Ice Ice Baby @ Auto City

As their tag line says food that melts your heart, here at Ice Ice Baby, they have an extensive menu with pages of snack, dessert and drinks and with only one page of food choices.

With the variety of drinks they have, we spent almost 30 minutes to decide our choices. From the menu, most of our choices are the chef's recommendation and you can guess we are going to have a sugar high supper time!

100% Pure Fruit Juice

Left: Apple + Celery Juice (Regular 12oz) RM5.90
Right: Grapes Juice (Regular 12oz) RM5.90


Mango Juice (Jumbo 44oz) RM8.90

Baby Crepes

Say Cheese RM6.90

Desserts

Harsmar Ginko Lotus Soup RM6.90


Ice Cream HK Egg Puff RM5.90

Snowy Mountain

Front: Grapes Snowy Mountain RM5.90
Back: Mango Snowy Mountain RM5.90

The price was a little above normal, so it's usually rather empty in the day, while busy pack at night. Ice Ice Baby is somewhere you can spend you night enjoying the breeze and hang out for some chit chat, accompanied by sweet desserts and snacks.

Ice Ice Baby
1821-G3 Jalan Perusahaan
Auto City, Juru
13600 Penang
Tel: 604-507 4001

New Zealand Natural Ice Cream

What’s more we need to say about this famous brand name. Everyone has known that New Zealand Natural ice cream is 100% originated from New Zealand. It was born at Christchurch in 1984. New Zealand Natural started its path in Malaysia in December 2003 and has twelve outlets at this moment. As for Penang, there are two stall that is at Queesbay Mall and Sunway Carnival Mall.

On a hot Sunday morning, we decided to head up to NZN for a nice scoop of cooling ice cream and a catching up session together.

The bright and colorful counter is able to be seen from afar. There was a little corner been arrange with the table and chairs for dine in customer. Two larger glass ice cream container display at the counter so easy viewing and selection for the customer.

A very in details menu board was hang on top of the counter for viewing.

The girl on duty greeted us with a bright smile explain to us what NZN has to offered. We are given a small scoop of sample of ice cream before deciding on the flavours that we wanted.

There are few categories of NZN items. First of would be the Sundae Creation that consist of Double Rum of Shot, Mount Cook, Wickedly Chocolate, Banana Split, Cookie Monster, Designer Sundae. Customers can choose their own topping too.

Next category would be the Flo that is the Fruit Flo, Durian Flo and Signature Flo.

As for Ice Cream would be the full cream, low fat ice cream, frozen yogurts and sorbet.

NZN does also serve drinks too besides ice cream. It would be the Thickshake, Milkshake, Smoothies, Fresh Juice.

This first glass panel displays all the full cream ice cream with a wide range of flavours.

Then next glass panel, would be the yogurt and sorbet ice cream with fresh fruits as toppings.

We choose to go for the Mount Cook and was allowed to choose 5 favourite ice cream flavours with a sinful selection of toppings.

We have chosen for the Best Seller Boysenberry dream that has ripped berry smooth with boysenberry flavour ice cream. Next flavour would be Macadamia Supreme ice cream with roasted Australian macadamia nuts. Another scoop of Green Tea that has a rich infused flavour of the tea. Mango Sorbet is s non-dairy luscious sorbet made with real mango. Fruits of Forest is from the range of frozen yogurt with a mixture of Boysenberry, strawberry, blackberry and blackcurrants.

And for the topping would be the almond flakes and Fererro Rocher chocolate with few slices of green apple and strawberry. We are giving a small jug of chocolate to be pour onto the ice cream. It tasted marvelous!

Durian season is around the corner, we decided to go for something wild. That would be the Durian Flo. We are been told my Ally that the Durian Flo only available at the selected outlet. The taste and smell of the Durian is pretty strong. For a Durian lover like me, I would love it. It's ither full cream or low fat vanilla ice cream blended with pure D24 durian. You may add on extra fruits to this flo but we decided to stay on the standard one.

The special blender. The texture was very smooth as it has been blended with a special machine.

