Jy~s Yummy Yummy Experience

Kitchen Creatures @ Bandar Utama Centrepoint

2010-06-16T10:44:00.008+08:00

I hate to drive on Friday as it's usually more jam than usual. Sometimes I will ask FL to fetch me to work. Last Friday, he sent me to work and after work, we decided to go for dinner first before heading back home.

At first, we decided to go find food at Dataran Prima, but after a few turnings, we suddenly found ourselves heading towards Bandar Utama. We were both so hungry at that time therefore we decided to just have our dinner at BU Centrepoint.

A lot of ppl parked their cars outside, along the roadside but actually the parking is free after 6pm. We walked round Centrepoint not sure what to eat and then we saw this shop...

Kitchen Creatures @ 1st Floor
there are quite a number of customers in there and
the price of the food seems reasonable too...
we decided to have our dinner here..

My Root Beer, RM 4.50
hmm, still the A&W root beer taste better. hehe..
they add a lot of ginger into my root beer which taste a bit weird..

FL's Coke Float, RM 7
this one taste a bit weird also,
somehow I feel coke doesn't really blends well with ice cream. hehe..

Wild Mushroom Soup, RM 5.80
this taste good, a bit salty though...

FL's Ribeye Steak, RM 19

Consider really cheap rite? RM 19 for a Ribeye Steak...
it's not a very big portion, taste not bad...

My All Day Breakfast, RM 24

the most expensive breakfast set I've ever eaten
consists of 2 eggs, hams, beef bacon, hotdog,
bread, baked beans and mashed potato
not bad not bad....

The total of our bill adds up to RM 60.30. Quite a nice place except they allow ppl to smoke indoor.. which is bad... If you happen to dine in there, can try out this restoran, they have quite a lot of choices, from steaks to pizza, spaghetti, burgers and etc...

Roti Bakar Telur Cheese ~ Restoran Spicy Kitchen @ Manjalara

2010-06-15T10:26:00.008+08:00

It happened yesterday about 5pm+, I was rather free at work and waiting for 6pm to come. I felt really hungry and started to visit food blogs (ya, i know i'll get hungrier by seeing those food photos but i can't help it!). Then I came across a blog which talks about the best mamak in kepong, Spicy Kitchen.

Best mamak? Of cos, the next step is to google about Spicy Kitchen, it leads me to a thread in lowyat forum which talks about all kinds of good food in kepong. A forum member mentioned the Roti Bakar Telur Cheese is superb at this mamak, Restoran Spicy Kitchen. Hmmmm, roti bakar telur cheese? Never heard before, but it sounds nice!! I found a few blogs talking about Roti bakar telur cheese and oh my, it does looks delicious by just looking at the photos!!

Immediately, I started to find the location of this Spicy Kitchen which located in Manjalara. Seems like nobody had actually gave a direction and most of them went to another branch in Desa Sri Hartamas. I decided to ask all my friends staying around kepong in msn whether they heard about this mamak before or not but unfortunately none of them had heard about it.

After a bit of research, I found a map to Spicy Kitchen manjalara but too bad, I'm not really a map person. I showed this map to a friend, and she's very kind to give me the direction. I agak agak know where is the place and decided to go look for it after work.

Apparently this mamak is inside a housing area, that is why it's so difficult to find, and I can't really find it with the direction given by my friend, I know it's near, but I can't find it. When I almost wanted to give up, FL decided to try to search in the GPS, and tah-dah... we found the place...

So here's the direction, say if you're coming from kepong toll, go straight, then turn right at the traffic light. After traffic light, keep left, and you'll see another traffic light, turn right again, then turn left. You will then see the mosque on your left, go straight (this is the part where i got lost the first time) and turn left into a housing area (it's not there yet...). Then make a u turn and turn back out to the main road, then turn right, and turn left, and turn left and you'll see a guard house there... You can ask the guard for the direction or you just turn left and go straight (i think so.. it's quite easy to find once you're in the housing area), and Spicy Kitchen is on your left.

Restoran Spicy Kitchen @ Manjalara

all kinds of drinks

a wide variety of food

Roti Bakar Telur Cheese,
the main reason that got me here..hehe..must order!! :p

The forum member also recommended Milo Shake but FL and I decided to stick with Teh Ais and Teh Tarik. hehe... However, I did try the maggie goreng that the forum member recommended.. According to him, the maggie mee is different...

my maggie goreng...

It actually looks quite nice, and yes, the maggie mee is different. The taste is very different from other mamak as well, FL said it's nice, but I feel it's a bit tasteless. So overall it's OK for me.

FL's nasi goreng ayam
this one is even more tasteless, not recommended.. hehe..

and finally, Roti Bakar Telur Cheese
it smells REALLY nice!!

on top got egg, butter,
in between got cheese..
and yes, it's very very fattening!!

see the cheese in between?

The Roti Bakar Telur Cheese is really nice, but it's best to share with someone, else you'll feel a bit jelak. hehe... Our bill adds up to RM 15.

I will surely visit this mamak, they offer such a wide variety of food when comes to goreng goreng stuff, roti bakar and even roti canai. Oh ya, will definitely order the Roti Bakar Telur Cheese again.. yum yum...

The Gardens ~ Pastis Cafe

2009-12-14T22:46:00.003+08:00

I seldom shop at Mid valley, well, can say that I don't really like Mid Valley. Reasons? Well, for one, I used to work there, at the boulevard office and it doesn't really work well, and for two, it's always jam there, and the car park.. oh my..

Anyway, FL and I went there two weeks ago for the home deco exhibition (why these exhibitions always held there? hmmm..), after the exhibition, we decided to go over to the gardens becos mid valley was too crowded. We had our tea+early dinner at the Pastis Cafe, ground floor, right in front of Isetan after we saw it's full of ppl.

Pastis Cafe

very nice environment

FL's peach tea
taste not bad, but doesn't really blends well with the food we ordered. hehe..

Coffee with free cookie

Milk, it's warm some more..
smells very nice!

toast set which comes with two cups of coffee/tea
RM 21.90

Butter, Kaya, Rasberry and Peanut Butter
cute right? like toothpaste. hehe..

Although the toast are thick, but it's surprisingly tasty, it's crunchy at the outside and soft inside. yummy... besides that, we also ordered..

farm house chicken pie, RM 16.90
this is tasty as well, but the salad tasted a bit weird..
maybe it's becos of the dressing..a bit salty..

Overall, we had a very nice meal there, the environment is nice, food is tasty, and of cos, price not cheap also lar.. The total bill adds up to RM 42.70 with 10% of service charge. If you ever pass by there, do try it out, you will like it too!

Chayo ~ Everyone's Cup of Tea @ Kelana Mall

2009-10-27T12:00:00.000+08:00

When D asked me out for lunch last week, we both were clueless on what to eat. We wanted a quiet place where we can chat, a place near my comp, a comfy place.. There's really not much choice except those kopitiams (old town, ali cafe, papa rich) at kelana mall but we both were so sick of the food at kopitiam, that is why we decided to try something new.. Chayo...

Chayo was opened quite some time ago but I nv tried having lunch there before. I guess the main reason is because there's always not much ppl there, and I'm not really sure what they served there.. is it just coffee and cake?

Anyway, when D told me they served northern vegetarian food, I said to myself, why not go try it out? So there we are..

There are not really a lot of choices on main dishes but I did see a lot of ppl ordering mee goreng. But there's quite some choices for snacks.. So D and I decided to order a main dish to share, and some snacks too...

Black Coffee, RM 5.60

forgot what drink is this, it's part of the snack set, RM 6.50,
i don't like the taste, but D loves it!

Spaghetti Spicy, RM 9.90 this one not bad...

Cheese fingers, part of the snack set
can't really taste the cheese, and it's kind of tasteless..
it taste better when you eat it with the sauce..

Pan Fries Potato, RM 4.50
well, it's just potatoes... nothing special..

Bombay Toast, RM 4.50
it's basically Fried toast...
comes with the sauce as well...

Our bill adds up to RM 34.10 (include 10% service charge). The food there is quite ok, no strong flavored food and taste ok, it's good to come here if you want to have something different, something light..and the environment is superb...

Ah Lan's Yu Guo at Jiufen (九份) 阿蘭宇粿/草仔粿、

2009-10-12T14:03:00.002+08:00

We were walking at the JiuFen Streets and then suddenly we saw a long queue. Everyone is queuing in front of this shop!! What is so nice here?

阿蘭宇粿/草仔粿

I asked FL to go queue first while I go see see look look what they selling. hehe..kiasu mar..so ask FL to queue first lar..

what is this? green green one biji one biji...

There wasn't a lot left but don't worry, they have a group of ladies making it at the back.. check it out!!

see? no matter what is this, must be quite nice to eat cos it's fresh!!

got sweet one, salty one...

and we bought two biji, one sweet one salty..
nt 10 each (RM 1.20)

It's not cheap also lar, one small biji costs RM 1.20, it taste a lot like our 'ang gu kuih', not bad... quite nice...If you ever visit Jiufen, do try it out!!

HYT Espresso Chestnut Mooncake (喜月堂咖啡栗子月饼)

2009-09-29T14:22:00.001+08:00

A colleague of mine brought me the HYT mooncake brochure to see whether I'm interested in buying mooncakes or not. He's very nice, trying to help his mum to get some sales. After browsing through the brochure, I decided to buy one from him (my family doesn't like mooncake, if I buy more, I'll be the one who need to finish all!! :p).

For those who knows me, you guys should know I LOVE coffee... that's why I chose this...

HYT Espresso Chestnut Mooncake (喜月堂咖啡栗子月饼),
RM 11.70

smells nice..when I removed the package..

the yellow part is not egg yolk..not sure what is it,
but it taste like condensed milk.. :p

Hmm, the mooncake doesn't have much coffee taste and it's quite sweet, have you guys tried other brands' coffee mooncake, is it better? I prefer less sweet one...

DAP's Rocket United Cafe @ SS2, PJ

2009-09-25T09:32:00.004+08:00

I came across this cafe while I was blog surfing. Hmmm, kopitiam is really "hot" nowadays, even DAP decided to open one? Interesting, a political cafe where you can drink coffee, suft net, chit chat, read political magazines and even sign up as a voter!! Not bad hor...

So few days ago, FL and I decided to go try it out, to have our dinner there. We actually had a hard time trying to find this place, we go round and round SS2 and when we finally decided to give up, we saw the cafe!! hehe...

Rocket United Cafe
situated opposite the 'wai sek gai', same row with 'gei dak sek'.

they served all kinds of coffee,
from ipoh, from penang, sabah, melaka, muar,
indonesia, vietnam and etc etc..

As for food, there are nasi lemak (as usual), chicken rice, and the special one is the nyonya rice which I don't think you can get at other kopitiam. Besides rice, there's noodles too, chicken hor fun, tom yam, and also snacks such as popiah, fish ball, fries and etc. Of cos, kaya butter toasts are available too...

drinks..
once you've decided what to eat,
you placed your orders here...

food..

FL's Ice Chek Hup White Coffee, RM 4.90
well, it's tasteless....

teh tarik, RM 3.90
I decided to play safe and ordered teh tarik. hehe...
not bad lar.. very big mug...

FL's Nyonya Rice Rendang Chicken, RM 8.90
Hmm, this looks good and special..the blue color rice, the huge and yummy rendang chicken..taste not bad...

My Nasi Lemak Sambal Sotong, RM 8.90
this one just so so,
sambal sotong tasteless where else
the nasi lemak's sambal is too salty..

There's no service charge/gov tax added to our bill. I should say the food and drinks there are ok, it's probably better than some other kopitiams out there but I think they should improved on their service cos it's actually quite slow. Somehow they don't served ppl based on first come first serve.. Cos we placed our order first but then the other two tables got their drinks and food first..

Besides that, it's quite dark in there, and one thing which I don't really like is there are A LOT of mosquitoes!! I can even see mosquitoes (4 to 5) flying above everyone's head!! How to read/chit chat there when mosquitoes keep attacking u?

Will I visit the place again? Well, maybe.. when there are no more mosquitoes ... hehe....

Not so stinky Stinky Tofu @ JiuFen Taiwan (臭豆腐@九份台湾)

2009-09-10T11:51:00.000+08:00

I've always wanted to try stinky toufu cos I can't seems to understand why ppl will like such smelly food. Some friends told me the smell and the taste is totally two different thing. That is why I told myself, die die also must try when I went to Hong Kong last year. But at the end, I didn't try also, why? Cos it's toooooo smelly till I don't even dare to go near it, not to mention putting it into my mouth. hehe...

Although I didn't get to try it in Hong Kong, I did try it for the very first time in Taiwan!! and yes, it's delicious!! But one thing is, it's not smelly at all, so maybe this was not the original smelly toufu?

