Gartien Pineapples cakes CNY 2014 with Peony / Mudan Flower/牡丹 packaging

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Chinese New Year is around the corner, headache on what to buy for your friend & family? Here is a good choice : Gartien Pineapples cakes ! It is also a local pineapple cakes manufacturer, located within a heritage house. 2014 Gartien theme is Peony / Mudan Flower/牡丹.

Just see the take away package you can see RED & Gold which is a very favorite color during CNY. That is why is perfect for CNY hamper.

The gift box had a elegant looking red & gold, Chinese ink painting of ‘mudan flowers’ on its individual packing. 

In which small packet it had one light and crumble less sweet pineapple cake. 

Don't it look awesome? 

See what i mean crumble & light crust with 100% real pineapple jam. 

500 sets have been been booked by their valuable friends and customers. So there is only about 1000 "Auspicious Gift Sets" left available for pre-order now.

Only 250 sets are available weekly (Total 4 weeks)
Week 1: 30th Dec 2013 - 5th Jan 2014
Week 2: 6th Jan 2014 - 12th Jan 2014
Week 3: 13th Jan 2014 - 19th Jan 2014
Week 4: 20th Jan 2014 - 26th Jan 2014

- Pre-order now until 31 Dec 2013 - Special Promotion at RM38 per box
- Walk in: RM45 per box (Now until 26th Jan 2014 - last day for collection before CNY)
- BONUS: Buy 10 boxes free 1 box or free delivery (Eg. For every 10 boxes ordered, you can either opt for another box of pineapple cakes FREE if you collect them yourself or get your postage WAIVED if you are residing within Peninsular Malaysia.)

Name: GARTIEN @ 小田佳園

Address: 68, Lorong Macalister, 10400 Penang, Malaysia.

Contact: 604-229 0068

Website: www.gartien.com

Email: info@gartien.com

FaceBook: www.fb.gartien.com/

Business Hours: 10.00am-5.00pm (weekdays), 9.00am-6.00pm (weekends)

GPS: 5.416195, 100.328433

Disclaimer: This is a personal food blog. The opinions expressed here are my own, based on my personal taste buds; others may have different opinions. Also, as we all know, qualities & standards of individual restaurants/food may change over time, so do note the time stamp on this review.

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International Flavors at Eastin Hotel Penang

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25 November 2013, Monday, Penang - in conjunction with Eastin Hotel Penang upcoming December promotion Eastin Hotel Penang is pleased to offer you a variety of international flavors. Come and savour Eastin Hotel Penang exquisite international specialties that will tantalize your taste buds. 

Among the distinctive delicacies to look for are shown below: 

Roulade de Saumon au Fromage Creme (French Salmon Roulade with Cream Cheese Platter). It is one of the MUST TRY dish while you were there. It is rich and fresh despite i am not a raw food fan but this turn out great. 

Spanish Trip of Tapas. They were sardine in citrus, peppers & herb, Cheese, turkey slices with dry apricot and egg plant & caviar. shown below.

Egg plant & caviar serve on a cracker for extra crunchy texture. Well season mesh egg plant with salty caviar. Yum!

Fresh sardine in citrus, peppers & herb really a good combination. I don't like sardine as they were smelly n messy in texture but you should try this fresh one, it was GOOD.

 Cheese, turkey slices with dry apricot. To me it is a soso dish.

Classic Italian Cream of Tomato, abit too sweet to my liking. So i will pass this.

Korean Bulgogi, a great juicy piece of beef. 

Indian Curry Fish Head with Vegetables, great with rice but i am not going to have rice for buffet though.

Hong Kong Style Roast Duck with BBQ Sweet Sauce. Not thing much to shout about.

Brazilian Chicken with Coconut Milk (Frango comleite de coco Brasileira). It is rich creamy sauce give the chicken extra point. Must try. 

Chinese classical ‘Loh Han Chai’ with Yam Ring

French Prawn Persillade.

American Dark Chocolate Mud Cake, i am a dessert fellow so cakes and dessert at Eastin Hotel Penang always make me happy :)

Lunch: Monday – Friday (except 25th December 2013)

12:00pm – 2:30pm
RM48++ (adult) & RM24++ (child)

Hi-Tea: Saturday & Sunday (including 25th December 2013)

12:00pm – 3:00pm
RM55++ (adult) & RM28++ (child)

Semi Buffet Dinner: Sunday – Thursday (except 24th & 25th December 2013)

6:30pm – 10:00pm
From RM48++ per person

For those who are holding MAYBANKARD, Standard Chartered Bank, OCBC Bank, CIMB Bank and Citibank credit cards, you can enjoy 15% discount for International Flavors Semi Buffet Dinner (Monday to Thursday) and Weekend Buffet Dinner (Friday & Saturday) from 6:30pm – 10:00pm.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Eastin Hotel Penang
Swez Brasserie – 1st Floor
1 Solok Bayan Indah, Queensbay,
11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.
T: +604-612 1128
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/eastinhotelpenang

BUSINESS HOURS
Lunch: Mondays – Fridays
12:00pm – 2:30pm

Hi-Tea: Saturdays – Sundays
12:00pm – 3:00pm

Semi Buffet Dinner: Sundays – Thursdays
6:30pm – 10:00pm

Disclaimer: This is a personal food blog. The opinions expressed here are my own, based on my personal taste buds; others may have different opinions. Also, as we all know, qualities & standards of individual restaurants/food may change over time, so do note the time stamp on this review.

