From the category archives:
I fell in love with the street food of India.
Despite multiple warnings from many people that I shouldn’t be eating outside of my hotels, I ventured onto the streets of Mumbai and Bangalore searching for street food and local taste and was rewarded handsomely.
This is Dahi Aloo Puri, a type of “chat” (sometimes spelled as “chaat“). I am no strangers to Indian food as Malaysia has abundant offerings of Indian food, but I have never tasted anything like this before…
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This is part 2 of my 5-hour layover in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. You can read all about Part 1 here.
This is Portuguese baked fish (plus squid and clams), found at the obscure corner of Petaling Street/Chinatown in KL. In my opinion, this is the best baked fish/seafood that I have ever tasted. (I can’t even find similar offerings in Penang!). I got hooked when I was attending college in KL many years ago and haven’t had the fix for at least 5 years. So, I was just so delighted to savor the taste, aroma, and the very spicy kick that this seafood parcel delivered…
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What do you do when you have 5 hours layover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
For me, as a foodie, and a true Malaysian, I hopped on the 28-minute KLIA Ekspres straight into downtown KL for some serious chow. Inflight food? No thanks! I have better grub for my stomach…(more picture after the jump)
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While in Beijing, do load up on pot stickers or guotie (锅贴), which one can get pretty much anywhere in the city.
Here are the pot stickers at Made in China (长安壹号), a much celebrated Chinese restaurant in Beijing, located at the Grand Hyatt.
I love the shape, which is definitely a lot more easier to make [...]
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Remember my Sichuan-style crawfish post? Well, here is the real stuff.
To get some of the best ma la xiao long xia/麻辣小龙虾 or numbing and spicy crawfish in Beijing, head over to this restaurant called “Hua Jia Yi Yuan/花家怡园” at the famed Guijie (簋街), a street packed full of neon-lit restaurants and hungry patrons…
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My bounty at Sydney Fish Market–salt and pepper Australian Mud Crab. I originally picked a live green-lip abalone but it was DOA (dead on arrival), but you can’t go wrong with giant mud crab, deep-fried with salt and pepper batter.
If you like Chinese/Cantonese-style seafood, head over to Christie’s Seafoods. You can’t miss it as they [...]
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Seafood is exceedingly expensive in Sydney–think $150/kg lobster sashimi (average 5-7 kg per lobster, so do your math), $88/kg mud crab, and $48/kg clams or “pippies.”
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OUCH!
I’m not moving to Sydney anytime soon, regardless how nice and how much closer it is to Malaysia.
(Edited: I just came back from the Sydney Fish [...]
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I am back from 9 days sun, fun, and food filled cruise vacation to South Caribbean (Dominican Republic, British Virgin Island, Antigua, Barbados, and St. Lucia) on Norwegian Cruise Line/NCL–which coincidentally is owned by Malaysian Star Cruise. What a blast!
I like to think of myself as a tasteful traveler, hence I have always felt skeptical [...]
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