I still remembered when we passed by the stall, I asked FL, ei, what is this? looks nice.. Then FL looked up and told me, hey, this is stinky toufu leh.. and my first reaction was, har? why not smelly one? let's go try it!! hahahahahaaha...

looks nice right?

the grill (现烤臭豆腐) one, nt 25 (RM 2.90) per stick, the fried one (油炸臭豆腐) nt 40 (RM 4.70) per stick, we decided to take the grill one..

and of cos, we added lot's of chili!! hehehe..

We were surprised we actually like it! It's not smelly and it's tasty, especially with the chili added!! Yum yum!! I finally tried smelly toufu!!! yay!!

Famous Prawn Mee @ Jalan Ipoh

2009-09-03T13:57:00.000+08:00

When we were on our way home from the bookfest (that was like 2 weeks ago!!), FL brought me to Jalan Ipoh to try the prawn mee, recommended by his colleague. Well, I'm not really a fan of prawn mee, but no harm trying lar...

Shun Li (顺利) Prawn Mee

wow.. seems like a lot of HK actors where here before!!
Eric Tsang, laughing gor, Cheng Kar Weng and etc..

According to FL's colleague, we MUST try the dry version of prawn mee, so both of us ordered dried prawn mee...

dry prawn meehun, RM 4.50

and we're given a bowl of soup..

After tasting the soup, we both think the 'wet' prawn mee will be much better.. Dry prawn mee.. erm, really nothing special...

Breakfast at Taiwan's McDonalds

2009-08-21T11:42:00.000+08:00

FL and I both decided not to have egg biscuits and hamburgers for breakfast anymore on our last day of our Taiwan trip. We have been eating egg biscuits and hamburgers for 3 days continuously (2nd & 3rd day, 4th day). It's time to try something new. hehe...

There's a mcD near our hotel, and we normally will try McD when we visit other countries to see what's the difference between ours and theirs. That's why we decided to have McD for our breakfast on our last day in Taiwan.

So what to order? The minute I looked at the menu, I knew what I was going to order..bacon & egg!! I love bacon!! As for FL, he ordered a pork sausage mcMuffin for himself.

Bacon & Egg Breakfast Set and Pork Sausage McMuffin Set
nt 150 for both sets (RM 17.60)

Bacon & Egg
looks nice right?

bacon

Although my bacon & egg burger looks nice, but it doesn't taste that nice. The bread is so hard and I think you will hear a sound if I used the bread to knock on your head. hehe...

FL's pork sausage mcMuffin

doesn't looks nice but taste better than mine!!

I don't know why they don't allow ppl to take photos in McD. Yes, there's actually a sign there stated no pictures are allowed. So all these pictures I curi curi take one. shhhhhh..... hehehe....

Vietnam coffee, anyone?

2009-08-14T17:04:00.000+08:00

I went to Hanoi few months ago, the one thing that I miss till now is their coffee. Yes, Vietnam's coffee. Their coffee is superb!! Trust me, you will never forget it's taste once you've tasted it.

That is why I bought a lot of coffee back with me..7 packets of coffee powder. hehe..

A lot of ppl said, Vietnamese have lot's of time, why said so? They are very hardworking, they woke up very early and they sleep very late, therefore they have a lot of time. What has this to do with their coffee? Well, to make a cup of coffee takes some time, let me show you...

To make a cup of Vietnam coffee, you'll need this..

no, this is not just a cup..

see?

lot's of small holes right?

placed it on top of a cup

coffee powder from Vietnam

here's the steps that we need to follow
to make a cup of Vietnam's coffee

put in three full teaspoon of coffee powder

placed the cover on it

pour hot water in it

so now what? wait..

Remembered I said earlier to make a cup of Vietnam's coffee takes time? Well, now you know why. To make a cup of Vietnam's coffee, you will need about 10 to 15 minutes..

see, it's dripping...

placed the cover on top and checked back after 15 minutes..

After 15 minutes...

finished dripping..

you can add in sugar or condensed milk..

I prefer condensed milk..

drink it hot or cold..

there you go, a glass of Vietnam's Coffee
hmmmm, smells so nice...
taste sooo good...

My very last bowl of beef noodle in Taiwan (大雅小吃)

2009-07-30T12:34:00.002+08:00

You probably will say.. what? beef noodle again? Hahahahaha, trust me lar, taiwan's beef noodle really very nice ler. You can get a yummy bowl of beef noodle at any of the shop/stall. Plus, I think this will be my last bowl of beef noodle in Taiwan lar, so must eat must eat.. hehe...

We picked this shop which located at a few street away from our hotel. It's a very small shop which consists of 3 to 4 tables.

大雅小吃

The menu

FL's Pork Ribs Rice (排骨饭), nt 70 (RM 8.20)
not cheap at all!!

My Beef Noodle(牛肉面)
nt 70 (RM 8.20)

green color dumplings, 水饺
nt 45 (RM 5.30)

Actually this is ONLY the 3rd time I'm having beef noodle as dinner in Taiwan...hehe If you asked me which one taste better, this, or the 30 yrs old shop, or the one I had opposite our hotel, I would say the best beef noodle I've tried is the one opposite our hotel, yummy!!

As for the dumplings, the dumpling we had on our first day in Taiwan taste better. This green dumpling's skin is very thick, so not so nice..

Anyhow, it's still a satisfying meal... yum yum...

Zhuang Yuan Biscuit (状元饼)

2009-07-20T12:02:00.003+08:00

The name attracted us to stop in front of this stall at Raohe Street Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市). What is 'Zhuang Yuan'(状元饼)? Zhuang yuan is someone who gets the highest score in exams and they will be given a position by the king during the olden days. So does that means eating this will make us become a 'zhuang yuan' too? haha..

状元饼

It looks similar to indian's putu piring...don't you think so?

except it's smaller and i think our putu piring looks nicer.. hehe...

nt 25 (RM 2.90) for 2 pieces or 3 pieces (sorry, forgot. hehe..)
not cheap right?

Guess what, it taste similar to our putu piring too, except it's less sweet... hmm, not bad... nice to eat when it's still hot!

Famous lu rou fan in Taiwan (胡须张鲁肉饭)

2009-07-16T10:45:00.003+08:00

We all know Taiwan is famous of their beef noodle, that's a must try food if you visit Taiwan (of cos, if you eat beef lar..). But besides the beef noodle, do you know their 'lu rou fan' 鲁肉饭 (minced pork rice) is also a must try food?

We had tried the lu rou fan 鲁肉饭 at a small shop opposite our hotel. It taste good. According to the forumers, there's a restaurant around wufenpu (五分浦) which serve the best 'lu rou fan'. Well, since we're heading to wufenpu now, we definitely must try lar!!

胡须张鲁肉饭

the menu
besides the minced meat rice,
they also serve chicken, vegetables, soup and etc

鲁肉饭, small, nt 30 each (RM 3.50)

It may not look as good as it taste, but trust me, it's really VERY delicious!! After we tried this, we both felt that the one we had opposite our hotel, is not really that tasty. hahahahahaha..

Shao Shing Drunken Chicken (绍兴醉鸡)
nt 100 (RM 11.75)
I don't like the chicken, it's from the fridge, it's cold!!
but FL loves it!

Bitter Gourd Pork Rib Soup (苦瓜排骨汤)
nt 65 (RM 7.60)
I love the soup, nothing special,
just like our bitter gourd soup here, but it's nice!

The whole meal adds up to nt 225 which equivalent to RM 26.40 (2 lu rou fan, one soup and one chicken, we did not order any drinks). It's not cheap but I think it's worth to try, erm, not the chicken, but the lu rou fan!! hehe..

De'Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Sungai Buloh

2009-07-06T13:47:00.000+08:00

I first heard about this place from FL. He told me two of his colleagues mentioned this restaurant to him within a week. They knew we loved thai/spicy food, that is why this restaurant is highly recommended by them.

They didn't really tell us the direction to go to this restaurant, the only thing they told FL is that this restaurant is in Sungai Buloh. I asked around and found a friend who is living in Sungai Buloh, and thanks to her clear directions, I found the restaurant! Thanks K!! :)

First, find the Sungai Buloh KTM, there's a traffic light before you can turn left to the KTM, go straight, then on the second traffic light, turn left and go straight till the end. The restaurant is on your left. You won't miss this restaurant cos it's huge!!

De'Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Sungai Buloh

Exactly how big is this place? Let me show you..

I'm standing at the place where we parked our car, see the compound? Sorry for the poor photo quality, I'm taking this with my hp. :) There were not many cars, I think less than 10 include ours.

koi fish pon in front of the entrance of the restaurant

the entrance to the restaurant

Both FL's colleagues and my friend mentioned this to me, they all said the food there is pricey, BUT they don't accept credit card, so please remember to bring more cash. haha..luckily they told me in advance lar, else i'm gonna end up washing plates there. :p

Cash Only
and yes, it's pricey..

few tables occupied

Mango Juice, RM 5

Coconut, RM 6

Rice, smells really nice! RM 1 each.

see, very little only..3 tablespoon finish lor..

Kerabu Pauh, RM 15 (small)
this is not so nice, both of us feel it's not spicy enough..

kangkung belacan, RM 8 (small)

The kangkung is really very nice. Should have ordered a medium one for this. According to FL's colleague, they plant their vegetables themselves, no wonder it's so tasty!! It's fresh and yummy!!

Ayam Goreng Cili, RM 18 (small)
this is not bad too, the portion is very little..

Tom Yam Campur, RM 35 (medium)

Whenever we visit a thai restaurant, tomyam is the must order dish and normally it'll be the best among all other dishes, that is why we ordered a medium one for this. But seriously? their tomyam soup disappoint us. With that kind of price? It's not good at all, not hot enuf, not spicy, even the seafood not really fresh too...

here, if you're interested to go try it out..
Add: No.95 Jalan Kampung Melayu,
47000 Sungai Buloh.

Our bill adds up to RM 90. How do I feel? Expensive, really expensive. Beside the kangkung, other dishes are just ok. I did see a lot of ppl ordered crabs and prawns, maybe those taste better..

My favorite breakfast in Taiwan - Hamburger & Egg Biscuit (汉堡与蛋饼)

2009-06-10T12:20:00.001+08:00

After a few days in Taiwan, I realized I actually like their breakfast very much. Oh yes, I like their hamburger and egg biscuit(汉堡与蛋饼). FL asked me, not boring meh? always eat these breakfast. Well, NO!! I'm actually looking forward to have these for my breakfast.

So after 2 days having hamburger and egg biscuit, on the 4th day of our Taiwan trip, we had hamburger and egg biscuit AGAIN!! But this time, we had it at a different shop which located at a few blocks away from our hotel.

大麥美而美

the menu

our warm tea with sugar and tea with milk
nt 30 each (RM 3.50)
both sucks..
i wonder why they food can be so nice
but their drinks so yucky..

chicken drumstick hamburger (鸡肉腿汉堡)
nt 40 (RM 4.7)

pork chop egg biscuit (肉排蛋饼)
nt 20 (RM 2.4)

carrot cake with egg (萝卜糕加蛋)
nt 30 (RM 3.5)

The carrot cake is just normal, nothing special. To me, it's kind of weird to eat carrot cake with egg. hehe...

Everything is with egg, breakfast alone we already had 3 eggs! Wow!! I really like their hamburger, the bread is soft and no matter what kind of hamburger you ordered, it's definitely less oily if compared to our burger here.

As for the egg biscuit, you won't really feel full after eating it. But it's nice to eat as snacks. hehe...

I guess this will be the last hamburger and egg biscuit i had for my breakfast in Taiwan. Pretty sure FL won't let me have the same breakfast again tomorrow. :p

Famous dessert in Taiwan (鲜宇仙)

2009-06-01T13:55:00.001+08:00

After our dinner at the 30 yrs old shop, we explore the shops around our hotel. We walked and walked and walked (for an hour or so..) and suddenly FL stopped and said, hey, this is the dessert shop that recommended by forumers, want to try?

We really get a lot of information on food from forumers, hehe..

鲜宇仙

the menu

the story of the shop

the shop is quite nice,
heard there's a lot of branches all over Taiwan

a pager/beeper?

We need to make our order at the counter. After we paid, we were given this, a pager. When our orders are ready, it will beeps. Then we can go to the counter and collect our dessert.

It sounds systematic right? But still, they missed out our orders. We waited for like 15 minutes but still the pager remained silent. We checked our orders at the counter and then only found out they missed out our orders.

FL's dessert
the round round big big in the middle is yam

and mine..
the white is yam, yellow is sweet potato,
then there's red bean..

We didn't expect it to be such a big bowl. We may just ordered a bowl instead of 2 if we knew it earlier. I forgot what we ordered but I remembered the taste is just normal. In fact, we took a hard time to finish our dessert. hehe.. The bill adds up to nt 90 (RM 10.60), not cheap also...

