What is "Kampar Fish Jelly"? Well everyone will presume something sweet. Actually it is Yong Tau Foo, which is mostly found in Kampar, Ipoh and KL. There are a few shops selling it in Penang but we prefer this shop located in Sungai Nibong town (near Queenbays Mall). The shop is airy though it is located in middle of a row of shops, clean and brightly lited.

Yong Tau Foo is basically fish paste stuffed into varieties of vegetables and tofu. The fish paste is very fresh and springy.

Fried ingredients are served separately and the rest of the ingredients comes in a bowl of clear and tasty soup. All goes well with choices of white rice, yam rice and even Hakka noodles with minced pork.

Another side dish - Beggar Chicken.

Having Yong Tau Foo for lunch was great and do try out their barley drink (foo chook yee mai).

The first thing to start the day off is having breakfast and what's more with bread. We find it nutritious and it goes well with various spreads, both sweet and savory or with meats, cheeses, and vegetables. Recently we found the Rainforest Bakery outlet in Chulia Street.

We would seriously recommend it to all you bread lovers out there. This is one place that makes seriously great bread. All the bread and the other bakery products are preservative free. The proprietor, Mr Tan and his wife are very friendly and goes to great length to share with all their customers the different types of bread they have and the ingredients in it.

There are an abundant choices of bread made from rye and seeded products.

We tried their carrot and banana cake. Both were very rich and tasted equally good.

Nowadays we have been patronising this bakery whenever we need to replenish our supply of bread.

Invited to dinner by our family friend, Dr Alex Lim and his family at Salsa Restaurant located in Upper Penang Road. Salsa was famed for fine dining. A couple of years ago, we went to Salsa with his family as well, but was at its former location @ Kelawei Road.

For starters, we had a round of appetizers. The seafood platter with smoked salmon served on salad was a tickle to the taste buds. The soup was great.

Then came the following main course : I forgot what was it called, just vaguely remembering them - Beef Sirloin.

Roast Lamb.

Salmon.

Finally, its time for dessert. The dessert make up of three items.

• Freshly baked rich cake topped with delicious cream and biscuits
• Finely cut fruits mixed in syrup and topped with strawberry
• Creamy vanilla ice-cream that melts in your mouth

The restaurant was warm and cosy, ambience was great, it has to be said. Nice having dinner with our good friend. Hopefully many more dinners could be enjoyed with them in the coming years. We wish them and everyone else a very Happy New Year!