Fine Dining @ Suffolk House....

Browsing through my blog postings  today, I see lots of posts still sitting as drafts on my website storage waiting to be posted. I am just so lazy to write this year since I am into other things.  Here is an interesting post about a beautiful historical building  I visited with my son in September last year which was renovated and has been turned into a  tourist attraction and has a fine dining restaurant there. Here is my write out in my draft done last year.


"Son H was having his usual one day off from work per week and he brought up the idea of going out for lunch with me to this special place called Suffolk House. It is indeed a great house or rather a big mansion to me. It is a historical building said to be build by Captain Francis Light more than 2 centuries ago. It had been restored and is one of the great heritage building in Penang. More info about Suffolk House can be seen here and here."


Here are some pics I took while having my lunch there.........

Belated Birthday Dinner @ Aroi Thai Restaurant...........

The other day one of my dearest friend Adelyn had turned a year older  and we made it an excuse to catch up with her again to have none other than food on our mind. Though everyone was busy working their heads off we still find time to celebrate her birthday though belated. This time we had our get together celebration at a fine Thai restaurant along the busy Burma Road in Pulau Tikus known as Aroi Thai Restaurant.  Here are what we ordered for the 5 of us........

Cha Om... a Thai omelette with Om vegetables.......The omelette was nicely fried with a crispy outer layer with the Om vegetable wrapped in the inner layer. Quite appetizing for those who love omelette but I  would prefer if they add more of Om vegetables for a more crunchy taste to the dish instead of the eggy smell overpowering the sweet smell of Om vege.

Phad Phuk Ruam Mit Moo,....this is our normal Chinese dish of  stir fried mix vegetable dish  of bits of cauliflower, baby sweetcorns, carrots, green leafy vege flavored with slices of chicken breast. Just right for my sensitive stomach which could not take spicy food. 

Pandan Wrapped Chicken....a herbal marinated pieces of chicken thighs wrapped in  pandan leaves and then deep fried in hot oil. The meat was nicely marinated and taste good with the aromatic flavors of pandan in its tender meat. 

Geang Som Pla.......Sweet and sour fish... A very nice spicy dish with a special sweet spicy and sour soup cooked with slices of coconut flesh and coconut water  that is poured over the deep fried fish. The soup was yummy according to my niece Lena and as she almost drank up all the soup to my delight as to its goodness. I  had to be contented with just nibbling on  the crispy fish  and the sweet slices of coconut flesh drowned in the sweet and sour sauce. 

Poo Cha,....a new dish of the restaurant which was not on the menu yet.  It is actually stuffed crabs with crabmeat and minced meat with some herbal ingredients. It was stuffed with too much of  meat which I find  too meaty for my liking. More crabmeat with less minced meat and a more spicy flavor is what I find lacking. Though the meaty fillings was eaten with some sambal belacan provided I would love to have more of the spicyness of pepper or ginger in the fillings. 

Overall the food was nicely presented and pleasing to the eyes. Service was good too with not too much waiting and  served with a smile. The nicely lit up spaces of warm lightings making the ambience cosy and relax.  We really had a great night there feeling our tummies to the brink and have no more space for any desserts but seeing that we are still spending our time chatting for an extra hour after dinner the owner was kind enough to give us a plate of mango glutinous rice with coconut milk on the house.

  

Mango with glutinous rice and coconut milk..............

5 of us having a good time...........................



Aroi Thai Restaurant is located at:

391 Jalan Burma
10350 Pulau Tikus
Penang.

Tel: 04- 2276771

Lunch: 11.00 am - 2.30 pm
Dinner: 6.00pm - 10.00 pm

Lunch @ Buono Pizza Bar n Ristorante..............

In my recent holiday break to the Lion City State, I had my first taste of a very nice authentic Italian Cuisine in a quiet suburbs of Serangoon Gardens. Even my poor Singaporean cab driver could not find this  place refer to us in the news and food  magazines as he does not have a GPS. Later we hailed another cab with GPS and we managed to find it nestled among a housing estate on a corner of a row of sleepy  shophouses.

We do not know what to order at first and finally on the recommendation of the nice waitress  we try a few of their famous and popular dishes.

For appetizers we had huge bouquet of  Portbello mushrooms covered with awesome cheese sauces that trigger your senses with its creamy flavor and sucullent mushroom on every bite. It is served with a portion of fresh garden salad.

Then follow by creamy mushroom soup with garlic bread.

Their thin and crispy yet soft on the edges homebaked  Buono pizza is not to be missed. Topped with thin slices of pork sausages, mushrooms , rocket salads and mozzarella cheese on a bed of cream sauce.

Their special of the day was Beef Cheek Stew , the best I had ever tasted. The beef  was so tender and in fact you dont have to chew on it as it just disintegrate in your mouth in flavorful sauces. Come served in large portion on a hot earthern claypot.

For pasta the seafood linguine drowned in mussels, clams, squids, prawns  and crayfish in rich flavorful and savory sweet tomato sauces made it a  delight to your tastebuds. Wrapped in foil it is served hot and kept warm while you go for a second helping.

The seafood Risoto in rich creamy tomato sauces  is  well done and not too overpowering with its rich flavorful sauces. It tastes sweet and not sour like some othe tomatoes based dishes.

Lastly  the Truffle Ravioli like our chinese wonton wrapped in truffles was really good too. Drown in rich creamy white sauces the ravioli was of the right texture and bite.


With such nice food and ambience in a quiet place any Singaporean or food lovers would go the extra mile to have a good meal.


Here is the friendly Italian Chef cum owner Mr Salvatore Buono with me......

Location of Buono Pizza bar is no 23 Lichfield Road, Serangoon Gardens......

While In KL...............

Braving the traffic along the streets of Bukit Bintang.....

Christmas trees in The Garden............

Noel & Linda's wedding.........

Last weekend hubz and I attended a wedding celebration of his niece Linda to Noel in Sheraton KL. We had a great time meeting up with friends and relatives as well as filling our stomach to the brim with food. The next day was more food and shopping for me. The festive season and mega sales is here again and who is not tempted to buy and buy til we drop. At one point my plastic card was rejected which I later found out was due to their system breakdown and not my spending spree to the limit. That saves some money for my banker but a disappointment for me......

Here are the food we had @ Sheraton Imperial KL..........



Four hot combination of pumpkin rolls, salad prawns, stirfry top shells and spicy beancurd rolls.

Braised sharkfin soup with crabmeat......


Roasted crispy chicken with garlic sauce..........


Steamed Silver Garoupa fish with Nyonya sauce....


Sauteed Prawns with Butter...........



Braised Lin Chi Mushroom with Tao Kan and Broccoli...


Fried Rice with Assorted Meat..............


Sweetened Red Bean Paste with Lotus Seed.....


Pan fried pancake.......


Our Thank You gift from the lovely couple...the bridegroom is a handsome pilot........


Stirfried La Mian with Black pepper sauce @ dragon i KL............


Pork chop rice @ dragon i KL..................


Siau Lung Pau @ dragon i KL............

Din Tai Fung @ Midvalley, KL................


Pork chops with fried rice @ Din Tai Fung Midvalley.........

Beef La Mian @ Din Tai Fung, Midvalley.........

Super delicious dumplings with black sesame fillings in red bean paste @ Din Tai Fung, Midvalley............