I know there are heaps of Indian food in Malaysia, where I'm from.

But within the past 5 months in Australia, I hadn't had a single taste of Indian food… at all!

My tastebuds were beginning to have mad, insatiable craving for spicy, smooth curries and Indian roti & naans.

But Konzy beat me to it. At 4 o'clock in the morning, he suggested that we go for Indian food!

@___@

And we rounded up buddy his sister Jaime and buddy Alex to come along and join us

Double date Indian style! Our food escapade awaits!

I ordered Mango Lassi – which Indian dinner is complete without the famous lassi?

It somehow tasted TOO yoghurt-ey

We didn't take long to order our food although we were spoiled for choice!

Each of us ordered a different bowl of curry each, some rice and naan bread

Took pictures of the restaurant while waiting for the food

There was something about the decor that was authentically Indian about this outlet.

Heck they even played Bollywood music videos (as seen on the TV screen) and Hindi/Tamil songs too

Camwhored while waiting

And yay the food arrived!

Here's my steaming Masala Kulcha naan, fresh off the oven

It had a whole lotta stuff in it, capsicums, onions and more!

The curries came shortly after

Here are 4 of our curries that we shared amongst each other

Top row : Prawn Masala Curry & Beef Vindaloo

Bottom row : Chicken Tikka Masala & Bangol Chicken Curry

Looked so creamy, smooth and nommy!

I bet it'll taste just as good  – if not better

all ready to gobble them all up

Verdict?

It was delicious, without a doubt! My favorite was the Bangol Chicken Curry.

the Prawn Masala Curry wasn't spicy AT ALL; where as the Beef Vindaloo which was spicy till my ears fumed LOL

Konzy and his sister Jaime engaging in an odd conversation about teeth and braces

This just keeps rubbing it in. I've always wanted to have braces done since I was 12 but was too afraid

And now when everyone has taken their braces off looking all pretty, I refuse to put them on NOW.

I don't wanna be a brace-face at 21! Highly, highly unattractive.

Anyways, we ate and ate – till we were stuffed! My gosh, I swear I've never been THIS full since forever It was so yummy that we kept eating.

In the end, we didn't manage to finish the rice, naan and Beef Vindaloo!

Everything else was a brave attempt to chomp down whee

A very full & bloated us. Nommynomnom!

More camwhore pictures- in front of Out of India's huge mirror!

I'm glad we finally caved in to our Indian cravings.

The burn of the curry was good and its spiciness cleared up my nose

Jaime and I – One for the road!

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Next stop – another Indian ritual?

Woot woot! This was before I left for Sydney during the Easter Holidays

Ana, Y U NO look at the camera properly one
 

Anyway! We brought 2 of our white friends along and was tad worried they might find it too spicy

So to somewhat suit everybody's tastebuds, here's what we ordered!

Tandoori Chicken -(coincidentally, my fave!)

3 curries which I don't remember the names anymore LOL

Wrote it down somewhere but it decided to play some hide and seek at my displeasure

I know 2 of it were chicken and 1 of it was lamb.

And all 3 curries were pretty spicy!

SPYYYYYYYYYY SEEEEEEEEEEEE! It burrrrrrrns!

But whatever, with every burn, I take another bite

You now how you can't take it but it's too yummy to stop? Summin' like that

It's finger lickin' good LOLOLOL

Here are the 2 white boys attempting Indian food -

Can you handle it?

Oh and here's my favorite curry among the three that we ordered.

But! I don't remember what it was called either

So that was my gastronomic escape to "Little India"

Strangely enough, I have just realized that I don't eat enough Indian food whilst in Malaysia. I probably should!

Random camwhore photo! I was bored while waiting for them

Okay bye! *abrupt ending*

P/S : Indian food rocks. I'm game for it anytime!

Sorry dear readers! Was away for the weekend and have been busy with proposals and plans lately. Anyhoos, here’s the dirt on what I was up to one night – having gastronomic voyages as usual, but this time it’s in no where else but Bulgaria.

With an adorable Bulgarian serving me drinks!

Yup, I made a teeny weeny short trip to Penang for this much anticipated event. I was invited for the Penang Food Bloggers Food Gathering held on the 15th August 2009 in a very authentic restaurant called Vintage Bulgaria. For those who are geographically familiar with the Penang, it’s located in Hillside, Tg. Bungah.

