New Year's Eve meal number 5

I've got great friends that saved me the best bit of the roasted chicken with potatoes, satay, meat patties, soya cincau, pumpkin soup, bruschettas and tang yuen (not in picture). To round it all up, we all took shots of jagermeister!

Sorry I only stayed for an hour. Fruit ninja for 2 players on Ipad rocks!

New Year 2011!

    So how was your NYE'a countdown? I didn't contribute to the massive jam in downtown KL. We were home before the clock struck 12. I stood on a stool (my bedroom window is rather high) and saw fireworks! The first round came from my neighbour's home 10 minutes before 12. At 12, the fireworks from Dataran Merdeka was clearly visible. AWESOME!!!
    Am not a regular in making resolutions so there will be none this year Just lots of wishes: To travel more, get back to shape, get our own home, develop new career, bake more, spend a little more on myself and to catch up with all my close friends.
    What is YOUR wish this year? To a great rabbit year ahead! :)

Tokyo- Good food gracious people! (Part 1)

   I just returned from a fantastic short holiday to Tokyo. We attended a traditional Japanese wedding and it was just beautiful. In Japan culture, the banquet is lunch (before that was the Shinto ceremony) and the bride & grooms' bosses are requested to give a speech. Try that in Malaysia? :)

Great day for outdoor photo taking

The magnificent outdoor view for photo taking

  Before everyone asks if we went to the Onsen, Tsukiji Fish market or shopping at Omote-Sando street, the answer is no. So that calls for another trip back to Tokyo! The architecture is top notch, and I feel that Hong Kong is many times more congested (people & building) compared to Tokyo. In recent times, property prices in HK has overtook Tokyo. There was some walking around before the wedding day at typical Asakusa to view the temple and Akihabara to view the electronics and manga scene. Our hotel, Prince Park Tower in Minato-ku is very near the Tokyo tower and the view from the room and bar at 33rd floor is excellent!

Walking pass Tokyo Tower on the way to the train station

Temple walkway on the way to the train station

Asakusa Senso-ji

Street snacks filled with red bean outside the temple

Land of Cats- Kuching

I was there over the weekend and thought I should record this in the blog while i'm at it.

Nice place, clean, friendly people & peaceful. If ever you need a place to retire and get away from all the nonsense in KL, Kuching is a good recommendation.

Pullman Hotel is the latest and the rooms are pretty good. Big, spacious and modern. If you want to taste some local specialty food, make sure you make space for Kolok Mee, Sarawak Laksa, Oyster Omelette and "Midin" vegetable. One nice restaurant that all tourist and locals rave about is Blah Blah Blah... fantastic ambience with koi pond and lots of plants. Food is good and most importantly moderate pricing without tax! :)

Miao-

 

Phuket with Uniqbe Ltd

The purpose of this blog is for me to record my memory for future reference during my golden years. So here are some random scribbles about my Phuket trip recently in Oct 2010.

Actually I'm kind of lazy to write again... You can read about it at scribbles of a psoriatic patient

Nights!

Almost another year?!

Gosh this blog is REALLY not taking off. Between the last post and today, I have been to a few places such as Melbourne, Hong Kong, Guilin, Penang and most recently Italy (Singapore too but that's for work so it's not really a travel adventure, besides it's Singapore :)

I will try to update on all my trips and food even back on KL. Hopefully this can inspire me to travel and eat even more over the next few years!

However, the reason for this blog is not to exhibit any places or restaurants. The scribbles will remind me of the times when I had enjoyed myself with simple pleasures of eating and seeing different cultures.

Has it been a year?

I salute people that can update their blogs religiously. Shamefully my travel & food blog did not take off as how i imagine it would.

Wait... Maybe it's because I have not been travelling much (except for work and that's NEVER fun). DARN!

Work rambles

Ever wondered if what you're doing now is what you will continue to do for the next 3-5 years?
*sigh* Perhaps when work starts becoming less challenging that one will feel the urge to change scene. The grass might not always be greener on the other side but perhaps it is still a different grass and hence will taste/feel different? Should one stop seeking for new learnings and settle in their own comfort zone?
I need a holiday.

Pangkor Island, May 2008

If you are looking for a quiet, peaceful and nearby beach to go for a short weekend trip, do consider Pangkor island. These days even staying at Pangkor Island Resort (supposedly the best on pangkor island) trigger remarks like "Why not Pangkor Laut?". Have we all gone uber rich and uber spoilt? The Resort is nice with their own private beach but don't expect flawless, fine white sand like those found in Sabah.



Food gets the thumbs down so get a taxi to town to savour home-cook style meals and delicious home-made "mee sua" seafood noodles. A round-the-island taxi ride costs RM60 and a return trip to town costs RM30 (the taxi driver waits for you) so it's still more worth it than staying in the resort and eating bad buffet food. While you're out and about, do drop by the "satay" fish factory for some dried seafood shopping to satisfy the tourist in you!

The Notorious Tuk Tuks

This mode of transportation is awesome during rush hour to squeeze between lanes. A word of caution though, if you are 'promised' a cheap ride between the temples for less than 50baht, there might be a detour to a few jewellery and handicraft shops. Complete waste of time for me! Take the cab instead, reasonable fare and comfortable ride

Street Snacks and Coffee Anyone?

This is some crispy pancake filled with sweet stuff in the middle I picked up along the street of Bangkok. Try this for a quick sugar fix!

A bowl of dark pork broth noodles with all the trimmings

Why not finish off with a cup of iced cafe latte? Plenty of mobile coffee carts around Bangkok to cool you down on a hot suny day

Where to stay in Bangkok

There was 5 of us travelling so getting 3 hotel rooms seems abit lonely for the 5th person so I looked for apartments. Thumbs up to this place! http://www.bangkokpatio.com/ It's rather new and clean with great security. They even provide free tuk tuk services to and fro the nearest BTS station located just 5 minutes away.

Bangkok here I come!

Yummy food, check out the menu! Too bad the pork satay was finished.

I love this little Thai cafe hidden in the residential area of Phayathai. Great ambience and good food! Definitely off the beaten track of 'touristy' food joints.

New to the world of blogging!

I'm so excited! I've achieved my new year's resolution of getting a blog and it's only mid-year. Ain't I efficient? :)

The idea behind this blog is to record all my travel thoughts as memories, no matter how vivid fades with time. I have already forgotten the important details of my Europe travel during student years.