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 16 January, 2010
Saturday Eating in Yuen Long
Out in the north western New Territories sits Yuen Long, a New Town that was on our list to visit purely to continue on via bus to Lau Fau Shan, an oyster gathering and fishing village a few kilometres away.

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However, we found ourselves there this evening as some of our UK friends visiting Hong Kong were staying there. Since we went on a Saturday evening, the town was pretty busy with people out to eat.

Read more... 21 December, 2009
Monday Tim Ho Wan - One Michelin Starred Dim Sum in Hong Kong - World’s Cheapest Michelin Star Restaurant
I came across a ripple of blog posts online about a newish dim sum restaurant in Hong Kong (Kowloon) which had recently been awarded a Michelin Star and of course, Linh and I had to go. Called Tim Ho Wan, the place now seems to be the world's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant.

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If you didn't know it, Michelin ratings range from one to three stars and there are only a few hundred awarded in the whole world. Practically all serve expensive meals.

Read more... 03 December, 2009
Thursday Bangkok’s Suan Lum Night Bazaar
With hindsight, Suan Lum Night Bazaar was actually quite a relaxed place to browse and shop, not least because the night brought about a cooler environment. It was massive and tiring to try and look through everything, but nowhere near as daunting or as packed as the gigantic Chatuchak Market, which we visited a few days after.

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At Suan Lum, there's also a large, open-spaced food and drinks area which is great for a break in between browsing, but more on that lower down.

Read more... 01 December, 2009
Tuesday Delicious Burnt Fish in a Bangkok Street Restaurant
In between Bangkok's Central World and Platinum shopping malls, there was an outside (roadside) eating area that we had to walk through to go from one mall to the other (they're a good 10 minute walk apart).

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Well, walking through meant seeing and smelling all the grilled dishes, which basically decided our dinner venue for that night.

Read more... 26 September, 2009
Saturday Sungei Wang Plaza’s Hidden Food Court
We found ourselves at one of Kuala Lumpur's many shopping malls, the Sungei Wang Plaza. There wasn't any particular reason for going, but after wandering around the rabbit warren of shopping aisles, we tried to find the signposted food court.

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The strange thing was that the place was listed as being on the fourth floor and we actually found ourselves on the third floor taking an escalator up to the roof, where there was a massive car park.

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To cut a long story short, the roof was a combination of open air and covered car park, but part of the covered bit, behind enclosing walls, concealed the advertised food court in question. Groan.

Anyway, luxurious it weren't, but the food court was pretty big. Though it clearly wasn't peak hour, there were still plenty of diners and so we wandered around the stalls along the walls to choose our meal.

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We ended up at this place which basically displays everything you can get on a massive long table. The chap behind the table gave us a plate of rice each and then we could spoon over as much as we liked from the table to accompany our rice.

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Most of the dishes were repeated along the table, but the variety was there, mixing meat and seafood with vegetables. After choosing, we just showed our plates to a seated woman further behind the table who made a rough calculation and stated the price (which was very cheap - typically for Malaysia!)

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It was difficult to outline exactly what we put on our plates, but aside from the obvious vegetables, we chose a mixture of bbq pork, tofu, chicken wings and curry, amongst other foods. I've no doubt that probably part of the selection was vegetarian (mock-meat) too.

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