Melaka Dec2009

It has been a long time since the gang goes on a trip, so on xmas day, we woke up early and depart at 5pm to Melaka. 3 cars departed separately, using different customs but we managed to arrive at the Machap restpoint at the same time!

After bread and coffee/tea, we arrived in Melaka, just in time for morning break. What's a trip without trying the famous chicken riceballs. But most of us are not impressed with the chicken nor the riceballs, except little XinYue since she ate the most.

Look at the queue under the hot sun. We definitely will not queue for it. Not worth the effort.

need to digest some food, so we climb the hill and get some nice scenary

It's LUNCH time! we try this pernarakan restaurant and some of the dishes were good. like the otak (but Scatterseed's homemade ones are much nicer)

and the chicken ...

and the chap-cai ....

dinner was not fantastic but what is Melaka without going to Jonker Street. Look at the crowd!

and the famous Chendol ... with lots of thick thick gula melaka ... yummy ...

before we left Melaka the next day, we had to have Bak Ku Teh for breakfast ... we love the non-peppery type with lots of ingredients in it ... mushrooms, meat, vege, etc etc ... really good ...It was a good trip. and we promised each other that we should do this more often.

Bangkok Food

thought I could write abt some of the food places I have tried in Bangkok

before I start, this is my favourite store in MBK to stock up the tid-bits

only been to this place once ... Shelter ... slightly far from BKK centre ... food is not fantastic but there is live music, so make the whole experience quite fun

what a trip without ice cream, esp BKK is hot and humid ... this is terpanyaki style ice cream at hagan daaz

I have also been to this place once ... Anna's cafe ... not able to find it anymore and the website is not working so I assume it is not in operation anymore. They serve fusion style thai food, nice and service is good ... we only remb to take pics halfway thr ...

Japanese buffet ... although quality is not that good, but it is quite cheap, esp good for big eater

street food along khao san road, where backpackers stay. this pork porridge stall was just outside swenson's so quite easy to find. Dont know if it is still there

Macau & Hong Kong Nov2007

this was the first time we travelled together as a family, except for my hubby who cant join us as it was not school holiday, me, mother, 2 brothers and sis in law went to Macau and did a day trip to HK.

the hotel that we stayed Venetian Macau

we secretly took a few photos of the casino (well, it is not allowed)

this is the exterior of the hotel

Macau city centre, where the govt buildings are and where all the tourists come

this is some ancient horse head that costs millions of dollars, displayed outside a casino, guarded by a few guards

the famous 大三巴

I climbed up to take a look at the view of the streets

then I walked up to the hill top to view the city

must try their famous pork cutlet bun and tea with milk

and we travelled all the way to the seaside to find this Lord Stow's Bakery and eat the egg tarts ... it is a must!

Chengdu, China Dec2008

due to work, I had the chance to travel to Chengdu 成都 for a week during their winter time. although I didnt hv much time to visit all the sights but still managed to squeeze in some time to sample some food.

their famous szechuan spicy hotpot

rabbit meat - taste like chickenthe hotel I stayed in - Hiltonover the weekend, I followed the Chengdu colleagues to Er Mei Shan 峨嵋山 for a night stay and we went for a walk in the morning

the famous Bao Guo Shi 报国寺

I also visited the panda centre. the big panda eating his favorite apple, waiting to take pictures with tourist. It costs around S$90 to take a pic with him ... whoh, so expensive.

the baby ones are so so cute