Worth to try if you never tried before, but I don't think I will visit the shop again if I got the chance to visit Taiwan next time. :p

Taiwan Beef Noodle at a 30 yrs old shop

2009-05-29T17:25:00.001+08:00

We wasn't sure what to eat for dinner. When we saw this 30 yrs old shop, FL asked me, want to eat here? Well, why not? This shop offers a wide variety of food, from rice, to noodles and soupy stuff.

i can't seems to find the name of this shop,
can you?

this chili sauce appears in
most of the restaurants in Taiwan

this vege is on every table, it's nice!!

Sour Spicy Soup 酸辣汤

Most of the restaurants in Taiwan sell this soup, we ordered one to try and it taste weird. We don't like it. It's not sour and it's not spicy. Wonder why they called it sour spicy soup!

FL's rice..

FL need to eat rice at least once everyday. So he ordered this. If i'm not mistaken, this is the last plate of rice, so the boss said he will give FL what's left. Erm, can consider this as mixed rice gua. hehe.. taste quite good too!!

my Beef noodle (红烧牛肉)

actually it's not noodle it's more like pan mee

Overall the food here is quite ok, but I feel that the beef noodle I had at the opposite of our hotel is nicer, and cheaper too. The whole meal took us nt 200 (RM 23.50), consider not very cheap also lar.

Pepper Biscuit (福州胡椒饼)

2009-05-28T17:00:00.000+08:00

We found this little shop somewhere near our hotel. FL told me this is another "must try" biscuit that is recommended by forumers. Well, since they said "must try", then we try lar..

I am a Hok Chew (福州)
but I never heard about this pepper biscuit before. hehe..

It looks a bit like 'heong beng' (香饼)
except it's slightly bigger.

Pepper Biscuit (福州胡椒饼)
nt 25 (RM 2.90) each

there's pork in it..

It taste good when you eat it while it's still hot. You can taste the pepper in the biscuit as well as in the pork. Not bad lar..

Shanghai Fried Bao (上海生煎包)

2009-05-28T13:42:00.001+08:00

Before we decided what to eat for lunch at Keelung-Miao Kou (基隆-庙口), we saw crowds in front of this stall.

Shanghai Fried Bao (上海生煎包)

buy 10 free 1
oo, no wonder so many ppl..

Since there are so many ppl in front of this stall, we decided to try it out before we have our lunch. No lar, we're not going to buy 10 just becos got 1 free lar...

we bought two
one pork (鲜肉包), nt 12 (RM 1.40),
one cabbage（高丽菜包), nt 10 (RM 1.20)

this is the cabbage one, it's nice!

the pork one just normal..

Village Park Restaurant @ Uptown - Best Nasi Lemak in Town??

2009-05-16T00:17:00.000+08:00

FL came home one night telling me about the best nasi lemak in town that his friend told him during their yum cha session. Nasi lemak? My favorite!! Where where?

On the same week, I asked him to bring me to try out this best nasi lemak in town.

Village Park Restaurant @ Uptown

If i'm not mistaken, the owner is a Chinese Muslim. You can see besides chinese, there are a lot of malay customers too. We were there about 2pm+ and still, a lot of ppl. We were lucky to get a table for 2.

full house

Menu for drinks

and food

I read about this restaurant at some blogs and they said white coffee is a must try thing..so..we both ordered white coffee lor..

white coffee, RM 2.49 each

We were a bit disappointed after we tried the white coffee. It's not really that nice lar, it's actually kind of tasteless..

Besides nasi lemak, there are a lot of other food. There are even mixed rice where you can mix and match what you want to eat. Lot's of dishes.. I lazy to walk so I ordered from my place..

my nasi lemak ayam, RM 6.80

At first FL wanted to have mixed rice but then he changed his mind and ordered nasi lemak as well. Besides chicken, he added a vegetable.

nasi lemak with vege & chicken, RM 7.80
his one looks nicer right?
well, who ask me to be so lazy.. hehe..

The nasi lemak smells really nice, the chicken is cripsy and nice too. But then again, I will not say it is the BEST nasi lemak in town. I've tried some nicer nasi lemak with a cheaper price at some other place. Our bill adds up to RM 19.40, really not cheap ya...

It's worth to try out, but it's definitely not the best. :)

Yummy lunch at Keelung - Miao Kou (基隆 - 庙口)

2009-05-14T15:08:00.002+08:00

I read from the forums that there are lot's of things to eat at Keelung - Miao Kou (基隆 - 庙口) at night. Yes, at night but we were there in the afternoon. Is there any food during day time?

Luckily there are! I don't know how is it like during night time but there are already lot's of food during day time. We finally decided to have our lunch at this stall..

stall no. 28

there are noodles, meehun, rice....

oily rice (油饭)
nt 25 (RM 2.90)

Sorry for the direct translation. hehe.. the "oily rice" (油饭) is actually similar to our sticky rice lar. Taste great! A small bowl like this can be quite full also..

meehun with pork (肉焿米粉)
nt 45 (5.30)

The meehun soup is really nice. You can taste the sweetness of the pork from the soup. A bit expensive though...

Yeliu (野柳) - Stone Flower Drink (海底石花)

2009-05-12T11:17:00.002+08:00

This is just beside the Yeliu Geopark (野柳地质公园) exit. Let's see what kind of 'gifts' we can find here.

Gift of Yeliu (野柳特产街)

Most of the stalls sells the same thing,
seaweed lar, fish floss, fish satay lar.. and etc..
I bought a pack of seaweed and 2 bottles of fish floss here.

Then one of the stall owner introduce this to us.
Stone Flower Drink (海底石花)?
What's that?

nt 30(RM 3.50)

It's tasteless. hehe.. And we still don't know what's that.. I think it's something from the sea lar.. :p

The original XXL Chicken at Shilin night market (士林豪大大鸡排)

2009-05-06T15:20:00.001+08:00

One thing that you should not miss when you're at the Shilin night market(士林夜市) is to try the original XXL chicken. There were a few stalls there selling XXL chicken but we wanted to try the "real" one. So here we are..

Shilin Hao Da Da (士林豪大大鸡排)

nt 50 (RM 5.90)
I know..
it's so big, smells so nice
and yet so cheap..
that's what you thinking right?

we ordered the spicy one..

We only eat it when we were back to our hotel and surprisingly, it was still crunchy and nice! And yes, it's REALLY very very BIG!! Nice!!

Ai Yu Bing @ Shilin Night Market (爱玉冰@士林夜市)

2009-05-06T15:08:00.002+08:00

We're quite thirsty after we had the Big hotdog wrap small hotdog(大肠包小肠) and BIG sausage(大香肠) at Shilin night market(士林夜市). It's time to find something to drink! And we found this little stall...

Ai Yu Bing (爱玉冰)

There are a lot of different flavors 'ai yu bing'
but we decided to take the original one..

nt 30 (RM 3.50) per cup

Nice? Well, it's actually tasteless.
hehe... but at least it quench my thirst. :p

BIG Sausage (大香肠)

2009-05-06T14:54:00.001+08:00

What's next after the Big Hotdog wrap Small Hotdog (大肠包小肠) at Shilin night market(士林夜市)? Well well, it's BIG sausage! Taiwan really got a lot of sausage/hotdog related food. hehe.. I wonder will I have sausage phobia after my taiwan trip. hehe..

BIG Sausage (大香肠)

looks yummy..

One BIG sausage is nt 100 (RM 11.75), we both feel it's not good to have so much sausages in a day so we decided to take half, which costs nt 60 (RM 7). not cheap also...

so little only...

It taste better than our normal hotdog but I do not think it's worth that much. RM 7 for a small packet like this... Anyway, it's good to try this out, at least now I can tell ppl that I've tried the BIG BIG sausage/hotdog from taiwan!

Big Hotdog wrap Small Hotdog (大肠包小肠)

2009-05-06T12:40:00.001+08:00

Before I post this, I asked my friend, how to translate this to english ar? Big hotdog wrap small hotdog ok or not? Then she said to me, 'chang'(肠) in english should be colon, so it should be "Big colon wrap small colon". wuahahahahahaha... colon a bit geli lar, don't you think so? That is why I decided to just stick back to this.

Ok back to the post. I've heard/seen about this 'Big Hotdog wrap Small Hotdog (大肠包小肠)' from magazine, from friends that been to taiwan, from tv and when I know I'm having this Taiwan trip, I told myself I MUST MUST MUST try this! And I finally got the chance to try it when we were at Shilin night market(士林夜市).

the stall at shilin night market

looks good wor..

Big Hotdog wrap Small Hotdog (大肠包小肠)
nt 45 (RM 5.30)

a closer look

I always thought 'da chang bao xiao chang' is a big hotdog then wrap a small hotdog within. But when I took my first bite, I realised the big hotdog is not really a hotdog. It's glutinous rice!! They make the shape of the glutinous rice exactly the same like hotdog. So now only I know it's actually glutinous rice wrap hotdog. hehe..

The glutinous rice mix well with the hotdog so it actually taste quite good. And maybe becos of the glutinous rice, it's really full after u finished it. Luckily I share with FL, else I don't think my stomach got enough space for other snacks. hehe..

The Gardens ~ Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant (蓬莱茶房台湾料理)

2009-05-05T18:04:00.000+08:00

FL and I went to this Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant (蓬莱茶房台湾料理) at The Gardens few months ago, right after we came back from our Taiwan trip. Just came back from Taiwan and yet still find Taiwan food to eat here? Oh ya, that explain how much we missed Taiwan and the food there!!

Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant (蓬莱茶房台湾料理)

If I'm not mistaken, this restaurant is located at the highest level. At first we did not plan to dine here but after we saw the crowd, we decided to try it out!

see, full house!!

have to take no some more..

We did not wait long, about 15 minutes later, they brought us to our seats. Two ppl easier to find place lar..

this is what we ordered..

Hot Taiwan Jasmine OoLong Tea (热台湾茉莉乌龙茶)

if i'm not mistaken, they charged by cup, that is why you can see they stated there 2 cups... The pot is nice, although it looked small but it's NOT!! Refill is free. hehe...

this is really nice, the jasmine smells really nice!!

anybody knows where to get the jasmine ar?

Taiwan Braised Beef Glass Noodle (红烧台湾牛肉冬粉)

I actually wanted noodle but FL ordered wrongly and ordered the glass noodle. I think the noodle will taste better.

each dish comes with this, peanut,
vege and the middle one not sure is what..

the beef noodle is not as good as the one i tried in taiwan,
but still, it's good enough lar..

FL ordered 3 variety supreme dice chicken (3杯鸡套餐)

The chicken looks really nice but I don't like the mint taste. I think they added mint leaves in it. It's quite a big portion.

it comes with rice, soup and the appetizer

I lost the receipt so I can't remember the exact price for this meal. If i'm not mistaken, it took us RM 60+ for this meal. Is it worth to dine there? Well, I think it is lar. The food is quite nice, the environment is nice, the service is good and i think the price is reasonable (The Gardens wor. consider reasonable lor..right?) I definitely will come back again.

Bangkok Food ~ Black Glutinous Rice with Pork + Egg Yolk

2009-04-29T08:30:00.000+08:00

When the first time CL gave me this, I told her I've tried this kuih before. I thought it's the malay kuih where you can find coconut/peanut inside. I only realized it's not the malay kuih which I thought it was when she told me her mum bought this from Hat Yai, Thailand. She said it's glutinous rice with pork and egg yolk in it.

The next day, she brought another one for me. She told me this is the same like the one she brought yesterday except this is black glutinous rice (黑糯米).

See, looks exactly like the malay kuih here right?

Black glutinous rice (黑糯米)

pork and egg yolk

According to CL, her mum bought a lot back and keep it in the freezer. It is best to eat it while it's still hot (steam). Although it's already cold when I tried it but it still taste good!! The rice blends well with the pork and egg yolk. Yummy!! Remember to try this ya, if you visit Hat Yai, Thailand next time.

Hong Ma Sour Plum Soup (洪妈酸梅汤)

2009-04-28T13:37:00.001+08:00

I read from a few travel to Taiwan forums and quite a number of forumers recommended Hong Ma Sour Plum Soup (洪妈酸梅汤). They said must try this if we visit DanShui (淡水). Is this really good? Let's find out!!

Hong Ma Sour Plum Soup (洪妈酸梅汤)

Besides sour plum soup,
you can get sour plum and some other tidbits here too.
All quite pricey lar..

Maybe becos it's famous or maybe becos the business is good, this guy is soooo rude! We were standing right in front of him and yet he treat us like invisible. He some more walked away from us...He probably thought we just planned to stand in front of his shop and stare at the drinks.

nt 30 (RM 3.50) for this.
It's quite nice lar,
sweet sweet and sour sour...

Ah Gei (阿給) at DanShui, Taiwan (淡水)

2009-04-20T14:18:00.001+08:00

When we were at the DanShui (淡水商店街), we saw a lot of shops selling Ah Gei (阿給). It seems like DanShui is famous of Ah Gei, Fish Ball and Pork Bun. Why I said that? Cos most of the shops selling these 3 types of food.

