6th Bangkok trip

It's harder to find someone who has never been there than to find someone who has been there..

But this trip, i focused more on the food than the shopping.

And these are 2 shops that i feel everyone MUST go..

1st is Nam Sing @ Chinatown.

The Claypot Dong Fen with crab only costs B300 and it's awesome!

Sharkfins is extremely tasty too and costs only B500.

I ended my feast with a bowl of birdnest. Only B200.

:)

2nd is Hachi Ramen @MBK

There are 2 stalls. One is 2 stalls away from MK, the other is a few doors away from Mac.

The fried rice and tom yam kung ramen is to die for.. :) :)

Shopping wise, I loved 3rd floor of Platinum.. Cheap cheap, good good!!

:) :) :)

Hong Kong and San Francisco

Had an awesome time in both places. The last time i visited Hong Kong was in 1996. It has changed a lot and the food still taste as good. My sis took time to bring me out to eat roasted baby pigeon, desserts and wanton mee.. I think i have put on a few kg.

For San Francisco, we met a couple of sick people there but I like the bridges and the scenary they had there. It was very magnifient looking! Shopping was good but 70% of my shopping was for my friends and my family.. When I came back i realised I didn't buy much, except for Bath and Body Works. Arghh..

Now for the pictures..



Cable car ride to fisherman's wharf

View of Golden Gate Bridge from Pier 39

View of The Peak

DIM SUM!!

Tram

Stanley Market and Stanley Place

Taipei revisited & maiden trip to LA

I had 2 clear days in Taipei but we stayed at Monarch Hotel at Tao Yuan. It's an hour away from town. We chilled out, we shopped at XMT and Shiling as usual..

Some of the shoes i bought in Taipei

Then we headed to LA, California (Anaheim Hilton @ Orange County), where we nearly had 1 3/4 clear day. I ditched the idea of heading to Disney Land though it was a 8min walk away cos i figured i'm not ready to pay about SGD$80 to see a few characters parading down in Mickey, Minnie, Pluto costumes, knowing they are just human inside afterall. It's too sunny too.. Perhaps when i have a Narita again, i might try going to the one there. Worth noting is that everyday at 9.30pm there'll be fireworks. It's not a miserable 5-8min show. It lasts a good 15-18min. So, forget about rushing to watch NDP's firework. *Yawn*

Shopping's good in LA. We went to Brea Mall.. Abercrombie & Fitch, Coach, Bath and Body works, Victoria Secret, Mac Shop, 2 deptartmental stores; Macy's and Nordstrom.. One day is not enough.. But if it's 2 days, my money will not be enough. Either way, it's bad.. :(

When I went back to Taipei, i suffered from shopping overdose. I didn't shop much or hey, could it be cos i'm dead broke? Most likely.. So 2 of the gals wanted to go Hello Kitty Cafe and i just followed.. Food sucks, expensive too! Good to go just once and that's it.

My previous trip to Taipei i missed out on some Taipei local food and i tried some this time round. Ai Yu= Norm drink ( maybe i tried the wrong stall) Legend Bubble Tea= Nice and fragrant! Chou tofu= killer after taste.. Even a couple of hours later, i could 'smell M'sia Longkang smell around me.. Puke..

Photos here

Taipei yo!

It was an easy trip there. Only 4.5 hours of flight time. We were accomodated at Sheraton Hotel at Chung Hsiao Tong Lu. It's very posh looking and it has got an uber beautiful toilet! It was much better than Hilton Adelaide, anytime.



We had no time to spare as time in Taipei was short. We rushed to Xi Men Ting after a wash up and we were so dead hungry.. We rushed to have fried chicken, squid and mushroom. Then we had Ah Chung Or ah Mee Sua. Most of them like it but not me. It smells like a new taxi's fake leather smell. It was quite a turn off for me.






We didn't shop much in Xi Men Ting so we proceeded to Shiling night market. The Taiwanese are very polite to all. Locals and tourists alike. I felt so at home in Taiwan.. Tried the Enormous Zha Zi Par there. It was double the size of what Singapore sells and it only costs NT50 = S$2.50! It was soo huge i could only manage to finish half. Then Genevieve and I shared a bowl of Mango ice.. YUMMYYYyy!!





Really nice cos the fashion is similar to ours, the Taiwanese are sincere and friendly, the food suits our taste and it's cheap! Next trip there, I'm gonna try Legend Bubble Tea, Ai Yu, and Choa Bing. :)