Very Crispy Chicken Spareribs

One of the cheapest bowl of noodle soup around Melbourne, less than $10 a bowl! Address: 176 Clayton Rd, Clayton VIC 3168

Two Circles Cafe

One of the most popular Malaysian restaurant in Doncaster East, Melbourne. All the familiar Malaysian street food like Penang Asam Laksa, Penang Hokkien Mee (Har Mee/ Prawn Noodle Soup), Nyonya Kuih, KL Pan Mee, Curry Laksa etc.

Address: 270 Blackburn Rd, Doncaster East, VIC 3109.

Open Everday EXCEPT (Tuesday): 10.30am - 2.30pm, 5.30pm - 9.30pm

Japanese Ramen and Anime

If you like Ramen and Japanese Anime, this is the place just for you. Not only they serve delicious Japanese Ramen, there is also a glass box display of their collection of popular Anime characters for customer to admire.

Located on the Ground Floor near the grand entrance of The Glen Shopping Centre at Glen Waverley, it provides convenience to customers with its cashless payment system via the Liven App.

如果你喜欢吃日本拉面和对日本动漫深感兴趣，那这间餐厅最适合你不过了！

Signature Shujinko Ramen ~ $15.50. Tonkotsu soup base (pork broth) served with bok choy, spring onion, bean sprout, marinated egg and signature grilled pork belly.

Black Ramen ~ $16.50. Ramen with spicy seasoning and special black powder (shellfish-based seasoning). Served with bok choy, spring onion, bean sprout, marinated egg and signature grilled pork belly.

Karakuchi Ramen ~ $15.50 for those who like it spicy.

For those big eaters out there, you can always order extra noodle!

Side Dish - Agedashi Tofu

Muthu Banana Leaf Restaurant

Few people know that Muthu Banana Leaf Restaurant has been around for over 80 years in Penang. Even if you grew up in Penang, you will be excused for not knowing this place as this unassuming shop has no signage, tucked in between heritage shophouses along Lebuh Acheh. No wonder many have simply missed this place. The only thing that makes Muthu Banana Leaf Restaurant stands out from its neighbours is its yellow painted façade.

就算你是土生土长的槟城人也未必来过这间已有超过80年历史的香蕉叶饭餐馆。这店隐藏在乔治市中心狭窄的一条路，又没有招牌，唯一的特点就是那黄色的油漆。

Lebuh Acheh is right in the middle of the heritage enclave of George Town. There are many significant buildings and architecture to explore in the surrounding, all within walking distance. This area is one of the first settlement of the city and it is clearly evident in its narrow streets and laneways.

这地方乃是乔治市古迹中心，周围有许多历史景点只需步行便可到达，真的值得参观。

The menu is simple, authentic banana leaf rice that comes with 4 condiments. The staff will then bring a tray of mains for you to choose from. There are three types of curries available: Crab curry, Chicken curry, and Fish curry. Like all of us experts in Malaysia, we like to mix all three to get the best flavour! The dishes are so rich in flavors with the variety of Indian spices.

习惯吃香蕉叶饭的人都知道，服务员会端出来几道菜任顾客选择。这家有三种加里汁：螃蟹加里，鸡加里和鱼加里。大多马来西亚人都知道最明确的选择就是三种汁都要！！

Muthu Banana Leaf Restaurant

Address: 143, Lebuh Acheh, 10200 Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.

Operating Hour: 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Daily)

Very Hot Indian Food

If you like hot and spicy Indian food, Rich Mahal is the place to go in Melbourne.

Location: 3/499 Burwood Highway, Vermont South, Victoria.

Hong Kong Style Breakfast In Melbourne

One of the great things about living in Australia is that we are blessed with a wide variety of cuisine from all over the world. There are quite a substantial amount of people from Hong Kong living in Melbourne and the Hong Kong style cafe is not hard to find.

Went to this popular place called New Age Cafe and it was packed with people before lunch time.

Best Chicken Rice In Melbourne

After trying most of the Malaysian restaurants around Melbourne, there is only one restaurant which serves the best Chicken Rice. Hainan Chicken restaurant is located in the popular suburb of Glen Waverley in Melbourne. This is the place to be especially when you are after Asian food as you will be spoilt for choices.

I'm glad that this restaurant survives the hard lockdown in 2020. There are a few shops in the area which are not so fortunate and are forced to close down for good.

尝试过那么多间马来西亚餐馆后，我觉得只有这间的海南鸡饭是全墨尔本最正宗最好吃的！这地区是许多亚洲人都很喜欢来的地方，原因很简单，因为这里有太多亚洲餐馆让您不知选哪一个才好。墨尔本的亚洲人实在太好命啦！！！

Located on the Ground Floor of a multi-storey building.

Fabulous ginger garlic and chilli sauce ~ a must have for chicken rice!

Beautifully chopped Roast Chicken Maryland. The rice is irresistibly additive!

CNY Seaweed Snacks Recipe

Chinese New Year is finally here! Gong Xi Gong Xi!

Traditionally, every household will stock up variety of snacks at home in anticipation of relatives and friends who would visit during Chinese New Year.

One of the best one is the seaweed cracker. It is basically deep fried seaweed wrapped in spring roll skin.

Use egg as sticking agent and applied it onto the spring roll skin. Place the seaweed on top, apply another layer of egg with brush. Sprinkle some sesame seed and seal it with another layer of spring roll skin. Use scissor to cut to your favourite sizes. Tossed them into a hot boiling oil to deep fry.

Let's see how it is done in action.

