Company Dinner @ Grand Ballroom, Hard Rock Hotel Penang

The so called 'company dinner' was held together with the company trip, at the hotel ballroom.

It was a simple event with some games...and well...good food!

the Company Trip aka Spring Vacation (as the committee named it) was held from 24 to 27 March, kickstart with this buffet makan makan on 24 March.

Due to SOP, the committee arranged the seating with ample distancing. Only 5 person per table.

The entire ballroom was used, despite only a small number of us (less than 60 pax).

Before the dinner starts, we were given some challenges/games....one of it is solving a jigsaw puzzle. The fastest to complete will get a grand prize...

At the end of the day, everyone will get a prize whether it is consolation or top 3 prizes.

My team won the 1st place. Woohooo!

After then, the makan makan starts....we were served by the hotel staffs

Here are some of the dishes:

Fish fillets

I think this is chicken

Prawns in dark soy sauce

Beef...can't remember the exact dish name

Baked eggplant in cheese

Pumpkin dish

desserts....jackfruit sago soup

assorted local kuihs

assorted tarts and mini cakes/pastries

Belgian choco cake

(below) Dunno what cake is this...

(below) more cakes with weird decoration....LOL i m so lousy in describing food

yea....there's lots more till we couldn't finish...

and of course, we have fruits too...

and what is Hard Rock hotel dinner without the cocktails?

(below) this is not milk but some sort of smoothie....taste weird like melted ice-cream....I didn't manage to finish it!

Anyway, foods were great and everyone enjoyed the free flow of cocktails that evening.

Looking forward to the next day...

Here's daytime view from my room

Chang Jiang White Coffee, Ipoh

Me & colleagues managed to drop by Chang Jiang White Coffee while in Ipoh.

It was during peak lunch hour hence the place was packed when we reached there.

Menu and order chit were provided at every table, but the order chit has to pass to the counter and pay on the spot. The food were delivered to the table by their staff.

I had iced cold white coffee...It came with a jar of iced cubes and a mug of white coffee separately.

To enjoy the coffee, just pour that coffee into the jar and instantly you will get a super cold yet thick white coffee.

We also shared the kaya butter toast among the 4 of us...

nicely done toast!

this eatery place has a section that sells their Chang Jiang white coffee products. More details available in this link.

Overall, the toast and their white coffee taste good. Quite a popular place among locals and tourists, as it has a variety of foods in the menu such as rice & noodles too, something like 'Old Town Coffee' sort of eatery, but this is more localised one and most likely is a non-halal.

Family Mart - Vanilla with Sakura Sofuto

New ice cream on the menu!

well, not quite....

vanilla ice cream is too common, but somehow Family Mart made it creative by offering a free topping - Sakura Blossom Topping!

I was so eager to try out this so-called Sakura Blossom thingy....turns out it is just some crunchy but tasteless pink coloured bits

and this ice cream costs RM3.90

Would you try? 

The Room @ Hard Rock Hotel, Penang

During the last company trip, I stayed at Hard Rock Hotel Penang, which is located quite far from Georgetown.

To reach there, one gotta drive through the long and narrow coastal road & along the hill...that's how secluded it is!

Nevertheless the seaview along the coast is breathtaking. After a quick check-in, I went up and was impressed to see the tastefully furnished room.

 The room is facing the pool (and the sea). It is quite spacious and can fit in an extra bed! The huge tv is even framed in gold!

The purple carpet with purple lights underneath the cabinet and wall made the place looks vibrant!

even the toilet is creatively decorated!

This portrait of Elvis is seen in the toilet...though kinda scary when you are taking a bath or doing business in the toilet at night...like 'someone' is watching u!

anyway, the toilet is not haunted....quite clean and new....

Provided with the standard cleansing stuffs such as soaps, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste/brush, and all the other sanitary items.

Just like any other hotels, there is also some standard amenities provided such as safety box, iron, kettle, mini fridge and minibar...

also complimentary bottled water and tea/coffee/sugar in packets, replenished on daily basis.

Now, let's have a look at the bed...super comfy single twin beds. Another portrait (this time is John Lennon) hung on the wall...a legendary star. Some rooms have Marilyn Monroe too...

At the corner, there is a dressing table with a shaped/curved mirror. The table can be doubled as working desk as it has 2-3 plug points.

a lazy couch next to the balcony

The balcony is facing the pool (and the sea further away)....a drying rack is attached to the wall where one can dry the wet towels/swimsuit. 

I had a jolly good time sitting here enjoying the sea breeze at night.

During the day, i enjoyed the view of the extensive pool. There is even a pool bar/cafe in the middle....are u able to spot it?

to be continued....

Christine's Bakery

Annoying sis bought this fluffy cheese cake from Christine's Bakery at Sunway Geo. This bakery has also recently opened an outlet at Pavilion Bukit Jalil.

Tastewise not bad, similar to Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheese Cake. For the price of RM15, it's quite worth it. I will look for this again when i drop by the outlet at Pavilion Bukit Jalil.

Foodpanda Delivery (throwback)

Meanwhile, unrelated to the above, I tried 'salted fish pork slices' dish from Canton Kitchen (Happy Garden). It was sometime back in March when Foodpanda was having some evouchers with huge promo. This dish only costs somewhere RM12-13 inclusive of delivery fee.

Paired it with roasted chicken bought at RM10.40 (after evoucher discount).

The dishes were good enough for 4-5 pax.

AEON vouchers

During one of the company 'team building' activities that i participated, my team won some cash gift which we exchanged to AEON vouchers and distributed evenly among the members. Am looking forward to shopping at AEON using these vouchers! It has been years since i last spent using 'physical' vouchers.

Ong Kee Tauge Chicken, Ipoh

This is a throwback post back to Day1 of my Penang/Ipoh trip.

My colleagues who are foodies were so enthusiastic to have breakfast in Ipoh. We departed KL around 8am and reached Ipoh by 10.

First stop is the Ipoh stadium to get our first meal of the day. We had some fried kuey teow (i didn't snap pic) but it was good.

then stopped by the famous makan spot....

and had our mid-morning dessert - taufufa at Lai Kee Soy shop (which eventually we had it again when we head back to KL). 

I had the ginger syrup one during the first time visit. The taufufa was served warm.

later, burn off some calories by walking/loitering around the Concubine Lane.

Nothing much to see since it was still early, and it was a weekday.

by noon, we had beansprout chicken at Ong Kee, which is situated nearby/opposite the famous Lou Wong.

Ordered some chicken gizzards, a plate of beansprout and half chicken to share by four of us.

we also had kuey teow in soup...

somehow the chicken does not taste as good as last time. 

nevertheless the beansprout was crunchy and succulent, nice to eat with the kuey teow.