Kelantanese Food

As far as I can recall, my 6th Maternal Auntie from Kota Baru, Kelantan will always drop by to see my mum (Eldest in the Tan Family) in Penang with a packet or two of delicious Ayam Percik (aka Kay Peng in Hokkien) skewered on sticks and wrapped in newspapers. This was how I acquired the taste of Ayam Percik :-)

Recently, I was in Kota Baru with my Senior Software Engineer to implement a project which was first demonstrated to the customer 7 years ago !  On the first day, we were treated by Ridzuan  to Sup GearBox at Pantai Cahaya Bula (previously known as Pantai Cinta Berahi).

On last Thursday, I asked to be taken to Restoran Yati where we feasted on Ayam Percik, Nasi Kerabu, Grilled Beef and Stuffed Lady Fingers :-

Ayam Percik

Nasi Kerabu

 

Stuffed Lady Fingers

 

Grilled Beef

80 % Homicide & 20 % Suicide says Thailand's Dr Death !

See the following links with different perspectives on the above but what really galls me is that Teoh Beng Hock was ALIVE (though unconscious) when he hit the ground on the 5th floor after falling or being thrown from the 14th floor !

Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand appears to suggest that TBH was whacked on the head with a blunt object, manually strangled and had something inserted into his anus from a bottom-up direction.

• http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/21/porntip-expert-testimony-at-tbh-inquest/
• http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/21/nation/20091021102728&sec=nation
• http://bangmalaysia.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/thai-expert-says-teoh%E2%80%99s-death-%E2%80%9880pc%E2%80%99-homicide/ 
• http://rights2write.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/death-at-macc-my-csi-iv/
• http://khookaypeng.blogspot.com/2009/10/justice-for-beng-hock-is-justice-for.html
• http://www.skthew.com/2009/10/21/dr-pornthip-teohs-death-was-80-percent-homicide-and-20-percent-suicide/
• http://anilnetto.com/accountability/dr-death-testifies-in-teoh-inquest/
• http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/40991-thai-expert-says-teohs-death-80pc-homicide
• http://www.mysinchew.com/node/30408
• http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/115514
• http://masterwordsmith-unplugged.blogspot.com/2009/10/suicide-they-cried.html
• https://airkosong.com/_/2009/10/21/startling-revelations-on-tbh-deat/
• http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20091021121934/Article/index_html
• http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=448445
• http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/27986/84/
• http://malaysianmirror.com/homedetail/45-home/16149-its-80-homicide-20-suicide
• http://ktemoc.blogspot.com/2009/10/teoh-beng-hock-tortured-murdered.html
• http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=39300
• http://jonathan66-my.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-watch-how-20-overturns-80-in-teohs.html
  

Justice for Teoh Beng Hock !

Happy Birthday Dad !

Just bought a Cannon Scanner and decided to preserve a handmade Birthday Card given to me by my youngest daughter, Krystle :-0

Penang Hawkers Food : Wan Tan Mee [Updated 2nd Dec 2009]

Based on a poll carried out by the Penang State Government , Wan Tan Mee was voted # 12 with 1109 votes out of 2,018. The objective of the poll was to select 12 food that will be featured in the special brochure called the “Penang 12 Best Food”. However, I read somewhere that Mee Goreng (ranked # 15 with 997 votes) will replace Wan Tan Mee as Penang Best Food # 12 :-)

There is 2 basic version ie the Dry and the Wet version and this is how Wan Tan Mee (at New World Park) looks like  :-

For me, the version at New World Park is just okay.

This how the version at the New Cathay Coffee Shop opposite Belissa Row, Pulau Tikus looks like

All I have to do is to say "Good Morning" to the Lady and the above will be served to me automatically :-) I love the fried Wan Tan and the bowl of wet Wan Tan but I think the wet Wan Tan will taste better without the taste of prawn in it.

Updated on 2nd December 2009

This how the version of the Wan Tan Mee sold by the seller beside Union Primary School in Jlan Burmah

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Astronomy: Massive New Ring Detected Around Saturn

An undated handout of an artists impression released by NASA to illustrate the extent of the largest ring around Saturn An undated handout of an artist's impression released by NASA to illustrate the extent of the largest ring around Saturn

A three-member team of U.S. astronomers say they have discovered a giant new ring around the planet Saturn. A thin sheet of ice and dust particles extending about 12 million kilometers out from the planet's surface has been detected by the U.S.-built Spitzer Space Telescope.

Officials with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the ring is so big it would hold the equivalent of one billion Earths.

The trio of astronomers, led by Anne Verbisher of the University of Virginia, believe the ring was formed by debris from the impact of comets striking Phoebe, a moon of Saturn that orbits within the ring. The astronomers believe the ring also solves the mystery behind another of Saturn's moons, Iapetus, which has a light and a dark side. They say the dark side of Iapetus is caused by dust particles from the ring striking its surface.

The Spitzer telescope, launched in 2003, is currently 107 million kilometers from Earth in orbit around the sun.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP, CNN and NASA.

Durians : Raja Kunyit

After a great Chicken Rice lunch with my 2 Software Engineers Doris and Stanley at Chai Leng Park, I spotted a Durian Store at the entrance to Chai Leng Park from Jalan Chain Ferry. I couldn't resist visiting the stall and discovered that they were only selling branded durians such as D24, Sultan and Raja Kunyit.

The vendor claimed that the Raja Kunyit from Pahang was the best and once you ate it, it would be pointless to try the D24 and Sultan :-)

This is how the Raja Kunyit (Mau Wong) Durian looked like before opening

After opening :-

The flesh was smooth and had a nice kick and a slightly bitter taste. Costing RM 18K per Kg, it was more than enough for the three of us to enjoy stuffing our mouths with it :-)