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To get to Chinatown (Yaowarat) Bangkok, the fastest way is via the boat ride, since it avoids traffic and it's cheap. First, we took the BTS to Saphan Taksin, and once we're out from the station we followed the crowd and saw Sathorn Pier barely 3 minutes away. At the pier though, it could be confusi
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More than 2 years ago, I visited the first Din Tai Fung in KL for the launch of its new menu and to witness the preparation of the 18-fold Xiao Long Bao. Fast forward 2 years plus later, I have lost count on the number of times I visited Din Tai Fung, usually for the cute dumplings and my favourite
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Pork burger lovers, rejoice! With the popularity of pork burgers gaining, there are more restaurants now offering pork burgers as their signature items. One of such is The Hungry Hog, aptly named so for offering pork items as their signature dishes. It was technically our second visit to the place,
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Happy Chinese New Year 2012! Can't believe the CNY holidays are all over! And now we're back to reality. Can I just say that I'm suffering from CNY hangover? :P Anyway, for those of you who are still having holidays, let me just say I'm jealous! But for the rest of you, let's make the rest of the we
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Last weekend marked another special occasion in our family. After the wedding of my brother barely half a year back, it was now my cousin sister's turn. The wedding dinner took place at InterContinental Hotel KL, and the food was prepared by the Chinese restaurant Toh Lee. As family members of the b
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Weekend is here! Not only is this weekend particularly long, it's also very festive due to the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration! Well to start the brilliant season, let's fill our tummy with a hearty Big Breakfast. :) This time, we visited Tom, Dick & Harry's for the second time to try thei
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OK I'm sure by now most of you would know that I seldom do tags. In fact, I only remember doing one tag before in my blog. But, since Caroline has been so nice to me, I'm going to give her face and dedicate this tag to her. *LOL* She recently tagged me with this award "The Versatile Blogger".
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07.3.2010 | Fun, Views | iamthewitch | 178 views
Apparently "When the radishes come into the market, no one will go to the pharmacies". I wonder how true this is? Well, white radish has been called "little ginseng" in China, where it is rich in Vitamin C, aids digestive problems, relieves constipation, and dissolves gall stones, among many others. [...]
07.2.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 533 views
It was Friday again, and time to decide where to go for our 2.5 hours lunch. (Are you jealous) My colleague suggested this place called Cheong Wah in Puchong that he had visited a few times before, claiming that it's not bad with reasonable prices. So, off we went in the afternoon, luckily to find t [...]
07.1.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 2,243 views
With the World Cup 2010 hot attacking everyone's TV, some might be affected with fever - the World Cup Fever! And where else to cure a fever but at a hospital? Yes, I'm asking you to go to the hospital, my dear friends! :) Not for treatment, but for food! Food Galleria, located at the lower ground o [...]
06.30.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 804 views
As promised on my previous post, I will now show you what Food Foundry has to offer. The best has yet to come! ;) Food Foundry is almost synonymous with Mille Crêpe Cakes. What are those, some might ask? Crêpe is actually a type of very thin pan cake, originating from France. Mille Crêpe, on the [...]
06.29.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 8,272 views
Whenever I heard anyone mentioning the name Food Foundry, I would immediately associate it with Mille Crepe Cakes. It was one of the few restaurants that serve awesome crepe cakes that both Saucer and I love so much. During the recent visit to Food Foundry, however, I discovered much more to it than [...]
06.28.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 7,512 views
One of the more popular restaurants in the Gardens, Mid Valley is Fong Lye. As with most famous restaurants, there's always a queue outside the shop, with people taking numbers and waiting for their turns. I was there on a weekday, and still there was a queue! Lucky for me, my colleagues who were th [...]
06.25.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 2,497 views
Some of my colleagues read my blog and one day, they decided to go and try the heavenly crabs that I blogged about before here. Coincidentally, one of them had never eaten crabs before! What better way to give him a good first impression on crabs, eh? So, off we went to King Crab for lunch one after [...]
06.24.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 1,294 views
No food post for today, instead, I'm going to post some pictures of someone very famous in the world of photography. Guess who? ;)
Last weekend, Saucer and I attended a wedding dinner of our ex-colleague in Ipoh. OK, I think they're going to kill me for blogging about their photographer instead of [...]
06.23.2010 | Friends, Fun | iamthewitch | 1,409 views
Whenever I go to One Utama (1 U), I would notice a long queue of people outside Sushi Zanmai Japanese restaurant. And I would think to myself, one day I must try at this place to understand what the hype was about. And finally, one day, after many months, Saucer and I decided to join in the queue fo [...]
06.22.2010 | Food | iamthewitch | 2,502 views