For a chocolate lover, Wickedly Chocolate should not be missed out. It consists of Choc Fudge Brownies, a moist fudge brownie piece with chocolate ripple swirled through rich choc milk ice cream. Two serves of Chocolate Ecstasy that is the chocolate fudge swirled with chocolate ice cream. That was like a double wow of chocolates. A few drops of chocolate chips, slices of green apple and strawberry make up the decoration of the ice cream. A small jug of chocolate was given to us as well. The chocolate flow will harden on top of the cold cream and it makes it taste good.

Thirsty after all the chocolates, we decided to give a try to the Berry’ lishius Smooties that has been recommended. It is a combination of strawberry blend, banana and mixture of berries.

Besides that we are served with sky juice with a hint of lemon taste, that able to wash away the ice cream flavour from our mouth before trying to the next flavour.

It was indeed a great experience and fun time at NZN and not to be miss out the companion as well. Lets wait no more and head up to the nearest NZN.

The on-going monthly promotions would be the 30:30 promotions. Every 30th of the month, 30% off for all Take Home Packs.

Website: http://www.nzn.com.my/

Ogio Jelly Dessert

Let us introduce this delicious jelly dessert which Penangites called Ogio, or know as Ai Yu Ping 爱玉冰. Ogio dessert is made of soft jelly with some orange hint, lychee and a small piece of lemon with some mixed sweetener and ice ball.

Selling at Rm 1.30, this dessert is very nice to eat during sunny afternoons.

Ogio Rm 1.30




The van selling Ogio, parked under a tree at the corner of Weld Quay and Gat Lebuh Acheh.




Opposite on the left is the Thean Thean Cafe.


Opposite on the right is the Tan Bee Eng Bird Shop.

Once again,

Our sweet yet sourish lemon flavoured Ogio jelly! :)
What a nice afternoon dessert we had.

Map to Ogio Jelly Dessert

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[Invited Review] Gelatissimo, The Real Taste of Italia Gelato

Gelatissimo, The Real Taste of Italia is an award winning Gelato that is made fresh daily to an authentic family recipe.

Thanks to Jason and Gill, we had the opportunity to have a sneak peak on their making process, and also be the first few to have the luxury to taste some of their new products that have yet to be offered to the public.

At Gelatissimo, they have 2 range of Gelato, the Premium Dairy and Sorbet Flavours. As a low fat, creamy alternative to traditional ice-cream, Gelato is smooth, rich and simply irresistable.

Gelato in cups are sold in 3 sizes:
1 Flavour Cup RM 8.90, 2 Flavours Cup RM 12.90 and 3 Flavours Cup RM 16.90.

Mr. Hong, the Marketing Manager showed us some of their secret recipes in the making of their tasty Gelatissimo Gelato.

Colorful spoons for customers to taste many flavours of Gelato.


Gelatissino Best Sellers: Belgian Chocolate (Premium Dairy range) & Mango (Sorbet Flavours range)


Affogato RM 14.90

Affagato in Italian means drown into coffee. A scoop of Biscottino (normally Vanilla Gelato) is served in a coffee cup of expresso. This cup of hot expresso tasted bitter yet sweet when mixed together with the Gelato.

Gelatissimo Shake RM 14.90

We also had Mango milkshakes, which tasted very good.

After tasting various types of Gelatissimo gelato, Mei Yi decided to buy a cup of her favourite choice, Belgian Chocolate and Green Tea.

A very happy girl :)

While we decided to go home with our Take Away Packs.

Take Away Packs, Regular 650cc - 2 Flavours RM 35.90

Gelatissimo
G-45A Gurney Plaza, Penang
LG-K08, The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City, KL
G-53, Jusco 1-Utama Shopping Centre, Selangor

[Invited Review] Young Heart Restaurant New Menu Review

Young Heart Restaurant was establish since January 2006. Ann, the owner was inspired by her mother to who has passion in cooking.

Young Heart Restaurant served home cooked dishes and focuses on serving healthy food. For busy working people, Young Heart Restaurant has Wi-Fi for all.

Floor seating

A private room that accommodate up to 10 persons

We started off with the drinks. From the Hearty Drinks menu, we are served with Natural Flower Tea Mixture which customer can choose from more than ten combination.

