Mark Wiens
“A guest house surrounded by nature and durian trees, offering a relaxed stay. Serves breakfast with salad, fried noodles, pineapple, local sweets, and a unique durian and mung bean porridge (with seeds and chunks of durian). Also provides an opportunity to learn about traditional Chinese style coffee roasting (stir-frying coffee beans).”
Place Profile
311 mk 7, Kampung Genting, 11000 Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia
A guest house surrounded by nature and durian trees, offering a relaxed stay. Serves breakfast with salad, fried noodles, pineapple, local sweets, and a unique durian and mung bean porridge (with seeds and chunks of durian). Also provides an opportunity to learn about traditional Chinese style coffee roasting (stir-frying coffee beans).
Tips & Info
The guest house provides durian sandals. The coffee roasting process involves constantly stirring beans for 15-20 minutes, adding margarine/butter, then sugar, sesame seeds, flax seeds, and salt, resulting in a 'coffee granola' brick. Durian is noted to pair excellently with coffee. | Dishes to try: durian, mung bean porridge, traditional Chinese style stir-fried coffee
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City: Penang
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