What is Ah Gei? We both don't know, we've never try it, never even heard about it. After seeing a few shops selling Ah Gei, we decided to try it at this shop.

this shop consider quite big, consists of 3 shops, and got quite a lot of ppl too.. Most of the ppl sitting at the back, so you can't see it in this photo.

We wanted to try Ah Gei (阿給) but since they only sell 3 items in the shop, we decided to order everything on the menu. hehe..

Pork Bun (招牌肉包)
nt 10 (RM 1.20)

erm, it's not very nice lor.
nothing special..

Fish Ball Soup (鱼丸汤)
nt 30 (RM 3.50)

our fish ball here taste better lar..

Ah Gei (阿給)
nt 30 (RM 3.50)

So what is Ah Gei? It's taufu with sauce, and you will find glass noodle (冬粉) inside the taufu. I think it's quite nice but FL said it's not nice. hehe, different ppl different taste, but I think it's worth to try lar. At least now when ppl mentioned Ah Gei, I know what it is and I know how it taste, right?

Nine Dragon Steamboat (九龙小火锅)

2009-04-16T00:14:00.001+08:00

When we were back to the Shilin Station(士林站) from National Palace Museum (国立故宫博物院), we were attracted by the banner in front of a steamboat shop.

The steamboat looks good, don't you think so?
and price is cheap too!!

This shop is situated just beside the entrance of the Shilin MRT station. It was only 1pm and we were not really hungry but the picture of the banner is luring us towards that shop. Besides the banner, the price also attracted us. Since it's lunch hour and I wanted to try the spicy 'ma lak' steamboat, we decided to have our lunch here.

Nine Dragon Steamboat (九龙小火锅)

It was lunch hour and the shop is full of ppl, there were only 2 empty tables left. As soon as we were brought to our seats, another couple took the other empty table. All the tables were fully occupied!

Hmm, what shall we eat? All looks nice and yummy! On the menu you can see they have pork, beef, mutton, seafood, kimchi + tofu, fish, vege and Taiwan style spicy 'ma lak' steamboat. Finally FL decided to try the pork steamboat(猪肉锅) where else for me, of cos I want something hot and spicy.. I took the 'ma lak'(台式麻辣锅) steamboat.

Besides ordering the steamboat, you can also add extra stuff to your steamboat such as pork, beef, fish ball, tofu, duck blood (yierrrr..), mushroom and many many more.

I told FL if the 'ma lak' steamboat is nice, then we shall go for the proper a.k.a more expensive steamboat shop to try their 'ma lak' steamboat..hehe... After they've taken our orders, they asked us to go get the sauce and drinks ourselves..

drinks and sauce corner
(饮料和酱料区)

This is the place where you get drinks and all the sauce you need, chili sauce, sambal, belacan, soy sauce and etc. They only served one drink..

winter melon tea (冬瓜茶)
surprisingly, it taste good!

chili sauce, belacan, sambal..
there were a lot of different sauces, we only took 3..

Pork Steamboat (九龙猪肉锅)
nt 100 (RM 11.80)
a lot of pork, vege, egg, tofu and duck blood..
i did not try the duck blood but FL said it's
actually tasteless..

Taiwan Style Spicy ('ma la') Steamboat (台式麻辣锅)
nt 120 (RM 14.10)
mine is more expensive but the ingredients
seems cheaper.. fish ball lar, vege, tofu,
got duck blood too... i dare not try lar..

Rice

Between the two steamboat we tried, we both prefer the pork than the spicy 'ma lak' steamboat. Although I love spicy food, but I'm not really used to their chili. It has a weird taste..Don't get me wrong, it's quite spicy, but it's just not my type of 'hot'. hehe...

Winter eat steamboat.. syok lar!! I don't have much complaint about the food, well, I think it's consider quite ok with the price like this. Don't you think so?

Siu Long Bao and Egg Biscuit for breakfast (上海小笼包和蛋饼)

2009-04-14T22:47:00.000+08:00

We wanted to have something different for our breakfast on the 2nd day of our Taiwan trip. There are a few small shops selling breakfast opposite our hotel but only this shop allows dine in. So we picked this shop..

It's a very small shop with only 3 tables.

Their menu
Sandwiches.. Burgers...Egg Biscuits (蛋饼)

Drinks and Shanghai Siu Long Bao (上海小笼包)

They have all kinds of sandwiches and burgers. Besides that, they have something which we don't have here, egg biscuit. What's that? Let's find out...Besides all these, they also have Shanghai 'siu long bao' and 'shui gao'..yummy yummy...so many things to eat..

They don't have any hot drinks, only warm or cold. So I ordered a cup of warm coffee and FL ordered warm tea.

Coffee with milk (咖啡牛奶)
nt 35 (RM 4.10)

Tea with sugar (红茶)
nt 15 (RM 1.80)

The coffee taste really bad. It's like coffee mix with butter. The tea taste better, but both also not nice lar..

Burger with bacon + egg (培根堡加蛋)
nt 30 (RM 3.50)

hmmm....smells sooooo good
taste good, the bread is soft and fresh, bacon taste great!

Ham egg biscuit (火腿蛋饼)
nt 25 (RM 2.90)

Sorry for the direct translation, hehe, not sure what this called in english. The egg biscuit is actually fried egg with flour and wrap with ham. Besides ham, you can choose to wrap with cheese, bacon, meat floss, fish and hotdog. It's actually quite tasty, something different. We both like it very much.

Shanghai Siu Long Bao (上海小笼包)
nt 50 (RM 5.90)

This is the cheapest siu long bao I've ever had. RM 5.90 for 7? damn cheap right? It taste great too. We are ready and full of energy to start our journey after the yummy and satisfying breakfast!

Shilin's Hot Star (士林豪大大)

2009-04-10T10:56:00.000+08:00

It was 9pm+ after dinner. We do not want to go back to our hotel that early, therefore we decided to go walk walk at the Taipei Main Station underground shops. There are a lot of shops down there, selling bags, clothes, accessories, food, all kinds of things.

Then we saw this...

Shilin's Hot Star (士林豪大大)

Isn't this the famous XXL chicken from Shilin night market? We will go to Shilin market in a day or two and we shall try the XXL chicken when we're there. Let's try something else here...

Tempura 甜不辣, nt 30 (RM 3.5)

I never try this before although
we can get this in Malaysia.
It's nice! I like it!

Fried fish (forgot the name. hehe..) nt 35 (RM 4.10)

not bad also lar..

Hmm, very looking forward to try the XXL chicken at the main branch in Shilin night market after trying their snacks... When are we going to Shilin?

Rare coin as a birthday gift

2009-04-10T10:54:00.000+08:00

I was curious when I saw David researching for rare coins. I never heard him mentioned before that he is a collector. He also never shows any interest in these coins before, how come suddenly he is so interested?

When I asked him about this, he told me he is researching for his father, not him. His father is a collector and had been collecting rare coin for many many years. That is why he hopes to get a rare coin as a birthday gift for his father. He's pretty sure his father will be thrilled when he saw the gift.

Bak Ku Teh Klang Yip Yong (吧生叶荣（干）肉骨茶) @ Aman Puri Kepong

2009-04-10T09:44:00.003+08:00

A colleague of mine introduce me to this shop, he said this shop's dry bak kut teh is very special and nice. Totally different than others. Although I prefer the wet bak kut teh than the dry one, I still think it's worth to try since he said until so special. hehe...

The shop is located at Aman Puri, Kepong, somewhere near the "big prawn". I was there on a weekday at around 8pm, business consider quite good.

Bak Ku Teh Klang Yip Yong (吧生叶荣（干）肉骨茶)

Wet Bak kut teh for one person
this is just normal, nothing special..

Dry bak kut teh for one person

Sorry about the picture. hehe.. Their dry bak kut teh is soooo black until i can't really differentiate what i'm eating. is that chili? or meat? I really don't know. But it's really quite nice and different from others.

Vege..

If i'm not mistaken, the total of our bill adds up to RM 29+. Their food overall is ok, but if you like dry bak kut teh, you should definitely come try it, it's really nice! But if you prefer the wet one, you can skip this shop..hehe...

RM 1? What to eat? How about a plate of chicken? (一蚊鸡，咪走鸡)

2009-04-09T12:16:00.005+08:00

You are in a shopping mall and you only have RM 1 in your pocket. And...you're hungry. With RM 1, what can you eat? Fast food? No, you need RM 5+, bread? Bread story's bread costs more than Rm 1 each..hehe...

Thanks to Dragon-i, with RM 1, you can have this....

Oh wait..., before you stepped in to the restaurant, make sure you find another 2 person to dine with you to entitle for this RM 1 chicken. Offer till end of April, so....mai zao gai (咪走鸡) lar...

Cosmetology Schools, here I come!

2009-04-09T12:14:00.001+08:00

Susan's daughter told Susan that she do not want to further her studies in college. She hope she can study in one of the cosmetology schools in houston. At first, Susan disagreed with her daughter's choice but after discussing the matter with her husband, they both feel that it is important to let their daughter to do what she is interested in. They want their daughter to be happy and to success next time.

There is really nothing to worry. There are more and more parents sending their children to cosmetology schools. Bright future awaiting for them, so stop worrying my friend, everything will be just fine.

My very first bowl of Taiwan's Famous Beef Noodle (千月小吃 )

2009-04-06T15:07:00.002+08:00

What is the must try food in Taiwan? What is the first thing that comes across your mind? I'm not sure about you, but me, the first thing that I can think of is the famous beef noodle (牛肉面). Since I'm in Taiwan, I must not miss the chance to try their beef noodle. I'm not sure which shop sells the best beef noodle in Taiwan but their beef noodle at any shop will be nicer than ours gua...since the beef noodle is "their thing"..

If you can still remember, FL and I were out since early morning and we didn't even have our lunch (no, we're not on diet, it's just that we had too many snacks and we're not hungry at all!). It was already 9pm when we finally back (from Xi Men Ting (西门町))to where we stay. We were too tired to go find food therefore we decided to simply pick a shop opposite our hotel to have our dinner.

here we go, the lucky winner..is this shop!! hehe...
It's a very small shop with only 4-5 tables.

Let's see what to eat...

oo, seems like every shop in Taiwan served this chili sauce. it's nice!

After checking their menu, FL decided to have rice. He said it has been quite some time since he last ate rice. hehe.. actually he didn't get to eat rice for the whole day only lar..

FL's Beef Fried Rice(牛肉炒饭)
nt 80 (RM 9.40)

My Beef Noodle (牛肉面)
nt 80 (RM 9.40)

The beef fried rice is nice but the beef noodle taste better! The noodle is nice (i think is hand made, all their noodle are very nice, if you got the chance, make sure you try their noodle), the beef is nice (it melts when you put into your mouth) and the soup..ahhh.. is superb! I can still remember the taste after so long!! It is definitely better than all the beef noodle that i've tried here.

It was a really satisfying meal!!!

Coffee @ Xi Men Ting (西门町-半岛咖啡)

2009-04-02T14:02:00.002+08:00

After a day visiting places in Taiwan, we realized that, Taiwanese prefer take away than dine in. Why we said that? Well, most of the restaurants only provide take away, they did not provide any seats for customers to dine in!

When we were at Xi Men Ting (西门町), we tried to find a place to sit but it seems like all the snacks we had were meant for take away (except those fancy restaurant where you had your meal, but we were too full after trying so many different snacks). After a few hours walking, we found this little shop which provide 2 small tables and a few chairs for their customers to sit and enjoy their coffee...

We don't really feel like drinking coffee but since this is the only shop that provides seats, we suddenly have the urge to drink coffee.. hehe...

PenLand at Xi Men Ting
半岛咖啡 @ 西门町

the menu + price list

Latte & Pearl Bubble Tea
nt 65 (RM 7.6)

FINALLY!! A place to sit and rest!! Our legs were soooooo tired!!!! How's the coffee? Seriously? I don't remember. hehe... I can only remember I'm tired, my legs sore and the reason we choose to have coffee here is becos of the tables and chairs they provide!! :p

A Zhong Mi Sua @ Xi Men Ting & Shilin Night Market (阿宗麵線@西门町和士林夜市)

2009-03-27T13:41:00.001+08:00

One of the must try food in Taiwan is their famous O-Ah-Mi Sua!! And of cos, if want to eat, sure must eat the MOST famous one lor..right?

A Zhong Mi Sua @ Xi Men Ting
(阿宗麵線 - 西门町)

Don't ask me for the direction. I'm not sure where's this shop, we walk walk, walk, shop, shop, turn turn, then smell smell.. hehe...first you smell, then u will see a big crowd outside the shop, then u know u have found the place. :p

There are no place for you to sit at this Xi men Ting branch. You ordered and paid at the counter, and after that, just stand outside the shop and eat...

A Zhong Mian Xian @ Shilin Night Market
(阿宗麵線 - 士林夜市)

Same thing happened when we were at the Shilin Night Market. Walk walk, smell smell, big crowd...and tah-dah...you're there. hehe...

