Perak: Pasir Pinji Big Tree Foot (Dai Shu Geok) Yong Tau Foo & Funny Mountain Soya Bean

Have you ever visit Ipoh, a town famous with good coffee and good food? If you never, or if you been there a few times, have you ever try the famous Yong Tau Foo stall at Pasir Pinji? It is also known as Big Tree Foot (Dai Shu Geok) Yong Tau Foo stall. Not long ago, they moved their stall to the next door and hence you need to make sure you didn't go to the wrong stall.

They have few types of noodles to order - soup, dry soy sauce and laksa. I never try their laksa so this time I ordered their laksa. Sister kept recommending their laksa to me, saying that it is cheap and nice. Comparable to the one in Penang. So I am gonna try it! And definitely need to order their super nice and famous Yong Tau Foo. Miss it so much!

This stall is always crowded, especially during lunch hours. So pray hard for a seat! XD I went there around 1pm on a Thursday afternoon and there isn't as many people as expected (still very pack though). I went to find a seat while sis and dad went to order food. This is a way to get a seat and your food ordered fast! 

Food is served! Here's the laksa. I choose bihun (rice vermicelli) and normal yellow noodles as combination instead of normal laksa noodle. I love this combo as bihun can absorb the delicious laksa soup and make the bowl of laksa tastes even better. RM3 for such a big bowl of nice laksa. Totally worth the try! I am already hungry even just thinking about it only. 

And Ta-Daa! Yong Tau Foo is served! They have fried and soup one. But I personally prefer their fried stuff as they are nicer and crispy.

Oh! Don't forget to order some drink while you are here too!

Red bean smoothie is my favourite. They have green bean smoothie too, which is harder to find in other place. Pretty refreshing and goes well with laksa and Yong Tau Foo. These make up a good combination. *Slurpss*

After having a full and satisfying lunch, we walked to a biscuits shop nearby to get peanuts bar and kaya puff. Have to queue for the peanut bar (花生糖) but definitely worth it as it is not very sweet. It comes with some salty taste as well. Too bad I'm having bad toothache now. If not I would be munching the peanut bar while typing out this post. Hehe...

In Pasir Pinji area, there are nice dessert shop and also a famous swiss roll bakery (JJ Swiss Roll) which is not far from the Big Tree Foot Yong Tau Foo place. You could drop and try if interested or if you still feel hungry. I usually stuff myself with a lot of Yong Tau Foo and can't afford to drink a sip of water. 

Langkawi: Yellow Cafe @ Pantai Cenang, The Villa, ZF Restaurant

If you are in Langkawi and looking for a beachfront cafe, Yellow Cafe might be a good choice for you. It is located at Pantai Cenang and its open all-day, where you can enjoy hot sun in the afternoon, sunset in the evening, or night time sea view.

This cafe is kinda hipster as everything is painted yellow, which includes the Christmas tree. XD The people here is very friendly and nice. Food wise, don't expect for Asian cuisines, it is mainly about salads, pizzas, steak, burgers, etc etc..... Price is around RM20++ in general. Beverage list range from coffee to fruit juices to alcohols. Don't be shock if you notice alcohols are cheaper than fruit juices here. It is a common phenomenon in Langkawi. But for your liver, please drink moderately ^_^

If you drive here, you will need to walk to reach Yellow Cafe as there isn't any parking lot near the cafe. We parked our car along the main road of Pantai Cenang and walked inside. They have sign board, so you won't feel too lost. =D

Told ya, everything here is so YELLOW. Yellow sofa, yellow bar. 

Our indoor seats, which allows us to get some shade from the 1pm hot sun, but still able to enjoy sea view while enjoying the food. I think outdoor seating would be more enjoyable in the evening.

Our lunch to share for 3 because we want to try other food in Langkawi. 

Grilled chicken burger and a Pizza. Taste wise I would say is acceptable. Not too fancy till I would highly recommend. 

Cute toilet (Gents)

 

After enjoying our lunch, we headed back to our hotel to drop baggage. We booked The Villa for 2 nights via Agoda. It looks pretty disappointing when we enter but the pool totally changed our mind. This is so pretty! 

The pool 

Cambodia: Short Getaway to Siam Reap Part 9 (Tonle Sap, Artisans Angkor, Cambodian Barbeque)

Day 4 in Siam Reap

On the 4th day of our trip, we continued with our 3-days tour with the tour guide to Tonle Sap. Tonle Sap and floating village seems to be a must-visit tourist spot when you are in Siam Reap, Cambodia. 

Tonle Sap ("Great Lake") refers to a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, the Tonle Sap Lake and an attached river, the 120km long Tonle Sap River, that connects the lake to the Mekong. They form the central part of a complex hydrological system, situated in the 12,876 sq km Cambodian floodplain covered with a mosaic of natural and agricultural habitats that Mekong replenishes with water and sediments annually. The central plain formation is the result of millions of years of Mekong alluvial deposition and discharge. As one of the world's most varied and productive ecosystems the region has always been of central importance for Cambodia's food provision. Either directly or indirectly it affects the livelihood of large numbers of a predominantly rural population to this day. (click here for more information from Wikipedia)

On the boat at Tonle Sap Lake, going towards the floating market.

