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 […]
Posted in Xcapades on Aug 15th, 2007
Sarawak is home to 28 main ethnic groups, each with their own language and culture. The Ibans, numbering about 650,000 in Sarawak, constitute the major ethnic group. They are also found in Brunei and parts of Kalimantan,
During the colonial days, the British called them Sea Dayaks. The Ibans were traditionally animist. Today, they are mainly […]
Posted in Etcetera on Aug 13th, 2007
Here we go again, with history repeating itself again. Yes, I’m referring to theSun’s front page headline today – Disaster Zone – and Govt Bailout Looms for Port Klang Project in The Straits Times of Singapore.
Disaster Zone
by R. Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez, theSun
ON RECORD, Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) pulled out of […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on Aug 12th, 2007
The whole family will usually go out for dinner on Saturdays. Yesterday was one of those days when we departed from our usual practice. Kellie had to attend a wedding dinner, and her brother had gone to watch the movie, Rush Hour 3 (with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker teaming up again). He had his […]
Posted in Xcapades on Aug 12th, 2007
Here are the rest of the photos on the Window of the World. Touring this park is like being transported to a Lilliputian world…see Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travel. A pity we didn’t get to tour the entire park because of the rain.
Hope you enjoying viewing as much as my wife and I enjoyed our stay […]