As for the Shilin night market branch, there are places for you to sit. But a lot of ppl still choose to stand outside and eat, reason? inside quite stuffy and hot. No matter what, you still need to hold the bowl of mi sua, cos there's no table inside the shop, only bench for you to sit.

they got sell their chili and sauces..

first is chili sauce, second is sauce in garlic and
the third is .. i'm not sure what is it.. hehe..
their chili is the best!! very very spicy, make sure
you add lot's of lot's of it into your mi sua..
damn syok!!!

O-A Mi sua, nt 40/RM 4.70 (small)

Before I try, I thought I will not like it. But after I tasted it, I LOVE it!! I ate 3 bowls throughout my whole 6D5N trip in Taipei!! I strongly recommend this to all of you, especially those who plan to go Taiwan, make sure you try this.. remember ya...

So yummy......

Taiwan Food - Restoran D'licious @ Manjalara (别不同台湾小吃馆)

2009-03-23T13:53:00.000+08:00

We went to Taiwan last December and since then, we found ourselves miss Taiwan food a lot. That is why we went to this shop few weeks ago.

Taiwan Food Restoran D'licious @ Manjalara
别不同台湾小吃馆

the menu

my passion fruit drink, RM 2.90
hmm, this is nice!!

Ai Yue Jelly, RM 2.90
this one just normal lar..

FL's Dong Bo Rice, RM 8.90

which comes with the soup

can you guess what I ordered by looking at the big spoon?

I ordered a bowl of plain rice, RM 1.80

and the Szechuan Style Steamboat （四川火锅）
RM 13.90
Seriously, this is not very nice,
but got quite a lot of ingredients

Dumplings (水饺), RM 4.9
this is nice!!

I wanted to buy one of these cos my passion fruit drink is really nice! But after hearing the price, I decided not to buy. How much per bottle? RM 20!! expensive lar..

Our bill adds up to RM 41.27 which includes 5% service charge. To me I feel their snacks like dumpling are nice but the main dishes like rice and the steamboat is just normal. Nothing special.. I will visit this shop again, but I think I will only try their snacks next time.

Taiwan's Onion Pancake (葱抓饼)

2009-03-20T10:54:00.001+08:00

After we visited Bitan (碧潭) and tried the King of Tau Fu Fa (豆花大王), we walked down the street to see what else to eat before we headed back to the XinDian (新店) MRT station. There are a few stalls there, some selling 'bao', some selling pork blood kuih (yucky..). We didn't try any of these, the homemade 'bao' looks good but they need us to buy in bulk, at least 6!! How to finish wor...and for the pork blood kuih, we dare not try, looks disgusting!!

As we walked further, I smell something, nice smell lar of cos.. Then I saw a stall and there are a few ppl surrounding it.

the original Taiwan Onion Pancake!!
I want to try I want to try!!

this is the equipment he used to flatten the flour dough

First, he pulled out the tray and put a dough on it. Then he pushed in, and there's a paddle somewhere down there. When he stepped on it, the equipment will flatten the dough.

see? when he pulled the tray out, the dough had been flatten

looks like our roti canai hor..

Smells REALLY good!!

You can choose to add stuff in your onion pancake, can add egg lar, bacon lar, cheese lar, sausage lar... But we decided to try the original plain onion pancake..

original onion pancake 葱抓饼, nt 25 (RM 2.90)

I tell you this thing is sooooo tasty!! It's hot and crunchy and smells really good!! Argg...I miss the Taiwan onion pancake so much!! When will I have the chance to try this again?

The king of Tau Fu Fa (豆花大王)

2009-03-11T14:11:00.001+08:00

We left Wulai (乌来) by bus and headed to Bitan (碧潭). After taking some photos, we walked around to find something to drink. That's when we found this shop..

The king of Tau Fu Fa (豆花大王)
the shop name attracted us.. hehe..

you can mix and match the tao fu fa with red bean, green bean,
tong yuen, barley, cincao and etc.
besides tao fu fa, there are some other deserts too..

i ordered the red bean + tao fu fa (hot), nt 30
(RM 3.50)

FL's tong yuen + tao fu fa (cold), nt30
(RM 3.50)

There's nothing really special about this tao fu fa except you can mix and match. The taste is just normal, nothing great. That is why, a shop with a good name can really help to get more business. hehe...

Shop for home medical equiments

2009-03-11T13:29:00.001+08:00

When David told me he plan to buy some home medical equipment when he move into his new house next month, the first thing that came across my mind is AllegroMedical.com. Allegro Medical is one of the largest independently owned online retailers in the United States. So this is the best place for David to shop home medical stuff for his new house.

I told David he can get everything he needs at Allegro Medical. Their website is very user friendly and it is very easy to find the things we need. We can browse the products by categories such as daily living aids, children/pediatric, emergency preparation, exercise/fitness, maternity care, wound care supplies and etc.

Grilled MuaJi from Wulai (柠檬山粉圆&拷麻薯)

2009-03-05T00:19:00.001+08:00

You can see almost every stall selling this drink, lemon 'shan fen yuan' 柠檬山粉圆 (sorry, really no idea what it is called in English, in fact I have no idea what is it.. hehe) at the Ulay's(乌来) old street. Out of curiosity, we decided to try it out!

it's something like barley but it's rounder.
there is a seed inside, black in color.
and it's tasteless...

柠檬山粉圆

Besides selling the drink, this stall also sell grilled muaji. I'm not a fan of 'mua ji' but I've nv seen or tried grilled mua ji before.

There are a few flavors for you to choose. Mua Ji with honey, peanut, sesame, chocolate, condensed milk, brown sugar and etc. You can mix two flavors in one. We don't know which to choose and the person suggested us to try the sesame + peanut.

Sesame + peanut mua ji (拷麻薯)

How it taste? It taste quite nice, not too sweet, just nice. It's definitely tastier than those we had here (mua ji + peanut). The mua ji + drinks costs nt 60 (approx Rm 7.2), not cheap but I think it's worth to try!!

Yum Cha @ the BOH Tea Centre at Sungai Palas Cameron

2009-02-25T14:30:00.001+08:00

We spent our CNY eve and the first day of CNY at Cameron, celebrating CNY with FL's relatives there. On the first day of CNY, after we had our breakfast at home, we decided to go out walk walk. Someone suggested the BOH tea farm so here we go!

There are quite a lot of ppl there..

the entrance of the yum cha place

the menu

a closer look at the menu, hmm,
price consider quite ok also lar..

different types of tea

cakes and drinks

hmm, the egg tarts and pies looks good

my teh tarik, RM 2.80

FL kept making fun of me said where got ppl drink teh tarik up there.. well, what's wrong with teh tarik? still tea what right? if i drink coffee then you said it's weird lar.. :p

FL's mango tea, RM 2.50

FL's brother shares a pot of tea with his wife.
forgot what tea, hehe, RM 3.30 per cup

roti bakar, RM 2
not sure why FL ordered this,
not nice lar, i can make better roti bakar. :)

butter lemon cake, RM 3.5

chicken mushroom soup, RM 7.50
hot dog, RM 3
carrot banana cake, RM 5

We actually ordered chicken pie but they gave us chicken mushroom instead. Their cake all taste ok, the best is the hot dog, it's soft and fresh. The rest just so so only..

Our bill adds up to RM 32.90. After sitting there for an hour or two, chit chat, enjoy the beatiful scenary and also the cool weather, we went back to FL's relative's place.

What a nice place for yum cha.. right? erm, i'm not talking about the food and drinks lar, i'm referring to the environment. hehe..

Wulai's Hot Spring Egg with ShaoXing Wine(乌来温泉绍兴酒蛋)

2009-02-13T16:45:00.001+08:00

This little store at Ulay's Old Street caught our attention. What is it? What are they selling? Are the gold colors one, eggs? So many questions without answers, the best is to try it out!!

let's take a closer look.
the REAL eggs are in the middle, the surrounding ones
are fake eggs. hehe..

the hot spring egg (温泉蛋), nt 10 each (RM 1.20)
i think beside the hot spring water,
they added some herbs too lar, else why it's black in color?

Egg with ShaoXing Wine(绍兴酒蛋),
nt15 each (RM 1.80)

Well is it good? For me, I feel it's yucky but FL said it was ok. hehe.. The egg was cold and it taste weird to me. Anyway, I think if you like shao xing wine, you probably will like it.

Let's invest in gold!

2009-02-13T16:35:00.001+08:00

I've always interested in investment but always have no idea on how to go about it. Recently a friend of mine told me about gold bullion. He told me among all the investments available (shares, unit trust), invest in gold is one of the safest and more reliable investment. I agreed with what he said too. Besides acting as an investment item, buying gold is also well known as one of the best way to preserve one's wealth and purchasing power.

My friend also told me that we can easily purchase silver, gold or other precious metals and coins through Monex Deposit Company (MDC). They will immediately deliver to us or they can arrange for us to keep it in a safe deposit box at any bank.

How to get rid of rice bug ('kuk ngao') ~ Part 2

2009-02-10T14:17:00.000+08:00

I'm always having problems with rice bugs. There's only 2 person in the house, I do cook, but not often, then we don't eat much rice. I've tried to buy small packet of rice (1kg/2kg) but it still ends up with a lot rice bug!!

Last month when I was at The Curve, I saw there's a newly open RM 5 shop which sells all kinds of things from Japan (on the 3rd floor). There's all kinds of things there, kitchen stuff, stationary and etc. Then I found this!!

See those english words?
"Prevent insects from entering your rice"
hehe, so i think i can use this to prevent rice bug gua..

inside the box, there's this..

and then this.. the front

and the back

Buried it with rice
Not sure whether it works or not, ~sigh.. i hope it works..

Wulai's Di Gua (Sweet Potato, 乌来蜜汁地瓜)

2009-02-04T14:05:00.001+08:00

Luckily we had the pork hotdog before we proceed to the Wulai's hot spring and waterfall. Why? Because in order to see the waterfall, we need to walk almost an hour to go up the hill and another hour to come down the hill. So with the pork hotdog, we have energy to walk that far mar. hehe..

Anyway, when we came down and back to the street that full of temptation (FOOD...) we decided to treat ourselves with food AGAIN!! hehe.. at first we wanted to find a place to have our lunch, but at the end we had snacks till we decided to skip lunch.

I've seen a lot of stalls selling 'di gua' but not sure what is it. Looks like sweet potato but it's much smaller. Therefore we decided to buy some to try...

Sweet Potato 'Di Gua'(蜜汁地瓜), nt50 (RM 5.90)

There are two colors, one red one orange, when we asked her what's the difference, she told us the red one is with skin, the orange one is without. The other side is the sugar. They boiled the sweet potato with sugar, must be pretty sweet. We asked her to mix the red and orange one so that we could try both.

3 red and 3 orange

At first i thought the orange one (without skin) will taste better but surprisingly the red one (with skin) taste better! Basically it taste like sweet potato, except it's sweeter. hehe... not bad lar... but not advisable to eat more, too sweet... So now i know their 'di gua' is actually our sweet potato (蕃薯). hehe..

The best place for honeymoon

2009-02-04T12:19:00.001+08:00

I went out for dinner with my ex colleagues last weekend. It has been quite a while since we've met each other. Some of them already got married and some even have kids. Since a lot of married couples, the topics we talked were all about marriage life, kids and then someone started to talk about honeymoon. David told us he went to the Adults Only Resort for his honeymoon, a place on secluded white-sand beaches on the Mexican Riviera Maya. He was very happy that he made the right decision to choose that place to go for his honeymoon because he and his wife had the most unforgettable, stress free, relax and romantic honeymoon there.

The beach is just a few steps away from his room and besides enjoying the sea breeze, the resort serves great food and luxurious spa. Beside these, there are a wide variety of activities such as yoga, ping pong, massage, volleyball and etc. When he was there, he really felt that he had finally found a place where he could really relax and forget about his work and everyday life. What an amazing place, we were all very interested about the place he mentioned.

Korean BBQ Chicken Restaurant at Desa Park City

2009-01-23T09:34:00.000+08:00

On Wenesday night, we decided to do some last minute CNY shopping (buy some drinks and snacks) at Jusco Desa Park City, just in case got visitors lar. hehe.. It was already 9pm+ when we stepped out of our house, Jusco opened till 11pm so we decided to have our dinner there as well, to save time.

On New Year's eve, we tried La Casa, this time, we're going to have something different, Korean BBQ Chicken. Korea is famous of BBQ Chicken meh? No idea, and what so special about this bbq chicken? They used freshest chicken and only uses 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil .. more healthy..

BBQ Chicken Desa Park City

There were not much people, only 2 tables were occupied. We were greeted by the polite staff (which i suspect she's the boss, hehe..guess lar..) which speaks fluent BM, English and Mandarin! Geng!!

FL's Ice Latte, RM 6.50
not bad, the taste...