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STARBUCKS 2013 CHRISTMAS 2013

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“Create Wonder and Share Joy with Favorite Seasonal traditions” 2013 Christmas Starbucks promotion from 6 November 2013 ~ 6 January 2014 and i was invited to the Starbucks 1st drive-thru, Tanjung Tokong, Penang to have a fun briefing.

Upon arrival i was assign to team Anniversary blend. There were 5 pax per group. We were brought around different station for brief introduction. 

3 new flavors cakes will be introduced this year. There were Trio Forest, Mango Tango and Midori. Each slice would be priced at RM10.90. The most notably one would be their , a rich moist chocolate cake, stuffed with juicy caramelized dark cherries, topped with a layer of chocolate ganache and beautifully presented with a generous amount of shaved chocolate flakes. The  which had mango slices stuffed between layers of light sponge cake would be ideal to go with the Starbucks® Christmas Blend. The on the other hand was also unique by itself. The trio layered sponge cake had a topping of cream cheese with slathered pistachio dressing.

Beside cake they also have their Starbucks® Seasonal Favorite Coffees (RM40 for 250g coffee beans pack or RM33 for 12 sachets of ready brew packs). It goes really well with the cakes. Bitter fresh brews coffee with sweet cake who can say no to that combo.

New beverage testing counter.

For this season we have Toffee Nut Latte, Toffee Nut Frappuccino® blended beverage, Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino® blended beverage and Cranberry White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino® blended beverage.

And yeah we get to try all the flavor in the mini cup. 

Mini Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino® blended beverage.

Mini Toffee Nut Latte, Toffee Nut Frappuccino® blended beverage.

Cranberry White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino® blended beverage. Personally i prefer this as it got some sourness to cut thru the sweetness. 

Next is the card & planner counter.

Limited edition Starbucks® Planner 2014 which has a special compartment to store your iPad. Personally i don't think i will put my iPad onto it. As it just supported with a sticker. It can stick but not sure it can fell off or not it will up to the god :). Priced at RM159 each. But you can get it FOC as well with 15 grande beverage & 3 purchase of the Christmas beverages. If you wan FOC be fast as i tried to get it for FREE years back but it was out of stock. They only gave me a key chain as a gift replacement. 

Yeah i know you want their special Christmas card.

Which one you prefer?

I would choose the snowman, don't they look lovely.

60 design for you choose from during this festive holiday. 

I want to RED one. 

Sdyney Quays, Managing Director of Berjaya Starbucks® Coffee Company with staff posting with their Christmas product. 

The last part of event was to take our photo. 

And i did this :)

Quest completed.

Lucky draw were chosen no surprise i was not one of them :(  

But i was giving a chance to grab anything RED at the cupboard because of my weird post for the photo shooting :)

Merry Christmas to all, HO HO HO !

Disclaimer: This is a personal food blog. The opinions expressed here are my own, based on my personal taste buds; others may have different opinions. Also, as we all know, qualities & standards of individual restaurants/food may change over time, so do note the time stamp on this review.

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Herbs and Spices at Swez Brasserie, Eastin Hotel Penang

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In conjunction with the festival of lights- Diwali/Deepavali, the creative and skillful culinary team of Swez Brasserie, Eastin Hotel Penang is pleased to offer diners with their November (2013) buffet themed "Herbs and Spices" which includes some delectable dishes with thoughtfully chosen combinations of herbs and spices to tantalize your taste buds. 

Deep Fried Pakoras (香酥炸蔬菜) is one of my favorite among all dishes. Great batter and good sauce to complement with it. It is made of flour, rose flour, vegetable and herbs. 

Sindhi Kadhi (咖哩蔬菜锅), it is abit light to my liking but the chef make it like so that it wouldn't overpower the dishes as expecting customer to have it alone without rice. 

Chicken Tikka Masala (马沙拉香浓鸡), the chicken marinated with herbs and spices then fried to perfection. 

Vege dish again but i love it although the capsican  is too raw to my liking, Murgh Aloo Masala (香浓马铃薯)

Goan Fish Curry (印度传统咖哩鱼), sea bass with lots of spices and herbs definitely a good go :)

Achari Paneer (鲜辣芝士沙拉), although i am a fan of cheese but not this type of indian cheese as it taste like dry taufu :P 

Lamb Briyani (羊肉焖饭) is a great dish as all the spices did go well with the lamb. Tender and juicy lamb with fragrant rice.

Sweet ending were Mango Lassi (芒果拉昔), Gulap Jamun (玖瑰黄金球). Love the lassi as it it not too sweet to my liking but no other dessert as i am not really a sweet tooth. 

So if you crave for a great herbs and species dishes please visit Eastin during Nov.

Prices for the buffets are as follow:

Lunch: Monday - Friday

12:00pm - 2:30pm

Rm 48++ (adult) Rm 24++ (child)

Hi-Tea: Saturday and Sunday

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Rm 55++ (adult) Rm 28++ (child)

Semi Buffet Dinner: Sunday - Thursday

6:30pm - 10:00pm

From Rm48++ per person

October Credit Card Promotions:

MAYBANKAD, Standard Chartered Bank, OCBC Bank, CIMB Bank, Citibank and VISA card members, guests can enjoy 15% discount for International Cuisine Semi Buffet Dinner (Monday to Thursday) and Weekend Buffet Dinner (Friday and Saturday) from 6:30pm to 10:00pm.

For inquiries or reservations, kindly contact Eastin Hotel Penang, Swez Brasserie at +04- 612 1128.

Disclaimer: This is a personal food blog. The opinions expressed here are my own, based on my personal taste buds; others may have different opinions. Also, as we all know, qualities & standards of individual restaurants/food may change over time, so do note the time stamp on this review.

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