Hot Plate Tofu, Teh Tarik Peng, Crepe Cake, and Oreo Mc Flurry

As usual during holiday break in Bintulu, I guess there's nothing much to do here other than going out and sit in cafes and chit chat around with friends, and of course, enjoy some nice food. Went around a few places in Bintulu yesterday with my friend, had some lunch, ice cream and tea break...Hmm there were some good food and some really disappointing ones. First stop was After 3 cafe in Parkcity Bintulu. Two things we ordered that gave me a good impression.

Teh Tarik Peng

Firstly haha was the Teh Tarik Peng, where "peng" means ice is hokkien dialect. So when we say teh tarik peng we mean "Iced Teh Tarik". The thick taste of milk tea was just so indulging and just that I would advise that when you order this, ask for "kosong (no sugar)" or "kurang manis (less sugar)". It was a bit too sweet for me haha. As for the food we ordered, I was really impressed with the Hot Plate Sizzling Japanese Tofu.

Hot Plate Japanese Tofu

Nicely cooked with minced meat and mushroom with fried egg as the base of the hot plate. Very delicious and the tofu was soft and silky :). 

Meanwhile some time after lunch we went to McDonalds drive thru and got ourselves some oreo McFlurry ice cream, which turned out to be a great disappointment.

Oreo McFlurry

Notice that the size of the cup is now so small compare to before, and the taste was bad. Seriously the ice cream tasted really weird, rather like as if it was only sugar. Definitely not going to buy it again unless McDonalds do something about it. 

Now I would like to mention about the crepe cake we had at Bolaven Cafes. Just few days before my friends and I were discussing about the crepe cake they had in Kuala Lumpur, and I was surprised to find crepe cake here in a small town like Bintulu.

French Crepe Cake Coffee Flavour

First thing that caught my eye was the price, RM9, which in my opinion is quite expensive for that small piece of thing. However it tasted just nice as it was not too sweet, yet the coffee taste was good and thick enough.

Layer by Layer

As this is my first time trying out crepe cake, I definitely love it and would like to try some more different varieties in the future. As for now, that's all I would like to share this time :) Cheers!

Awesome Local Malaysian Dishes @ Man Ting Xiang, Bintulu

Looking for a place for lunch or dinner where you can order a few local Chinese dishes with rice at a reasonable price and yet tastes delicious? Well, this afternoon I visited "Man Ting Xiang 满庭香" cafe Assyakirin Commerce Square. They serve delicious "dim sum" in the morning where as for lunch and dinner you get to order from their menu. The place was clean and with good friendly service. We ordered four dishes and all of them came out with good presentation and an awesome fragrance.

Dish 1 : Salted Egg Sauced Pork

Salted Egg Sauced Fried Pork 咸蛋猪肉

Usually in Malaysia we hear about Salted Egg Prawns, sometimes also known as Golden Prawns. This is the first time we heard of salted egg prawns so we decided to give it a try. To our surprise, the sauce tasted exactly like the ones served with prawns and yet while it is served with fried pork, it tasted very different in a delicious way.

Dish 2 : "Cangkuk Manis"

Cangkuk Manis 蛋炒马尼菜

Another local Malaysian vegetable normally served with fried egg. I'm not a big fan of this Cangkuk Manis thingy but my parents love it so much. It tasted a bit sweet and it goes perfectly well with the fried egg. Sometimes this Cangkuk Manis is used in Fried Bee Hoon as a FooChow local delicacy.

Dish 3 : Deep Fried Yam Ring with Mixed Vegetables

Deep Fried Yam Ring with Mixed Vegetables

As a kid I loved this dish. The deep fried yam ring shaped like a bowl while inside filled with mixed vegetables and pork. Sometimes served with sweet and sour pork. What is special about this particular dish today was it was served with coriander which added an awesome fragrance to the dish. However some people dislikes that "fragrance", but for us, it was just what we needed.

Dish 4 : Sweet and Sour Fish

Sweet and Sour Fish 酸甜鱼

Nicely made sweet and sour sauce on fried Black Pomfret fish is one of the best combination you can get for this dish. The fish was fresh and we enjoyed the dish. Basically we finished the whole dish until so "clean" that what was left was only the non edible bones.

So those were the four dishes and I would say it tastes as good as or even better than restaurants. The price for all 4 dishes with plain rice and 2 drinks added up to RM69. Very reasonable price and definitely recommended!