My hot chocoloate, RM 5.90
taste like milo + vanila

Cream of Mushroom, RM 3
hmm, this is nice...

Hot hot Drum, RM 13.70

I must warn you, if you can't take spicy food, DO NOT order this because it is VERY SPICY! No kidding. See the drumstick, it's red in color! KFC hot & spicy, cannot compete at all lar.. just a few dollars difference, I can get this (KFC value meal also need RM 10+ right?) I told myself, no more KFC!! The drumstick here is bigger, it's hot, it's spicy, it's tasty, and it's more healthy (use olive oil mar. hehe...)

Charbroiled Sandwich, RM 12.50

This is really very nice!! Very big portion..I don't know how to describe but it really taste great! The bread is soft, the chicken is soft and juicy, the salad is fresh, totally worth it.

a closer look..

The whole meal took us RM 47.85. We had a full and satisfying meal! They even have delivery too! I will be back!

Pork Hotdog (山猪香肠)

2009-01-21T18:30:00.001+08:00

When we were on our way up to see the Wulai's hot spring and Wulai's water fall, we passed by a street, a street that is full of temptation, yes thats right, food!!!! There are all kinds of stalls here selling all kinds of food/snacks. One of it is the pork hotdog.

There are a lot of stalls selling pork hotdog, price are all the same. After surveying for a while...

we picked this stall..

Pork Hotdog (nt 35, approx RM 4.10, 3 for nt 100, approx RM 11.75) &
Pork Sate (nt 30, approx RM 3.50)

We ordered the spicy pork hotdog (didn't try the pork sate, the hotdog looks nicer), but of cos, if you feel it's not spicy enough, you can add more chilie powder yourself...

Chilie powder, pepper and etc

It looks great, smells great and taste great too. Yummy.. while we were eating, there's a dog kept following us, we turned left, the dog turned left, we turned right the dog also turned right..luckily the dog never jumped up and rampas our hotdog. hehe..

Largest online retailer for life enhancing products

2009-01-21T15:26:00.002+08:00

If you are looking for an online retailer that provides life enhancing products, then you should check out Allegro Medical, one of the largest online retailers in the United States. Besides medical equipments and home health care products, they have recently expanded to include mainstream consumer retail products such as Exercise & Fitness Equipment, Nutritional Dietary Supplements, Maternity/Baby Supplies and Outdoor Gear.

Therefore, if you are looking for any of these products, Allergro Medical should be your first choice. You can even find the high calorie, protein free, lactose free, gluten free, duocal powder on their website too. Check it out!

La Casa at Desa Park City

2009-01-16T10:50:00.000+08:00

This is the place where we had our New Year's eve dinner. Well well well, I know exactly what you gonna say, it's already 16 of jan and I'm here talking about New Year's eve? hehe... So sorry for the delay, hehe... late is better than nothing mar, right?

Ok, so back to this dinner. We picked Desa Park City because of a few reasons, it's near to our place, the environment there is nice and probably will have less traffic! But when we were there, we knew we were wrong, there were a lot of people too because Desa Park City will have fireworks that night as well! Wow..fireworks at Desa Park City, never thought a small place like this will have fireworks also ler. hehe..

There are a few restaurant there (western food, thai food, japanese food, steamboat..) and ALL were FULL. Since it's New Year's eve, we decided to go western (chinese seldom celebrate New year's eve one mar. hehe..). We had to wait for about 30 minutes then only we get our seats.

Restaurant La Casa @ Desa Park City

The Menu

There were not really much choices so I ordered a pizza and FL ordered their New Year's Eve set. The set comes with a drink, a soup, salad, main course and dessert.

my Espirit ~ Passion Fruit, RM 7.50
nice...

FL's mango juice (I think...forgot..:p)

Chicken Pepperoni Pizza (Regular), RM 20.90

Salad

Mushroom soup

BBQ Beef Skewer

Dessert (RM 76 for the set)

The total of our bill adds up to RM 114.84 (RM 76 for FL's set, and 10% service charge). How's the food? Erm.. so so lar, nothing special, not worth for the price. hehe.. Will I visit the restaurant again? Hmm, I think not lar, the food quite expensive and yet nothing special, so most probably no more next time...

First breakfast in Taipei, what to eat?

2009-01-14T14:34:00.000+08:00

Since yesterday we reached Taipei quite late, today can consider our first day in Taipei!! Very very excited!! The most important thing to do before we start our visiting session is to have breakfast! As I said earlier, there are a lot of small shops selling food opposite the hotel we stayed, at first we planned to simply choose one shop to have our breakfast but then we noticed most of these shops only provides take aways.

At last, we went back to the shop we had our supper yesterday (oh yes, it's 24 hours!). The food they sell is still the same, but the person prepared for the food is different.

mee with pickled vege and meat
榨菜肉丝面, nt 55 (RM 6.50)

I still miss the supper I took yesterday, so I ordered the same for breakfast. As for FL, he decided to try the pork rib mee since I kept saying the mee is very fresh and nice!

deep fried pork ribs (排骨)

and the mee, nt70 (RM 8.20)

chilie, yum yum, this is nice!

Although I tried the same food at the same shop, but I feel the supper one is nicer. Maybe different person cook differently lar.. and woman cooks better than man. hehe.. as for the pork rib mee, taste ok only lar, nothing special...

First meal I had in Taiwan!

2009-01-08T13:57:00.003+08:00

It was almost 10pm+ after we found (it took a while before we found our hotel, we took the wrong turn and ended up walking a big round before we reached our hotel) and checked in at our hotel (Taipei CityInn Hotel 新驛旅店). After we placed our luggage in our room, without wasting much time, we headed out again, to find food for supper (dinner at 5pm+ on eva airways). This will be the first meal we had in Taipei!

There are quite a few shops selling food just opposite the hotel we stayed but only one still opened at 10pm+ (this shop opened 24 hours if i'm not mistaken). So we decided to have our first meal here..

This is the shop.
Seriously I don't know
what's the name of this shop.
hehe..Did you see any name?

It is quite small, just enough for a few tables.
I did see a lot of locals eating here, mostly take away.

This was on our table.. Totally no idea what is it.
I think it's some kind of chili gua..
we did try a bit bit, hehe, taste ok lar, spicy...

FL decided to order the Lu Rou Fan 鲁肉饭 (minced meat rice) when he saw it on the menu. This is one of the must eat food in Taiwan wor.. definitely have to try lar..As for me, I opt for something soupy..

Lu Rou Fan 鲁肉饭 (minced meat rice) ,
nt 25 (about RM 2.9)

FL was a bit disappointed when he saw the bowl of rice. Why? becos it's sooooo little!! wuaahahahahhahahaha... We didn't know can order big one, else he definitely take the big one, instead of the small one.

mee with pickled vege and meat
榨菜肉丝面, nt 55 (RM 6.50)

This is really nice, the taste of the soup is light and with the combination of pickled vege and meat, it really brings out the taste. and the mee... i think is hand made one.. very very nice!!

dumplings 水饺, nt 45 (RM 5.3)

You won't believe it, 10 dumplings for only RM 5.3? I don't think we can get this in Malaysia. As for the black colored sauce, I think it's soy sauce + oyster sauce. Unlike our soy sauce, theirs is not that salty.. YUMMY!!

A super delicious and satisfying meal (altogether nt 125, which is equivalent to RM 14.70)! Although it's winter but we don't feel cold at all. Maybe it's because of the hot meal we just had (we sweat some more ler.. ).. After our supper, we went to walk around but most of the shop already closed. So we headed back to our hotel and went to the convenient store next to our hotel to buy some drinks and phone card (wanted to call back home and also called my brother that is currently studying in taiwan). When we asked them about the phone card, they told us we can only get it at 7-11.

So we decided to go to the 7-11 which is also nearby to buy the phone card. They did not give us any plastic bag after we paid and since we're going to 7-11, I can't possibly hold two cold drinks in my hand mar, (some more later 7-11 thought I buy from there and never pay leh) so I asked for a plastic bag and was surprised that we need to pay nt 1 for the plastic bag (if i know i need to pay i will hold the drinks in my hand lar..hehe..). They said their gov discourage ppl use plastic bags. They really did a pretty good job in protecting the environment!

plastic bags nt 1(RM 0.10)
and drinks + sweets, nt 103(RM 12.10)

So that's the end of our Day 1 in Taiwan..

Absolute Thai @ Ikano Power Center

2009-01-06T13:02:00.000+08:00

I was at Ikano the other day trying to find a place for dinner. When we passed by Absolute Thai, we saw a lot of people in there(almost full house). Since we love thai food, so why not try this?

When the waiter brought us to our seats, I looked around to check what other ppl ordered. From what I see, most people ordered tom yam soup, pandan chicken, steam fish and kangkung belacan. Hmm, I think these must be good, so we decided to order these as well..

The menu

FL's Thai Ice Coffee, RM 8
Looks really nice but taste really weird.. yuck...

my Thai Ice Tea, RM 8
taste normal... at least much much better
than FL's coffee. hehe..

Rice, RM 2.50 each

Tom Yam Seafood (small), RM 15
This is so tasty!! so far this is the best tom yam soup
I've ever had in Malaysia..Yummy!!

Pandan Chicken (4 pieces), RM 12
this is nice as well... no wonder so many ppl ordering this..

Kangkung With Belacan, RM 9.5
looks nice but taste so so only..

The bill add up to RM 66.15 (including 10% service charge and 5% gov tax). I love the tom yam soup very much and whenever I feel like eating Thai food, I will definitely visit this restaurant again!

Birthday present for mum?

2009-01-06T12:37:00.002+08:00

David told me next month is his mum's birthday and he still has no idea what to buy for his mum. I told him all women love jewelries, why not get her a ring, a pair of earrings, a necklace or even a bracelet? He said he doesn't have much budget for this gift so he thinks it's not enough to get a pair of earrings.

With Holsted Jewelers' Discount Jewelry, David definitely able to find something for his mum. Holsted Jewelers provides wide assortment, from tried-and-true classics to cutting-edge designs jewelries, all in affordable prices. They are well known in their good craftsmanship and the quality of their products. He should really check out Hosted Jewelers and I am sure he will be able to get a beautiful pair of earrings within his budget as a birthday present for his mother.

Christmas Eve's Steamboat (at home)

2008-12-30T11:38:00.000+08:00

When you have more commitments, you will start eating out less and celebrating less, like those Christmas lar, new year lar.. can be very costly if you eat out! For our case, we still hope to get the Christmas feel but we do not want to spend that much, that is why we have this.. steamboat at our house on Christmas eve!!

It's kind of weird to have steamboat at home for 2 person.. well, it's true, it's quite difficult to prepare too. If buy too much, cannot finish but if buy too little, it's like nothing much to eat.. hehe...

This is the 2nd time we used this steamboat, bbq pot since we bought it last year. what we have here? For bbq, we have chicken and pork marinate in curry powder, chicken and pork marinate in teriyaki sauce, and beef without marinate and also otak otak...For steamboat, we have fish balls, meat balls, abalone mushroom, vege, chicken, pork, beef, fish cake...

You may think it's not that much of food but it's really A LOT. We were not able to finish all these food!! hehe...After having this steamboat, we told ourselves not to have steamboat again in the near future but few days later we had steamboat again at FL's house.. hehe..really no more steamboat for this year. :)

Korean BBQ @ Daorae (Kepong)

2008-12-28T23:16:00.000+08:00

When FL and I first visited the Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant (Kepong), we did not try their BBQ. The name of the restaurant already let us know that this is an BBQ restaurant but still we didn't try it, very regret, hehe so.. we decided to visit this Korean restaurant again to try their BBQ. Oh yes, another excuse to eat nice food. hehe..

A bowl of charcoal will be placed into this hole.

They will heat up a bowl of garlic before they start bbq. I think this will make the bbq smell nicer gua..Surrounding it are the free dishes where you can ask for refill if you like to have more.

Besides the free dishes, these vege and soup are free too... can ask for refill too. The soup taste nice, taste a bit like the white radish soup (白萝卜汤), nice!!

A plate of onions, free too, and can refill too..

some sauce..

If you want to try the BBQ, you have to at least order two different dishes (can be meat or toufu), so we ordered a plate of pork and a plate of beef and also a bowl of Kimchi soup (Kimchi-jjigae, RM 16) which comes with a bowl of rice. (we actually didn't want to order the soup but the boss (i think he's the boss gua, also a korean which speaks little bit english, we need to guess what's he's trying to tell us.. hehe..) kept insists that we should order the soup cos for korean bbq, soup is a must. hehe..that's wat he said lar, that is why we ordered.)

Dak-gai-bi, RM 27
which is pork marinate with dono what sauce. hehe..

Cha-dol-bae-gi, RM 40
which is beef..without marinate

The staff there will help us BBQ so basically we just sit back, relax and eat when they finished bbq. hehe.. hmm..it's quite enjoyable also, but I will prefer to bbq myself if they let me to... not sure whether can or not.. :)

So how to eat? According to the boss, you take a piece of vege, then put the meat above the vege, add some sauce, then you can add some onion too, so that's the way you eat...The pork taste nice, sweet... but the beef taste nicer...

