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Food up North! Part 2 Penang
So that night when we reached Penang, our mission is to look for some good food. Both of us have no idea where is good to eat, so we just drove around town and see which kopi tiam look appetizing. Basically, my target was Lor mee while John was looking for Hokkien Mee (Prawn mee), so when we pull up at Sin Kim Sun cafe at Jalan Macalister, we were quite surprised that this was quite a well known place. So we wasted no time to order some good local food, the popiah. Lor mee Hokkien mee The taste? Superb, where can we find such authentic Penang food outside of…
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Food up North! Part 1 – Kampar
Last weekend, we made a trip up north to Penang and stopped by Kampar, Perak, then to Penang, and then on the way back to Ipoh. What’s most famous in these places??? FOOD What else! This is found in Kampar, Pakis with Sotong. I love this as the Pakis really reminded me of Midin back in Sarawak, my favourite kind of vege. How nice, my fave vege is found freely crawling and growing in the jungles of Borneo. This is chicken shredded Hor Fun, or Kai Xi Hor Fun, or also same as Ipoh Hor Fun. Due to baby being extremely fussy at that coffee shop which was extremely hot,…
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Old Penang Guesthouse Review
When looking for a hotel, we had to take a few things into consideration: location, price, availability of extra bed, usage of fridge, hot water and parking. Not to mention the safety of the house, because we were travelling with our children who were in their infancy. Hence, we were looking for guesthouses which specifically had Roof safety systems, which’d allow us easy access to outdoors in case of fire. Which led us to book OldPenang Guesthouse. Old Penang is situated on Love Lane off Jln Chulia. At nights, hookers roam the streets, but Kajang town also got. Besides, we are usually back at the hostel before dark. I love…
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Customers have all the power
Previously, I was trained to review customer service of various companies, due to that, I am highly critical of services that are not up to par. Naturally, I do like to complain about stuffs, but when it comes to customer service and people in this line, I am all for complaining. The reason is, I feel without complaining, people who put themselves in this field are just going to slack and not care, and eventually we might become known as the nation of bad customer service, if not already. So, I have always looked up for restaurants like McD for their great customer service. When a new McD opened near…
