Wendy ' s at Sunrise Tower - first visit , 3 trips

" Is there no back up ? "

that was the question going through our minds .

" The system is down " 

said the staff . 

Nobody was getting any burger . You either wait or you give up and walk out .

I know it is tough to be caught in their shoes , but what made it pretty heartless and annoying was the fact that they made light of the situation by jesting around and smiling a lot .

 Highly inappropriate when the mood was deathly and ombre amongst the patient followers .

Me thinks they really ought to thank the heavens these were all young not so vocal customers , some of whom had waited patiently from 11 p.m .

Any person above 50 would have created a ruckus , maybe even banged their fists on the counter , but I'm not 50 yet . On top of that I still have the public temper of an angel at the moment so I did not complain since hey , I was one of the last people to walk in before they decided to prevent new walk ins from entering by barricading the door . 

They had to use manual calculators and written chits just to give us our orders so I think that was good of them . That they didn't just shoo us out the door like that , for those of us who refused to budge .

Some gave up . I walked in at a little after midnight and was prepared to wait half an hour so hum....

See these faces below , now these are all  patient and hungry souls so willing to endure the teething hiccups and wait without raising their voices nor complaining . These customers below are real angels I tell you . 

Apparently there were 3 power trips ,so I don't know if it is their wiring or the building or what but I consider myself lucky for snaking into first position at the 2nd counter that was opened specially for one about to rage young man ( not in pic ) ( he declined , I think he's probably gonna rage about it online as he had asked for the manager's name )

Less than 10

There are some towns where if you were to ask the local folks 

" what's good to eat here ? "

they will reply with a straight face and tell you

" nothing . Everything doesn't taste good here "

Of course they're joking . But only because they want to get the point across to you that they are indeed dead serious about keeping the really good and cheap eats to themselves without having to battle with pesky tourists . So they shut you out as a last resort to keep the gourmets out of the fort .

And I'm beginning to learn the wisdom in that . 

From my crab craze , I'm moving onto Chinese Western .

That's how I found this place just now . For 10 ringgit , this steakhouse standard meal just made me float to heaven .

But I'm sorry , I truly , truly , truly have to keep this secret .

A " local only knows this " haunt , I intend to keep it that way for as long as possible . Cos I'm still terribly upset with how things have gone down south with James Foo these days even though his prices keep going upwards .

118 Cafe - Chinese take on western food

When it comes to Chinese Western fare , I only patronise 5 6 operators on the island .

1. James Foo .

Used to .

However , I've just about had it with them ever since they upgraded at Precinct 10 . Stopped going for a few months already .

2. Green Island .

Near Sunshine Square .

Cordon bleu chicken . Touch and go depending on the chef and his mood .

Bit too far . Inconvenient parking 

( sometimes none )

3. Goodall cafe at Bagan Jermal . Used to be known as Godfather Italian now is just known as Italian .

Cheap but oily and the portion is very small . Love the cheap pasta though .

4. The fella in Sin Kim San ( near the wood fire pizza ) .  Chicken chop done Hainanese style !

Updated : 5 . Top secret new western place only locals know . Steakhouse standard , priced below 10 ringgit for this grilled chicken set below .

Sooooooooooooooooo good . Super excited , sorry can't share the location .

Loose some , gain some

Found myself a super a fierce dance teacher the other week and while the fat melted back off from my outer thighs and behind quite a bit , ah , I was inspired enough to begin tinkering with one thing I am no good at .

I can't bake . 

I can cook Chinese , stir fry , make complicated Nyonya curries , curry crab and prawns , a smattering of very simple Malay fish dishes ,but I simply cannot bake .

Neither can I deep fry . I can deep fry keropok and cucur, but that's it. 

Totally hopeless at deep fried chicken . Completely bad at baking .

Disturbing kopitiam operator trend in Penang

There is a very disturbing trend going on , in the Penang kopitiam scene these days .

Partly caused by the rising rental and council bylaws , restrictions and Unesco stipulations , 3 things , 3 trends , 3 after effects , are happening today .

This is so glaringly obvious and yet , the PCCC feel they need to conduct a study over why this is happening . Sometimes I really wonder if they ever live on the island or only dine in CRC and the like .

Reference to PCCC : http://thesundaily.my/node/406805