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Winter Warmers Coffee & Tea House @ Queensbay

I was happily entering the newly opened Winter Warmers at Queensbay on last Friday, who knows……it’s another ‘warm’ experience again. (Previous posts at Winter Warmer – our WARM experience! and Winter Warmer Set Meal ).

In summary, they couldn’t cope with the stream of customers (at ~2pm). Mind you, I observed same ‘face’ (management) as Gurney Plaza’s outlet one.

1) Dishes were uncleared on the tables unless you called them to do so.

2) Repeated times to request for ordering.

3) There are simply too many partitions and obstructions in the restaurant that the waitresses /waiters could harldy notice you  especially during such ‘cannot-cope’ situation.

4) I saw a number of tables requesting to leave immediately if the dishes they ordered were still not prepared.

5) I saw one of the persons in charge kept on apologizing to the customers for their late delivery of dishes and etc.

6) He showed you a very ‘discouraging’ look when you walked up to him to ADD order.

It was having Jasmine tea 50% discount promotion for members.

Jasmine Blossom (Orig price RM9.90 -50% = RM4.95)

Jasmine Milk Tea (Orig price RM9.90 -50% = RM4.95). Hmm…this one tasted better than the above one. [...]

Tree Monkey @ Tropical Spice Garden, Teluk Bahang.

Last Sunday we in a group of ~20 pax (consisted of food bloggers and Penang bloggers) were invited and treated by the boss, Mr. PattKhor and the person-in-charge, Ms Wisakha, through coordination by Warren, CK Lam and Criz.

Let’s move on to explore what you could expect from the Tree Monkey!

Tree Monkey is a “Back To Nature” alfresco restaurant. It has just started its business recently on 30th Jul 2010 as a pork-free restaurant. It serves North Eastern Thai, Asian and Western cuisine (vegetarian is also available). Their chefs are from North East Thailand. The herbs used in preparing dishes are taken from the Spice Garden itself.

Tree Monkey is located beside the Tropical Spice Garden. Use this entrance and take a few minutes hike up and that will lead you to the restaurant.

Green. Wood. Peace in Rustic Garden.

It is a great place for those who like to to hang out in rustic and tranquil ambience. One who knows how to appreciate the art of wooden structure building should find this place interesting too as this restaurant was built without using nails. Their wooden furnitures are also imported from Chiangmai, Thailand.

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Manila Place @ Gurney Plaza

One should have expected to have pocket burnt a little small hole by enjoying a meal in this territory.

Caramel Latte (RM8.90+), Honey Lemon Juice (RM6.90+).

Fried Nippon Soba (RM15.90+). I like this dish presentation compared to last time. The bowl is deep thus make the whole dish having ‘MORE’ to dig ! This dish is more flavourful if compared to the Secret Recipe’s Fried Jap Soba . The only minus mark is the prawn’s texture (under-thawed?!)

Fish & Chips (RM18.90+) . I like this fish with crispy skin. This is not as oily as I thought.

Mushroom Soup (RM6.90+) . Pretty cute dish presentation.

Manila Place
Add : 170-G-143, Plaza Gurney, Penang.
Tel : 04-2262005

Set Lunch @ Summer Garden

Other than enjoying the cold and cozy ambience Tea break @ Summer Garden, one can actually have his/her set lunch here too.

Teriyaki Salmon RM24 and free a glass of green tea (hot or cold)
Buta Shogayaki RM22 and free a glass of green tea (hot or cold)
Grilled Lamb Cutlet RM28*
Grilled BBQ Chicken RM22*
Tuna Steak RM28*
for the above western set lunch, free a glass of lemon tea (hot or cold)
Add on RM3 for brew coffee.
Price are subject to 5% gov. tax.

Caramel Latte (RM9.80+) . Wow! By just looking at the pattern I would have already 50% impressed. I love the taste and fragance of this latte.

Oxtail Soup 牛尾湯 (RM16.00+) – Malaysian style oxtail soup served with garlic bread. Clear soup base. I will appreciate more if the serving could be larger.

Oriental Chicken 東方風味煎雞腿 (RM25.00+) – fried with aromatic spices, yellow ginger, honey and galangal. This one is far better than the set lunch below.

Set Lunch : Terriyaki Salmon (RM24.00+)

I dislike the tempura, be it the outer flaky fried skin or the inner prawn (texture is like paste).

I love the fruit being served like this – cut into cube forms and placed inside the orange skin.

Ice Ice Noodle is an icy noodle with crab sticks, cucumber, sausage and egg – one of the signature dishes at Tutti Frutti .

In the past I have always been impressed by the dish presentation of this Ice Ice Noodle until recently….

I was SHOCKED when seeing this dish, nearly heart-attacked(!) oh. *I am comparing this with the one back in ancient time @ BJ*

This is the original photo shot used in the menu , the restaurant’s wallpaper and website.

This is the dish being served in front of me. LOL!
After ‘cultivating’ the hairy cabbages….this is the interior look! WALAO EI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I am sort of a person who is forgetful. I couldn’t recall the actual reason I stopped ordering this dish for such a long time until I had it (again) the other day. It’s too sourish lah!

On the other hand, I was deeply impressed with this combination of green tea ice cream with white fungus in syrup. This is equally good if compared to the red beans.

I will order this again but definitely not ice ice noodle anymore loh….. haha!