Floating village

There's a boat with 2 kids holding a snake. We tried to capture photo because we find it interesting. Then, the boat rowed towards us and asked for money. We can actually carry the snake and snap photos on our boat. Friend tried it but I just paid $1 as I took a photo of the small boy. Pity them too, have to earn a living under hot sun.

Then, we were stopped at a house at floating village, where we can rest and enjoy the view.

There are lots of crocodile, I would said is a farm, where they are being caged. Not sure what are these crocodiles for, maybe just as tourist attraction site?

Turning back to the platform and I saw these! *scream*

Dried crocodiles! O-M-G. So those that I've seen in the photo above, will become dried crocodile? 

These kids sitting on these huge metal bowls, kinda cute.

Of course, they are the same as the kids with snake. They will ask for money if you wanna take photos with them. 

Me with Tonle Sap & Floating village

Last shot before leaving back to town.

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Then, we went to Artisans Angkor to check out how people do crafting. 

The lady arranging gold leaves to become a picture. 

The man doing wood crafting.

Elephant crafting in the making. This is very nice. 

Vietnam: 4P's Pizza

Day 4 of Ho Chi Minh Trip ^_^

After our half day tour to Cu Chi Tunnel (click here for the link), we were hungry and looking forward for our lunch! We booked a pizza restaurant for lunch. Heard from friend's uncle it is really good and worth trying. We made our reservation on the first day of the trip to make sure we could get a table. And hence, we went on a cab and went to 4P's Pizza for lunch.

According to their website, their vision is of "delivering wow and happiness". And 4P's stands for Platform of Personal Pizza for Peace. With their homemade artisan cheese, we really wow-ed whenever they serve us our pizza. It is located at Le Thanh Street, a small alley at the back. We managed to look for it with the help of Waze and taxi driver. 4P's Pizza is famous and not too hard to communicate with the taxi driver. It is also one of the Top 10 in TripAdvisor list. How can we not try? To explore more about this restaurant, you can click this link to read more on their website.

We reached the restaurant around 1.40pm, 20 minutes earlier than our reservation time. Luckily we were able to dine in straightaway. We were brought upstairs into a private room. Yes, you didn't get me wrong. 6 of us were being seated in a grand looking private room. We can't stop ourselves from "wow"-ing and sound like a kampung girl in the room. Haha.... 

The menu is simple but I bet you won't know what to choose when you start flipping.

Everything in it looks soooooo GOOOOODDD!!! It took us some time to decide on what to choose. Savoury pizzas look yummy. Shall we go for pastas? Shall we go for seafood? Meat? Oh my! The Cheese! Dessert Pizza! Awwww....... Yes, it is really hard to choose. =P 

After making our order, we then waited eagerly for our pizzas. Can't wait to try!

This restaurant is quite high class as their table arrangements and services are all very up to level. 

Can you look for the full term of 4P's in this photo? It took us a while to figure out what 4P's stands for. XD

And here's my glass of passion fruit soda! It is homemade soda and it mix quite well with passion fruit. Gassy and sour. Very appetizing. 

Ta-daa! Our first pizza was served with surprise! The white colour stuff in the centre isn't poached egg. It is their homemade burrata cheese. This is call Burrata Prosciutto Pizza, served with Prosciutto, rocket, fresh tomato, parmesan and olive oil. It sounds and tastes really Italian. *Thumbs up!*

WAIT....... The cheese shouldnt be eaten this way..... 

The waitress helped us to open up the cheese.

Ta-daa! The burrata cheese turned into flower shaped! Nicely served on nicely cutted 6 pieces of pizza. *claps*

My portion. Served so nicely on plate. 

Took me some time to cut and taste it. It is sad to cut and eat such beautiful pizza. How it tastes? I would say this is the best pizza I've ever tasted. The cheese tastes like heaven! It is cream cheese texture but a bit harder. It is not too cheesy either.

After we finished the first pizza, our second pizza was served! Tadaa!!! Seafood pizza. 

Oh my god, did you see the prawns! So many and quite big! They are really kind with their ingredients.

Then. our pesto pasta with baby clams was served! 

In Ho Chi Minh, you can find baby clam in a lot of restaurants and they are very juicy. This is sort of a fusion of asian and italian. Very nice one. I like it because the pesto taste is just nice, not too strong, and it is served with almond flakes! *melts*

We also ordered a Zucchini Pizza to try. 

This is so special! I've never seen it elsewhere (Forgive me, maybe it is because I haven't explore a lot yet). It is served with fried zucchini on top of the zucchini pizza. You can have crunchy version and soft version of zucchini in one shot. Heavenly good! Who says vegetarian pizza won't taste good?