While we're eating, the boss gave us a bowl of steam egg, free...

and this, egg pancake (i think), and it's free too..

Their BBQ is not cheap but the portion of the 2 dishes are very big and with all the free stuff, it's really enough for 3 or 4 person!! This meal took us Rm 91.30 (include 10% service charge), not cheap but it's worth it. Have you tried this before? If not you should really try one day...best to go with 3 or 4 friends, else really very hard to finish all these food...

Dinner on the plane (Eva Airways)

2008-12-22T20:53:00.002+08:00

A lot of people said the food on plane sucks but after my recent trip to Taiwan with Eva Airways, I felt the food on plane is not that terrible lar. hehe..

It takes 4 hours+ to reach Taipei from KLIA (direct flight). My flight departed at 3pm+. An hour later after we departed, they served us some snacks. A packet of peanut and a cup of drinks (fruit juices, soft drinks, beer, wine and etc).

Snacks. A packet for each person

And another hour later, they served us dinner (5pm+). You can choose either fish with rice or chicken with noodle.

FL took chicken with noodle.. not so nice. hehe..

I took fish with rice. taste great.. maybe i'm super hungry lar. hehe..

Besides the rice/noodle, there's fruits, salad, bread and dessert. For drinks, first they will serve u fruit juice/wine/soft drinks/beer, then later on they served coffee or tea. Really not too bad lar the taste. hehe.. If you are a vegetarian, you have to let us know when you book your ticket, they will prepare the vegetarian food for you.

Triple Celebration - Christmas, December Birthday & Year End Lunch!

2008-12-18T20:45:00.002+08:00

Yesterday my company had a triple celebration for Christmas, those colleague birthday which falls in December and also the year end lunch. hehe, geng leh, 3 in 1, cut cost mar... Let see what we have...

Ribena, Tau Fu Fa, Mango Pudding

turkey

Popiah, rendang, fried rice (the one covered up)

Fried Meehun and acar

Christmas + Birthday Cake

Christmas Cake

Wow, I never taste turkey before, this is definitely a good chance.. Hmm, I took a small slice and tried, so how is it? Well, it's a bit 'sou' and I don't like the taste. hehe..

After singing birthday songs, making wishes, cutting cakes and eating.. we had a simple and yet fun gift exchange.

What about you? Do your company have similar Christmas makan session + gift exchange too?

Macau Famous Double Skin Milk!! (澳门双皮奶)

2008-11-25T23:00:00.003+08:00

We did some research before we go to HK and a lot of people mentioned that this shop is the most famous shop for the double skin milk ('xiong pei nai' 双皮奶) in Macau. So here I go...

义顺鲜奶（牛奶）公司

the entrance

see, lot's of 'xiong pei nai'..

It's a small shop, two storey, only a few tables inside. When we walked in, we were lucky that there's people leaving, else we got no place to sit also.

the menu

ginger 'xiong pei nai' (hot)

original 'xiong pei nai' (cold)

Two 'xiong pei nai' costs us HKD 34, not cheap also... How it taste? I shall say I prefer the ginger one, the original one taste very geli. I'm ok with milk but I can't stand the smell.. hehe.. The ginger one taste better! But it's still worth to try!

Macau Portuguese EggTart （澳门葡挞）

2008-11-21T14:44:00.001+08:00

When you talk about Macau? What is the first thing you will think of? Casino? erm.. ok, I mean food lar, what is the first thing that came across your mind? Portuguese Egg Tart!! Yes that's right!!

I'm not really a fan of Portuguese egg Tart, I prefer the normal egg tart, but since it's the famous food in Macau, then have to try lar..

This small shop is just beside the Yik Shun 'Xiong Pei Nai' (义顺 - 双皮奶). I think most of his business come from the customer from Yik Shun. hehe...

We bought two to try..

HKD 7 each

I'm not sure this shop is the famous shop for Portuguese egg tart or not, but to me, it taste normal only lar. I still prefer the egg tart from Pie & Tart Specialist (蛋挞专门店).

How a plastic surgeon helps a girl to regain her confidence

2008-11-21T14:38:00.000+08:00

I went out for lunch with Sandy just now. During lunch, Sandy told me how her cousin, Ally regained her confidence after the car accident. Ally was a beautiful girl, a car accident took away her pretty face and since then she had changed from a confidence, optimistic girl to a person who is pessimistic and lack of self confidence.

Ally stopped contacting her friends and rarely leaves her room since the accident until she pays a visit to the plastic surgeon from Denver Plastic Surgery. After she undergoes the surgery, she now started to feel confidence again. I'm really happy for her!

Yummy yummy Hong Kong Lor Mai Gai

2008-11-17T21:00:00.001+08:00

Before my trip to HK, I told myself I have to try their Lor mai gai (glutinous rice chicken, 糯米鸡). But when we had the HK dim sum for lunch on the 3rd day of our trip, FL ordered wrongly, he thought he ordered lor mai gai but that one turned out to be paper wrapped chicken!! So till now I still haven't had the chance to try lor mai gai yet.

When we were on the way to the sports shoes street (波鞋街) to shop for Nike sports shoes (after we were back from HK Disneyland), we passed by this little shop which sells lor mai gai, some dim sum + bao. Yay, I still got chance to eat HK Lor mai gai!!

Their lor mai gai looks a bit different than the one we have here. It's much more bigger and the lor mai gai is wrapped with banana leaves (i think...it's banana leaves. hehe..)

Unlike our lor mai gai, this one is white in color. The chicken is at the bottom. Smells really nice and taste really good! oooo.. I love lor mai gai, I love HK lor mai gai!!

Vitasoy, original and honey dew flavor
维他奶

I don't like soya drinks but a lot of people told me this is a MUST drink thing in HK. So i bought one packet at the 7-11 opposite my hotel to try on the first day. Since then, I bought 1 packet EVERYDAY!!(on the last night, i bought 2 packets!! hehe..) It's really nice, not too sweet, even me who doesn't like soya drinks love this!!

and this.. what's the name for this ar?

this taste so so only, why? cos they add soy sauce on top and there's no chili sauce! taste a bit weird la..the lor mai gai + this costs us HKD 26, not cheap also... but really should try the lor mai gai lar.. taste really good!!

The best sausage roll I've ever had at Hong Kong Disneyland

2008-11-16T18:59:00.002+08:00

The HK Disneyland is not very big but still we took almost a whole day visiting or rather queuing to visit each and every corner of Disneyland. It was already 7pm+, the fireworks will be at 9pm. We were both tired and a bit hungry, therefore we decided to have a break and have some snacks at the bakery shop on the main street of Disneyland.

the bakery shop

the menu
hmm, not too expensive also wor, right?

wow, everything looks so delicious and
smells good too!

nice paper bag with disneyland logo

Iced Tea, HKD 15

Sausage Roll, HKD 22
looks really big and delicious! yum yum!

see, huge right?

egg tart, HKD12

The sausage roll is more expensive than the Iced Tea but it is really really VERY nice!! The bread is very very fresh, you should really try if you visit to HK Disneyland one day.

Our lunch at Hong Kong Disneyland

2008-11-13T22:45:00.003+08:00

After a few hours walking under the hot sun at HK Disneyland, we decided to take a rest and have our lunch. There are a few restaurants/food court there with different themes. (depend where you are) We were at somewhere near Tarzan's tree house, so this is the place we're having our dinner.

not bad right? it's like eating in the forest.

There are not really that much of choice there, got rice, got mee..We were hungry and tired so both of us ordered rice.

BBQ pork rice (Char Siu Fan 叉烧饭)， HKD 50
and a plate of vege (cabbage), HKD 15

Three Treasure Rice (三宝饭), HKD 50
and a cup of Pear Sweetened Soup, HKD 15

Eating at disneyland is a bit expensive. This meal costs us HKD 130, approx RM 60+. But then again, even we the food at Genting also more expensive lor.. So the price still reasonable lar. You can see there's really a lot of rice, both of us also can't finished it. How it taste? Not bad actually...I like the cabage and the tong shui. taste nice!

Another Hong Kong Char Chan Teng (明苑粉面茶餐厅)

2008-11-12T23:35:00.001+08:00

This is the 4th day of our trip in Hong Kong. Today we have to eat FULL FULL. why? We're going to the HK Disneyland!!! A lot of walking, a lot of sweating.. so breakfast have to be full, right? Again, we picked a char chan teng near our hotel (ya, there's really a lot of char chan teng around the hotel we stayed..)

明苑粉面茶餐厅

my cup of coffee...

I forgot this is ice tea of ice coffee. hehe, but looks nice right?

this one is very nice!! sweet, and SPICY!!

my minced meat mee, not bad, but not as nice as the
one I had on the first day at Eat to New（新之食）.

soup

FL was addicted to the beef noodle 'ngao lam min' （牛腩面） he had yesterday. So this morning he ordered the same thing again, but it's not as nice as the one he had yesterday.

Overall the breakfast here is normal, not bad but not so good as well. Price about the same, about HKD 30 per person.

How I used my HSBC birthday present

2008-11-07T15:55:00.000+08:00

Remember my little birthday present from HSBC? How did I spend it? Well, here's how...

I went to genting on my bday and decided to use the HSBC StarBucks birthday cash voucher and the HSBC RM 10 StarBucks Coffee Gift Certificate? there.

For the birthday cash voucher, they required me to show them my HSBC card and I need to write down my name and my phone number at the back of the voucher. I got a cup of coffee and also a slice of cake, they let me choose any cake I want!

A cup of coffee, not really nice lar..

forgot what cake is this, but it's nice!

FL's drink

Interested to get an online university degree?

2008-11-07T15:34:00.000+08:00

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I finally tried the Hong Kong Wan Tan Mee with BIG wan tan!! （香港云吞面）

2008-11-03T23:29:00.006+08:00

When my friends know I'm going to Hong Kong, the first thing they told me was, must try their wan tan ya.. big big wan tan!! After we were back to our hotel from Lantau Island, we headed out again to find food at the Ladies Street there. That is when we saw this small shop...

They got sell all kinds of mee,
wan tan mee, beef noodle, and etc etc etc.

FL ordered the beef noodle, looks really nice and taste good too! Till now, when talked about HK, he will tell me he miss this beef noodle， ‘ngao lam min' （牛腩面）.

What about me?
Well, I sure order the wan tan mee lar!!
Where's my big big wan tan??

see, wow, super big and super nice!!

The wan tan mee taste good and the wan tan taste GREAT!! Oh ya, I added chili into my soup, that's y it's red in color. hehe.. We paid HKD 36 for two bowls of mee! Consider quite cheap lar, other place at least HKD 20+ per bowl! FL miss the beef noodle, and me, I miss their big big wan tan!!

Pie & Tart Specialist (蛋挞专门店)

2008-11-03T23:23:00.003+08:00

Everybody says egg tart in HK is a must try thing but this is my third day in HK and I can't seems to find any. How come no sign of egg tart? Then finally when we were back from Lantau Island to Tung Chung (东涌), somewhere near the MTR station, we saw this shop that sells egg tart!! FINALLY, egg tarts, egg tarts, I'm COMING!!

Pie & Tart Specialist (蛋挞专门店)

Egg Tart, HKD 6 each

There are a lot of things beside egg tart but we only bought two egg tarts to try. According to our friend, this shop is quite famous in HK. Although I got no chance to try the egg tart at those Char Chan Teng, but this one taste good too. Much more better than the egg tart here!!

Ahh, I miss the egg tart.. very very much!!

Honeymoon Dessert (西贡-满记甜品)

2008-10-31T12:26:00.001+08:00

When we were about to leave Lantau Island, we saw this shop that is full of people. My friend said this Honeymoon dessert is quite famous in HK, almost as famous as Hui Lao Shan Healthy Dessert (许留山). Hmm, really that famous? Since the weather is so hot and since we are thirsty and since it is that famous, then there's no reason we should not try lor, right?

take away counter/cashier
Queuing up to order

Full house!!

FL and his friend ordered Mango Juice (HKD 10+), or something like that, can't really remember the name. Taste normal only lar. hehe..

My 'Yong Zi Gam Lou' 杨枝甘露 (HKD 20+),
this is super nice lar!!!
Must try must try!!

What a perfect birthday gift!

2008-10-31T12:12:00.001+08:00

Susan's birthday is just around the corner and we still have no idea what to get for her birthday present. We wanted to get something she likes, something special, something fashionable and something within our budget. When Amy suggested getting Susan Designer Jewelry from Holsted Jewelers, we all happily agreed.

Holsted Jewelers provides all kinds of exclusive designed jewelry, all created to the highest standards and inspected twice before it delivered to their customers. The best thing is these beautiful items are all at affordable prices regardless what kind of budget we have. The person who buys it will like it and the person who received the gift will love it. What a perfect birthday present to get for Susan!

