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It was another long weekend as the Thaipusam holiday was celebrated in most states across the nation. Desmond-t took this opportunity for a short adventure in Pulau Ketam, a must-go island in West Malaysia if you were to experience nice and cheap seafood delicacies. As you might have noticed earlier, this is a food cum going places entry. I shall begin with the glutinous one first, then only our jalan-jalan trip around the island (although I did it the other way round during my actual trip).
Before we go any further, let me share with you my overall food experience:
Pulau Ketam’s seafood totally dominated Kuala Selangor’s seafood without any doubt. The following is the reason why I was so attracted and in love with the seafood there.
The first snack I had was ultimately the best - The La La Chien (Omelette with La La). Frankly, there’s a lot of stalls selling this Oyster Omellete and “La La Chien”. At list 5 stalls on the main street itself.
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Tags: Bamboo Shells, Crab, Food, Going Places, La La Chien, non-Halal, Prawns, Pulau Ketam, Seafood, Sight Seeing, Sotong
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Yes, due to popular demand to post for CNY updates, I decided to defer my Tang Dynasty Imperial Noodle Restaurant review and I proudly bring to you this post. It’s a Local Food cum Going Places review instead.
It was my last day in Penang and it was also the Sixth Day of CNY before returning to the plain boring uni life in KL. So, no more procrastinating and off I went to the ever famous Kek Lok Si Temple.
Wondering why I said “procrastinating”? Well, you should be well versed with how the usual activities during CNY rhymes. Visiting, reunions, meet ups, g***ling etc. Finally, everyone began to get dispersed from Penang and I got some time off to travel on my own.
Co-incidently, Mom just got discharged from hospital and off we went for a lighter meal. On the way up to Air Hitam, where the Kek Lok Si Temple is located, we decided to take a detour to Paya Terubong for Hun Sai Fish Bee Hoon Soup.
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Tags: Bee Hoon Soup, Food, Going Places, Hun Sai, Kek Lok Si, Kuan Yin Temple, non-Halal, Penang
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*Desmond-t always bring to you honest reviews - this time, do expect a rather negative food review*
It’s my 4th year in KL and finally I made my way to Kuala Selangor famous firefly reserve. There’s only a few places in Malaysia where fireflies are spotted in large numbers and this is one of them (apart of Nibong Tebal and another one in Negeri Sembilan, as what I know).
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Tags: Firefly, Going Places, Halal, Kuala Selangor, River View, Seafood
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*Update* Desmond-t will be posting his X’mas food entries within this few days.
After reading about so many German food post from fellow food bloggers a.k.a “Floggers” throughout the web, I can’t help but to post my very own version of German food entry. I have not been to any of the famous local German restaurants yet, be it at Ingolf Kneipe in Penang, or the Bavarian Bierhaus at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara.
But one thing is for sure, the delighting taste of the German food from this very special restaurant in Sydney still lingers in my memories. Although it’s been close to 3 years, this backdated post is still my best experience of a German dining. Let’s go to the Löwenbräu Keller Restaurant at The Rocks, Sydney, Australia!
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Tags: Australia, Beer, Food, German Food, Going Places, non-Halal, Pork Knuckle, Sydney
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Ever heard of whitewater rafting? If you know and heard of it, or even seen it on movies or over the web, will ever consider trying it? Desmond-t seriously recommends this extreme sport to those who are willing to face endurance challenge and mind-boggling drops at various levels of creeks.
 Venturing Down The "Kiss Drop"... Too fast, too furious! Extreme adventure at its best! “Wikipedia defines whitewater rafting as a challenging recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid 1970s.”
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Tags: Adventure, Extreme, Going Places, Kulim, Life, Malaysia, Sg. Sedim, whitewater rafting
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At last, the food is here. I know many of you have been waiting for this entry.
CK Lam, Allie, SlowCatchUpKuan, CindyC … I know how much you guys indulge in food blogging, as trust me, I like to eat as much as you do! Hehe thank you very much for your comments, you guys inspired me to blog even more! Here you go with the food from Macao.
One step at a time, k? Jordin Sparks taught me this way.
So, what is the most-freaking-famous food in Macao? I bet you guys should have noticed the preview of my post in my *NEW* “Coming Up Next” sidebar section. Portuguese Egg Tart it is, and hence a prolonged introduction.
As many of you might know, Macau used to be colonized by the Portuguese for quite sometime and the cultural exchange is almost as much like some of the Serani’s in Malacca. Even now, wherever you go in Macao, there is signboards written in Portuguese language. But the funny thing is, when you ask any of the Chinese locals, they do not understand a single word of Portuguese, and the Portuguese locals,…they do not know anything much about the Chinese. Hmm…not much cultural exchange though, but definitely not for food.
