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- Travel Tip: 15 Ways to Reduce Data Charges when Travelling
In most cases, you can top-up the cards (extra cost) but controlling data usage is still the better way In any case, your relationship with a local carrier is only as long as your travel period in that country Use Public WiFi Use free WiFi at hotels, cafes or public places whenever possible. In most cases, you should be able to download apps when on the trip using WiFi but do note that retail Adhering to the advises above, you can safely get the lowest data plan available when travelling.
- Matsu Tip: Planning to See the Blue Tears in Matsu Islands (马祖蓝眼泪)
Tag: #Taiwan2019 , #马祖 Unfortunately, COVID-19 came onto stage 3 months after the 2019 trip and refused Train back to Chiayi Train Station 🚆 Train from Chiayi to Miaoli Check-in homestay Day 13: Miaoli Cafes
- China Story 16: Three Ancient Towns of Lijiang (丽江三古镇)
Cafes and traditional shops could be found in the quieter alleys.
- 台湾.行程:马祖四乡五岛+蓝眼泪+奋起湖 (2023)
清晨从福澳村步行至介寿村 🍱 介寿狮子市场 : 阿妹的店.鼎边糊(综合) 、 𧋘饼专卖.𧋘饼 City Wash 洗衣物和烘干 🚌 公车:(10:30) 介寿村 → 福澳村 ☕ 85°C Cafe → (10:20) 台铁「新自强」号→ (13:35) 抵达嘉义火⻋站 → 换取预定的森林小火⻋来回车票 🏠 步行至波士顿大饭店(距离火车站200米不到) 🍱 嘉义火鸡肉饭 ☕ 85°C Cafe
- 2019 Taiwan Day 1: From Singapore → Xiamen → Kinmen
By 7:30am, I was already sipping coffee at one of the cafes. Boarding started at 8:10am. After wandering around the old street for an hour, I came to the Chastity Arch of Qiu Liang-gong’s Mother
- Pulau Ubin: Island Paradise of Singapore
In fact, Ubin is a "nature park" under the care of the National Parks Board (NParks) of Singapore. Standby some plasters and antiseptic wipes (just in case). Bring cap and raincoat (in case it rains). Be safe, heed it or the plasters you bring may come in handy. If you are tired or thirsty outside the village, take a break at one of the "rural cafes" around the
- The day I challenged myself on the 36Km Coast-to-Coast Trail
After crossing the bridge, I walked along Lornie Road 🚧 and reached Mushroom Cafe in MacRitchie Reservoir After what seemed like an endless road, I finally came to Checkpoint 5 at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park — the Luckily, I came across a vending machine selling drinks, quickly bought a can of Pocari Sweat and downed And I took a sweet too just in case.
- JB Buy: Bei's Pastry (鲍小贝糕点) Meat Floss Xiaobei @ Tan Hiok Nee
Other than baked pastries, there are other Chinese pastries, such as snowy mochi, mung bean cakes, taro mousse cake, taro milk xiaobei (without meat floss), and more. The soft cake has a white-cream filling that is not too sweet. cake (黑糖 糕 ) with a nice aroma of red dates. The not-too-sweet cake is nice to snack on without worrying about calories.
- JB Buy: Kwan Kee Store (坤记糕品) Traditional Desserts @ JB City Square
There are the signature White Sugar / Brown Sugar Rice Bowl Cake, Steamed Pandan & Coconut Milk Cake (very similar to Nyonya-style pandan cake), Steamed Almond Cake, Hawthorn Cake, and more. (马蹄糕) and Osmanthus Cake (桂花糕). Villa outlet, there is another version of rice bowl cake called Yam & Purple Potato Rice Bowl Cake . Cake are of ultra-low sweetness with nice flavours from each cake.
- Singapore Eats: Michelin Food Hunt @ Tiong Bahru Food Centre (中峇鲁熟食中心)
ingredients, Lor Mee 178 uses deep-fried shark meat fritters, crispy batter bits, and slices of pork and fish cakes Who really cares if they are eating shark meat when it is so good. Jian Bo Shui Kueh (楗柏水粿) Jian Bo Shui Kueh served their shui kueh or chwee kueh (or water rice cake
- Hong Kong Buy: Kwan Kee Store (坤记糕点) @ Tsim Sha Tsui
of traditional, stone-grinding techniques to make its pastries, especially its signature rice bowl cakes and steamed cakes. The booth sells Kwan Kee's signature rice bowl cakes, several flavours of steamed cakes as well as popular The Steamed Red Bean Cake has whole red beans with mellow flavour of red bean and mildly sweet. The Steamed Pandan Coconut Milk Cake has mild pandan flavour with rich coconut milk sweetness.
