pork knuckle - another famous dish of Thailand. High dishes order rate in Thailand for Tomyam and pork knuckles.

1 big bowl of rice that can served 3-4 person, seafood tomyam soup, crab meat fried lor soon, pork knuckles and 2 bottles of sugar cane juices cost around RM60++, don't expect this price back in Malaysia.

If you ever travel to Thailand via Malaysia border, don't miss the food here at Danok.