14 posts tagged “food”
A friend recommended this "good old" coffee shop museum tucked away in a remote corner of town. It was an mesmerizing coffee shop which pays tribute to the many men in the Australian armed forces who sacrificed their lives during World War 2 in North Borneo. I really like this coffee shop which sells charcoal toasted bread!!! Wow! The tables and chairs are made of wood and marble not the plastic stuffs which wobbles. There are numerous historical pictures, poems, artifacts in this shop. And I love history! It is run by an elderly Chinese man who looks like 80 years of age with interesting features.
This is definitely gonna be my regular joint. Fantastic shop!!
But...it's good to be home. Home sweet home. Nothing beats the sun, the sea, the mountains, the trees, MY SPACE and MY CAR.
Transited in Dubai and flew to London. Luckily I'm still on the happening side of 35 ;) , so we could still check into a backpackers hostel. Man space is really a premium around here. Bunks of beds packed into a really small room. Other than the really tiny space, a backpackers hostel is a great place to stay and mingle around. It's rejuvenating to be able to communicate in a non-medical manner. Man...almost forgot how to start a sentence without using "Ada apa sakit?"
Transport is really convenient in London and even more so in Paris. The underground train system is really efficient. Perhaps RapidKL can learn a thing or two here. It's still packed though and people do rush to go in, but in a more subtle manner. For example in Paris I did not have to wait more than 3 minutes for any train for any connections to anywhere! After taking the tube for a week, I've decided I'm NOT giving up my car even if petrol goes up to USD300/gallon. Perhaps can consider the Hybrid Toyota Prius in the future when the price drops ;) I need some breathing space man...
Visited the usual tourist attractions in London, then took the Eurostar to Paris and stayed in a better hotel in Paris hehehe. Cannot "tahan" staying in a 'prison cell' for too long. I must say Paris is fabulous - Paris didn't get the No 1 tourist destination tag for nothing. London, in my opinion is nothing to shout about.
Spent a couple of nights in Paris, ate some really great meal there after eating bread, cold sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs or fish and chips in London. What's the best way to spend some extra cash? Yes...food.
Oh yes...and there was this cabaret thing with a glass of champagne to go with it ;) Not the famous Moulin Rouge (which would be grossly out of budget) but a similar one nearby. I'll skip the descriptions hahaha.
The Louvre museum is spectacular. The exhibits inside really overwhelm the senses. Also saw the famous Mona Lisa which was kept on the wall behind some special glass (with everybody snapping their cameras non-stop!).
After that went back to London to spend a couple of days more, including a trip to the city of Bath and Stonehenge. After that the grueling flight back to home sweet home :)
This trip made a huge dent in my wallet but then well, I've always been thrifty and this is a "once in a blue moon" kind of thing ;) and more importantly it brought me back from being burnt out - seriously exhausted, from work. A wonderful trip! Now when can I get a hot Char Kuey Teow..
As opposed to the "Health Water", these mud cookies are really deleterious to one's health. I cannot imagine some Haitian people are so poor that they have to resort to eat mud to survive. Check out here and here. Something has gone wrong with humanity.
I find it disturbing that some people in better well-to-do country like Malaysia are so wasteful with their food. Also the Chinese mentality when giving dinners - must order extra, very embarrassing if guest complain food is not enough or too "thin" etc etc. Better have extra even if it's wasted rather then less and lose face. And at buffets, wah....you can see the Malaysian mentality - it's a competition to see how high you can stack your food on the plate in one go! And then the massive leftovers. Bloody hell I say...let these wasteful people eat mud for a change.
For some it's a long weekend, others it's an opportunity to relax and unwind. But yours truly still has to work in the mornings while answering calls throughout the day.
The only consolation is to treat myself to a good meal. Last night's meal was wonderful. Costs a bit but it was magnificent. The highlight was the Peking Duck dish, where they sliced the roasted duck and stuff it inside an egg roll with some cucumbers, beside your table. Nothing beats good food and good company.
For lunch today I hunted for curry mee - alas the best I knew was a pale curry laksa. Not too bad though. Nevertheless it'll have to do till I have the chance to go back to my hometown.
Came back from work not too long ago. A sudden hunger pang came over me. I crave for a large bowl of oily red hot curry mee or a plate of spicy Jawa mee.
My saliva is dripping out even as I type. The problem is the curry mee over here is lame - no oomph. I like my curry to be oily red, hot, spicy, thick with chicken shreddings, prawn and mint leaves.
I can't find a decent plate of spicy Jawa mee around here too. Oh, how I miss the food back home. Looks like I've got to settle for the lame old Maggi mee. Sigh.
I ate this roti kahwin for lunch today. Simple things in life are the best! It's made of fresh bread with butter and kaya in between. With 2 half boil eggs and hot coffee...fuuuh it's the best meal ever :)
Inflation is a reality. I bought this fried rice for RM5. After digging inside the rice, I found some shreds of chicken and 2 prawns, yes two prawns. Do you think it's worth paying RM5 for this ?
Just got back to work today after the CNY celebrations. Aaah, the best tim sum is in Ipoh. Confirmed ;) Can't wait to gobble up more tim sum in Ipoh. Unfortunately my language skills is not top notch and I had to order like "Umm I would like this and that...and that" pointing to the tim sum in question. I admire people with a fast grasp of various dialects and can babble off some vague order at lighting speed and people seemed to understand it!
Recently I had a bout of diarrhoea which lasted 2 days with a total of 20+ times going to the toilet. I really suspected it was cholera. Treated myself with lots of water and 100 plus. Was considering whether to put myself on iv drips but luckily it resolved after day 2. And there was a scheduled water cut the day after due to maintenance works to the water processing plant. Thank goodness my diarrhoea stopped just in the nick of time.
I suspected it was one of these 3 dishes I ate the day before with some colleagues before leaving the hospital I covered.
1) The lobster yee mee, delicious but costs RM160! (for 5 people) - unlikely
2) Garlic prawns, rather unlikely too
3) Some weired shellfish - the prime suspect
The risk of good, delicious, cheap seafood. As they say, absolutely nothing is risk free.
I had to go to cover another hospital for 2 weeks in a different town right after the new year. Packing my bags and going to a totally new town was a little daunting especially when I have no idea at all of the place. And I was told this town can be a little dangerous. Anyway after settling in, I decided to move around to see the place.
I met the "man of the jungle" in the wild nearby and tried the town's famous egg tarts and a pastry called UFO. Unidentified food object, I guess. It is made of a thinly baked pastry with a circular whipped egg white cream with the yolk mixed with butter at the centre. Tastes rather good and lived up to their reputation :)
Can anyone guess where is this place?
