How would you react if and when your weekend morning’s greeted by this message?
yee-haa! 
I am a strong believer of the cliche that “best things in life are free!” And you?
That message simply made my Friday morning. I immediately emailed the sender and noticed her email address and company’s name are both from Malaysia. I got an “out-of-office-automated-reply” but few seconds after that, I received an actual email-response from Ms. Jaclyn. What even delighted me was the fact that she mentioned that the blogger’s wife and 2 kids (I only have Gabby now) will be sponsored too. Ang husay! Tara, let’s go!
If you must know, I have been with famous Filipino bloggers and media people, the lovely couple of hanna and vince whose names were mentioned on the email-invite when we went to (my lone sponsored trip) that Grecian-inspired, lavishly beautiful beach resort in Northern Luzon last year; it was days before I went to Penang (peek at my blog post about Thunderbird Resorts,HERE! ). And after reaching home, I sent a PM to hanna and she confirmed that Ms. Jaclyn is actually her friend and the invite is legit. Now, I am really EXCITED! I hope it pushes through because it’ll be a great treat for GABBY! It’s been 4 years since the 3 of us went to HK Disneyland.
Talking about Hong Kong, I remember we enjoyed an early dinner in a Hong Kong-themed restaurant here in the island of Penang months ago.
With casual but stylish ambiance, CANTON-i in Queensbay Mall is simply charming.
bird cages used as lights adorn the ceiling of Canton-i.
When Chinese, it must be RED! I like the red-painted walls and ceiling infused with those white gorgeous floral and butterfly and dragonfly panels. It definitely draws attraction and makes diners more eager to eat! That auspicious color seems to be so enigmatic!
Appetizer was nutty.
Canton-i has a sister-company, another Shanghainese food place with branch on the same mall called Dragon-i (view our dining experience at Dragon-i HERE!)
My bowl : the photo can't give justice to how good it was.
While Tina shared a wanton-soupy noodle bowl with Gabby…
And apparently, we’re keeping a love affair with dimsum…
One of our favorites : Hakao or shrimp dumplings.
Siomai-mommy!
fish roe-delight on shrimp-pork siomai
Let’s see next year if we’ll take our love for dimsum back to HK….*crossed fingers*
family over Chinese food = simply awesome!
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