It was a first kind of such gathering here in Penang.

Foodies

A person who has an ardent or refined interest in food; a gourmet.

I was a little doubtful whether I should be joining this gathering since those who were attending are established bloggers whom have so much passion in food and also in writing and sharing it out to everyone. For me, I just started out not long ago and I’m still not up to mark in my food hunt and in writing/sharing it out through my posts.

But another thought came to me that this is a chance to meet up with other "seasoned" bloggers or should I say floggers to see and learn how they make their blog so successful and about their great interest in blogging.

So Aug 2nd was the fateful day, Restaurant Hai Nan @ Weld Quay was the place.

I wasn’t the first to reach although I was there before 7pm. Cariso and CK Lam saw me and instantly introduced themselves. We then went around the place snapping photos of the surrounding.

 

View of the Church Street Pier and QE II just across the restaurant.

 

 

Great view of the ferry docking at the terminal

 

 

The restaurant itself is also very beautifully decorated with sofas and plants

 

 

Our table in a cozy and quite room

 

Alright…now on to the food we ordered after everyone came and had a good introduction session.

The restaurant serves Nyonya and Hainanese cuisines

We ordered Asam Curry Fish, Ju Hu Char, Fried Spring Roll, Mixed Vegetable and Inchi Kabin (fried chicken with Worcester sauce).

 

 

 

 

 

I believe there’s one thing which we had the same feeling about. The food was just so-so while the company of new friends deserves to be mentioned more. Right floggers??

These mini pastries were courtesy of Criz Lai. He took the trouble to buy them from a new pastry shop at Jalan Burmah before meeting up with us. From top: chicken pie, egg tart, black pepper chicken pie

 

As for me, I wanted to make something for everyone to show my appreciation in getting to know them in person. So from Saturday morning till evening just before the gathering, I was busy preparing these fruit tarts!!

 

As this was the first time I tried making tarts, all of them were just being nice by giving compliments and eating it. I felt it was too soggy/watery due to the amount of time it was left uneaten after being prepared. Also, the fruits were not fresh anymore + the fruits I used didn’t bring out a vibrant colour to the tarts.

I felt so embarrassed with what I had made but yet the floggers were such a nice bunch who didn’t complain but just eat up all the tarts. I don’t know whether to say Thank You to you all for being so kind or Sorry for the poor outcome of the tarts. Do give me some feedback and I’m sure I’ll improve on it the next time I try making it again!!!

And yes, not forgeting another surprise Lingzie brought for the birthday girl, Carrie from Cariso. It was a green tea cake from Ritz bakery in Prima Tanjung (opposite Island Plaza)

The cake was absolutely delicious. The green tea taste is not overwhelming and the red bean filling in between compliments well with the taste of the whole cake.

And this is how it looks like for those who come across floggers in the same eating place as you are. Nobody gets to touch any of the food till all the cameras are done clicking and flashing. We came across many weird stares since this table of 10 people had like 7-8 cameras pointing and shooting photos of the food.

Hahaha….what a great makan time when you are around with people of the same interest. Thanks to Lingzie for this arrangement and hope to see everyone again next time.

For more meet-up "stories", hop over to their blogs:

Lingzie

PenangTuaPui

Criz Lai

What2See

Cariso

Gill Gill

 

will post about my holiday trip next..stay tuned!!!

Cheers…