Posted in People on Aug 19th, 2007
It’s certainly good to keep in touch with ex-colleagues; better still, meet up now and then to catch up on how they’re doing in their new workplaces. One ex-colleague, Susan, or Salya as we used to call her in the office, popped by last week and was seen distributing her call cards. That’s what […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Aug 19th, 2007
It’s been more than 2 years since I last dined at Backofen, a cosy little Austrian cafe in Desa Sri Hartamas. Back then, occasionally went there for lunch with my colleagues. We used to order different items to ‘share’ – with everyone having small bites of the dishes, including the desserts. However, I learnt that […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Aug 18th, 2007
Of late, we have seen a mushrooming of kopitiams – albeit not the traditional, typical kopitiams of the years gone by – but the so-called pseudo-kopitiams. To quote an entry in Wikipedia…
Recently a new breed of kopitiams have sprung up. The popularity of the old fashioned outlets along with society’s obsession with nostalgia and increasing […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Aug 18th, 2007
There’s a new kid in town…and it hails from the land of kimchi. It’s BBQ Chicken. BBQ (pronounced as B-B-Cue) is the largest fried chicken restaurant chain in South Korea, and ranks as the country’s No. 1 chicken restaurant.
Earlier this week, my friend, Kelvin Loh, and I were in Desa Sri Hartamas for lunch. […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Aug 16th, 2007
I know of folks who would make a day trip to Ipoh just to eat its famous Ipoh Hor Fun. Not me, though. So, where in Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya can you find good, if not the best, Sar Hor Fun? I guess it’s difficult to nominate and vote for the ‘Best’ as we […]