- Singapore Eat: Thye Hong Fishball Noodle (太丰鱼圆面) @ Bukit Batok
The noodle stall serves fishball noodle with handmade fishballs and fish cakes. Other than fishball noodle, there are fishball soup and fried fish cake as side dishes. bowl of savoury soup, that accompanies a dry-style noodle dish, are big-size fishballs, slices of fish cake The handmade fishballs and fish cakes are mild savoury and very soft — they are so nice that I will want to try their fried fish cakes next time.
- Pontian Buy: Chai Huat Heng (再发兴饼家) Traditional Pastries @ Pontian Kechil
family-run traditional bakery that makes a wide varieties of Chinese traditional pastries, wedding cakes Similarly, the cakes are stamped with the word " 囍 ", meaning "happiness", since they are wedding cakes The black (red) bean cake has a reddish layered crust with red bean paste. The dou rong cake has mung bean paste filling and is sweet-based. All the cakes have nice mellow flavours and are mildly sweet.
- JB Eat: Char Koay Kak & Fried Oyster Omelette (炒粿角.蚝煎) @ Meldrum Walk Stall 02
name and it sells three local delicacies: fried oyster omelette (蚝煎), char koay kak (炒粿角, fried carrot cake The char koay kak is traditional radish cake fried with beansprouts and lots of eggs with dark sauce The dish is mildly sweet-savoury and not too strong-tasting — unlike the dark-style fried radish cake (or fried carrot cake) in Singapore that is usually sweetened.
- Hong Kong Buy: Kee Wah Bakery (奇华饼家) Traditional Pastries Hand Gifts
is a famous name in Hong Kong for traditional pastries, a wide range of cookies, egg rolls, wedding cakes , rice cakes (near Chinese New Year), mooncakes (near Mid-Autumn Festival), etc. The classic Winter Melon Wife Cake (冬蓉老婆饼), with 5 pieces / box, is probably the least-sweet wife cake It is topped with roasted white sesame seeds which give the wife cake a nice roasty flavours when munched
- Day 4, Vinh Long: Floating Market & Cycling Tour in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
The snack vendor sold not just one type of snack, there was also rice cakes on banana leave and topped I had a glutinous rice roll and some rice cakes, and not feeling full yet. A short walk and we came to a bicycle rental shop. Then, we came to a marketplace where we would be crossing a river by ferry. , who had came over. It was already 1.30pm.
- A Dino-Expedition in Jurassic Park...Uh, I mean, Jurassic Mile
It was a short ride before we came to the nest of a pterodactyl. We were careful not to provoke them or they might swing their club-like tails at us. Then, we came to the hunting ground of the most dangerous predatory dinosaurs. We felt naked without the protective cage of the land rover. Just when I was about to pat the baby T-rex on its head, a really angry-looking adult T-Rex came charging
- Vietnam Eats: 8 Must-Try Specialties in Hoi An (越南.会安)
Bánh phu thê (Conjugal Cake) Bánh phu thê or bánh xu xê (or SuSe Cake) is a collective term for traditional Vietnamese cakes made from glutinous rice with stuffing made from mung beans (green beans). The cake is usually light yellow in colour and is wrapped in a box made from banana leaf. Due to its shape and size, the yellow cake is often confused with bánh ít lá gai (gai leaf little cake ), another traditional cake that is black in colour due to its ingredients.
- JB Buy: Xyn He Biscuits & Confectionery (鑫河特产专卖店) Hokchew Biscuits @ Taman Century
Another signature pastry is their buttermilk biscuits or milk cakes (奶黄酥) which comes in 3 flavours: The one that stands out the most is the big Hokchew wife cake (福州大礼饼 / 老婆饼) that is used as betrothal Unlike the smaller Cantonese wife cake that uses mainly winter melon and sesame, Hokchew wife cake uses The big wife cake has thin crust that is baked with a layer of sesame seeds and is a little chewy. Xyn He also makes Cantonese wife cakes that use different ingredients from the Hokchew wife cakes.
- Batu Pahat Buy: Sin Sin Foodstuff (新新包粿食品) Ang Ku Kueh
Nyonya nine-layer cakes (九层糕) with different flavours are also available. Each kueh / rice ball / nine-layer cake costs around RM1.90. The nine-layer cakes are available in gula melaka , pandan and taro flavours and taste nice. There are both white sugar sponge cake ( 白糖糕 ) and brown sugar sponge cake ( 黑 糖糕 ) too.



















