Shia's Homemade Granola, Penang

When you walk or ride pass this shop, you can't help but stop and have a look and then have a closer look. The goodies that are displayed and the artistry on the outside is attractive and inviting.

 For me, it's already inviting because I have tasted the granola bars from Shia's Granola since last November and I still love it.  At that time, it was right out from Alishia's kitchen, the proprietor. I bought from her occasionally and then my sister came to like it too after I let her try a bar. I have tried those boxes of bars off the rack and I didn't seem to like any of it , either it's too chewy or too sweet or something that just didn't go right with me. I am not exaggerating. 

My favourite is the chocolate flavour but they have other flavours as well. I like it with milk or soya milk. Just check out their page below for a full menu.

This is what I had for my tea break on my first visit to the shop. Dragon fruit, pear, banana coupled with granolas, chia seeds, and yogurt. It was refreshing, tasty and of course healthy.

Such a good quote and we all really need to be educated about taking care of our bodies. It may seem literally impossible in a food paradise of Penang, however we can always strike a balance between healthy good food and just any tasty food. It is a matter of selection and timing and a conscious effort to seek out what suits our taste and our lifestyle. 

Say hello to the owners of Shia's Granola. The ones who do what they preach. Ke Wynn is a personal fitness trainer and wife Alishia is the chef behind Shia's Granola. All this started in 2013, when Alishia didn't quite fancy the granolas that the family bought back from the store and started to make her own and soon enough, friends started ordering. The story develops from there and now births their very own shop. It used to be their photo studio but now a kitchen for making delectable granolas. Creativity is in the genes, I remember Alishia's father used to make photo frames and I can see where Alishia has gotten her artistic and creativity from. 

We had a good chat although short about healthy lifestyles and the trends. We all are trying, some do it better than others and so, encouraging each other definitely helps more.

I bought this cute little thing, it reminds me of baby food : ) and it was for my dinner as I have classes back to back in the evening. It is called Apple Mango chia seed pudding. I took this right before my protein shake. I love it! I love yummy, simple, convenient meals when it comes to heavy scheduled days.

More information:

Facebook Page: Shia's Granola

Address: No.1, India House, Church Street Ghaut, 10300 George Town, Malaysia

Map: Just Click Here

Eastern Garden Restaurant, KL

                   Eastern Garden Restaurant specializes on Chinese cuisine and does not serve food with MSG. Miss Tan, one of the proprietor and chef is fastidious when it comes to preparation of the food and seeks to prepare healthy, tasty dishes. If you are use to the taste of MSG in your food, then it will take awhile to acquire a taste you might deem lesser but it is actually the opposite. Everything will taste as it is without the mask of MSG. 

                 Occasionally they have dishes that are not mentioned in the menu and one of that dish that we had was Dragon Fruit chicken. Instead of the usual orange, mango sauce we usually have else where, dragon fruit was definitely my first and it was really good with the chicken. My other fancy is the homemade beancurd with pumpkin sauce. 

                Even though my trip to KL was a bit tight, was glad to be able to drop in a friends restaurant. Thankfully it wasn't too far off from where I stay. And having a friend who is good with driving around KL was a blessing.

                       There are ample parking spaces along the road and they are open for lunch and dinner.

                       For more information, details are at the end of the post.

Dragon fruit chicken

Wild boar with lemongrass

Homemade Beancurd with pumpkin sauce

Baby Lettuce Garlic

Love the herbal tea. With the lady in charge!Nice seeing ya, Suan Lian!

Find out more at Eastern Garden Food Facebook Page

Address: Click on address to see the directions

169 Jalan SS19/6

Subang Jaya

Contact number:

011-3748 8936

Le Perigord, Pulau Tikus

Le Perigord first opened in January 2016, a casual dining place but with a feel of semi-fine to fine dining setting. High ceiling and exquisitely decorated with a tinge of colorful pictures. I came during lunch time and there was only set lunches available. Set lunch comes with soup, main course and a drink and it's reasonably priced.

It's a nice place for gathering and parties and the best part is you're able to bring your own wine without being charged corkage. As you can see bottles above the bar, there are empty bottles from customers after their dinner. 'Souvenirs' on the shelf. Cool.

Overall, I enjoyed the dishes. Aglio Olio would be according to personal preference in my opinion.  As there are different styles to cook it. I for one like the Italian style the most.

The chef does custom specialized orders for RM50 and above, no minimum pax required.

