Journey down north

2 months and 2 trips
both down north
different destination though
awesome trips they were
truly fun
my semester break was truly enjoyable and it's all thanks to peeps of the above :)
next up...all gear up for classes and assignments.
before heading to another awesome mawesome trip
looking forward to that :)

drrrooolllssss~~

yess i live for them

by them
because of them
what can you ask for other than the ever delicious food all over!!~
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all these were taken from the trip to Japan
lotsa lotsa pictures from the trip
so we'll start from the food
since its the easiest and most captivating
on top of that, lesser pics to download ;)

Caution : They will make you drooooooooooooooolllll~~~~

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This is taken on the airplane on our way back
May look like a simple meal
But they taste real good

This gigantic gyoza was eaten at a famous Chinese restaurant
Yesss Chinese, not Japanese
At Ginza, nearby the hotel that we stayed

This is how you usually order your food there
Go to this machine here
Choose your food, pay and food will be serve in no time ;)

wahhlaa!~ this is errr...some dried ramen that sis ordered

ahhh, this..the simple ramen
the one that has the meat, egg and a couple of dumplings with it
yummmyyy yum yum this one !~

dumpling dumpling...
Japan sttyyle!~ ;)

Close-up on the ramen earlier

Fruuiiitts~

stir fried bean sprouts or what we call 'taugeh'
with minced meat
this is super delicious together with a plain porridge itself
so you can imagine it by itself ;)
This we had in Harajuku at a famous gyoza place behind the streets

cakes!! one of my personal favourite
this is specially baked by sis's friend, Kok Leong bro who studied bakery there
mann, even by looking a it
i'm missing the taste already

see this guy here

this is made by him
tako-yaki!
this if I'm not mistaken
Is found at Nippon-ri
but i might be wrong so gotta check up on it

ini soba, served with tempura
soba is only served during summer
because it's cold noodles, so winter takda

mini sandwiches
u can find this almost in every 7-11 or coffee shops there
best as breakfast or supper ;)

jelly drink from Disneyland
cost a bomb this one here
and bro finish all up with just one slurp!

salty vanilla ice-cream
also from Disneyland
sis was super happy because it came with a heartshape case
pink on top of that! --"

lunch at Disneyland
spaghetti, pizza,..u name it

Harajuku is where u can find this
creamy thick strawberry ice-cream
that has Hello Kitty waffles and flakes together

Also at Harajuku, behind the streets
Beside the famous gyoza place
we had our lunch
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fried prawns with mayo

nasi goreng indonesia...i think ;p

here we call it cheng teng mee
this is the Japanese version

pan-fried gyoza

steam gyoza
both at the famous gyoza place in Harajuku
and its no wonder that they are famous
because it was reeeaalll good
we couldn't stop ordering
even went back there the next day to had another round :D

another personal favourite
cold noodles mix with all the ingredients that u can see

chicken katsu don
see the beans at the bottom right corner
super yummy...i couldn't stop eating that
and mum loves this soo much
that we went back to the restaurant 3 times

errr...this is some soy bean sauce meat, egg and rice
again, the beeeeaannnss!~
this was all from the restaurant nearby the subway station at Ginza
that's where we stayed, hence the reason why we can go there as much as we wanted to

the collection that was suppose to be brought back
had the whole set of the Starbucks
but there wasn't enough space for them
so had to leave them there
every 7-11 there sells Starbucks in that package
and they have different flavors too
and I wish, we have them here

waffles!!
nice but super expensive

this is an example of our supper there
practically every night we have our supper there
Three 7-11 stores were right in front of our hotel
so how can we miss the chance of eating different stuff everyday
and the things that they sell
fuuhh..i tell you
from sandwiches, to salads
to noodles set, to rice set, sushi, jelly
whatever it is, you name it
you'll have it

How can this be forgotten
McDonald's ~~
Above : Chicken sandwich burger (we don't have it here)
and their McFlurry
Left: Oreo
Right : Strawberry (don't have it here as well)