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Tags: Budget Trip, Food, Local Delicacy, Macao, non-Halal, Travel
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The first thing when you hear the word “Macao” or “Macau”, what does your brain interpret?
Honestly, it is none other than C-A-S-I-N-O, rite?
FYI, Macau consistst of three islands, The Macau Peninsula as the main island and also The Isles of Taipa (Cotai Strip) and Coloane that are closely linked by bridges. This Special Administration Region (S.A.R) of Macao is indeed famous of being the tourist spot for gambling and gaming. Otherwise, it is also known as the “Las Vegas” of Asia. The latest addition of casino is of course The Venetian Macao, yet another multi-million investment by Las Vegas tycoon Sheldon Adelson. There’s so many casinos in this tourism-based island. Every 5 mins of walk around the Macao Peninsula, you will bump into another entrance of casino. Even when you walked into a hotel, you will eventually be led into the casino first, before you can get yourself registered for a room. Gambling comes first, then only accomodation.
The best thing is that the hotel concierge and the casino stewards really treat you with first class services, even if you are not gambling, or just pretending to be gambling. They serve you with fruit juices and snacks, all free of charge, just as long as you are eligible to enter the casino. Nice huh? Myself and my family went to most of the well known casinos like The Venetian Macao, MGM Grand, Wynn, Casino Lisboa, Grand Lisboa Casino. Just entertain ourselves with some petty bets, so that I can proudly tell my friends and relatives that I’ve gambled in Macao before! LOL
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At last, I managed to spend some time to blog about my travel. Should have blogged about this Macao trip of mine long time ago. Let me begin with the planning part.
Trip Objective: Food Galore and Budget Travelling
For a budget trip, as usual, Air Asia provides the cheapest air ticket all the way from LCCT in Sepang to Macao International Airport. Needless to say, I managed to get my return tickets for roughly around RM300++ of which I booked 3 months prior to my trip.
 Photo Credit: AirHostess.info - p/s Look at RM9.99, not the chicks! Most people would take this budget airline transit before making their way ultimately to Hong Kong as this is rather a cheaper alternative if you don’t want to spend extra money for travelling on a direct flight. Not for my case, my trip does not include Hong Kong as my mom, my elder brother and I decided to spend more time travelling in Macao and Zhuhai in this 4D 3N trip. So, 2 days Zhuhai, 2 days Macao… just nice. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Budget Trip, Food, Going Places, Hotels, Macao, The Venetian, Travel
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A common post-exam question: “What to do after exam???”
Wah, Sien!!!!! Boring…
This won’t be the case for this year. I bet this would be the last time I am having my holidays as a student so I better be planning to do something exciting before I’m back to suffer for one last semester.
It has been plain post exam activities all this while, but this semester, I missed a trip to Malacca with my coursemates. Lucky, I had one hell of a night out with them before their trip. Had several beer towers before all of them began to “talk nonsense” after excessive bottom’s up. Total damage: 4 towers in 3 hours.
Piccadilly, with beer towers and three musketeers.
Piccadilly is a nice restaurant which serves nice and considerably cheap beers and local delicacies. RM25 per jug, is rather cheap by KL standards, right? They too have wide selection of food, from local Malay, Chinese and Indian food, as well as some western food!
Click here to view more Semester Break surprises in line for me!
Tags: Adventure, Booze, Camping, Food, Hangout, Life, Malaysia, Sedim, Tualang
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This edition of travelogue brings you to another adventurous exploration, The Taman Negara Pahang or also known as The National Park, Pahang, West Malaysia.
It is widely known as one of the oldest, of not the oldest rainforest in the world (eh, my guide argues it is even older than the Amazon Rainforest, OK?)
My 3D2N trip depends very much on my two jungle guides, very much that we simply agree to whatever they said. If any of us found to be protesting against them, who knows they’d left us in the middle of no man’s land LOL Just kidding.
I’m sure you’ll be very eager to know how I actually planned my trip, just in case you’re planning yours in time to come. Make it simple, I depart from University of Malaya, KL and drove myself all the way to the Sungai Tembeling Jetty Entrance, Jerantut, Pahang.
You’d be killing me by now. Bear with me, for sure I’ll elaborate more about my commotion during my rough ride on the way there.
As you know, I drove there and no way I’m gonna have my hands on the camera. Neither do my friends, all just numb inside my car, some half asleep, some half dreaming, some half sesat.
From KL, we stopped by Mentakab for breakfast and a short visit to my coursemate’s house before we began the gruelling 2 hrs++ drive from Mentakab to Jerantut. Distance is around 150km, but the journey took us 2hrs plus! Winding road, hill slopes and not forgetting feases or cow dung in the middle of the road. For god sake, I was driving, not to avoid pot holes but shit holes! I bet it’s so called the natural toilet for the cows and goats.
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Tags: Activities, Adventure, Malaysia, Nature, Outdoor, Taman Negara
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