Mushroom Soup

Aglio Olio Seafood Spaghetti

Free range pork tonkatsu with mash potato & salad

There is an assortment of these mini cheesecakes with different flavours or topping. I like the concept of mini cakes, gives you a good taste and yet you don't overeat. Just savor the moment. :  )

Mini Cheesecakes

Le Perigord Set Lunch menu: 

Monday-Sunday

11.30am-2.30pm

Rm19.90nett

*Soup of the day

*Main Course

*Périgord Signature Drink

Main course: 

1) Grilled Teriyaki Salmon with butter rice & veggies

2) Free range pork tonkatsu with mash potato & salad

3) Aglio Olio Seafood Spaghetti 

4) Chicken & Mushroom Linguine with cream sauce

Le Perigord

 253G-1-7, Burma Road, Pulau Tikus 

(Burmatel Buiding)

012-559 9139

Find out more in their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/perigordpulautikus/

Coffee Elements, All Seasons, Penang

Coffee Elements is not a new face in Penang and it is still going on strong . The recent good news I heard from one of the proprietor is that Coffee Element is going to open another outlet in Kuala Lumpur, the first over there. In Penang, there are existing two outlets, one in All Seasons, Air Itam and another in Gurney Paragon, Gurney Drive.(info at the bottom)

A refreshing drink to begin with and a healthy one indeed.I couldn't help but remove some of the minty leaves to eat with my dish too. And then we had a big portion of salad. Fresh and crisp leafy vegetables coupled with cherry tomatoes and olives. Balsamic olive oil dressing is best to go with salad for me instead of the usual thousand island dressing. Thumbs up to Coffee Element for giving us the option.

Minty Mint

Rocket Salad

Honey Mustard Chicken and Chicken with Cream Mushroom are highly recommended. First of all, I liked that they serve with lots of fresh salads at the side in both the dishes. The Honey Mustard Chicken is crispy and tender on the inside. It goes well with the honey mustard sauce. The chicken thigh of the Chicken with mushroom cream is tasty to the core. And the citrus taste of the orange cubes with the salad is complementing and makes it all very whole for me.

Honey Mustard Chicken

Cream Chicken(Chicken Thigh)

Cakes are all freshly baked homemade and there are around 3 choices to choose from. I have tried quite abit of their coffee selections except the cold ones. The hot ones like latte,flavored latte and mocha and also the chocolate drinks are enjoyable. You might see more when you visit my blog's facebook page. And I usually go to Coffee Element, Gurney Paragon as its more convenient for me, but hopefully one day they will have the same food selections too in Paragon. 

Cafe Latte

So happy to have achieved this design of my mocha, I was being very careful to sip it slow. I just love looking at beautiful things in whatever form it might be. 

Mocha
I'm not a science stream student but that looks like some equations of some kind in the picture below. Can anyone tell me what does it equate to? Or am I just entirely mistaken.

 Drop by their Coffee Element Facebook for latest updates. It's a good place for gatherings and parties too.

Address: 2nd Floor, All Seasons Place, Lebuhraya Thean Teik, Ayer Itam, Penang &

                                            3rd Floor, Gurney Paragon Mall, Penang

                                                           Contact No:  012 4782693 

Yella Fork , Georgetown, Penang

Yella Fork , a cuisine fusion by Australian and Malaysian recipes sets it's ground here recently around a month plus ago. I went in wanting to try their best selection and I believe I did. We were greeted by the owner and head chef of Yella Fork Julian Ooi who was trained in Australia and she's back here collaborating with her brother on delivering Penang a taste from the Down Under.

Starting out with a pleasant latte and cappucino(Fairtrade coffee) and interestingly 50% profit goes to save rainforest in Sabah and Sarawak, 50% goes to the coffee bean farmers in Australia. Something new to my knowledge in the coffee industry.

Moving on to the belly-heartwarming food, here we have the springroll and we got to try their lemon pepper homemade sauce which I liked. A little of sour and tinge of spice in it. It goes well with the salad but I dipped my springroll in it as well. Then the mushroom soup of medium thickness and pleasingly tasty.

Here comes the signature dishes which I quote Julian 'everything is good to me' when I asked which is their signature dish. So, to be specific we picked their Roasted Pork Belly, the pork belly was marinated for 24 hours and the verdict? It was crispy at the side, tender on the inside. Excellent!

Pie in the sky is a chicken pie and its made out from an Australian recipe. Lovin' this and nowadays its hard to come by a good filling chicken pie. I remembered a friend's mom who made fantastic chicken pie when I was in high school and since then every other chicken pie seem mundane. 

At Yella Fork, the sauce seems to complement with the pie. I had a hearty balanced meal.

