Bridge in the sky

It's a lovely day to be sitting on that bridge!

A teddy marathon

After the cendol, we reach the Penang Bridge of TeddyVille!

There was a race going on!

Look at that costume! Is it a banana? (You can see some other costumes too...I don’t really get them...)

Look at all the bears running hard!

Then there are those lagging behind...

Did you notice that there was a ferry? It’s empty though. :P

And here’s the information on the Penang Bridge marathon and the ferries.

Summer sun

This week's theme was summer. It's practically summer here all year round (although it's kind of a rainy season now), but when I went to the market last weekend, the sun was nice and bright and I happened to see this pattern on the ground, made by the sun shining on a fence with a square grille.

I guess it's not a bad representation of summer!

Teh tarik and cendol

In the same room as the uncles in the kopitiam, there was also a teh tarik uncle and a trishaw!

We didn’t miss the chance to take a ride on the trishaw!

Doris wanted to help the uncle push the trishaw, but the uncle told her to sit down instead. :P

In the next room, we found Ernest Zacharevic with some of his art.

A tourist posing with one of the wall paintings.

There was also a cendol stall! We didn’t try any though. :P

 

Countries and key chains

When a country can fit in Pikachu's cheek sac, you know the country is very small! (Or the Pikachu is very big...)

When I received this photo theme, I seemed to recall having a similar idea before. But I decided to NOT check my old photos or posts until I was done with the current one!

And now that I'm done, I found my previous photo for country. I'm glad I chose a different key-chain this time. :P

Toh Soon Cafe

I have never been to the real Toh Soon Cafe (never even heard of it), but I visited the one in TeddyVille!

When we reached the cafe, we were greeted by the owner and two customers.

The owner was a little busy, but the two customers asked us to join them.

This is what they were eating:

The uncle's newspaper looked interesting, so I took a peek.

You might be wondering, what’s special about this kopitiam? Here’s what TeddyVille says:

Black asphalt

This week's theme is black.

One side of the road near the market was paved recently. So the road is still a dark black!

It looks blacker when I looked at it though, compared to this photo :P

Unesco world heritage

TeddyVille has its own Unesco heritage site too!

Now how about some close-ups?

A bear and its bicycle

A drinks cart!

A street vendor

The world heritage buildings

A cendol seller!

 

Sampling gifts

To follow up on my previous post on China snacks, here are some other snacks that I tried. These I did not buy; a friend gave them to me.

Top left is some sort of meat jerky. The taste is so-so. (the green packet is the same as the thing above it...I just flipped half the packets over so that we can see both sides)

Top right is chicken feet in some sort of lemony spicy sauce (quite an oily sauce!). This one I could hardly eat... it didn't taste good when cold, then I tried heating it up, and felt that it was even worse when warm :P I guess I just can't appreciate this kind of taste...

The Harbin sausage, on the other hand, is yummy! It was quite salty though, leading my friend to say that it is impossible to eat as a snack! It needs to be taken with rice...

the two packets feature different landmarks of Harbin (I presume)

The last item is a mixture of beef pieces, pig's ear, and mushrooms (and maybe other stuff). I was surprised to find 5 small packets inside. (one was already eaten when I took this photo)

I like this one too...probably because I like this kind of ingredients.

Snacks from China

Quite a long time ago, I bought some China snacks online. Each packet cost about 60-80 sen. I thought that it would be quite useful as an add-on in case I was missing just a little something to go with my rice.

It took months try them all, mainly because I only used them when "needed". Most are vegetarian meat, and the ones in transparent packets on the left are sausages and fishballs.

Now there is only one left, which is one of the long sausages. It's just a different flavour from its twin of a different colour, so I think I already know how it will taste!

Flavour-wise, there was nothing special about any of them...they were all pretty similar. The ones on the top row and the last two on the bottom row were almost the same. These were too chewy for my liking; it was hard to bite/cut through.

The pink packet on the bottom row was softer (fish tofu), but didn't taste that good. The  four coloured packets in the middle row were something like the ones on the top row, except that they were not as chewy (easier to bite)/ They were like beancurd skin with something rolled up inside. And that is probably what makes them better.

I didn't like the green and pink ones so much, but the yellow one had pieces of "lak cheang" inside, and the blue one had anchovies. These two tasted better. I went back to the shop to buy them again (and maybe try something else), but they were out of stock, so I bought some other items instead. :P

On the top are boiled eggs, followed by chestnuts and mushrooms on the second row, then scallops and chicken (I'm not so sure why these two things are mixed together; I guess I'll find out after I open the packet).

Maybe I'll write about them again once I've tried them...in another several months?