Travelogue around Asia Pacific Part II

Puchong - Another city near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, we travelled to have our dinner at a delicious seafood restaurant - Restoran Kari Kepala Ikan Tiga in Bandar Puchong Utama.  We ordered only 3 dishes and it so filling as the fish head was the main course.  In fact, it was only half of the fish head.  Prawns stired fried in sweet sauce Vegetables Bean sprouts with green vegetables lightly stirred fried to perfection. This is the main course - the specialty of this restaurant.   It was so food and fresh.  The fish head, contents and soup was warm and it was set on a burner.   No sure what's the English name of this fish but the head took up the whole dish. Found out later from Donny that the fish is 'Big Head Carp'.  Surrounding the fish in the soup are clams, slices of squid and pieces of prawns.   A generous dose of ginger and chalots on top of the fish head. An excellent meal, I always love fish...

Cebu - Our city tour of city started around 1:30pm and the first stop was to a Taoist Temple passing the scenic Beverly Hills; a concrete reminder of the well established Chinese community in Cebu City.  Though a minority in Cebu, the Chinese controls 80% of the business and commerce in Cebu.  The Cebu Taoist Temple was built in 1972 by the Chinese community with an elevation of 300 meters above sea level.   Young Jin, Me, Donny, Sylvia and Jison From there we stop at Cebu Heritage Monument . The monuments depicts the great battle between the Cebu people against the Spaniards.  Cebu Fire Station was next to the monument... Next, we visited the home of the First Filipino Bishop Juan Gorodo.  Iron your clothes... The Kitchen The Casa Gorodo Museum Next, is the symbol of the Christianization of Philippines - Magellan's Cross A short walk and we enter the Basilica (Santo Nino Church)   ...

Cebu - Today is the first day of the 10th Partners Conference of which I am organizing. The welcome dinner was held on the top most floor of Marco Polo Hotel @ The Penthouse.   I selected this location as it gives a beautiful bird's eye view of Cebu City. Lechon Traditional Filippino dancers The Traditional Filippino dance performances lasted around 45 minutes...after which Marco Polo won bar tenders gave a jaw dropping performance of their own.

Bohol - I woked up at 6am to catch the 7am SuperCat JetFoil craft to Bohol island.  Normally ferry would take 5hrs from Cebu ferry to Bohol but with SuperCat it takes only 2hrs.   SuperCat is managed by 2Go Travel  and the fast ferry schedules. Our JetFoil craft to Bohol Arrived at Bohol Upon arrival, we were met by a number of touts promoting their transport services.  All around the same price but I chose one guy - decent enough for a price of 2,500 pesos to drive us around from 7.30am till 5pm which is inexpensive.   He will bring us to all the tourist places of interest.  The 1st place to see the Tarsier - the smallest primates on Earth.  I never expected them to be so small. That is as close I could get to the Tasiers.  During most of the daylight hours, the tasier is drowsy, but during its nocturnal activity hunting insects, lizards, bats and snakes, its eyes widen to a diameter of 16 millimetres and it beco...

Cebu - My disappointment made me find another seafood restaurant as I don't believe Cebu does not have a good seafood restaurant.    I was rest assured in AA BBQ and they had the freshest and wide selection of seafood. uncooked marinated Bangus 'Milk Fish' After BBQ - Milk Fish BBQ Chicken Wing The chicken wing was BBQ so succulent and was very delicious. BBQ 3-layer pork BBQ Giant Prawns BBQ Wild Chicken The BBQ chicken had herbs stuffed into the chicken, so the taste of the chicken was tender.  As the chicken was wild, the meat was lean unlike farmed fed chicken. BBQ Squid On the whole it was a delicious and inexpensive dinner...