Bird of paradise ?

I'm looking at the logo and wondering if it is a bird of paradise .

No matter , we shall find out later . Anyway , I punched in the numbers and slotted my appointment in the moment I received this .

Really looking forward to this .

Thankeeee ;)

CRC Penang - small table in a big restaurant

It's a big restaurant and we're such a small party of people that I'm really worried if we're gonna be ignored . 

So we decided to arrive early .....like really , really , really early and yes , since we were so obviously visible , the kepala ( head ) of the ladies squad personally attended to us . Phew !

Sin Hong Keng - deep fried fish steamboat with yam

I'm very particular about the fish I eat .

It should not reek of a fishy pong but should smell like the ocean .

Though I'm not expecting sashimi grade flesh , if it arrives on my table with an odour straight out of a market drain , no matter how many people are enjoying it , I will not touch it .

And it's pretty telling of the sad state of affairs when one can find fresher fish in Kedah than in Penang , even though by virtue of Penang being just next to the sea , fish meat supplies ought to be super fresh , right ? Wrong a lot of times before I finally learnt my lesson and stopped ordering steamed fish at any chu cha place on the island .

Anyway , we're having the rare fish meal today . 

Deep fried red snapper ( it's all farmed off shore today ) boiled with round cabbage and yam .

Not only is it succulent and naturally sweet , he cannot remember when was the last time he actually had snapper this fresh . We'd probably have to pay a bomb for it on the island but even though what we had here is not THAT cheap , it still cost less than that airconditioned giant garoupa place near Chew jetty .  

Tastewise : oily , plain , with a slight hint of Chinese wine , full of aromatic yam flavour ( the root is the very fibrous type )

Once upon a time this Bee Bee so hip

Once upon a time , I wished I could walk around town with hair depicted the topmost picture while most other women wanted the Lady Di below .

Say what ?

After coming downstream , we were just 500 metres from the landing point when the boat suddenly came to a halt .

Boatman looked at us . We looked back  . 

What ? Was he going to show us more fireflies and so near the shore too ?

 Instead , he instructed his elf like assistant to go check out the motor directly behind us .

We had to get up , stand up and move aside , thus rocking the boat since I am no fairy weight , as the elf needed to access an item stored beneath our seats . Turned out to be a blue plastic barrel filled with some liquid . 

" Folks ....have you ever been on a boat without fuel ? " he asked .

Without waiting for a reply , he delivered the stomach churning , palm sweating reply 

" Well , now you have "

with a chuckle ! 

My expression became like this Godzilla below . I tried not to panic even though he was obviously having a bit of a tough time .