The sets are pretty flexible and the prices are reasonably priced and no additional taxes included at this time.

Yella Fork preview

Address: No 27A, Jalan Chow Thye, 10050, Georgetown,Penang
Contact no: 011 12568528
04-2288910
Email: yellafork@gmail.com
Services: Private function, catering, reservation.

Clockwise Place, Georgetown, Penang

Clockwise Place is a 3 month old cosy cafe cum hostel that serves reasonable food courtesy of Ukrainian recipe. The place is vibrant with colours and with clocks, pictures,  postcards as part of their decor. 

 We were having brunch that morning and I wanted a healthier selection thus the salad. 

There is a team of Ukrainian that serves, cooks and manage this fine place. Excellent service I might add. We were served with non local sweets/chocolates at the very beginning. Love the chocolates. It is nice to be able to enjoy some Eastern European cuisine here in Penang.  Definitely suits my taste.

I enjoyed my Olivier Salad very much, with cubes of chicken,  eggs, potatoes, cucumbers, green peas and onion with their sauce. It was a perfect dish for me.

My friend's omelette was a simple yet a pleasant meal. Out of three coffee , I liked cappuccino the best especially when its still warm.

The Apple Strudel is one of their signature dish and I highly recommend it. Love the generous cream they put in as it complements the strudel with sweet, sour combination all at once. 

I'm looking forward to trying more dishes from them.  Indeed a nice hangout place that offers free wifi and no extra taxes.

Apple Strudel

Latte

Cappuccino

Clare's Mocha

Omelette set

Olivier Salad

Happy friendly team that served us that day

Penang Clockwise Facebook
75, Stewart Lane, Georgetown, Penang
04-2614235

Shervone Cakes, Pulau Tikus

  Some of you might have been to Shervone at Krystal Point, Bayan Lepas but now there is a new outlet at Pulau Tikus opposite Tan Mark Book store. Three weeks old.

I had the priviledge of tasting a variety of coffee, cakes and chocolates, not to mention the delectable main courses. It's a very decorated place, being a cake house, coffee and cafe all in one.

The highlight of their coffee is the DIY concept, make your own coffee using the Arissto Premium Coffee brand. I will upload a video on how latte is done with Arissto coffee maker soon.

My Latte

The first dish that was served to us was their Briyani Spice Rice with 1/4 Chicken. We all enjoyed the dish as the chicken was tender with added spices and cashew nuts. Being the typical Malaysian we all are, we requested for more gravy and we enjoyed it even more. Salad at the side made it all a balanced meal.

The new signature dish, Heng Penang Laksa,a recipe that was handed down by Mr. Yo's grandmother was my favourite of all. The laksa had all the right spices, with lots of shredded fish and the 'hae ko'(shrimp/prawn paste) was placed in a bottle for us to pour the amount we want. The soup is thick and has the right sour to it.

Note: Heng Penang Laksa is only served on weekends

Something I would love for breakfast, the Panini Wasabi Salmon. I sliced and I dipped  my wasabi salmon into the egg and then put all into my mouth. The combination was supreme. That's how I ate my Panini Wasabi Salmon with eggs. By the way, I love eggs and I eat them everyday. 

They also have a wide variety of their hand made chocolates. The most bizarre flavour would be curry banana choc( its the brown rockish look chocolate on your far left) which was surprisingly tasty in its unique way. The other one that I liked was the strawberry as the chocolate is white chocolate,it seems to go well with the strawberry fillings. Mind you, I usually don't like strawberry flavoured things. So this was good to me. 

Click to see the flavour of the chocolates

Then comes the cakes and the best for me out of the three goes to Carrot Cake. : )

I would love to visit another time to try other chocolate and cheese cakes. Yum!

Sesame Cheese, Carrot Cake, Rum Truffle

Thanks to Sharon( lovely lady in the pastel color dress), wife of Mr. Yo in serving and letting us in to a bit of history. A friendly lady always at your service. The  girl(top left)who served us chocolates is a part time server who was very helpful that day. All the best to your studies in TAR. : )

Finally we have Mr. Yo, the cake designer/chef, the main man in this shop. He mentioned that they also have ice cream cakes and 3D cakes that we can order. On top of that, Sharon has told us that they have party event planning as well and they are collaborating with Party Fete. So if you have birthday celebrations coming up, do drop in and have a chat with them.

I wish to fly!!! :P

Address: 230A, Burma Road, Pulau Tikus, Penang.

Contact No:012-4296948

Opens for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Check out more at Shervone 2.0 Facebook