http://makantrip.com Makantrip.com is a Malaysia food hunting blog that's about the experiences of traveling to various places to try new food and taste with GPS and maps. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:49:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why amazing? Well, on my recent trip to Bandung... my boss can't seems to stop taking this thing known as Kecap Manis... and ABC seems to be the popular brand with everyone. Fried rice, cumi (squid), prawns, anything he eats, he had to have kecap manis with it, he is ... http://makantrip.com/2008/08/the-amazing-abc-kecap-manis/ It was my first trip to Bandung in Indonesia, as most trips, its for work (where got so much money holiday here and there la :( ). Anyhow, I like the weather there, breezy most of the time and cooling but the city is really congested and polluted (too many ... http://makantrip.com/2008/08/sundanese-food-dpalm-restaurant-in-bandung-indonesia/ I hate to go to the airport early, not sure about you guys, especially KLIA's low cost hub, the LCCT Terminal. First of all, its always crowded, queues are always long and when you are done checking in, the makan place are always packed. McDonalds are packed, not cheap to ... http://makantrip.com/2008/08/affordable-meals-lcct/ If you are even in Jusco Bukit Tinggi in Klang, I would highly recommend you try out Kinsahi, this Japanese restaurant on the 1st floor is not bad. But do expect a short queue as its quite popular, even after 9pm I noticed the crowd still keeps coming in. [flickr]photo:2758514935[/flickr] Firstly, they ... http://makantrip.com/2008/08/klang-kinsahi-japanese-jusco-bukit-tinggi-klang/ Today... I felt that I have been cheated by all these so called zero fair promotion by our budget airlines... specifically Firefly. In April 2008, they have a zero fair promotion and I thought they are a really good choice to go with since they promo so much about being ... http://makantrip.com/2008/08/felt-cheated-by-firefly/ Down at Sunway Mas Commercial Center in PJ... I was brought by Elaine to eat at Restoran 88, according to her, the prices are very affordable here. So we decided to give it a try although usually when Elaine say its cheap we doubt it because her taste are very ... http://makantrip.com/2008/07/pj-chinese-dishes-restoran-88/ Big Tree Sg Way... this is one of my favourite for a fast and simple home cooked style lunch... big fried style that is, few simple dishes with rice! The best thing they have here are their fried kembong fish! If you are ever in Sg Way, say front the ... http://makantrip.com/2008/07/sg-way-pj-big-tree-big-fried/ My good friend Boon is backed from Japan on 'vacation' again... hehe... he probably by now is more Japanese than Malaysian anyway, so let's consider him back for vacation. Anyhow, he wanted to try dry bak kut teh and suggested that we go for dinner. I wanted to take him ... http://makantrip.com/2008/07/klang-fong-keow-bak-kut-teh/ By chance, we passed by this house along Jalan Tengkera at night and decided to check it out. Outside the house is a stall selling putu piring! If I am not wrong, this is usually sold by Indian mostly and the Malay have their own version known as Kueh Tutu. ... http://makantrip.com/2008/07/melaka-putu-piring-tengkera/ Many people may not even notice it as they past... but along Jalan Bunga Raya, there is an old cendol shop that serve very old fashion rojak and icy cold drinks for ages. This place is known as Min Chong Hygienic Ice Cafe, hehe.. what a name! [flickr]photo:2666577519[/flickr][flickr]photo:2666577271[/flickr][flickr]photo:2666577801[/flickr] Anyhow, for most ... http://makantrip.com/2008/07/melaka-cendul-rojak-bunga-raya/