from my eyes . Vietnam

December, please be good to me. I never have this kind of quote until today, and I really mean it and need it. Please! I'm gonna start posting about my Vietnam trip and this is like a prologue before I really go into it in details. Didn't really capture a lot of photos during the trip, maybe I was just too tired or the weather kind of hot; so my mode was like: snap-and-go. Let's get started with things I saw in Vietnam, I just pick some to share here, enjoy...

Just a short one. We might have communication constrain during the trip as most of the Vietnamese couldn't talk fluently/understand English, yet they trying hard to help us in ordering food, pointing us the right way to go and etc. I might go back again, still didn't have enough time to unveil every pretty little thing over there. Oh yeah, in case you don't know, Vietnam is in the list for Top 10 Safest Asian Countries for Female Traveler [link], if you girls plan to have a solo travel, you can refer to this list. Till then for next update.

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I'm finished with fins.

Souvenirs

October and November (and maybe December) are becoming the travel season, you will get to see friends posted photos or tagged themselves at International Airport elsewhere. I also get some souvenirs from friends and colleagues, I gave some but I did not get enough souvenirs at Vietnam and end up I gave all the souvenirs to others while I left with nothing. I don't mind at all as long as they are happy. Decided to have a post with all the souvenirs I got before proceed to post the Vietnam trip. Procrastinating again. 

People tend to get nougat and pineapple cake whenever they go to Taiwan, which Taiwan really famous with. I just realized I keep eating these things for whole year long, maybe our company do intake Taiwanese trainees and they will get us these as well. The plum sweet is meh, so I didn't grab much of the sweets. Got the alcohol (the tiny bottle) and I'm not gonna drink this, just for decoration.

The best souvenir you can get in Hong Kong is their variety of cookies; I got some and just took these few to blog. Thanks to Jhu babe for the postcard which drawn by Chailie Ho, but guess what it was not posted to my house; she got this and pass it to me hand-to-hand. Laugh. On the other hand, I got the Winnie the Pooh key-chain from my colleague, TY, which he bought from Disneyland. 

Bangkok is like a shopping paradise for all girls, but surprisingly my colleagues MH and her friends just spend around half day for shopping; they actually hunting on food for the rest of time. Glad that she bought me this, my room now is full with iPhone casing, but I still ask my sister (she going to there on next 2 weeks) to get me some from there, since it's so cheap over there compare to here. 

Last but not least, got this cutie pie (body lotion) from Florence, I was actually planning to get one because it looks so cute, she also get us the pencil box from Teddy Bear Museum! I asked her help me to get the spoon and chopsticks set for me, 4 pairs for only RM8; kind of worth it isn't it? I'm quite into Korea, not because of their k-pop star (but Running Man is!), but for their food. Om nom nom.

Thanks!

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It's On-Call 36 Hours again.

Kaffa Espresso Bar

Backdated post. I should post this right before my Vietnam trip 2 weeks ago but I was so busy packing my luggage and scaling the weight until I have no mood for blogging. I need to pick up my enthusiasm to blog, and that can make me feel good I think. 

I think I mentioned before that I love to explore new places during weekdays as we don't have to squeeze with the crowd, and I don't really enjoy the environment; depends on circumstances of course. Feel lucky that I do not work on Friday, good company? Come and join us at Mini-Circuits Technologies then, promo for my company. ROFL. Back to topic. Every time I pass by the Green Hall road, the GOOD COFFEE HERE sign will always caught my attention without fail and I finally paid my visit to Kaffa Espresso Bar. Yii-hah!

You may need to place your order at their counter, pick a number, wait for the waiters to serve you and enjoy the cozy ambiance. 

Kaffa Espresso Bar provided spacious area for dine-in and chill-out, each of the corner with different design but nevertheless each of the design is with a little bit of vintage, retro and quaint. Since it was noon time during my visit, outdoor will definitely a nay for me (you may consider outdoor seats during night time, will be a awe experience with zephyr); I chose to face The Beatles painting.

Present to you the second floor with a solo exhibition by Rofi, so called PSYCHE; the exhibition dates is until 7-Dec-13. Rofi enjoys painting faces and figures, he embarks on a psychological study of the face. Feel free to pay a visit before it's off. 

Random shots while waiting for my food.

Cappuccino (RM10) . Salted Caramel Macchiato (RM12.50)

Guess which would be my cuppa of coffee? Grin. Definitely the salted caramel macchiato, no prize for those who got it correctly. My first choice will always goes to this prior others, I just love beverages with pinch of salt which tickle my tastebuds for a little. The taste of caramel doesn't overwhelm by the salt yet you can taste some saltiness in every snifter. The cappuccino seems too normal. 

