Modern Italian Cuisine | Markus Restaurant Penang

RESTAURANT MARKUS - Modern Italian Cuisine Penang

现代意大利餐厅，主打创新的意式料理，同时保留传统经典的口味。来这儿用餐的感觉舒适，环境简约高雅。入座后，服务员贴心地从厨房端上了佛卡夏面包（Focaccia Bread with Balsamic Olive Oil），烤后的面包吃起来脆口，特别喜欢蘸着橄榄油醋的香气。前菜点了一道章鱼料理（iI Polpo），厨师把腌制好的章鱼用低温进行长时间的烹调，以保留食材的原味，摆盘配香脆的炖饭饼，用藤蔓上的鲜红番茄点缀，卖相吸引，味道也很丰富。

蘑菇汤（Zuppa Di Funghi Tartufata）用料扎实，混合大啡菇、香菇和洋菇三种菇类，加入百里香等香料熬煮，入口满满的蘑菇味溢出，还带有淡淡的酒香呢。主菜蟹肉意大利面（Linguine Al Granchio）用扁面条拌蟹肉，配上伏特加特调的粉酱汁，蟹肉的鲜美和酱汁的浓郁混在一块入口，非常美味。帕玛火腿猪肉（Salti In Bocca Alla Romana）是当日最爱，用鼠尾草为软嫩的猪腰肉调味，淋上浓厚的蘑菇酱，口味很是独特。

甜点方面，意大利苦杏酒的提拉米苏（Tiramisu）不过不失，为一餐做结尾甚好。其实，当日是提前预订为生日的好友庆祝聚餐，餐厅最后还送上一片小蛋糕，小小的举动实在让人感觉暖心。整体来说，这次的用餐体验很好，能感受到厨师用心烹调与创新，不过料理分量稍微小了一些。

Markus is a modern Italian restaurant which famous with their innovative and creative Italian cuisine. Although they are selling modern Italian food, they still preserve the unforgettable classic taste of Italian food. Markus is a very elegant yet comfortable restaurant located in Penang and their staff is very friendly and helpful. First, they served Focaccia Bread with Balsamic Olive Oil which is freshly baked daily. The bread is crispy in the outside and fluffy in the inside. The combination of olive and balsamic vinegar is the bomb.

For appetizer, we had ordered il Polpo which is an octopus dish. Chef use lower temperature and longer time to slowly cook the marinated overnight grilled octopus in order to preserve the taste of it. It is served with some crispy risotto, tomato-on-vined and fresh vegetables. The flavor of this dish is very rich and taste delicious. Zuppa Di Funghi Tartufata is made from 3 different mushroom which is Fresh Portobello, Shitake and Button Mushroom. Chef also adds some thyme in it to bring out the taste. Having a spoonful of the soup is like a having a mouth full of different mushroom. At the end you also can taste some mild alcohol taste which makes it extra special.

Our main dish is Linguine Al Granchio which is made from linguine, crab meat and vodka pink sauce to elevate the taste. The freshness of crab meat makes the sauce taste very good and is definitely a must try.  Salti In Bocca Alla Romana is our favorite dish of the night. The pork loin is marinated with sage and is perfectly cooked. Then it is covered with thick mushroom sauce. For dessert, we had ordered tiramisu with Amaretto. Overall we had a very good experience in Markus. The only complaint is the portion of food is really small, so you guys can order more and try different dishes. They are also kind enough to serve us a piece of cake as complimentary since we are celebrating our friend’s birthday that night. Thank you.

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吴哥窟 Angkor Cambodia - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia

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小吴哥（Angkor Wat）的日出宁静平和，震慑心灵，五彩朝霞和千年建筑的轮廓与荷花池的倒影，弥漫着苏醒的气息，旅人像是朝圣，用生命来等待天地甦醒的瞬间，为给旅途留下美好的回忆。在巴肯山（Phnom Bakheng）看日落，站在历史的高度感受夕阳余晖下曾经辉煌一时的过去。日升日落，在这文明古国显得特别庄严颓残，像我们经历生活的起落高低后那么平静。

塔普伦寺里（Ta Prohm）的千年老树将庙紧紧缠绕盘踞，充满着千年不倒的生命力；塔高寺（Ta Keo）朴拙未经雕刻，石阶陡峭又狭窄，攀爬过了让人心生敬畏和敬意；巴杨寺（Bayon Angkor Thom）的金碧辉煌已成一片灰蒙蒙的石堆，多座高棉的微笑在阳光下让人安心，如朵朵莲花静静绽放。最后分享蒋勳《吴哥之美》的一句话，想到这段旅程就从心底记起美——因为微笑，文明不会消失。

Watching sunrise at Angkor Wat is one of the things that you need to do once in your life time. It is very impressing and breath taking when you watch the sun slowly shines thru the thousand years old monument. The reflecting of the sun and Angkor Wat in the lotus pond makes it even worth waking up so early for this moment. The thousand years old trees that grow around the Ta ProHm temple is so stunning. You can see how tough are those tree that they live for thousand years there and slowly merge themselves with the temple. 

Ta Keo is a temple that do not have any sculpture on it. The staircase is very steep and narrow which takes us quite sometimes to climb to the top. Bayon temple is where the famous smiling stone faces located. You can imagine that Bayon temple is so resplendent during the old times. Although we are very tired of walking all day long to visit the temples in the small circle, for sure it is worth it. By watching all the beautiful sculpture on the temple and the details that they put in building the temple is just blown our mind.

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Hello February Spring Day

I believe in process. I believe in four seasons.

I believe that winter's tough, but spring's coming.

I believe that there's a growing season.

And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better.

--- Steve Southerland