Of Dutch Kroketten and Bitterballen

Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by Krista in What's New

Met up with Paul last night as he came to Penang with his wife and 2 friends (Hans & Yvonne) for a short trip. Paul’s our client but he is also a dear friend. And it is quite surprising because we had only met him early this year!

Sometimes, if you click with someone, friendship just happens. Or in our case, ESP and such.

As per tradition, he was at Starbucks/Borders Books. At that time, he was engaged in a discussion with Rachel and Raymond, his packaging designers about the new look for his herbal organic skincare range.

Soon after, we went in search of dinner and ended up at Palace d’ India for some Indian food – basmati rice, mutton curry, tandoori chicken, prawn curry, chickpea curry – every imaginable curry seemed to land on our table for eight.

I thought he’d be tired after the 3-hour ferry trip from Langkawi but it seemed Paul was indefatigable. We managed to get out of Queensbay Mall at nearly 11, when the shops were all closed. Just goes to show if you have the right companions for dinner, time just zooms.

I took photos of Hans and he said, “Please don’t put it on the blog!”

Sorry Hans, I loved your animated face so you get featured on my blog instead of Paul’s!

And yes, the next time I am in Langkawi, I’d love to learn how to make Dutch kroketten and bitterballen because you made them sound so yummy and easy. (Let it be known that Hans was a professional chef some 20 years ago – the bits of interesting trivia you get from a table of good conversation and cross-cultural sharing.)

Post-dinner, we got into a bit of a laugh because we discovered the amazing handheld massager.

Here’s Hans trying out the massager. One for RM300 and two sold for RM400. Hmmm, Hans tried asking if 3 massagers could be sold for RM450.

It was rather funny seeing us all trying out the massage tool. Everyone wanted a piece of the action.

And I got roped in to try the massaging effects. I can’t say I liked it a lot because a lot of buzzing came from the tool. Give me my Thai reflexologist at Alila Star any day!

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