Lantau Island's Moutain Water Tao Fu Fa (大屿山 - 山水豆腐花)

2008-10-30T20:23:00.003+08:00

When we finally climbed up and down the stairs under the hot sun to see the Big Buddha, we were all sweat like a pig. So we all decided to stop by this little shop to rest a while plus to try the tao fu fa. Heard HK is famous of tau fu fa also wor.. is that true?

Lantau Island's Moutain Water Tao Fu Fa
(大屿山 - 山水豆腐花)

Tao Fu Fa (豆腐花)

There's hot or cold for you to choose. To me, this is really nothing special lar. I think I can get nicer one in Malaysia!! That is why, it doesn't really matters if the food taste not so nice, as long as the name can attract ppl, they can still get business!! hehe..

Vegetarian Food at Lantau Island (大屿山吃斋）

2008-10-28T20:25:00.002+08:00

What's so special about the vegetarian food at Lantau Island(大屿山)? Well, I also not sure but seems like when people mentioned Lantau island, they will automatically link to vegetarian food. So must try when I'm at 'dai yu san' lor, right?

Before you climb the stairs up to the Big Buddha, you will see this ticketing counter on your right. If you want to try their vegetarian food, this is the place to buy the tickets.

Meal ticket counter

the price list

So what's the difference between General (HKD 60) and Deluxe (HKD 150)? For Deluxe, you will have your own table (no need to share with others) and you will have better dishes. As for General, slightly different dishes and also might need to share table with other people. After listening to the explanation, we decided to get the General, HKD 60 per person. RM 30 per person wor, also consider quite expensive already lar..Share table also nvm lar, as long as the dishes no need to share with others.

HKD 60 x 3 person, so altogether HKD 180

We decided to makan first before we start to climb the stairs, not yet eat where got energy right? The place to eat is just across the street, opposite the big buddha.

the makan place.

the entrance

We managed to get ourselves a table for 3,
small table so don't need to share with other people.

It was already 2pm+ but still a lot of people.

We were not very sure whether we need to self service or wait for ppl to serve us. After waited about 10 minutes, someone gave us a pot of chinese tea, that pot is enough for 10 ppl!! Anyway, we waited for another 10 minutes for our vegetarian dishes.

White rice

Celery (芹菜)

Sweet & Sour Tofu
this is nice!!

Spring roll, this one so so only.

HK Choy Sam

Lotus root soup

4 different dishes plus a soup, not bad right. How it taste? Well, I won't say it's super delicious but it consider quite nice also. Everything was served hot and you can refill the rice (i think) but not the vege dishes gua..

If you happen to go Lantau Island one day, you should really try their vegetarian food. It's worth to try!

No charges for initial consultation!

2008-10-28T18:04:00.000+08:00

What is the first thing that come across your mind when you heard the word "attorney"? I bet the first thing that flashed across your mind would be the expensive consultation fees! A lot of people suffered harm due to the negligence of others but they are afraid to consult the lawyer as they afraid they will need to pay before they even started to sue the person involved.

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Chinese Red Bean Pudding (缽仔糕)

2008-10-26T12:49:00.003+08:00

I hope to find and try the chinese red bean pudding 'put zai gou' (缽仔糕) when I was in Hong Kong but I can't seems to find any. Where to get this? I really wanted to try!! When FL asked his friend (who worked in HK) where to get this, his friend said, hey, my place there got one stall selling this, I'll get 2 pieces for you guys when we meet tomorrow (he's gonna follow us to the Lantao Island, apparently he haven't been there although he had worked in HK for almost a year).

So the next day, as promised, he brought us 2 pieces of 'put zai gou'!!

chinese red bean pudding 'put zai gou' (缽仔糕)

see the back? full of red beans!!

FL said he doesn't like it but I LOVE it!! I do not know how to describe the taste but if you love kuih stuff and you love red bean, I bet you will love this too! Yummy!!

I had the famous HK curry fish ball for breakfast!

2008-10-24T19:04:00.001+08:00

Before we headed to Lantao Island (大屿山), we decided to have our breakfast first at a shop near where we stay (right in front of the entrance of the MTR station, Yao Ma Tei).

A small shop near our hotel, 通达食店

As usual, I ordered coffee, can't lived without coffee, hehe, although I don't really like the HK coffee. better than nothing mar.. hehe..

FL's soya bean..

I ordered the sticky rice but I didn't know their sticky rice comes with peanut and soya sauce. Well, it's not too bad but not too nice as well, maybe i'm just not used to the soya sauce and peanut!

porriadge, ok lar, but tasteless. hehe..

But i think it's good as breakfast.

Finally, the famous HK curry fish ball!

I've been wanting to try this, it smells really nice! Their fish ball is different from ours, but still I like it!! You can really taste the curry when you eat the fish ball, but i think lot's of MSG lar, cos after eating this very thirsty. :p All of these took us HKD 45, not a very satisfying breakfast though..

Pokemon Noodles House (小精灵板面之家)

2008-10-23T18:25:00.000+08:00

I don't remember it's on a public holiday or a weekend, FL and I were looking for something to eat for lunch. We round and round and round and saw this shop with lot's of people. Yes, full house!! What's so special about this restaurant? We decided to try it out!

It was about 1pm when we reached there and we were lucky to find a table at the corner of the shop.

Pokemon Noodles House (小精灵板面之家)
Sorry, i'm don't remember where's this place,
if i'm not mistaken,
I think it's Segambut. :p

The Menu

Our place is just opposite the kitchen so I can see clearly how they cook. There are 3 people cooking in the kitchen and one of them is the person who holds the money. Which means, customer pays the staff outside, the staff brings the money to this cook, so this cook will then stop cooking and keep the money. No wonder so many people waiting ar, how can a cook be the cashier as well? it's not hygienic also wat...

Finally after waiting for an hour ++, our pan mee arrived!!

this is nice.. spicy...

Fish Cake, Rm 3.50

so so only lar..

My pan mee soup, RM 4.00
The soup is nice but the pan mee too thick,
the taste of flour still very strong.

FL's spicy pan mee, RM 4.50
hmm, he regret ordering this,
so u know nice or not lar hehe..

The pan mee soup not bad lar, but seriously I do not think it's worth to wait for 1 hour++ for a bowl of pan mee like this...Poor management, waiter/waitress all blur blur, cook is also the cashier.. If only they can speed up a bit..

I love Dark Chocolate!

2008-10-23T16:24:00.002+08:00

I bet this phrase sounds familiar, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away". What about this phrase, "A dark chocolate a day keeps the doctor away"? A lot of people dare not eat chocolate because they feel that chocolate is fattening and sweet and not good for health. If you are one of them, loves chocolate but afraid it may harm your health, why not try dark chocolate?

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If you are wondering where you can get delicious dark chocolate from around the world, you probably should check out http://www.chocolatepath.com. They have all kinds of dark chocolate such as bars, toffee, truffles and many more. If you ever run out of ideas what to get for a friend, a lover or a relative, chocolate is always the perfect gift. Oh ya, Christmas is around the corner and if you still do not know what to get for your friends or relatives, you may consider dark chocolate too!!

Can only get this after 9pm at McDonald!! (麦当劳 - 足三两)

2008-10-14T19:59:00.006+08:00

By the time we were back from Lan Kwai Fong (兰桂坊), it was almost 12am in the morning!! So tired and yet we have not taken our dinner yet!! What to eat? The easiest and fastest will be McDonald lar, there's one near where we stay!

FL decided to try the Quarter Pounder (足三两) after introducing by his friend. What's so special about this burger? Well, you can only get this after 9pm!! Not sure why they had this rule, hehe...

Quarter Pounder (足三两)

To me, this is similar to the Big Mac but according to FL, this is much more nicer. At least the beef also bigger slice lar.. Super full after having this!!

I ordered McChicken, nothing special la...

Having McD in HK is not cheap also lar, this two sets costs us HKD 55.30. But all food in HK also not cheap lar, hehe.. so consider quite ok also lar the price.

Jy~s Yummy Yummy Experience

Kitchen Creatures @ Bandar Utama Centrepoint

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The Gardens ~ Pastis Cafe

Chayo ~ Everyone's Cup of Tea @ Kelana Mall

Ah Lan's Yu Guo at Jiufen (九份) 阿蘭宇粿/草仔粿、

HYT Espresso Chestnut Mooncake (喜月堂咖啡栗子月饼)

DAP's Rocket United Cafe @ SS2, PJ

Not so stinky Stinky Tofu @ JiuFen Taiwan (臭豆腐@九份台湾)

Famous Prawn Mee @ Jalan Ipoh

Breakfast at Taiwan's McDonalds

Vietnam coffee, anyone?

My very last bowl of beef noodle in Taiwan (大雅小吃)

Zhuang Yuan Biscuit (状元饼)

Famous lu rou fan in Taiwan (胡须张鲁肉饭)

De'Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant @ Sungai Buloh

My favorite breakfast in Taiwan - Hamburger & Egg Biscuit (汉堡与蛋饼)

Famous dessert in Taiwan (鲜宇仙)

Taiwan Beef Noodle at a 30 yrs old shop

Pepper Biscuit (福州胡椒饼)

Shanghai Fried Bao (上海生煎包)

Village Park Restaurant @ Uptown - Best Nasi Lemak in Town??

Yummy lunch at Keelung - Miao Kou (基隆 - 庙口)

Yeliu (野柳) - Stone Flower Drink (海底石花)

The original XXL Chicken at Shilin night market (士林豪大大鸡排)

Ai Yu Bing @ Shilin Night Market (爱玉冰@士林夜市)

BIG Sausage (大香肠)

Big Hotdog wrap Small Hotdog (大肠包小肠)

The Gardens ~ Fong Lye Taiwan Restaurant (蓬莱茶房台湾料理)

Bangkok Food ~ Black Glutinous Rice with Pork + Egg Yolk

Hong Ma Sour Plum Soup (洪妈酸梅汤)

Ah Gei (阿給) at DanShui, Taiwan (淡水)

Nine Dragon Steamboat (九龙小火锅)

Siu Long Bao and Egg Biscuit for breakfast (上海小笼包和蛋饼)

Shilin's Hot Star (士林豪大大)

Rare coin as a birthday gift

Bak Ku Teh Klang Yip Yong (吧生叶荣（干）肉骨茶) @ Aman Puri Kepong

RM 1? What to eat? How about a plate of chicken? (一蚊鸡， 咪走鸡)

Cosmetology Schools, here I come!

My very first bowl of Taiwan's Famous Beef Noodle (千月小吃 )

Coffee @ Xi Men Ting (西门町-半岛咖啡)

A Zhong Mi Sua @ Xi Men Ting & Shilin Night Market (阿宗麵線@西门町和士林夜市)

Taiwan Food - Restoran D'licious @ Manjalara (别不同台湾小吃馆)

Taiwan's Onion Pancake (葱抓饼)

The king of Tau Fu Fa (豆花大王)

Shop for home medical equiments

Grilled MuaJi from Wulai (柠檬山粉圆&拷麻薯)

Yum Cha @ the BOH Tea Centre at Sungai Palas Cameron

Wulai's Hot Spring Egg with ShaoXing Wine(乌来温泉绍兴酒蛋)

Let's invest in gold!

How to get rid of rice bug ('kuk ngao') ~ Part 2

Wulai's Di Gua (Sweet Potato, 乌来蜜汁地瓜)

The best place for honeymoon

Korean BBQ Chicken Restaurant at Desa Park City

Pork Hotdog (山猪香肠)

Largest online retailer for life enhancing products

La Casa at Desa Park City

First breakfast in Taipei, what to eat?

First meal I had in Taiwan!

Absolute Thai @ Ikano Power Center

Birthday present for mum?

Christmas Eve's Steamboat (at home)

Korean BBQ @ Daorae (Kepong)

Dinner on the plane (Eva Airways)

Triple Celebration - Christmas, December Birthday & Year End Lunch!

Macau Famous Double Skin Milk!! (澳门双皮奶)

Macau Portuguese EggTart （澳门葡挞）

How a plastic surgeon helps a girl to regain her confidence

Yummy yummy Hong Kong Lor Mai Gai

The best sausage roll I've ever had at Hong Kong Disneyland

Our lunch at Hong Kong Disneyland

Another Hong Kong Char Chan Teng (明苑粉面茶餐厅)

How I used my HSBC birthday present

Interested to get an online university degree?

I finally tried the Hong Kong Wan Tan Mee with BIG wan tan!! （香港云吞面）

Pie & Tart Specialist (蛋挞专门店)

Honeymoon Dessert (西贡-满记甜品)

What a perfect birthday gift!

Lantau Island's Moutain Water Tao Fu Fa (大屿山 - 山水豆腐花)

Vegetarian Food at Lantau Island (大屿山吃斋）

RM 1? What to eat? How about a plate of chicken? (一蚊鸡，咪走鸡)