Rose Rose I Love You @Winter Warmers Coffee and Tea House, Sunway Carnival, Penang

Last Friday, Zaki and myself were doing some rough survey and observation on some potential attractions in the Mainland Penang, particularly between Nibong Tebal, Autocity Juru and Kepala Batas. We stopped at Sunway Carnival in Seberang Jaya for a short break as well as looking for a proper place for us to write down our findings.

I chose Winter Warmers for this sojourn as this place had been in mind for quite some time. Been passing by and seen many of this outlet in Penang - in Autocity Juru and Queensbay Mall. Not sure if there is one in Gurney Plaza. As I entered their outlet in Sunway Carnival, I felt that I was in an English countryside living room ... what with all those rose theme deco on the wallpaper, teapots, tea cups and tablecloth, ..

They had quite a wide selection of tea and coffee as well as some set meals. As I was not that hungry and was very much inspired by the coffee and tea house deco, I to try out some of their rose infused selections (though I had too much caffeine already)

Iced Rose Latte

Can u see they put dried rose buds as topping?

Rose Cheese Cake - Cheese cake with rose syrup and whipped cream

The rose scent filled the air when the waitress served my orders. I also ordered rose coffee but they ran out of rose syrup so I had to cancel the order. Anyway, the ice rose latte in term of taste, is just like a normal latte except for some wisps of rose. Same goes with the rose cheese cake. It was a wonderful twist though.

Ais Buah and Penang Rojak @ Tropical Fruit Cafe, Botanical Garden, Penang

I was supposed to have a meeting with the Director of the Penang Youth Park last Friday afternoon, after the Friday prayer. Somehow, he sort of forgotten about our appointment and was elsewhere. Hmmm ... But as I was supposed to meet Ferdous of G-Hotel as well so Nisa suggested that we waited for him at a Mr Kuah cafe at the Penang Botanic Garden. From town centre, towards the Botanic Garden, the cafe was on the right hand side.

As we were approaching the entrance of the cafe, I noticed some similarities in the cafe signboard with the Tropical Fruit Farm's, so I asked Nisa. Nisa confirmed my suspicion that the cafe owner and the Tropical Fruit Farm owner is the same person. As Ferdous were just leaving G-Hotel (with traffic jam around Gurney area and what not will take him about 15 minutes to reach the place), I asked Nisa what's special on the cafe menu. She suggested that I try the Ais Buah (simply translated Fruit on Grated Ice).

Yikes I forgot to take photos of the ordering area and the eating area. But believe me, the cleanliness was acceptable. Except, the person taking and making the order, didn't seemed to be friendly despite my attempt to get his recommendation on what to order and the must try! Well, I guess he just couldn't be bothered as he himself is a foreign worker. So I ordered 3 bowls of  Ais Buah and a plate of Penang Rojak for the 3 of us. Both the Ais Buah and the Penang Rojak cost RM 3.50 per pax.

When my order arrived, I could smell the faint sweet smell of nangka (jackfruit )and mango topping. Yummm ... jackfruit reminded me of my favourite Thai cold dessert - the Red Rubies.

As I dig slowly into my Ais Buah, I discovered generous amount of banana slices, papaya, mango and honey dew cubes. 

Surprisingly, the pureed mango and jackfruit topping blended well with the other fruit ingredients. Hmm ... suddenly I felt like going back to Kuching and search for that one outlet that only sell cold dessert, somewhere in Wisma Tun Jugah (but that was 9 years ago). I really miss that one dessert that was named the Snow Queen. Yeah ... still got time! My hometown Kuching can be a food heaven too but must know where to find.

The Penang Rojak was not bad too. Many people asked me, what's the different between Penang Rojak and other states Rojak. Hmmm ...  to me the most most notable is the rojak sauce. The sauce is a blend of few sauces like the black sauce, sweet sauce, otak udang (the thick dark prawn paste) and some belacan.  A good rojak sauce won't get watery so fast! Next, Penang rojak must have young mango. Have tasted Rojak everywhere but I still feel that Penang Rojak taste the best ... seriously!