Category Archives: Food

Destination Cambodia | Phnom Penh – Day 3

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I started my third and last day in Phnom Penh with a Kuy Teav, a typical Cambodian breakfast. The dish is a broth consisting of rice noodles with pork stock and toppings like onions, bean sprouts, and vegetables. I also had an omelet with bread, and a strong coffee. Needless to say, it was delicious.

You can have this sort of breakfast everywhere in the country, but nothing better than having it at the market place stall, or at a roadside vendor like I did. Don’t worry about food poisoning, or anything of the sort. There aren’t many foreigners Continue reading →

Butter Chicken Not Curry!

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Although I had plenty of it, I’ve realized I have not yet written any article about Indian food. Just a side note Indians are Singapore’s third largest ethnic group after Chinese and Malays; consequently there is a wide choice of Indian food restaurants in town, from Indian vegetarian, Indian vegan (yes there is a difference), and normal Indian food with meat. I particularly like the latter, but overall to fully appreciate Indian cuisine one must like spice, rice, chicken, mutton, and vegetables. Beef is quite uncommon since the cow is considered a sacred animal in most Indian religions.

Back to food, last week I went to Telok Ayer (a famous district in Chinatown, Singapore) to try an Indian food shop a colleague recommended. I do not remember the name of the shop, but the front shop looks like this…
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Wedding in Hong Kong

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One of the reasons I went to Hong Kong is to attend a wedding. The groom and the bride were two bankers, the reception took place at one of the Shangri La hotel, so my expectation of the event was pretty high.

The event started by each guests writing a short note to congratulate the couple, but the first cultural difference I notice was the gift tradition; indeed, in a Chinese wedding you’re supposed to give a red envelope containing monetary gift to the newly married couple. (I was aware of that, so I have my red envelope 🙂 ) A Chinese buddy of mine told me the red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and is supposed to ward off evil spirits.

A guest writing a note
Red envelope with monetary gift

As expected the wedding venue was magnificent, it consists of a small stage and several round tables across the room. The main table was easily recognizable since it was in front of the stage, but mostly because it was the only one with chairs covered in red cotton. Similar to above red is traditionally also a symbolic color of happiness in China.

A guest table
The stage
The main table

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Handmade Dumplings

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You thought I made them right!! ^^

Anyway, before coming to Asia, my perception of Asian food was limited to sushi, some soup, but mostly dumplings. So imagine how happy I was when I went to this restaurant for lunch yesterday: Din Tai Fung

I love dumplings and this place make handsome handmade dumplings, which is kind of cool…check it out below.

The menu is in Chinese, and the restaurant proposes a lot of dishes. Lucky enough I have Mandarin-speaking colleagues, hence we tried plenty of dishes, but below are my most preferred: Simple basic dumplings.

Steamed Pork Buns, and Steamed Crab Meat & Pork Dumplings

These were really tasty; the one on the back is made of a doughnut type of mixture with meat inside. This, accompanied with spicy sauce, and some vegetables was delicious. Smallest dumplings (on the front) were very fragile lol. They contained some sauce in the bottom, so one needed to be careful when taking one.

Overall it was a great experience having lunch there, it’s definitely a must go if you’re in town. This is their website: www.dintaifung.com.sg