Last weekend, I went to join the kids sushi making class organized by Penang Foyi‘s welfare group, a buddhist society here. I am not a kids but my friend was the organizer and she asked me to join in for fun and so I went. It’s held at Sushi King, Prangin Mall.

There’s like over 40 kids at there and everyone was so anxious about the class. I did sushi myself before but it was quite a failed one because I’ve forgotten to mix the vinegar with sugar and salt.

They thought us some simple Japanese term on food. Then rice mixing and the important part which people always forget is mix vinegar with sugar and salt. This is very important or else the rice would be tasteless. Pour vinegar on a mixing bowl or cup or anything, then add in sugar and salt. Don’t really need a lot, you can try the taste with your finger until and sweet and salty feel. Only then pour the mixed vinegar into your cooked Japanese rice.

We did have a little hands on. But only did 2 sushi. It’s for the kids and it’s not really a real hands on because they gave us rice that’s already shaped by machine and we only needed to wrap it with crabstick and nori sheet. And their nori sheet is nicely cut already, unlike what we bought from the supermarket.

Guess the best part of the day was having the little sushi bento and learning about mixing vinegar with sugar and salt. Haha. I’m gonna try it again at home because I failed last time. My sushi was pretty tasteless.

I am sure the kids did have a good time at there.

If you do eat out at Prangin Mall, you will know about Home Recipe which located on the 3rd floor. I do visit it sometimes, after school for lunch or during the weekends. They have just revamped their service and menu lately.

Last time, there’s no need of a student card for a student discount. It’s always a 10 percent discount when you say you are a student from which school but now it’s different. A student is required to sign up for a Student Discount Card to entitled for the 10 percent discount.

The first time I went there to ask about student discount, the person told me that I have to pay RM10 to sign up for the card. I didn’t want to sign up at that time. On my second visit, I was in my school uniform with a couple of friend, the boss who I believe he was, came and took order from us, then he asked whether do us have the student card or not, we said no and he was so kind that gave 3 of us the student card for free.

So I guess you got the tip. Visit the restaurant in school uniform and request for a student card. Anyway, the food there are pretty good, a lot of choices and budget.

Tomyam fish noodle. It’s noodle in seafood tomyam soup with a plate of fried fish fillet. The soup is just okok only and my friend said the fillet is nice. I prefer the tomyam chicken noodle though because it’s fried chicken.

Here comes my Spicy Chicken Rice with Satay Sauce. There’s egg, there’s grill chicken and there’s a satay sauce. The best part of this is the sauce. Love it so much, and the chicken is not bad too. Pour the sauce on the rice or dip it with the chicken. I’ll say it’s nice.

I don’t really know about eating in Prangin Mall. Few days ago, I was walking around in Prangin Mall and I was thirsty that time I think of buying myself a drink. There’s my friend that introduce me what they called the Ai Yu Ping, a kind of bubble tea with jelly or agar-agar inside. It’s not like those Taiwan Bubble Milk Tea because this one doesn’t have milk.

I ordered a lemon flavoured, there’s those tiny bubble and a lot of strip liked jelly that tasted sweet. A nice drink for only RM2.50. Great for quenching thirst. The little stall is located on the 1st floor of the Prangin Mall.

It’s the only place where I would eat Tomyam Noodle at Prangin Mall. There’s actually 2 places that you can find Tomyam Noodle, it’s on the same floor one is at the Kopitiam and another one is here at Shua Shua Le steamboat on 3rd floor a few shop next to the comdom shop at the center of 2 building.

Although this is more expensive than the one at the Kopitiam (RM4.50), this is selling at RM6.20. The soup is obviously sweeter and more sour. Lovely as there’s many ingredient in it, fish ball, crab meat, vegetable, mushroom, prawn. Adding in some dried fried garlic, it makes the soup taste better. You can tried it too. It’s not too spicy, but once in a while, it’s really hot, though most of the time is good to eat.

Best thing I like about this restaurant is there’s no service charge and GST. =) So far, I’ve only tried the noodle there, but not the steamboat which the restaurant actually serves. I won’t try it anyway because I am not a fan of cook-my-own-food.