Brussels’ famous touristic area: L’ Ilot Sacré – Part I

 Click the above “écusson” pic for a direct link to the interactive map and website for the history of L’ Ilot Sacré. L’ Ilot Sacré got its name after a battle of the local restaurants, land lords and associations in the 1950-ties against promoters who saw big bucks to be made. Just read the history in the above mentioned [...]

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Gurney Drive’s Bali Hai Seafood market

Our latest trip with the airline of Mr Tony Fernandes flew us back to…  Penang, of course.  A 3 hours 15 minutes flight and a 25 minutes taxi drive later we were ready for FOOD… even if it was close to midnight.   Again Penang, you may ask? Well, yes. I’m considering Penang like a second home [...]

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GOH HUAT SENG Restaurant

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI… A special good address but in my view, not necessary only for the steamboat experience though. Steamboat is called “Chinese fondue” in mainland Western Europe and I prefer to have it at home because too messy to go for it in a restaurant. The other thing is that my “steamboat” cooking pot is heated electrically while the [...]

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Shing Kheang Aun restaurant.

Contact Person: Mr. Ong Chin Hong This restaurant in Lorong Chulia is probably older than we are. Many Penangites know the place “since always”, they have been eating at Shing Kheang Aun with family, parents and siblings since their childhood. Some actually remember the present owner when he was a young pre-teenager and the restaurant was ran by his parents! It’s said to be renowned for its Hainanese [...]

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Siang Pin Seafood

A well established seafood restoran mostly patronised by locals. Fresh seafood and many fishes like garupa and pomfret, depending on the catch. I especially enjoy their Shark’s finn soup. I understand that nowadays the PC police is frowning upon that dish but I  like the taste. There is crabmeat added. I normally spice it up by adding  white pepper [...]

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Seri Selera Kampung Air – Seafood Court in KK

Malaysia, truly Asia… Last year in January we quickly had to use up  free Cathay air miles as their expiry date was nearing. We decided to spend a week in Sabah on Borneo and booked a  little hotel, The Hamin Lodge.  Ratings on the travel websites were better than average and while the place was not High End, it was [...]

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Seafood paradise Hong Kong

Regarding Hong Kong food and more specifically seafood I would like to refer to the following link. It explaines well about the where, what and how. I do agree very much with this article: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/dining/seafood.html Below a few pics of Sai Kung, a very popular seafood place, well known but maybe a bit too touristic [...]

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De Oesterput – Blankenberge/Belgium

De Oesterput (oyster pitt) is very well known by a few in Belgium. It’s in Blankenberge, a popular seashore town along the Belgian coast. It’s a typical family holiday place, not fancy like Knokke… just a place where the hard working commoner family goes on holiday since the early 50ties. I know my parents went there since I [...]

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