Archive for the 'food' Category

Food from Taiwan, HK & Macau

November 16, 2007

The fun about traveling, beside meeting people and seeing places, is trying the local foods. So, before i upload a bunch  of my photos, here are the photos of foods i tried throughout the trip, just to wet your appetite first.
Because i did some explanation in Chinese while compiling them for some of my [...]

Customised your coffee! (Western vs. Local)

June 27, 2007

It suddenly struck me with this idea: a comparison of local way and western way of ordering a cup of coffee. It will be useful for westerners travelling in Malaysia. Although i doubt anyone i know will need it as a guide, anyway, just for the fun of it. Here you go:

Black coffee (without sugar)= [...]

A taste from home

July 26, 2006

Sometimes i work late in my office, in that case, most probably i will have dinner across the street. Across my office is an Indian quarter, which has a few Indian restaurants or mamak as we called it.
And because it’s an Indian quarter, so most of the time i’m the only Chinese in the restaurant [...]

Searching for a good cup of errr… Malaysian coffee?

July 5, 2006

I always enjoy a good cup of coffee. A cup of black coffee particularly. 18 months of employment in Starbucks makes me picky about drinking coffee. Since i came back from Brisbane, i rarely drink coffee. One reason is there’s no free coffee anymore (working in Starbucks Australia you can drink till you drop), and [...]