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Previous Markets: September 2007
Cititel's Coconut Delight is a refreshing chilled fruit dessert made from avocados, kiwi, strawberry, pineapple, 'nata de coco', young coconut, santan, a little syrup and coconut water. En Mohd Nor Hisham bin Harun, Sous Chef of Cititel Penang has over 14 years experience (10 of which are with Cititel Penang) specialises in Asian cooking and is particularly fond of Penang cuisines. Book
Reading at Beach Blanket Babylon (3 pm) "No English novelist has created Asian characters that are more convincing… Burgess presents all these people with an impartial generosity; and the steamy, noisy, confused world they live in is conveyed with knowledge and skill." - New Statesman
Why
has this series been described as the most masterly literary work
to have emerged from the pen of a British writer on the Malayans of
that age? Why has it been equally regarded as a highly controversial
work by critics over the last few decades? The Gallery at LPSM
Showcasing
local artists including:
"Some might sneer at my technique, saying that my style has somehow diluted the artistic process," said Choo. "But it is through this method that I can achieve ultimate accuracy of each bird I paint." And to achieve that ultimate accuracy, Choo would go to the deepest of forests to capture a shot of anything on wings. His bird photography expedition has taken him all around the country, to places like Maxwell Hill and Fraser's Hill (where the above photo was taken), and to more far flung places like Brunei, Nepal, Bhutan and India. Much effort is invested to get an accurate representation of the bird that he painted. Choo never paints a bird from imagination, and rarely from another person's photograph. "You need to have seen the bird yourself in order to get it right.'' By just weaving a tapestry of colours on canvas with his fine, meticulous brush strokes, Choo evokes passion and sentiment in his art, giving life to birds and the environment of the rainforest. Every brush stroke adds details and texture to each feather of the birds, with finesse and clarity. He painstakingly creates and captures all the grace, the posture and vibrant colours of the feathers that makes his painting special about his subjects in their glory. See some of his creations live at the September Little Penang Street Market. Prints of his work are also on sale at affordable prices. Programme of the day Once again we have a wonderful and varied entertainment schedule for the day. Starting at 11.30am, we have the Kumpulan Nasyid Al-Hidayah, a 10-person group who will be presenting the very special Islamic singing that is very appropriate to this fasting month. If you have not heard nasyid before, be prepared to be amazed. Then at 12 noon, Freddy and Vivian will entertain you with their special brand of music. At 12.30pm, musicians from the Groove School of Music will regale us. At 1.00pm there will be a fantastic cooking demonstration, presented by the chef of Cititel Hotel. Come and learn how to prepare and cook two unique dishes, Lontong Cititel and Cititel's Coconut Delight not to be missed. At 2.30pm, Lee Bok Seong will be reading his own poetry, and then at 3.00pm you are all invited to the Babylon Beach Blanket, where our third 'meet the author' session will witness a discussion on Antony Burgess's 'The Malay Trilogy'. At 4.00pm, the Q Jazz Collective will be performing - a trio of established jazz musicians who many of you will have seen at Spice 'n Rice - well worth listening to. Finally at 4.30pm, La Salle Learning Centre will join together with the kids of St Josephs to perform dances and songs. What a day, eh? Spread the word and come and be entertained with the range of performances you will only find at the Little Penang Street Market. __________________________________ Press & Reviews The
Star, North - Wednesday, 26 September
2007 _____________________________ |
Cooking
Demonstration by
Chef Hisham from Cititel Penang
.Lontong
Cititel is
a vegetable stew, made from long beans, cabbage, potatoes, carrots,
cauliflower, turnip (sengkuang), mushrooms, chillies, beancurd (tauhu),
glassnoodles, beancurd skin, dried shrimps - marinated and cooked
with shallots, garlic, kunyit, tamarind juice - Usually accompanied
by sambal tumis ikan bilis (made from anchovies (ikan bilis), shallots,
chillies, garlic, tamarind juice and kunyit.
The
Malayan Trilogy, the famous classic series of three novels by acclaimed
writer Anthony Burgess has been as coloured and venerated over the
past 50 years as it has been slated and criticised. Written and set
mostly during the post-war era of the Malayan period, just before
independence from the British, the novels describe with spectacular
detail, with as much humour as there is drama, the lives of the Malayan
people and their British colonisers at that historic period. 
Choo
Beng Teong: The bird paintings of Choo Beng Teong are unique in
that each and every one was once an actual photograph -- or a montage
of several. That end product is the result of meticulous accuracy
and much jungle trekking.