Humble on the outside; but get in and you’ll be pretty impressed

There were altogether 3 levels of this Bulgarian Restaurant. The Penang Floggers had booked the entire 3rd level for 30+ pax. Oh and FYI, the dress code was either red, white or green as it was Bulgaria’s national colours.

Prior to the event, I went for a little walk around the whole 3 storey restaurant for a sneak peak at its interior. So guys, Imma take you on my lil visual tour now aye?

Upon entering

The bar

You dine here!

Families enjoying their dinner on both the levels
seperated by a semi-spiral wooden staircase

Very authentic aye? I adore the wooden furnishings, pebble walls and the wheel-shaped chandelier. Makes you feel so at ease – just like in the comfort of your own home. Now, this is the kinda setting that completes a wonderful dining experience.

Street lamps

Couldn’t resis camwhoring with it

Lights, camera, let it roll!

Anyway, remember the adorable Bulgarian that served me mango juice? Well, that’s actually the restaurant manager – Andre. He personally made his rounds to entertain and helped the guests.

The drink that kickstarted the event

We were served an entire set meal which consists of a few choices of entrees, main courses, desserts and drinks. I OBVIOUSLY chose fish as my main course being a hardcore fish lover – but Imma share all the dishes that we had anyways.

The waitress serving our choices of soups

Choices of :
Mushroom Soup served with vintage garlic bread
and
Seafood soup

I preferred the Seafood Soup anytime, very much better than most Seafood Chowders I’ve tried. The Mushroom Soup was not to bad as well, with that piece of vintage garlic bread, they can never go wrong.

Time for the main course!
Here were the choices :

Chicken Stroganov
It was boneless chicken drumsticks cut into strips cooked
with mushroom, cream, wine, herbs and spices

Chicken was relatively tender and I absolutely love those capsicums. The sauce had this tangy and unique taste too. Not a bad choice for poultry lovers!

The Bulgarian Platter
There were a mixed grilled trio of Bulgarian sausages and pork fillet

I found this rather bland, which tasted like almost any other pork fillets and sausages. It wasn’t a favorite among my tablemates as well. It wasn’t bad though as it was pretty filling, but could be better.

Plovdiv Ribs
They were tasty pork ribs grilled till tender

My grandma would love this. Pork ribs had always been a usual for our family dinners back at home, and this one was grilled to its finest and had the authentic taste of how pork ribs should always originally be.

My choice of dish
Baked Codfish with Creamy Mushroom sauce

Two words – AMAZINGLY FRESH. Love the texture too. Sorry but hey, I’ve always been partial to fish. So what else can I say but give a biased opinion about this dish? LOL anyways, the peeps at my table had a bite of my fish and all of them agreed in unison.

But as much as a hardcore fish fan as I am, nothing comes close to this winner

Bulgarian Pork Djolan
It’s their traditional roasted pork knuckles

Succulent, bursting with flavour and unlike any other. All of us gave this Pork Djolan a thumbs up and even requested for more. This was all before I was told that it was an all-time favorite among the previous crowds of customers.

Good till the very end
A must try – no doubt about that!

As a wrap to our heavy portions of main courses, came the desserts. We had choices of Chocolate Soup and Chocolate Creme Brulee. They were both cocoa based, but my choice would definitely be the Chocolate Soup… hands down!

The smooth and creamy taste of chocolate
is now drinkable!

We set to work the cameras, pens, notebooks and our tummies. And even camwhored along the way! Well, all work and no play makes bloggers a dull one, no?

Pic courtesy of Ken

She mastered d art of camwhoring on the 1st lesson!
Woots jie!

With buddy Ken

With ‘big sis’ Anna

With Restaurant Owner Sylvia & Restaurant Manager Andre
Woo hooo for Bulgarians in the house!

This event was also sponsored by a local cake house, Winter Butterfly Homemade Cakes and a gellato outlet, Gelatisimo. Gelatisimo outlets are branched in Penang’s Gurney Plaza and KL’s Mid Valley Megamall.

Rich and abundant Oreo crumbs
My fave of the day

Camwhored with the Gelatismo boss
Great idea of opening his outlet in Gurney!

HAPPY 4TH TO THE PENANG FOOD BLOGGERS!
Thank you for a wonderful time