Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Deluxcious [Penang]

Luxurious and Delicious !

If this is how they got their name, they are certainly living it up! Cause the place and food is magnificent!

This place is not only a restaurant, but also a spa salon, bar and heritage hotel.

Had our team lunch here and we went for the buffet.
The buffet was rather different as you need to order it from the menu ala-carte style.

The portions are quite small, which is good (except for the spaghetti - serving good for 2-3);
My piece of advice - if you want to try out all the dishes, go in big groups. You don't want to be ONLY munching down a bowl of spaghetti throughout the buffet!

But not to worry, you still get your average style scoop all you want appetizers, soup and desserts.

The only downside - there was no ice cream for the lunch buffet. Available only for dinner buffet.


The building. 
Yes, It is almost a mansion by itself.
Looks even more magnificent at night when its all lit up.

Directions to the hotel, spa, bar, restaurant and garden.

Pathway to the restaurant.

The garden.
Yes. Marvelous! 
All ready for your wedding ceremony needs.

The bar lounge in front of the restaurant. 
A small and cozy one.

The restaurant.



They serve wine too!
Not included in the buffet, of course! I wish! LOL

The appetizer and dessert buffet bar.

A variety of sauces to satisfy all your taste buds.

Cakes!

My first platter. 
Juices are not included in the buffet but feel free to drink up on their free sky juice if you do not want to order extra!
(p/s: Yes, thats a half glass of orange juice - forgot to snap a photo when its full, was too distracted by all the food!)

Cute decorations.

Ala-carte style dishes



 

 
Menu for the ala-carte style buffet - order as many as you want!
But be sure to finish it all as they charge on food wastage too.



Love: 
- The environment and ambience
- Good food

Not so much:
- No ice cream for lunch buffet! I'm a huge fan of ice cream! 

Re-visit: 
Yes.



Location:
15-17A, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah,
Pulau Pinang 10050, Malaysia

Hotel
+(6) 04 226 9993/ 226 9991

Spa & Restaurant
+(6) 04 261 0288/ 262 1288 

Links:
http://www.deluxcious.com.my/




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Moustache Houze [Penang]

Hola Amigos! 

Finally another food blog up!

Was super excited when i was told about this new cafe. I knew instantly that i would love this place by the name of it.

Moustache Houze - Whats not to love about moustaches! Right? And off i went! 

Not only it is a cafe, it also caters as a guesthouse for tourists on the 2nd and 3rd level.
But as for now, its still under renovation and will officially open end of next month. (end of August'13)

Went there with my partner in crime and we were the second customer of the day! To our surprise it was their first official business day and they had just opened at 4.30pm.

It was quite empty when we arrived, thus, we had the privilege to raid the whole place and took an insane amount of pictures. And by the time we got done, the place was packed with customers! 

This funky cafe, as described by its name, has moustaches written all over!
-Straws..cups..doors, wall paintings and many more. 


The main entrance

Moustache Houze Sign Board

The food and menu counter.

This cafe kept it simple and chic - Since they only serve drinks and cakes, theres no need for individual sheet menus. 
Just go right up to the counter, look up the menu board and order!

The cafe is filled with artistic settings and lightings. 
Despite all the different and unique designs , the cafe still revolves around their main theme - MOUSTACHES!

A cozy corner with cushioned wooden swing chairs.

An awesome corner to satisfy your picture taking cravings. 
With moustaches of course ! 

The tree of moustaches - Designed and hand painted by the sister of the cafe owner. 
This ain't no ordinary tree and has a lovely story to it! 
Curious enough? - You will have to visit the cafe and ask them! 

Invading the tree of moustaches.

More moustache props! 
Me siento tan sexy! (I hope google translate did not fail me. lol)



A variety of cakes, crepes and jelly!

One of the drinks we ordered. 
Flavored ice cubes! Uber cute and creative! 
To die for! A mixture of everything i love - ice, chocolate and milk.
A must order!

If you do not fancy milk and chocolate, they have also have other flavored ice cubes (kiwi, strawberry, etc) served with sparkling soda.

Our second drink - Syphon coffee. 
Also one of the cafe's speciality. 
We had such honor to watch the whole coffee making process and to be served and poured right at our table.
And oh! check out all the little moustache accessories on her shirt and straw! She even has moustouche manicure on her nails!
Such dedication and passion towards mustaches! <3

Only managed to try one cake as we were pretty full from lunch.
Green tea tiramisu - If you're looking for something out of the norm, go for this!

Since the guesthouse is not open yet, we were able to visit the rooms and leisure area on the 2nd and 3rd level. 
Each room has a specially designed moustache themed wall painting. 
The ambience - fantastic! 

Check out whats also hung on the room and toilet doors.

The guesthouse leisure area on the 3rd floor. 



Love: 
-Special flavored ice cube! 
-Moustaches, moustaches, moustaches! 

Not so much:
None!

Re-visit: 
Definitely! 


Location:
No. 24, Campbell Street
Georgetown, Penang
Malaysia

Business Hours: 
First week of opening : 4.30pm - 9.30pm (28th July'13 - 4th August'13)
Daily: 10am - 10pm




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Monday, July 22, 2013

Little by Little [StickyGrams and CastaGrams]

-StickyGrams and CastaGrams-

Sounds familiar? Yes - To all you crazy instagrammers, theres more for you now!
And that includes moi.

I'm not going to deny- I'm obsess with instagram.
One night, i was out chilling with friends and this question popped up -
'Hey, do you know they have instagram magnets and casing now?' (you know who your are - and thank you!)

And i got super hyped up !

But i'm not going to lie. It ain't cheap.
Check them out below!


CastaGrams
Turn your instagram photos into phone casings!
http://www.casetagram.com/


Pic reference: www.tidbitdujour.com

Pic reference:theprimeoflife.de

Pic reference:www.dutchessroz.com



StickyGrams
Turn your instgram photos into fridge magnets!
https://stickygram.com/



Pic reference: www.bangstyle.com

Now, would't you want your refrigerator to be your instagram feed? Or .. probably not?
Pic reference: www.fotoseeds.com

And as i googled more, i found tons of various websites and choices that you can make out of our instagram pictures. Instantgrams, puzzles, stickers, coasters and etc.

And oh! I'm trying out Castagram right now myself too.
Some snapshots below while creating my own Castagram - will keep you guys updated if i decide to purchase it in the end!


Getting started!

Choosing layout - so many different designs to choose from!

Choosing photo effects

Adding photos to my case from my instagram gallery 

Done! and ready to be purchased! 
One downside to the webpage - 
You can only save your design after you have completed your full design and you can't go back to re-edit once saved. 
By the looks of it, i will have to start all over as there are many empty spaces in between photos. 
Oh well, gives me more time to reflect if i should get it or not!




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