Lunch at GEM Indian Restaurant

 

Just last week, I went to Public Bank with my father to put a fix deposit account with combined names in Penang. After we were done at the bank, my father saw this spanking new Indian restaurant nestled in the cross junction of the road opposite Public Bank and I decided to treat him here as I have done with my mum. Above is the Thali Vegetarian Meal consisting of 10 different dishes that I ordered when my mum was around to have the joint name for the Fixed Deposit account. Ranging from curries to briyarni rice to coconut milk dish and vegetables in little aluminium containers, this is a nice selection from the usual Chinese fare. It comes with a free fruit juice drink that is peach orange in color.

 

This is what my dad had which was a little more expensive at RM 12.90 or USD 4.30. It has fewer vegetable choices but comes with fish or chicken curry. Notice the banana leave underneath the containers and covering the large plate. It is the Indian culture to have their food served on banana leaves. And this is a genuine leaf, not some green plated surface as in some of the newer plates. 

 

This dish was taken on a separate occasion when I went to the bank with my dad this time around. He was fetching me to take photos of tennis court surface completed at Penang Sports Club to update the company web site and company profile. On that day, the GEM Indian restaurant was having a promotion and it was cheaper at around RM 6.00 with 8 dishes as seen above instead of RM 9.00 with 10 dishes as taken earlier. For the promotional set, there is no free fruit juice drink. 

 

As part of the Indian culture, statues are commonplace in most places like temples, restaurants, etc.  I don't know what this statue represent but it has certainly caught my attention. It is part of the deco of the place that I had dined recently during lunch at the same said restaurant. 

As an aside, I am happy that this blog has a Page Rank (PR) of 2 which I just discovered when I submitted it to take up paid posts. I must have done something right for the PR juice to come back. You might also be wondering why I put DianaTan.net on all the pictures here - suffice to say that DianaTan.net is my main blog and I am using my pictures here to promote my other blog that is making me money. This blog also makes me good side income from Google Adsense.

 

This is the ambience of the GEM Indian Restaurant opposite Public Bank and is located at 66 Bishop Street, 10200 Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. You can contact them at 604-262 4070 to book a place. But I guess you can also just walk in and we almost had the whole place to ourselves except for 1 other diner at that time. That's because most employees prefer to eat at the nearby food cafes that serve hawker food that are much cheaper comparatively.

 

Here is another shot of the meals that I had with mum earlier. For both parents, it was my treat on different occasions with each of them individually. Knowing that I have more money in my savings, my parents tend to ask me to treat them now for the little favors they rendered to me. 

 

This is the picture hung up just above our table and I took the liberty to snap this shot as the overall ambience of GEM Indian Restaurant in Penang.

Delicious Food Photos in Stupeflix Video

Above are some of the previous photos taken since 2006 and added to Stupeflix video. You can choose the animations, theme and music to be added. You can also link to your Flickr account and add your old photos to the program. I love using Stupeflix as you can select to be a free user or a paid one with more features to use. Here is the free edition. Stupeflix is a Web 2.0 program with cool features. I love exploring the internet and try out new things. There are various ways to make money from the internet and I have been using the different methods to earn me some pocket money. That was why Best Asian Food was set up. This blog is coming to 1 year old and I have breakeven already with the paid domain in Google plus earning a little extra here and there. In the meantime, enjoy the photos!

Chinese Food and Buffet at E & O

I ordered this colorful dim sum of pandan green flavor, strawberry red, black sesame seed and yellow corn filled with meat and steamed with white chinese cabbage in a bamboo steamer. It looks appetising with the four different colors that make an eye candy.

This was ordered at Dragon-I Chinese Restaurant in Gurney Plaza, Penang. It consists of steamed brocolli with sliced abalone and black Shitake mushrooms. The gravy melts in my mouth and it was just as delicious as costly.

This was served at E & O hotel in town with small cups of black grass jelly topped with a flower fruit. Before they start disappearing one by one, I took the opportunity to snap this photo at the start of the buffet.

 

This is butter cake topped with sliced peaches, strawberries and blueberries. It was also sprinkled with almond flakes on the side with white cream. Icing sugar is then sprinkled to complete the serving. 

 

These are glasses of pudding with longan, cut dragon fruit and water melon. They certainly look tempting, don't they? I love dining at Sarkies Corner at E & O hotel.