Natural Flower Tea Mixture: Rosehip, Hibiscus, Green Apple RM 9.50

This red colored tea's color comes from the Hibiscus flower. It is rich in Vitamin C and tasted a bit to the sour. Also comes together with rock sugar syrup for you to add sweetness into the tea. You can also choose to substitute the sugar with Stevia Rebaudian, a type of sugar leaf that can act as a sweetener, with a minimal extra charge of RM 1.

Next up, the In-House Mixed Fresh Fruit Juice: Banana, Black Sesame, Soya Bean Milk RM6.80 (left) and Mix Fruit Juice - Bitter Gourd, Orange, Kumquat RM 6.00 (right).

From the Ice Blended & Fruit Juice, we had the Mix Berry Vanilla RM 6.00. This drink is our personal favourite, ice blended vanilla and mix berry syrup, tasted like ice cream smoothie.

After the drinks, we have the appetizer, Roasted Duck Summer Roll RM 7.00

The taste of the roasted duck is significant, served together with Japanese Style Sauce, which tasted sour and salty. There are three other choices of sauces which are the Japanese Style Sauce, Chinese Style Sauce and Siam Style Sauce. Besides Duck Summer Roll, they also offer other varieties such as the Unagi Summer Roll and Salmon Summer Roll.

From Snacks & Finger Food, Deep Fried Prawn Dumpling (4 pieces) RM 6.00 is served.

Inside this deep fried prawn dumpling, the prawn are wrapped with minced pork. Mayonnaise is served together with this dish.

For kids, Young Heart has a a collection of Junior Meal.

Junior Orange Pork Chop Rice RM 6.50

The sliced pork is soft and boneless, suitable for kid's appetite.

For Personal Meal, we had the Rosey & Soy Chicken Rice RM 8.80

The chicken meat is tender and marinated with rose liquor and soy sauce.

For noodles, we are served with Unagi Fried Noodle RM 15.80

Handmade noodles are fried together with slices of unagi, fresh mushrooms and some vegetables. Topped with seaweed and unagi. This dish is recommended!

For family who would like to order many dishes, they have a variety of dishes.

For Soup, Young Heart offers the Soup of the Day. Depending on the ingredients they have, Ann will decide the Soup of the Day.

On the day we went, she found that the peanuts imported from Ipoh are fresh, thus decided to serve Lotus Root Peanut & Chicken Feet.

Soup of the Day (Lotus Roots & Peanuts Soup) RM 6.00-M

The mild and clear soup is slowly cooked with charcoal. A bit of chicken stock is added for the taste, but no MSG is added.

Next up is the Steam Cod Fish RM 16.00/kg

For vegetables, we had Stir Fried Lotus Roots with Scallop RM 9.80-MThe lotus fruit is crunchy, fried with red capsicum.

And the vegetables we had is the Choyote Leafs with Garlic Stir Fry RM 5.00-MChoyote leaf is leaf from a vegetable called the Buddha's Palm in Mandarin. It is seasonal.

Next on the list, Pickled Cabbage Stuff Chicken RM 28.00 whole bird

This dish need to be marinated and need to be ordered 1-day before or before 12pm for dinner serving. Eat it together with pickled cabbage. Yumm~

The we have the Braised Sweet & Sour Trotter RM 9.00-M

This dish only use the pork trotter, and not the knuckles as is it less fatty. It is charcoal boiled and the vinegar is self mixed.

Finally, we had the dessert Mango Puree & Sago Pudding RM 4.50

There are coconut slices and dragon fruit cubes on top of this dessert. This condense dessert is a mixture of mango puree with coconut juice.

We have a healthy and fulling lunch at Young Heart. This set of new menu was launched on 25th July 2009! So check them out.

If you plan to go, print out this voucher to enjoy a 15% discount in conjunction with Food Promotions 1st Year Anniversary! :)

Young Heart Restaurant44 Jalan Cantonment, 10250 Georgetown, PenangTel: 604-228 8084 Mobile: 604-410 8098Business Hour:Daily 12pm - 10pm Closed on Monday

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