Healthy Snack at Tutti Frutti

The modern society nowadays is talking always about healthy lifestyle, to eat healthily and to live healthily. Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt has been a hit that has bloomed up among the old and youngsters that are searching for healthy snack. This 'Help Yourself' concept of frozen yogurt is charged at RM5.30 per 100gram.

Standing in front of the wall that is equipped with the vending machines, just pull down the handler for your flavours of yogurt that range from the plain, chocolate, strawberry, kiwi to coffee. Then, decorate the yogurt with various toppings such as fresh fruit, canned apricot, chocolate chips, almond nuts, marshmallow, gummy bear or go for strawberry and chocolate sauces. Alternatively, Oreo crackers or grounded Oreo and chocolate egg rolls are available as well.

I like the idea of frozen yogurt in Tutti Frutti. Mix & Match, this is your way to create your creative and favorite frozen yogurt. This is not the only frozen yogurt in Penang or in Malaysia now and I may not have the most interesting or 'appetizing' pictures, but do try it out ;)

Imported Ramen at Goku Raku

Standing in front of Goku Raku Ramen or 極樂, Attila and I are wondering if to have our Japanese lunch here. Then, the waitress attends to us and says that 'Our Ramen is imported from Japan and it's originally from Japan'. To our curiosity, it's a must for us to try the Ramen here.

Attila has been so excited to find his favourite pork meat as various dishes in the menu. We've decided to order Gyoza or pork dumpling and Buta Katsu or simply the deep fried pork chop that is served with special egg sauce, as our starters. The mixture of minced pork with parsley inside the dumpling is juicy yet the skin is too crispy. We both agree that the thin dumpling skin is not completing the tastiness of the meat. The pork chop is a little 'deeply' fried that it's a bit dry but the taste is enhanced by the creamy egg sauce with its saltiness. The sauce by itself is very appetizing.

Our greediness has urged us to share a bowl of Mini Don and a bowl of soupy Ramen. The Mini Don is in fact the mini bowl of rice and we've chosen the Kobuta Meshi or pan-fried pork cubes with sauce on the rice. I love this dish so much because the pork meat has been 'stewed' that it becomes so tender and juicy by absorbing the soy sauce completely. One piece of pork, one spoon of rice; it's indeed the most wonderful moment. Besides, we've taken the Ultimate Ramen in Tonkotsu soup. The Ramen is served Char Siew, egg, black fungus, bamboo shoot, seaweed and being garnished with spring onion, leek and fragrant garlic oil. The soup is somehow too salty for me, yet to my surprise is the tender noodle. It has indeed reminded me about the packet Ramen that is imported from Japan, it's just the original taste.
The meal at Goku Raku is a total satisfaction for us. The most to our remembrance is the Kobuta Meshi and the Tonkotsu soup. I do remember as well that I don't dare to try the egg because of its uncooked and watery egg white. But, we'll come again...

By the Roadside at Patong Beach of Phuket

It's our yearly bike trip for Songkran Festival in Phuket. Once a year, we're playing with water crazily and indulging ourselves into the water war.

Walking along the Patong Beach area and here I've decided to try out the local pancake by the aunt that is with her portable store. You can ask for different ingredients for your pancake such as nutella, chocolate, caramel, banana, coconut, pineapple or any mixture of these. I've ordered the small banana nutella that costs me 60Baht. The soft pancake is not really very delicious as the nutella paste is too little. Yet, I like the sweet banana that has indeed made-up the whole taste of the pancake.
Walking along the roadside with the pancake in my hand, this is just my snack before the dinner.

金 or Kin, Japanese Ramen in Thai

On the way back from Germany and again transit at Bangkok, Attila and I have narrowed down to a common baseline of Asian food as our dinner. He wants Japanese but I want Thai, thus we've decided to go to 金Kin Ramen Restaurant as they do serve Japanese Ramen in spicy Tomyum soup.

Attila has ordered the Buta Katsu Tonkotsu Ramen set that is served with a small plate of Kimchi and Gyoza. The pork broth is sweet yet it does go well with the tasteless egg noodle. For me, I'll prefer if the soup is thicker. Attila finds the soft Buta Katsu or pork fillet to be still acceptable but I'm indeed hate the strong 'porky' smell and I'll like to have it to be crispy. Talking about the Gyoza, I'll never order these pork dumplings in Ala Carte style as I don't like the soft and tasteless meat ingredient. I've chosen to take the Tomyum Special Seafood Ramen that is cooked together with river prawns, scallops, mussels, octopus and mushroom. It's kind of a waste to kill the freshness of the seafood with the spicy soup. Anyway, I do really love the juiciness of the prawns and scallops. As a lesson learnt, I'll not order Japanese Ramen in Thai restaurant anymore because the 'fluffy' noodle is not suitable for spicy Tomyum soup.

I feel a little happy as I've managed to taste a fresh seafood meal yet it's kind of disappointed towards myself for expecting a tasty Japanese Ramen with Thai Tomyum.

Smokey Joe's, the Pilot or the Currywurst

Passing through the open area between Terminal 1 and 2 of Munich Airport, you'll notice a plane with a lot of tables and chairs outside. The aeroplane turbine, the gas station... The 'pilot' is selling Currywurst or curry sausage in his small plane-shaped store.

The specialty is the Smokey Joe's Currywurst rot or red sausage that is served with their No. 1 sauce. The sauces are categorized into Classic, Medium and Hot. Do take the Classic if you're a Glider Pilot, go for the Medium if you're a Chief Pilot while Hot is for the Fighter Pilot. I've decided to try out the Currywurst rot in Hot sauce and additionally being served with a bread roll. Alternatively, you can ask for the airport fries. I'm totally amazed by this tasty sauce. The sourness of the tomato and the spiciness of the chili compliment each other, making the sauce goes well with the tender sausage. It's even great that the dish is warming up my body during the cold evening.

Smokey Joe's, this is the place that I've tasted a real 'spiciness' in Germany. Concerning on customers' requests, chili flakes and grounded chili are as well available for 'Chief Fighter Pilot'. It'll be a good idea to have such delicious sausage in Penang, wondering...