Again, Frrruuuiitts!
the grapes taste like champagne
mum was devastated when she could not bring them back

ahh this...shabu shabu
gotta try this

the eat-all-u-can beef and pork meat

two type of soup
clear ones
and the sweet sauce some sort

various type of sauces to dip the meat with
meat that were cook at the sweet sauce soup and dip in the raw egg were...
IIREESSISSTIIBBBLLEE!!~
this restaurant is at Ginza too.
but I have no idea the exact place
it's called Nabezo so keep an eye on the signboards hung on the lookout ;)

The very first meal we had in Japan
the one where we went in super early
shop wasn't open but we weren't aware..loL!~
chicken curry katsu don..and this was like a meal of greeting from Japan :D

Pork and minced meat some sort rice
this was delicious too :)
this was the first sign that we found
Japanese food there
may look simple but they are super delicious
trust me on that ;D

beverages that were served on the airplane
traditional Japanese beer and white wine

welcome to Japan!~ i suppose
food served on the airplane itself is...one word
YYUUMMY~
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even by posting itself
I am drooling all over
makes me feel all hungry all over again
food was amazing there
mann, now I want to go back there again.
till' then
chaoz :)

Sou Ti (Ipoh)

ipoh was where we were on the fourth day

mum, grandaunt and aunt decided on a uber random and super sudden trip to ipoh

and so all of us tagged along

went there early in the morning

snoozing in the car had never felt this good ;)

initial plan was suppose to be dim sum but it was cancelled

anyways, so instead of dim sum we went to the market

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buying and negotiating price in the market was never mum's forte'

the same goes to us

hence the picture taking session

mum, sis and grandma

passerbys was staring non-stop when we were capturing pictures

with mum and dad

lil'cousins

as mischevious as can be

with grandma

i feel sis and I look like twins in this picture

suppose to be a family picture but bro gone missing
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then we head to a restaurant for lunch
had yee sang as appetizer

lou-ing yee sang

a quick shot of 2nd aunt and uncle

the tense atmosphere of the night ;P

both best buddies were separated

can you feel the love? lol :D

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the rest of the menu was the norm

the fish, vegetable, noodles and so on

but there was this particular dish

which was the main reason why the trip to that particular restaurant

it's steam chicken

hold on...

it's steam d%^kless chicken

yes, i am not lying

and it is said tht this chicken can only be cook after 100 days from the day that he kena potong
anyhow, our meal end with the birthday pau!

the one that mum mentioned that we eat as a symbol of goodness or something like that

it doesn't matter

i am alright as long as its food

the pau

and when you cut it

wahh lah!

small pau
and that's lunch

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later on, we went to a temple which is built in a cave

this....allow the pictures to speak to you instead of me

because it will do a better job
:)

the view from the roadside

on our way up

closer image

entrance

i think...

inner view

all taken while we were in the cave

the air was chill and cool inside the cave despite the hot weather outside

this is when we were climbing the narrow and steep flights of stairs

to reach the top of the cave

because there was another God placed there

finally...

half of the top part of the cave

and then we made our way down

ice-cream moment

with bro bro and sis

this the reason behind the face

yes, i fell down in the temple

due to the my non-existing bunga of a slipper

i slipped and fell

hence the spot

and the facial expression

lol:)

a very funny picture of sis

she didn't want me to take a picture of her eating the ice-cream
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next we went to a private orchard

where they sell guava and pamelo

one of the many famous product of ipoh

and mum spotted this bunch of flowers that has 3 different tone of colours

beautiful, like she said

but she mentioned that they are smelly flowers too

pink ones

see the different tone?

these are the purple ones

the colour difference is not that obvious though

this is definitely the most obvious ones

orange

then this plant or flower

never seen it before

so just snap

mum and godmum learning and practising the art of plucking guavas

ta daa...!~

aunt found this unripe, mini pamelo

and sis pose with it

she had to...lol ;p

grapefruits as claimed by the uncle

i am not sure what it is

2nd uncle "admiring" the fruits

he weighed

and found out the weight

excitement over pamelos

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and then mum came along

admiring the pamelo

as always

fruits and plants are her favvoourriitee

pamelo

one of the essential ingredient for yee sang

yup, trip was good

apologies to my friends for not attending house visits

that's all for this time

til' the next one

chaozz!~

papparazzi shot

shh...

;)