农历新年来咯！恭喜恭喜！ 传统上，每个家庭都会在农历新年期间准备各种零食来招待拜访的亲戚朋友。 最好吃之一是紫菜饼。它基本上是用春卷皮包裹紫菜然后拿去油炸。 用鸡蛋作为粘着剂，将其涂在春卷皮上。将紫菜放在上面，再用刷子刷上一层鸡蛋。撒些芝麻，然后用另一层春卷皮盖上去。用剪刀将其切成您喜欢的尺寸。最后把它们放入热沸腾的油中油炸。 让我们看看它的过程吧！

Sup Kambing Recipe

Whenever the weather turns cold in Melbourne, I always crave for a piping hot mutton soup (commonly known as Sup Kambing in Malaysia) to keep me warm.

First, get ready all the major ingredients and spices.

Next, grind the spices old school way!

Cooking the soup.

Ready to serve!

Stock:

3 lbs bone-in leg of lamb or mutton

4 carrots peeled and cut into large chunks

1 large stalk of leeks cut into rings and wash thoroughly by soaking in water

2 oz of Chinese parsley - both stalks and leaves chopped

4 stalks of lemon grass trim off the woody ends and bruise to release flavor

1 large onion peeled and dice

Ground ingredients (place all ingredients in a food processor and process into a paste):

2 large onions peeled and cut into large chunks

4 cloves garlic peeled

4 shallots peeled

3 candlenut / kemiri

1 Tbsp of coriander seeds

1 tsp of fennel seeds

 

Spices:

1 piece of star anise

1 large cinnamon

5 pieces of cloves

10 pieces of cardamom

3 Tbsp of cumin powder

1 tsp of turmeric powder

 

Seasonings:

Salt to taste

1 Tbsp of sugar

 

Garnishes:

Chinese parsley leaves finely chopped

2-3 stalks of spring onion finely chopped

Fried shallots crisp / bawang goreng

Beef Noodle Soup & Hainanese Chicken Chop at Butterworth

Get to know this place from watching Axian's (阿賢) show on Astro AEC. There are basically 3 Kopi Tiam (coffee shops) along this row of shop houses and the one we went to was Luan Fong.

As we traveled from the Penang Island, we decided to take the ferry. Our journey was taken way back in January 2020. Sadly now this historic ferry which has been transporting people across the two lands for more than 100 years is no longer in service recently.

The unique characteristic of this ferry is you can drive right into it.

Stunning view from the ferry leaving Penang island.

The journey took about 15 to 20 minutes. It was a nice relaxing way of crossing onto the other side compared to the hectic driving on the Penang bridge.

The location of the shop is very close to the Butterworth jetty.

We purposely came for this uncle's Thai beef noodle soup, his name is Kang. During his interview on Axian's (阿賢) show, he told the story about how he learned to cook Thai style beef noodle soup. He used to eat a particular Thai beef noodle soup many years ago when he visited Thailand. It was so delicious that he asked the stall owner to teach him how to cook. The owner was initially reluctant as he scared he will give away his trade secret. However, uncle Kang told him that he only wanted to set up his business in Penang and assured him that he will not be his competitor. He succeeded in the end.

Delicious beef noodle soup.

Too bad we were too late when we got there as he had sold out his Thai soup, we only managed to order his normal beef noodle soup. It was still good anyway.

The trip to a Malaysian Kopi Tiam will not be complete without ordering the Kopi (local coffee).

Soft boiled egg on toast - a common sight of Malaysian breakfast.

You can also order this Hainanese Chicken Chop from the other shop and they can bring over.

有一次无意中在Astro AEC频道看到阿贤推荐这个地方。他介绍了这排商店中3家咖啡店。

我们决定从槟城乘渡轮越洋来到这里。这旅程是之前在2020年1月拍下的。可悲的是，这艘超过一百年历史悠久的渡轮，最近政府已决定不再使用了。从槟城到北海行程大约需要15到20分钟。乘坐渡轮远比驾车在槟威大桥来得舒服多了！

咖啡店的位置非常靠近北海码头。

我们特意要来吃这位大叔的泰国牛肉面，他叫阿江。在接受阿贤节目的采访时，他讲述了他如何学会煮泰式牛肉面的故事。许多年前，他去泰国时吃过他十分喜欢的泰国牛肉面。于是他就要求摊主教他如何做这道菜。摊主最初不愿意因为怕会泄露自己的商业秘密。但是，阿江叔告诉他，他只想在槟城开店，从没有打算在泰国和他竞争。最后摊主同意教阿江。

您也可以从其他商店叫此海南式鸡扒，他们可以端菜过来。

Kyoto Cafe

Located at Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood, Kyoto Cafe has nice ambience, particularly like the double volume ceiling at the entrance.

Went there on a weekday right before lunch time to beat the crowd. Nice and quiet for reading while waiting for the food to be served.

Like most Japanese restaurants, the open kitchen concept allows customers to view all the actions of the chefs and cooks. This one is more like openings instead of completely open, the advantage of this is that the smoke from the kitchen doesn't coming through to the dining area.

Counter display at the front providing variety of pastry choices to customers.

Match Mango ~ $7.00

Karaage Chicken

Kids meal ~ $6.80

Tonkotsu Ramen ~ $13.80

Kyoto Cafe位于Ringwood的Eastland购物中心，十分喜欢它的室内设计，尤其是入口处的双层高天花板。

我们去那天刚好上班时间而且又还没到午餐时刻， 安静的环境很适合阅读。

像一般日本餐厅一样，开放式厨房的概念使客户可以观看厨师的一切动作。

前面的柜台还展示着各种糕点让顾客有所选择。