Food Porn: Salt and Pepper Mud Crab at Sydney Fish Market

Salt and Pepper Mud Crab

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 are the first one to your left as soon as you enter the market; Christie’s Seafoods is also the busiest one with throngs of hungry tourists (mostly Chinese naturally) lining up for their fresh catch.

Just pick your seafood–live mud crabs, yabbies, abalone, lobsters, pippies, vongole (clams), mussels, fish, etc.–then tell the waitress exactly how you wanted your selection(s) prepared, and voila, you’re in seafood heaven. And oh, at a much decent price, too

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Eating Sydney: Steamed Oysters and $48/kg Pippies!

Eating Sydney: Steamed Oysters and $48/kg Pippies!

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 Market today and have a…

Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang, Malaysia

Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang, Malaysia

A few months ago, when I was home in Penang, I took a “weekend vacation” away from my parents’ house and stayed at the revamped and remodeled Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa–the legendary hotel/resort that pretty much shaped up and defined the hospitality and tourism industry in Penang, Malaysia.
Rasa Sayang Resort holds a special place in my heart; I remember…

Norwegian Cruise Line (and the Concept of Freestyle Cruising)

Norwegian Cruise Line (and the Concept of Freestyle Cruising)

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 about cruising. The notion of…

Cruise Food: Desserts

Cruise Food: Desserts

Hello all, I am at Tortola, British Virgin Island now. The internet access here is sonic fast, but very expensive, so I will leave you guys with this photo gallery of decadent desserts I have been enjoying on board on Norwegian Cruise Line.

Sea Bound

Sea Bound

I will be sea bound to South Caribbean for 9 days starting tomorrow night.
Blue sky, aquamarine sea, powdery white sands, warmth, and sun–things that make me eternally happy.
“Don’t worry about a thing, cause every little thing gonna be all right.”
Island coconut cookies, cakes, sweet ripe bananas, hot off the grill Johnny cakes, local banana ketchup, conch, seafood, and Rum.
Counting down…

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