The Taste of Vientiane
Saving the ‘best’ of my Vientiane post for last and the best I’m talking about is food! The major importance whenever we travel to a foreign country is to try the local dishes. Right? Sadly, when you follow tour guides, they tend to bring you to places where you eat food you can always eat back home.
The 1st night I arrived in Vientiane, the only place I went to was Nazim Restaurant where they basically serve Halal food which is really not what I like. Everyone who knows me well knows that I love my porks and Halal restaurants don’t serve pork. Well, can’t really do anything about that since I was there with some colleagues. Left with no choice, it was the Tandoori Chicken that I choosed. You can read more of that in the previous food post. (more…)
Balestier Bak Kut Teh @ ION Orchard
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my pork, and one of my fav. pork dishes are the bak kut tehs. Tell me where the best Bak Kut Teh place is located and I’ll try to make it there to give it a try. One such place I was recommended to try out in Singapore is the Balistier Teochew style Bak Kut Teh (pork rib soup) from a famous eatery in Balestier Road. Well, instead of heading over to Balestier Road (I don’t know where that is), Strippedsteph and I went to the one in ION Orchard.
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We were ushered into the place and got ourselves a nice table to sit on, atmosphere wise, the place is nice and comfortable. Maybe because it’s located in a nice shopping complex like the ION Orchard. Anyway, it took us some time to browse through the menu and since we know what we are going for, we place our orders quickly. One thing I was reminded to do is, leave the Malaysian taste bud at home cause I’ll be overly disappointed if I judge the food based on what I’ve been eating all my life. (more…)
Restoran SumYi @ Kota Damansara
The area this restaurant is located at are quite new, located near the factory lots between Kota Damansara and the exit to the new highway that connects Shah Alam with Sg. Buloh. This restaurant’s located right next to another chinese restaurant called Restoran Lan Jeh which somehow have a lot of people going to. Food wise, that restaurant’s choice and style are quite limited. But that’s up for another post.
I don’t really know the names of all the dishes that was ordered cause the order was placed fast and quick in cantonese in names I’ve not heard of but the food served was the usual ones we see our parents cooked or eat elsewhere. One thing for sure, the cook at this restaurant know what he’s doing and the food are quite well prepared. (more…)
Marché @ Vivo City
It’s been awhile since I last ate at Marche, it was so long ago that I can’t remember what I ate there but I’m sure the one I had at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara is similar to the one at Vivo City.
It was a nice day when both StrippedSteph and I could spend a nice quiet day together that we decided to head somewhere nice for dinner. The venue of choice? Marché Movenpick Restaurant @ Vivo City. (more…)
Fruit Rojak & Tau Foo Fah @ Damansara Jaya
How many of you heard of the food court in front of Atria and the famous fruits Rojak stall that’s practically there every day? I’m sure majority of the people who grew up in Damansara Jaya like me would have eaten the rojak from there before or heard of the place before.
This uncle has been around for quite some time, even during my school days I’ve been patronizing his stall after school on my way to Pelangi (won’t tell you what place that is, those of you that’s familiar with the area back in the early 90s would know). (more…)
Chee Cheong Fun @ Lucky Restaurant Revisits
Whenever I have a craving for Chee Cheong Fun as I’ve blogged previously, I’ll head to this particular stall at Lucky Restaurant, located in Seksyen 17, it only opens during the morning. Catering mostly to the breakfast crowd, the portions served are huge but it also come with a price (compared to the many other Chee Cheong Fun stalls I patronised).
Even after so long, the portions have not been reduced. This is something very good as we hear of many tales where Food portion was reduced but the price was raised. Many people also find it a tad pricey to have a Chee Cheong Fun meal there but to me, the price charged are fairly reasonable. After all, the portion we are looking for are quite huge. (more…)
Cut Throat @ PJ Seafood Restaurant
This is one of the harshest post that’ll ever appear on this site, I can’t help but being disappoint with the food there and I don’t normally mess around when it comes to food. It had been awhile since my family last came here for dinner and so we thought that it’ll be a nice place to go to celebrate my dad’s birthday which is actually today! So … HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!
We arrived at the restaurant about 7ish, normally by then, there would be a lot of people but it wasn’t so on that night. Found a spot to seat, menu was given and the Manager was trying to recommend (but it was more like trying to push) some of their dishes and we made our choices.
These are the food we ordered, I don’t really know the names of the dishes so I’ll just comment on them without the names. (more…)
Japanese Food Pornography
I know … I know… cheesy title.
I did this shoot quite some time back, only got about going through it. You could see the photos I took at a certain restaurant’s menu if you have been following what I was doing a couple of months back. These are my favorite shots that I like.
Breakfast?
It’s been some time since I last posted some food related stuff. Well, here’s some StrippedSteph and I had at home.
First up, home made pan cake, easy to make if you buy those pre-packed ones from the market, just follow the instructions and you can’t go wrong. Top it up with some butter and honey before eating. Heavenly!
Then there’s the toasts, basically some bread, dipped in battered eggs and simmered with sugar after cook. Simple yet fills the tummy. (more…)
Hari Raya Open House
To all the muslim friends and readers, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very very great Hari Raya.
Not all was in here, some came later after this group shot was taken
Headed to Cece’s place for her open house and reached there about 12.00pm before heading in. Initially thought I was there too early so hung around inside the car before getting out at 12.15pm, that’s also the same time when Dadhy as well as Navin and Poorna arrived.
The first thing after greeting the family a Selamat Hari Raya was to raid the buffet line they prepared for us. No photos from there cause we were just busy eating and nothing else. Almost everyone I know was there, but all came at different timing, some even came about 3ish to 4pm. Alot of catching up with one another followed by more eating.
One of the star of the day aside from the host family is of course, Daphne Iking’s daughter, Isobel. Everyone want to play with her. Cute right?
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