 

This is the seafood corner with fresh prawns, raw salmon and raw oysters with lemon wedges. My second sister just loves fresh oysters and had 17 of them! Then she was down with flu the following day, but thank goodness she recovered quickly after a visit to the family doctor before she flew back to Suchou, China to continue lecturing as part of her job. 

Medical Uniforms

This is a little off topic from the usual pictures of food or recipes. Anyway, I am going to talk about it here in my paid personal domain. You might like to know that I have gone for an orthodontic surgery to remove 6 permanent teeth to straighten my overlapping teeth. That was done in Singapore in the 1990s. I had to wear braces for 3-4 years continuously and it was troublesome to brush my teeth. I endured the inconveniences and regular visits to the orthodontist.

When I was at the hospital waiting for teeth extraction, I noticed that the medical staff were all donned in medical uniforms over their usual attire. This makes them look efficient and clean. There are also nursing scrubs on sale where you can check out the link given. For the female hospital staff, they can wear peaches uniforms to look more feminine.

This is the standard practice in all hospitals to have their medical staffs all donning their medical uniforms or scrubs to look more professional and for anti-septic environment. Do you know that I did study Biology up to A levels in the hope of doing well to study medicine, but alas, that was not to be. Instead, I took up Computer Engineering and am now happily settled down to work at a home office which is equipped with a multi-functional printer that can photocopy, scan and print in color. There is also a facsimile machine, laptop, desktop with LCD monitor and a digital camera.

Carpet cleaning Austin

This is off topic from the usual food and recipes post but I am going to talk about my experience working in a carpet shop inside an upmarket shopping mall. I have learnt a lot from my short stint working in this small company after taking one year's break from work to recuperate from all the stress and pressure. I have learnt useful marketing tactics which is postage marketing from my senior while working in this carpet shop. All I had to do was to type out 30 addresses from the yellow pages every day and check that the postal code is correct. After 1 week, I have more than 200 potential clients to send out the post cards to. This is a very effective and cheap method to advertise directly to our clients but time consuming and labor intensive. We got a few clients who walked in showing us the mailed post card with discounts if they purchase within a certain period.

Anyway, if you are staying inn Austin, you might like to check out professional carpet cleaning equipment austin or if you have silk rugs, then this link silk rug cleaning austin will come in handy. There is also slate tile cleaning austin to browse through. Hence, cleaning carpets need not be a chore anymore as you can contact the professionals to do the job for you.

Craving for Pizza

This coming Chinese New Year of the Rabbit, I will be going to Hadyai in Thailand for a break of 3 days and 2 nights with my family - my parents and two younger sisters. We have chartered a van to go there and spend Chinese New Year in a foreign country. At the same time, Pizza Hut has come up with a new pizza with lots of corn flakes surrounding the crust. It is known as the ring of fortune, aptly named because of its shape symbolizing the Chinese coin as shown below.

There is also blt pizza where you can click to check out the simple-to-prepare recipe. As a home science student in my later years, I used to collect recipes and try them out whenever I am free. My favorite is cheese omelette that can be prepared in a jiffy, and comes in handy when you need to rush to run errands or in a hurry to go for work and take a fast meal.

I have more recipes to share and here is another one -stuffed shells recipe for the busy homemaker. Cooking at home does not have to be a chore anymore nor a drudgery. You can try out easy to prepare recipes that are healthy yet tasty - right in your kitchen.

Merry Christmas 2010 and Some Lovely Photos

 

Above is a picture taken in Penang of red and green Christmas theme with red candles and poinsettias and spiky green Christmas leaves. Today is Christmas Eve on the 24th December 2010 and I will be spending most of the time later on travelling for a short break.

 

This is a nice Christmas tree taken locally with wrapped up presents, golden bells and baubles to decorate the otherwise bland tree.

Here is another shot of a different Christmas tree with Santa's cap right at the top instead of a star!

 

This was the high tea we had recently at 1885 Restaurant in E & O hotel. Since my friend is a member, we used up the free voucher before it expires at the end of the year.

 

Part of the high tea with sandwiches and buns. I had orange cream tea which came in a pot. It was simply flavorful and I loved the hint of orange peel in it. Well, that's it for now. Merry Christmas 2010 and Happy New Year 2011.