Last Saturday, Saucer and I decided to head out to the city to catch the final days of Vivid Sydney, a festival of light, music and ideas. Vivid is an annual affair that transforms Sydney into a canvas of light projections and music that display the creativity and ideas of local talents. The colourful festival…
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Growing up in Perak, it is a given that we have had some experience with Kai See Hor Fun or Nga Choy Kai in Ipoh at some point or other in our lives. The likes of Lou Wong or Onn Kee are common to anyone who visits Ipoh for the famous and smooth hor fun…
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Other than Chinese food, Thai food is probably the next popular Asian cuisine in Sydney, if not on par. We have been to a couple of Thai restaurants before and they’re usually packed with customers. Last weekend, we decided to give Spice Gourmet Thai a shot since we were craving for something hot and spicy…
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Today’s post is contributed by a guest writer, Tom Lee, who is also a lover of fish! The following recipe is something that I ate all the time when I was younger. Coming from a family with a Chinese heritage, steamed foods were very common. My favorite was a soy sauce steamed fish. The finished…
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In the spirit of Malaysia’s elections coming, I will be featuring more Malaysian food found in Sydney here. Somehow, having Malaysian food does make one feel closer to the country, especially when the restaurant is a franchise from Malaysia! Yes, I have previously dined in several Malaysian restaurants that were founded locally in Australia but…
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Being Malaysians, we do constantly crave for a taste of home. So when I heard about Penang Cuisine from my fellow colleagues who went there for lunch, I told Saucer that we simply had to give it a try. My colleagues who were non-Malaysians gave pretty good ratings for the restaurant, so I was quite…
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One of the recipes that I love to follow when the weather is cold and I feel lazy is a good Lasagne. I have only started to make lasagne after I moved to Australia, simply because I always thought it to be something too rich and filling to cook for 2 people. But during the…
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It has been ages since my last update, I know. I have been so busy with work recently with a new task assignment on top of my current workload that I found it difficult to allocate time for blogging! Anyway, I looked through my album and discovered a place that I had been wanting to…
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A couple of weeks back, we spotted a Groupon deal for all-you-can-eat Lebanese food and contemplated on whether to get it since we didn’t quite trust group-buying purchases. We decided to get it in the end because it had been a while since we last had Lebanese food and we missed the bread with hummus!…
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Leaving Xi Tang was a sad episode, but we had to move on to our next destination – Shanghai! We were really fortunate to have the Zhao’s as our tour guide and good friends, for without them and their car, we wouldn’t have been able to go around China so conveniently! Driving from Xi Tang…
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Lately, more and more social networking sites are mushrooming such that many people need to log in to multiple websites everyday just to keep in touch with the world. I, for example, have 3 email accounts from Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail respectively, not to mention Facebook, Twitter and MSN! Therefore, every day I need to…
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The next morning at Xi Tang, we were awaken by the sound of river and village coming to life. Sounds of boats passing by, of people chatting, of footsteps. It was just lively and happy. Not to mention we had a beautiful view to wake up to. View from our balcony #1 View from our…
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When I first heard of Mezcal, I kept asking around my friends what it was. Not surprisingly, most of them didn’t know, save for the few who have studied or worked overseas before. But now, thanks to Hotel Nikko, I actually had the chance to sample the real Mezcal, flown in all the way from…
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When rainy days come, I would usually hunt for that bowl of steaming hot porridge to warm up my tummy. The smooth texture and the steaming hot broth does wonders in warming up a person’s body and soul. Hence, Hon Kee Porridge is not to be missed when one is searching for some warmth. Hon…
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Continuing after the heavy lunch at Hangzhou, we proceeded to drive towards a quaint little ancient scenic town called Xi Tang, located about an hour’s drive away. Upon reaching the place, it was already 5pm and being in the Winter season, the sky got dark pretty early starting from 5+pm. Truth be told, when I…
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Swiss Garden Hotel, located in the heart of Pudu, recently opened its doors to the brand new wing just next to the existing hotel. With that, 2 new ballrooms are born – the Grand Lotus ballroom and Grand Hibiscus ballroom. Grand Hibiscus is the largest ballroom in the hotel, able to seat 40 tables or…
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