The recent return to Penang, we were invited to a newly launched boutique hotel located on the island.

Speaking of boutique hotel, the emerge of boutique hotel in recent years brought in a lot of new ideas to the hotelier, and ultimately benefit the hotel guests who get a whole new experience of a home away from home.

Chymes, the new boutique hotel in Penang is a great getaway stay. It's not just another boutique hotel anywhere on a high rise building, with a front desk who greets you good day and located right at the center of the busy city. Chymes is a contemporary designed, kinky, greenery, unconventionally low density hotel by the beach. You have your privacy to fully enjoy your holiday without getting disturbed.

There are 6 rooms in Chymes. Each room is specially designed to fit the theme - aquamarine, red chamber, morning dew, vanilla black, chocolat and the studio.
All rooms are air-conditioned with attached bathroom, cd/dvd player with iPod dock, in-room coffee/tea and complimentary internet access.

• The living hall, a modern and vintage crossover design that is tranquil and serene.

• Aquamarine themed room, fresh and bright, it reminds you that the beach is just few steps away.
  

• The studio is another theme of the room, the earth color tone of the room makes you relax and fully enjoy your vacation.
  

• Vanilla black is for you who are in trend, chic and fashionable. You are going to camwhore a lot with this beautiful room as backdrop.
  

• The Red Chamber, just like its theme, it's all decorated in red. When the lit is dimmed, the redness of the room becomes romantic shade.
  

• Morning dew let you spend time in indolence, take it easy, you know you are on your vacation.
  

• For chocolate lovers, this is the one, Chocolat. Don't be too surprise if you found chocolate in the room.
  

• All bedrooms have a spacious bathroom that equipped with everything you might need.
  

• Sunbath or lazing around at the beach, it's just few steps away from the hotel.
  

• Don't fancy the sun? Fret not, you have the lounge that you can watch TV, listen to music or surf the internet.
  

• Read a book under shade of the tree and enjoy the sea breeze here.
  

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Salmon is one of my favourite dish. It tastes good in raw, medium-rare or even well done. The aroma of the flesh itself isn't like any other fish, it's fragrant, juicy and tender. Do a bit of study on salmon, you will love it even more as it contains high protein, high Omega-3 fatty acids, and high vitamin D which is good for health.

This is a recipe of Crispy Salmon from Gordon Ramsay that we cooked.

Ingredients:
Salmon with skin

Garnishes:
Potato
Crab Stick
Chives
Lemon
Cherry Tomato

Instructions:
Vinaigrette:
1. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon into a bowl
2. Add in one table spoon of olive oil
3. Add some freshly ground black pepper
4. Add a pinch of salt to taste
5. Stir the mixture together

Garnishes:
Potato:
1. Cut potato into cubes and boil it until soft
2. Mash the potato, then add in minced crab stick and chopped chives
3. Add few tablespoons of vinaigrette prepared into the potato and mix well

Cherry Tomato:
1. Cut cherry tomato in half
2. Line a foil paper, add a few drop of olive oil on the foil
3. Line tomatoes on top of the foil and sprinkle some salt and ground black pepper
4. Cook in over for 15mins under 190 degree celcius

Salmon:
1. Marinate salmon with a pinch of salt.
2. Heat the pan and add olive oil to the pan, just enough to cover every edge of the pan.
3. Slowly slide the side of salmon with skin into the hot pan.
4. Cook until the orange color salmon turned pink until half of the slice
5. Turn it over to cook the other half
6. When the other half of salmon is cooked, turn it over again to continue to fry the skin of the salmon to keep it crispy

Serves the salmon with potato and cherry tomato. This crispy salmon is perfect to go with the vinaigrette as it creates the freshness after each mouthful of the fatty salmon. Delicious.

The communist reflects!

Taipei has always been on the top of the list of the travel destination that we always want to travel to. It's the city that is modern, well built transportation network, full with fashionable people and yet with a sense of vintage and old time affection fully demonstrated in the daily life. The city has a lot to offer, variety of food, good bargain of shopping as well as luxury brands, unique buildings, and a lot of artistic event throughout the year.

The hotel we chose for this trip was introduce in one of the tourist TV program, the Dandy Hotel, a hotel that isn't of any big brand but offer the best service in class. They have 2 Dandy Hotel in Taipei, and we checked in the on located at Da'an.

The front desk staffs are always so cheerful and greet us with a bright smile every time we return to the hotel.

• Entrance to the hotel.

• Uniquely decorated lobby, there is free flow of freshly brew coffee served at the lobby.
  

• The room central controller that is so conveniently control the background music, lighting, TV without having to move around.

• The room is romantic with the dimmed light.

• The same corner in bright, clean and minimalist.

• Facility in the room. Coffee corner, refrigerator, and a big LCD TV.

• The contemporary design that is not second to any five stars hotel in the town.

• Bathroom that is equipped with a big bath tub, and a big mirror covering the whole wall, this is every lady's dream bathroom.

The room rate are inclusive of breakfast for 2 at their restaurant, English breakfast will be served, it's light and healthy to kick start a busy sightseeing trip.

They also recommended Hotel 73 and City Inn which offers a good rate on internet. Bookmark these hotel so you know where to stay the next time you visit Taipei.

• Image from Reebonz.com

Make-up brings out the beauty of a girl. Light make-up makes a girl feel confident and easier to approach.
For someone like me who prefers to emphasize the eye make-up but trying to stay away from colorful eye shadow finding Make Up Forever Essential Eyes Kit to be the perfect Valentine's gift.

My boyfriend who is a game geek of Resident Evil finding himself having an urge to whip out his pistol and shoot at the girls with black smoky eyes or colorful eyes shadow that made them looks like devil, virtually.

With the earth color of this eye shadow palette, I'm going to shape up the contour of my eyes and lining my eyes with the waterproof eye liner pencil to give it more attitude. The star powders is just perfect to glow up my skin to make myself looks naturally attractive on Valentine's day without having my boyfriend to shoot me down with his machine gun.

Happy Valentine's Day, with the love from Reebonz.