6:18 pm23 Aug 2011
BrB : Mum is here for a visit
Mum is around and I'm a little tied up eating her food! and cooking her some food! stay tuned
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Tuesday, 23 August
Wednesday, 17 August
5:03 pm17 Aug 2011
Chocolate Cheesecake - Goal!!!
I enjoy playing football(some may refer to it as soccer,but NO it's football) quite a fair bit, ok ok "ALOT" is more like it. I love the excitement, the creativity and of course the feeling of content when a goal is scored. As of recent I'm beginning to enjoy baking a fair bit too, somehow I find the the...
Tuesday, 9 August
10:36 am9 Aug 2011
Hanoi - More of the Old Quarters
Hanoi is an old rustic looking town, we went there at the end of 2010 which coincided with the town's 1ooo (one thousand) year anniversary. Walking around this city , I felt as though I was transported back into time... seeing and walking though temples, buildings and streets that has been there for...
Tuesday, 2 August
4:09 pm2 Aug 2011
Buta Kakuni - Success!
Living away from my parents ain't that bad but it has it's cons. Besides missing them, the other major con is that if I get hungry I can't just go "MUM! is there any food?", furthermore I'm in Australia... not in Malaysia, where there are food stalls everywhere , running most of the time... so I can't just...
Tuesday, 26 July
7:54 pm26 Jul 2011
Hanoi - Old Quarters
Hanoi not only plays host to 7 million - zilian motorbikes , it also has many beautiful colorful building which are full of Culture and History. Each street back in the old days had merchants and households that specialised in a particular trade, such as silk traders, silver etc. The street names...
Tuesday, 19 July
5:47 pm19 Jul 2011
Triple Cooked Lamb
A month after Ortiga , I started craving the lamb again. Shaking and shivering… all I was thinking of was that soft lamb…I think I’ve got the lamb munchies.With the Global Economic Crisis, I thought I’ll save some money and make it myself. Made my way to the "Lamb Dealer" or butcher as some call it,...
Wednesday, 13 July
4:36 pm13 Jul 2011
Have a cuppa - The Hanoi Way
The current cold winter * (cold for me anyways) reminded me of my trip to Hanoi, Vietnam. Yoshi and I went there last December. Driving out of the airport we could see how skilful the Vietnamese people are in balancing.This guys could drive through traffic with huge items being place on their bikes and...
Wednesday, 6 July
7:56 pm6 Jul 2011
Pandan Chiffon Cake
Winter is here in Brisbane and its been one of the coldest since I’ve been here. To warm the house up I’ve started baking quite a fair bit. I used to find baking quite hard and tedious, so I stayed away from It. I remember when I was young, watching my auntie bake; she used to measure everything to the...
Sunday, 19 June
3:48 pm19 Jun 2011
Ueno - Tokyo Rewind
Ueno, a city that houses an insane amount of sneaker clothing shops... and in between these shops were "Izakaya" style restaurants/bars. The popular food and drink stalls were filled with people who came after work to let out steam with the best cure; food ... well it did look like a lot of alcohol...
Wednesday, 18 May
8:46 pm18 May 2011
Spanglish manglish
Comer er Ortiga .... Eat at Ortiga ...Early 2010 a Spanish restaurant opened in Brisbane, located beside a traffic light at a T junction. With a nice looking tapas bar on top and a modern restaurant down below.Coming up along the street one could get a sneak inside the kitchen from the outside window. I was...
Saturday, 9 April
10:42 am9 Apr 2011
Pray For Japan
After the delicious Tempura-Don, our kind friends took us to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo; basically the emperor's crib. Although we were not lucky enough to go in,but the view from outside was pretty good. The Palace , surrounded by a beautiful garden of trees and a pond.After walking around the park, we...
Saturday, 5 March
11:48 am5 Mar 2011
Hello: North Carolina
Blue Ridge MountainThrough blogging I've been all around the world and met so many people from all over. One of which is Rebecca from Chow Chatter. Shes a dietitian, blogger extraordinaire. A while ago i did a Guest Post on her blog, and I thought I would be nice to have her over at ThatsSoRon. So an...
Saturday, 12 February
9:14 am12 Feb 2011
Gong Xi Fa Chai - Happy New Year
Chinese New Year has always been my all time favorite season when I was growing up. Ever since I could remember my family has been going to Malacca for our yearly reunion. My uncles, aunties and cousins would come from all over meeting up at grandma's to celebrate this occation. As kids we would help out...
Saturday, 29 January
8:40 am29 Jan 2011
Asakusa - Tokyo Rewind
A while ago, I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to continue posting about my trip to Japan Tokyo . Well here it is, a little late, but as the saying goes...better late then never.We arrived to Tokyo after our trip to Toyama via train. We couldn't find the hotel that we booked and it was fairly...
Saturday, 22 January
11:32 am22 Jan 2011
When the goings tough the though gets going
On the 11th of January 2011, Brisbane and many other townships were flooded due to the heavy downpour of rain weeks before the date. The floods came into roads, houses , shops and businesses which was located in lower grounds and which was close to the river and creeks. I was fortunate to not be effected by...
Sunday, 17 October
3:38 pm17 Oct 2010
Super Breaky
A few weekends ago, SunSuper along with the Brisbane Festivals hosted the River Breakfast with a hint of French. It was packed by 9am, main reason = free stuff. We were all treated to a barrel of Apples, yogurt and a hand out of bread, nuts , strawberries and cheese The area was decorated with knit wear and...
Saturday, 25 September
10:48 am25 Sep 2010
This River is on Fire...
Riverfire marks the start of the Brisbane Festival which started on the 4th September up till the 25th of September 2010. Being one of the most popular events in Brisbane, most vantage points around the river draws big crowds. The bright light in the above picture was the F-111 doing its "dump and burn"...
Sunday, 13 June
6:15 am13 Jun 2010
Sydney Trotting - Fishmarkets
A gastronomical icon of Sydney,The Fishmarkets is the place where people flock in for the best seafood in town (even the birds flock in).This is the place that I crave for when in Sydney, since the first time I came here 5years ago; I have not found any other place like this in Australia. The variety of...
Friday, 28 May
10:48 am28 May 2010
State of Origin - QLD Pies vs NSW Pies
My apologies for the lack in posts; I've been a little tied up with a whole load of stuff, from boring courses/exams to me and Yoshi's "Save the Date" project and also the new acquisition of my canon Kiss X3. Our "Save the Date" posterI've always wanted the 50d but due to the GFC I've made do with one more...
Sunday, 9 May
12:04 am9 May 2010
Sydney Trotting - Where East Meets West
On the second night in Sydney , me and Yoshi decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner at Blancharu a French Japanese restaurant. We both have not had much French food ,the most we had was probably a couple of croissants for breakfast. Blancharu had a reasonably priced menu and also being located in...