Today’s #FoodFri is the giant profiterole found at The French Stall.
Vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two croissant-like buns with liberal doze of chocolate syrup.
I first had French food at The French Stall in Singapore. It was supposed to be an outing for NUS Francophile but there only three people went–two from the committe.
The French Stall is located at 544 Serangoon Rd. It closes on Monday though.
I spent last weekend in Ipoh and scratched Perak off of my Visit Malaysia project.
Well, I didn’t know much about Ipoh before heading there. The most common thing I’ve heard when people talk about Ipoh is its food–hor fun (white flat noodles) and white coffee.
I tried doing research on sites in Ipoh but the four-pages of description in guide books made me underestimate the place. I didn’t even bother jotting down sites to see (except Kellie’s Castle). Luckily, Lilian did her research and informed me of some interesting places.
Instead of a travel guide book, I brought along a food guide instead. (Typical YQ.)
The guide was helpful not only as a food map but for me to coordinate myself on the grid. Sometimes my human compass skill fails me and Lilian would step in and ask for directions. (I am still allergic to asking for directions. Problem of being an ISFP?)
Continue reading “Glutton in Ipoh”
For the Indonesia trip, we did a daring thing and booked only one hotel for the whole trip. This worked well for Indonesia but I don’t recommend you do this for expensive cities where cheap rooms run out really quick.
We stayed in different types of accomodation–five different places to be exact. The ones which we booked on the spot was done after much consultation with the Internet and Lonely Planet (most of it was LP’s help, take that guidebook scorners).
Among the room, two of them had resident cockroaches which I killed with a shoe and a water scoop respectively. One was extra posh, another reasonably comfortable. Only three had hot water while the other two were cold showers. Continue reading “S$11 to S$100, rooming in Java”
It’s my birthday today!
Today’s #FoodFri is a selection of pastry I found in a the windows of a bakery in Barcelona.
I was too shy to go in so I snapped photos instead.
April 5. Solo.
On our last morning in Solo, we planned to visit the two palaces.
We took two motor-trishaws (becak) to Surakarta Kraton on a lovely morning. The drivers passed by batik shops but did not stop. I suspect they deliberately drive by to prove that they made an effort to turn into the street.
After paying for the palace entrance, an older man volunteered to be our tour guide. (Later he hinted for the guide tips but that’s just part of the protocol.)
We did the tour in Indonesian since that’s probably a better way to learn about the place than an English tour, although I think he’s able to do both.
Continue reading “Lesson from Kraton Surakarta: We were born to die”
I wasn’t promised a beautiful orange sunrise, but I didn’t expect to see a salted egg yolk at the Borobudur sunrise tour.
Continue reading “Sunrise at Borobudur: Expectations/Reality”
Feb 19, 2011 12 noon @Barcelona
One of the best things about travelling is the memories. Today, I would like you to meet my first Spanish order–cafe con leche y pasta.
After seeing the sign outside, I went up the cafe counter, said: “Cafe con leche y pasta.” The employee spoke a long string of Spanish. I looked at her stupidly before blurting out, “No habla espanol.”
She pointed me to the pastry display. I picked the sugar powdered pastry. It was yums.
I usually don’t read the papers because the news is at least one day stale. If I do read the papers, I’d flip straight to comics and then my horoscope.
But this Monday was a different day. I was enjoying a takeaway of the epic KFC Double Down at the office table while I flipped through the papers. I found a a column titled: “Budget vacation a drain on productivity” and stopped eating.
In case SPH pulls a well…SPH, here’s the full post that’s not be behind a paywall. Woot! (Disclosure: I wrote the article in the first link at my day job.)
Continue reading “Is budget vacation a drain on productivity?”
Although I haven’t had a TV set since moving to Singapore, TVs hold a really special place inside my heart. I grew up in front of the TV set, watching cartoons like Mighty Mouse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom & Jerry, Flintstone and all that crazy stuff.
Sure having the Internet and its videos-on-demand now is convenient since I’m able to watch anything I want. But I still like TV programs because it forces you to watch things that they want you to watch, not what you choose. (Well, you can choose what you want to watch but that’s an illusion of choice.)
So while we were in Indonesia, I watched more TV than I did the entire first quarter of the year. On nights when we weren’t out watching live-action plays, we were cooped up in the room with the stupid box because the public transport stops quite early.
From those few nights (and sometimes day) of TV, I had a glimpse of the wonderful world of Indonesian TV.
Looking up into the sky while walking to work.
Taken in 2010 Mar.
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