Cold Summer... Chili Con Carne at Cafe Felix

Windy and the temperature is about 13 to 14°C, this is such a cold Summer in Regensburg. I've decided to drop by at the Cafe Felix; attracted by the crowd whom are sitting at the open-air under such weather.

I've decided to treat myself to a hot bowl of Chili Con Carne and it's served together with some Baguette. By its name, it's a spicy stew that is cooked from the mixed ingredients of chili pepper, garlic, onion, minced meat and sometimes added with tomatoes or beans. Here in Cafe Felix, the Chef has added corns into the Chili Con Carne as well. It tastes quite nice because the fresh corns have indeed added sweetness to the soup itself. Anyway, I don't like the plenty of tomatoes inside the dish whereby the sourness has in fact covered up the spiciness that I want to taste. Oh, I really miss the Chili Con Carne from my Boyfriend now...

Cafe Felix is serving the Bischofshof Weissbier, history since year 1649? I'm the fans of Dunkel but Bischofshof Weissbier Dunkel is slightly dry, not so smooth at the end of the tongue.
Alone in the big city, I'm quite satisfied with this bowl of hot Chili Con Carne... But, I'll definitely want to taste my Boyfriend's home-cooked meal again.

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Stammtisch... Tuesday Night in Penang; Dienstag Abend in Regensburg

Reporting from Regensburg, that I'll be here for 2months...

It's Tuesday night and it supposes to be our 'Stammtisch' or regular table in Penang. Wandering on Regensburg streets by myself, I've decided to drop myself a German meal tonight, a real 'Stammtisch' alive in Germany. By random, I've discovered the Regensburger Weissbräuhaus that is located at Schwarze Bären Straße. One information that I've understood from their menu, they're serving Gegrillte Schweinshaxe mit Kartoffelknödel und Sauerkraut on every Tuesday. In other word, I can get the German Pork Knuckle tonight.

Let's start with a Weissbier and I've ordered their Weissbier Dunkel. It tastes quite smooth and under the cooling weather, the beer just stays cool always...

Per serving, I've started to regret because the portion is just too big for myself alone here. Both the meat and the skin are too hard, I think it has somehow been over-grilled that the juiciness has been evaporated. No doubt that the skin is very crispy but the Chef has lost the touch of balancing between the crispiness and tenderness, that the lean meat has in fact become too chewy. Kartoffelknödel is the steamed potatoes ball that is made from raw and cooked potatoes with some cream while Sauerkraut is the traditional pickled cabbage. I'm not the fans for Kartoffelknödel because it makes me feeling too full always. Too bad too say that I don't like their Sauerkraut as well as it tastes too sour.

I start to wonder about the Stammtisch in Penang... How are my boyfriend, Suzy, Leni, Berndie and Franky?

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Eating Pan Mee板面 at Hou Mei Yuen好味园

Pan Mee板面 is a type of noodle whereby it's wide width and long length are alike wooden plank. The noodle is made from flour and egg, then being flattened into the width by customers' requests. Normally, you can choose to have 板面 in soup or to have it being prepared as dried noodle.

Hou Mei Yuen好味园 is located under the big tree at the apartment area, just behind the Double Good Restaurant nearby Bukit Jambul Shopping Mall. The 板面 is just simply mixed with the dark soya sauce, garnished with some minced pork, black fungus and fried anchovies, then being served with a small bowl of fish ball with vegetable soup. But, I like the noodle here because of it's thick dark soya sauce that has added a nice aroma and taste to the noodle. In fact, the noodle is quite sweet that you'll need to balance it with their specially blended Chili paste.

Different people with different preferences. My colleague like to mix the Chili paste into the soupy noodle, how about you?

Gelatissimo; It's Italian's Name...

Gelatissimo, the real taste of Italia... They're specializing in Gelato or what is easily to be known as ice-cream. Normally, Gelato is neither too sweet or too milky and they're emphasizing on using natural ingredients for the ice.

After a satisfying meal, Attila and I have decided to have the Gelato as our desserts. I've decided to try the Macadamia Nuts while my boyfriend has chosen the Pistachio Nuts. I'm not good in differentiating a good or bad ice but I'm happy with the natural taste of the nuts inside and the ice is not too sweet either.

I like both Gelato or Ice-Cream as long as it's not too sweet. Gelatissimo doesn't impress me much but the Gelato is somehow a good idea of an after-meal dessert.

An American Legacy of Great Food; Where? Chicago Rib House

Time to write about the food that I've had before my trip to Regensburg...

Attila and I are hunger for some western food while we're shopping in Gurney Plaza and we've decided to give it a first try at the Chicago Rib House. Without disappointment, my boyfriend is happy to find pork ribs in their menu. We've ordered a St. Louis Pork Ribs with the Grilled Shrimps as sharing. The Pork Ribs is garnished with the sweet and sour sauce on top. It's very appetizing and the taste is just nice with the balanced sweetness and sourness. Besides, the Pork Ribs is so succulent, tender and juicy that the meat will jult melt in my mouth. We find it very delicious that we start to regret to order the platter type with Shrimps together. I barely eat the Shrimps because they're not fresh and the meat is too soft.

Additionally, I've ordered a Ceasar Salad with the Grilled Chicken Meat. We both like the dish as well except that I think the Chicken Meat is quite tasteless and they're not tender enough.

If you ask me for opinions of places for Pork Ribs, I'll not hesistate to recommend Chicago Rib House as a choice.