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  • West Malaysia Day 19: Reminiscing the Old Tastes of Taiping

    food centres concentrated within a radius of 500 metres around Taiping Mall, excluding restaurants and cafes choice was definitely a piece of goreng pisang (banana fritter), tapioca fritter and fried Chinese rice cake But I still headed out at 7:30pm to look for something light to eat in case I felt hungry in the middle I came to Pusat Penjaja Taiping (Taiping Hawker Centre) opposite the main entrance of Taiping Mall. It was a nice noodle dish with prawns, chicken, fishballs, fish cakes, etc.

  • China #12: Trendy Dali Ancient City (大理古城)

    As the title hinted, the ancient city was more hip with bars and cafes and had more backpackers than It is a city where backpackers came to take a break from travelling and laze around for days. There were streets with bars and cafes — mostly alfresco style. Another "weird" specialty is called erkuai (饵块), a type of Yunnan rice cake. In Dali, the rice cake is usually made into thick, flat, round bread and used to wrap around meat and

  • Muar 2025 Day 1: Getting to Muar & Johor-Specialty Dishes

    Fortunately, the next CW1 service came along at 8:25am. I walked past Hua Shan Cafe (华山咖啡店) and decided to drop in. I took a cold shower, but warm water came out, rest a while and to give my phone battery a little boost restaurant next to Elite Hotel called New Town Authentic Cuisine (newly opened in 2024), a bakery-cafe

  • Ipoh See: Three Concubine Lanes of Ipoh Old Town (2017)

    Ipoh Old Town of Malaysia was such a quiet town that travellers would call it a laid-back town with cafes

  • Singapore Buy: En Cakes & Pastries @ Bukit Batok West

    En Cakes & Pastries is a cake shop located in Block 451 in Bukit Batok West, beside Foodgle Hub (福哥) The shop is known for its bespoke cakes. Most of their cakes have low sweetness level. Most of En's single-serving cakes, such as tiramisu, fruit cakes, etc, are laid in respective containers Whole cakes are also available off-the-shelf. En's cakes are low in sweetness and great as dessert.

  • Pontian See: Nictar Pineapple Park @ Pekan Nanas

    Right beside the retail section is the cafe.

  • Malacca Stay: Hangout@Jonker - CLOSED

    Basically, eat, see, sleep and idle in cafes within a radius of 700 metres — the historical city of Melaka

  • Penang Eats: Cheap & Good Food to Try

    And we came up with this list of Penang food to share — after dropping a few so-so ones. De Tai Tong Cafe (Tai Tong Restaurant) Located along Lebuh Cintra, De Tai Tong Cafe (大东酒楼) is a popular Hainan Lor Mee @ Kafe Hai Beng Hai Beng Coffee Shop (海明茶室) is located right beside Kuan Yin Teng (观音亭 The noodles used in all cases are thin rice vermicelli and yellow noodle.

  • East Malaysia Day 18: Last Food Hunt in Kuching before Johor Bahru (柔佛) then Home

    quit a company that was into IOT and they called this overly-reliant technology "smart". 7:45am, I came I went to India Street again and came to the Indian Mosque Lane. More: Kuching Buy: Kek Lapis Mama Su Layer Cake Outside the shop, two newcomers to Upspot Kuching, probably More: Kuching Eat: Borneo Delight Cafe Authentic Sarawak Native Cuisine I hailed a Grab car from Borneo I headed over to KOMTAR JBCC and came to Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks (士林台湾小吃).

  • Malacca Tip: Singapore to Malacca on a Shoestring

    Read: Malacca Cafes: 10 Unique-style Cafes in Malacca Old Town

  • Muar 2025 Day 2: Full Day Eat, Buy & Explore Muar

    since I had drank it many times — and reminded me to get a pack of coffee beans from Sai Kee Kopi 434 Cafe Just as I was about to finish the not-so-interesting walk around the area, I came across a familiar sign I came across a closed Sarawak kolo mee stall, opposite 333 Foodcourt, with empty tables and chairs

  • East Malaysia Day 11: Pesta Kaamatan (Harvest Festival) in Kota Kinabalu (亚庇)

    Shing, I ordered coto daging (beef) again at the stall and indicating peanut soup and ketupat (rice cake After scanning my baggage, I was in the departure area, had a cappuccino and sandwich in the only cafe While eating, the sky turned darker and darker and a heavy rain came. But it was short-lived. I came to Moginum Restobar in Gaya Street which I had walked past so many times. It came in 6 shot-glasses and tasted more alcohol with light fragrance but without the familiar taste

  • Day 2, Saigon: Ben Thanh Market & Vietnamese Water Puppet Show

    We discussed about the cycling trip by Innoviet over lunch and decided to head back to Pao Cafe for more To top it all off, Mai gave us 5% discount as we had dined at Pao Cafe the day before — so it's only We settled down at Cafe 188, located diagonally across the road junction from the theatre. The settings of the cafe was rather cozy and welcoming us from the heat outside. We ordered our drinks and some finger food and rested in the cafe until it was time to head back to the

  • Malaysia Tip: Getting to the Old Towns in West Malaysia

    Eat   | Cafe |   See   |   Stay   |   Itinerary 2. See: Taiping Lake Gardens Sleep: Sojourn Beds & Cafe See: Taiping Street Arts See: Historical Antong

  • Singapore Buy: Uncle Lee's Confectionery (李叔叔面包西果店) @ Kampong Glam

    The shop serves a number of old-school cakes, including kaya-pandan cake, durian cake, banana cake, Each cake is about 6 inches in diameter. The 6-inch cake is sandwiched with fluffy pandan -flavoured cake between layers of pandan kaya , which Half a cake can be finished without realising it. The Peanut Buttercream Cake, with vanilla flavour, has soft fluffy cake coated with a layer of light

  • Singapore Buy: Butter Town Shio Pan & Sourdough Cake @ Holland Drive Food Centre

    The Banana Walnut Sourdough Cake — sold either as 8-inch round cake / 16-piece square / small box of 2 pieces — is more a walnut cake. The cakes are baked individually and have a light hint of banana aroma on crumbly cakes that are filled with crunchy walnuts within, not just on top of the cake. The Lemon Sourdough Cake has a moist, crumbly sourdough cake topped with white cream and some dried flower

  • Singapore Buy: Hiap Joo Bakery Banana Cake Self-Serve Bar @ Bukit Panjang

    Hiap Joo Bakery is a well-known name in Johor Bahru for its wood-fired banana cakes. To try the aromatic and moist banana cakes, Singapore residents will need to go over the Singapore-Johor Here's a good news: HYPHA, a vending stations provider in Singapore, brings the banana cakes over from Of course, buying the cake is cheaper in Johor Bahru if one happens to be there. I hope HYPHA brings in Hiap Joo Bakery's coffee cakes, butter cakes and buns too, including their popular

  • China #21: Charming Shaxi Ancient Town, Dali (大理沙溪古镇)

    There were cafes and gift shops around the square too.

  • Penang See: Street Arts of Armenian Street, Georgetown

    Souvenir shops, cafes and restaurants sprung up around the street arts as these awesome artworks were

  • Kulai Buy: Kedai Kek Lian Pang (联邦西果屋) Traditional Cakes

    Lian Pang makes a wide range of cakes, including sponge cakes, butter cakes, Swiss rolls, traditional wedding cakes, etc. Cakes with just one of the toppings are also available but yuanyang cake allows enjoyment of two flavours , or maybe three, in one cake. Another cake that attracted my attention is their wedding cakes.

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