Travelogue around Asia Pacific Part II

Kuala Lumpur -  For lunch @ KLCC, Edward took me to Ben restaurant @ KLCC mall.   Ben is both the name of the owner - Benjamin Yong and and first initial of the BIG Group.  Well, I think because he is BIG, it's obvious to call his company BIG too. The good at Ben's is Malaysian fusion dishes that blends the common food of rojak into something more atas (high class). Rojak Portobello mushroom spaghetti  This spaghetti was cooked the way I like it perfect and the cream sauce was nicely blended with lots of different mushroom.

Kuala Lumpur - This would be my first time tasting Shunde cuisine - hail from China but tasted it in Kuala Lumpur.  I did a search on google on Shunde and was amazed that this cuisine was recognised as UNESCO and a precursor of all Cantonese food.  Wow! Shunde is a district in the city of Foshan in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, China. Shunde was recently awarded the title “City of Gastronomic” by UNESCO. Many famous Cantonese chefs hailed from Shunde. In fact, Shunde may have well been the precursor of Cantonese cuisine as suggested in the Chinese saying ‘eat in Guangzhou from a Shunde kitchen’. This new Shunde restaurant - Four Seasons Dragon City restaurant is located at The Scott Garden @ Jalan Klang Lama. Shunde hot pot This hot pot for promotional price of RM398 consist of...5 pax hot pot menu I am now smitten on Shunde cuisine; next time I will try more of their authentic dishes.   I searched the web for such restaurant in Singapore an...

Kuala Lumpur - This is the famous Sek Yuen restaurant located at Pudu and has been in business since 1948 - pre Malaysia independence. The chefs still cooked using traditional charcoal and this could be smell from our dining area. They also have a more comfortable air-con building next to this but I wanted to be where in all began. Sek Yuen restaurant Mock shark's fin  To eat this dish would be simply wrapping the mock shark's fin with fresh lettuce. Steam rice Even the rice is steam individually the traditional charcoal way. Crispy roast duck Vegetable with Oyster sauce This is my favourite vegetable for hot pot but first time eating it this style. Steamed grouper with ginger Cold chicken with Jelly Fish The sauce that was poured over the cold chicken with Jelly Fish was really tasty and good. Loh Bak It's really great to see Malaysia still keeps their tradition alive with good food and a fine Cantonese restaurant.  

Kuala Lumpur -  Today is moving in for the ITX Asia 2016 exhibition.... Savvius booth Edward and Lesley Where's Donny?

Kuala Lumpur - Lesley brought us to this Chinese restaurant and the food is fresh and really good. Grouper fish cooked in 2 styles This fish dish was very unique with the Chef cooking in 2 styles.   As you can see from the below pic, there is one style of cooking fish stir fry using Oyster sauce and Seow Pai Chai and the other deep fry with dried chilies. Flattened Crispy Chicken Celery and Black Fugus Frog legs with garlic Butter Crabs It was a very good dinner...

Kuala Lumpur - Lunch was @ Alexis Bistro that serves fusion food. Angel Hair Pata Aglio Olio with grilled yabbies This dish was interesting using angel hair pasta for this Aglio Olio instead of using spaghetti and it turned out really good. pan thin pizza Mussels in curry This dish was very different as it was served in curry. Palomo cake

Kuala Lumpur - I was pleasantly surprise that the Garden Hotel decided to upgrade me to 1-room apartment @ the Garden Residences.   It will be my first time at this executive apartment and was located at another block linked in between by the Garden Mall. Living room Bedroom It was a big room for just one person - furthermore the sofa can be converted to a bed.  This was more ideal for a family stay.    The plus was that they have a very big, nice and 24hr gym.

Seoul - I have tried 9 Strange Korean food that if you happen to be in Korea you must try it. # 1 -  Intestine Blood Sausage with Vermicelli -Soondae # 2 -  Fried Silkworm Larve - Beondaeggi - on my 63rd trip to Seoul I tried this Korean delicacy # 3 - Eating live Octopus  # 4 - Fermented Tuna  # 5 - Sulphuric Duck - Yuhwang Ori  # 6 - Puffer Fish for dinner # 7 - Fermented Sting Ray - Heong Eo  # 8 - Raw Beef with Eggs  # 9 -  Ground Mud Fish Soup - Chuotang

Seoul - This is my number 9 strange food that I have had in Korea.   Kevin Chae brought us to a Mud Fish restaurant to taste the ground mud fish soup (Chuotang) Name of the famous mud dish restaurant Mud Fish Mud Fish and Loach are synonyms.  In fact it is a Chinese Muddy Loach which is a small elongated bottom-dwelling freshwater fish with several barbels near the mouth. Deep fried mud fish The mud fish is wrapped inside green chilli (seedless) with tempura flour and deep fried.   I tasted more of the green chilli and it was good. Grounded mud fish soup You add bowl of rice into the grounded mud fish soup, add garlic and spring onions to taste.  Stirred and slurp up the dark tasty soup.   To some it might be an acquired taste but I finish my bowl. Steam pork and kimchi bean sprouts Kimchi This steam pork and kimchi bean sprouts, Kimchi are an appetiser dish. Kevin, Kyoungho and Youngjin It was good to meet up with Kevin ...

Seoul - After our meeting, we were figuring out what to eat for lunch and I suggested Chang-Or (grilled eel) and told them that I know this restaurant.   They were all surprised.  So, I led the way to this grilled eel restaurant quite near to my hotel. 3 fresh Eels 2 Eels on the grill stove Some Korean Eel restaurants grilled them over charcoal but this was over a gas stove and still tasted really good. Almost ready to be eaten Ready to eat! I love grilled Eel and it tasted really good with the sauce and ginger, wrapped with lettuce and into my mouth.   Bashita....delicious.. Side dishes The 2 steaming hot side dishes of steam egg and Eel soup.   The Eel is mashed up into a paste for this soup and it tasted good.  The Eel cost KW15,000 each and this restaurant serves an Eel buffet for KW29,500 for all you can eat per person.  

Seoul - The first bus stop from the airport was Seoul Garden Best Western Hotel.   Dinner with Youngjin and KyoungHo was near the hotel to a sashimi restaurant.   Apetitiser of fish and soya beans First course of our set meal This was the first course of our set meal which comprise of scallops, sea urchins, abalones and squids. main course This was really good and fresh of 3 fishes - flounder (flat fish), rock fish and sea bream. Prawns baked in sea salt spicy soup Our last dish was the spicy soup with steam rice.  The spicy soup was too spicy for me but YJ and KH was slurping up this spicy fish soup.

Phnom Penh - The Royal Palace opened at 2pm and there was already a queue to buy the entrance tickets. The walk to the Palace entrance tree I am not sure what's the name of this tree and it seems many tourist was gathering around and taking pictures.   So what the heck, I also did the tourist thing. Royal Palace Residence of the current King The current King of Cambodia is Norodom Sihamoni who was coronated in 2004.   Today, the King is in residence as the blue flag flies full mast in front of his residence. King and Queen dress in gold and silver thread replica of Ang Ko Wat Stupa King Norodom's statue The heat from the afternoon sun was unbearable and I had to take cover in the shade and also in front of fans whenever possible.   At least one hour to tour around the Palace grounds and then back to the hotel.