Big Bites All-Day Long Breakfast Platter . RM18.90

Wonder why I ordered this breakfast platter during the lunch hour? I just simply feel that by looking at this hearty platter already make me drool so much, and I don't want to have sandwiches and burgers for my lunch. When the waiter served this up, I had some hard time on how am I going to start this platter; after-all I started with the bread and the slice of turkey ham (or beef bacon on your choice) is meant to stuff into the bread. Platter consist of scrambled eggs (milk makes the eggs so juicy with smooth texture), a golden hash brown, one jumbo chicken sausage, sauteed mushrooms and grilled tomato (both of these are my favorite, just the sauteed mushrooms are a little bit too salty on my last few bites). 

Creamy Tomato and Chicken Spaghetti . RM20.90

Other than the breakfast platter, this is the second highlight of the day. Unlike other bolognese spaghetti, the chef cooks this with tomato puree (I believe so as it really taste different) and the mix of cherry tomatoes and chicken cubes are kind of delectable. It finished up with blend of cream and parmesan cheese, sprinkle some basil leaves on top and here come our spaghetti. Normally I can only have this creaminess from cabonara spaghetti but I can have the same taste from this dish its own. 

Kaffa Espresso Bar served food with no pork, it's a great news for my Malay friends. Currently they are expanding their business and you will see a branch at Penang International Airport pretty soon! Stay tuned for that and follow their Facebook for their updates. 

Kaffa Espresso Bar
Location: 22, Green Hall, 10200 Georgetown, Penang.
Business Hours: 8am - 10pm (Daily)
Contact Number: 04-2622822
Website: www.mykaffa.com
Facebook: Kaffa Espresso Cafe - Green Hall

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Please wait for my Vietnam trip blog post . Coming soon

Let's celebrate Halloween Day at China House

When I was happily dinner at La Mei Zi, thinking to add some tom yam soup in my bowl and munch the food; out of sudden I heard something screaming and run to us (not towards me only, but all the diners in La Mei Zi). I saw bunch of zombies running in the restaurant and I was like: what the heck is that! Zombies? I skipped a heart beat and then everything back to normal after I calmed down. No one even get shocked by the zombies, I think all of us get used to it after so many zombie movies are shown nowadays. 

This is the piece of paper I got from them. Do you have any plan during Halloween Day? If you do not have one, you can date some friends and party in China House on this 31st October (hosted by Julie Woon). To get exclusive passes for this Halloween party, you may drop by the MACH branch at Gurney Paragon (Off Jalan Kelawai). So go and grab your passes now!!

I think I'm the only one who chase after them just to take a photo with these awesome zombies and sorry for the failed-aghast face. I was laughing non-stop when talking with them, and they only let me go after I make this aghast face. Laugh. 

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Rain, when will you stop?

Blue Reef with buddy

Do you have friends who are not often hang out with you (maybe once every few months) yet still can have lots to talk about and wouldn't have the awkward feel when hang out with them? I have some tho. Glad that I was able to catch up with one of them last few week; Tien, a girl that I know for 11 years and still counting. Was planning to go some new cafes with her, but the pouring rain stopped us to do so, end up we went to Blue Reef, Straits Quay for our lunch. Believe it or not, I never been there before until now. 

Didn't really have much shots inside the restaurant, we were too busy to crap on everything that happen on us these few months.

Cappucino (RM8) and Hazelnut Latte (RM8)

I already forgot what Tien ordered for her drink, either is Cappucino or Mocha; most probably was Cappucino as she didn't really fancy on bitter stuff. Like the way they sprinkle the choco powder on the top of the drink. As for me, I had Hazelnut Latte, quite good tho. 

Soup of the day . RM8

It will be so dull if we only had main course without any side dishes, so we shared the soup; ended up it came in big portion and most of it was finished by me. It was some sort like broccoli mixed with mushroom soup, the taste is acceptable and so creamy with the help of milk. You may add 2 pieces of grilled US scallops for only RM12; we didn't had that btw. 

Grilled Fish Fillet . RM16

Tien's grilled fish fillet, there are few types of fishes for you to choose in the list, and my friend chose seasonal fish. It comes with fries, seasonal vegetables topped with citrus sauce. I didn't try on it, but she sayid it's a little bit of dry it we didn't squeeze some lemon on it. 

Traditional Fish & Chip (Garoupa) . RM28

My portion of Fish & Chip and I chose garoupa (the waitress recommended this to me), you may choose beer batter or bread crumbs to fried your fish and I chose the former one. I don't really like black pepper and I do not know they marinate the garoupa in black pepper sauce, luckily I manage to finish that with the help of tartare sauce. I put plenty of them on every bite. Laugh. 

Went to Gurney Paragon for window shopping after the lunch, we called it a day. Ended this post with our photos and I looked damn tired in this photo. 

Blue Reef

Location: 3A-G-20, Straits Quay, Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, 10470 Penang.

Business Hours: 11am - 10pm (Daily)

Contact Number: 016-4059182

Facebook Page: Blue Reef

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 About time, later.