Mak Mun Kee Noodle House - probably my favourite restaurant in Hong Kong. Discovered the place in 2007, visited twice again during the recent trip. Mak Mun Kee is famous for its wonton noodles and pig trotters. Its shrimp wontons are huge, fresh, with bouncy texture and … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Mak Mun Kee wonton noodles
Christmas dinner @ Fresh Unique Seafood 23 restaurant
Malaysia is a multi-cultural nation. We have holidays on Eid, Chinese New Year, Diwali and Christmas etc. The festivities are often beyond religious boundaries; there are parties everywhere, and people hanging out in celebratory mood. Me and my family had a reunion dinner on … [Read more...] about Christmas dinner @ Fresh Unique Seafood 23 restaurant
Bulgogi beef stew
Bulgogi (lit. meat fire) stew is one of the common dishes in Korean restaurants around the world, with marinated meat slices (most often beef) cooked on a hot pan with other ingredients like veges, mushrooms and glass noodles etc. Had this a few times in various spots in … [Read more...] about Bulgogi beef stew
Sindang-dong Tteokbokki, Seoul, South Korea
Sindang-dong, Seoul's famous place to have Korean tteokbokki (rice-cakes in red-pepper sauce). There's dozen of restaurants selling the Korean dish at one particular street; we dined at the Mabongnim Halmeoni Tteokbokki restaurant (in February) which is one of the earliest to … [Read more...] about Sindang-dong Tteokbokki, Seoul, South Korea
Myeongdong Gyoja restaurant, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul story from Feb 2010. Lunch at Myeongdong Gyoja restaurant, famous for its kalguksu (knife cut noodles) and gyoja (dumplings). … [Read more...] about Myeongdong Gyoja restaurant, Seoul, South Korea
Tosokchon Samgyetang (ginseng chicken), Seoul
Samgyetang - literally ginseng chicken soup - is an iconic Korean dish which consists of a whole young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice plus Korean ginseng and boiled with some other oriental herbs. One of the most famous restaurants to have this is Tosokchon (토속촌) which is … [Read more...] about Tosokchon Samgyetang (ginseng chicken), Seoul
Korean pig trotter (Jokbal), Jangchungdong, Seoul
Jokbal - Korean pig's feet, another popular food here. Dined at the Original Jangchungdong Grandmother's Place a couple of weeks ago - finally a restaurant that I can name in English lol. It's one of the first jokbal restaurants at the famous Jangchungdong jokbal street in … [Read more...] about Korean pig trotter (Jokbal), Jangchungdong, Seoul
Korea’s cotton candy in a cup
Pardon me if it's common elsewhere, but I've never seen cotton candy sold in a cup prior to this Korean trip; and you're supposed to eat this with a fork? Hmmm... Seoul travelogue - Previous: Random stories (D45) | Next: Random stories (D48) … [Read more...] about Korea’s cotton candy in a cup