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Sansotei Ramen Review. Best Ramen in Toronto Canada List. 三草亭

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Sansotei is a young, popular brand of ramen in Toronto. Established in 2012, it now has outlets downtown at Dundas Street West and Yonge Street, North York at Byng Avenue and in Markham. They also have an outlet in Ottawa.

The Grand Old St. Lawrence Market. Toronto Must Visit Attraction

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St. Lawrence Market is the oldest market in Toronto, Canada. Visiting St. Lawrence Market is a must for tourists, especially food lovers and history buffs.

Rol San. Famous Dim Sum. Spadina Ave, Toronto Chinatown. 龙笙栈

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First meal in Toronto after 30 hours flying from Singapore was dim sum at Rol San Restaurant in Chinatown, because dim sum was my most memorable meal when I was last in Toronto nearly 30 years ago. I couldn't locate the restaurant that left such a deep dim sum impression on me, so we settled for one of the reigning local favourites Rol San on Spadina Avenue. I wasn't looking for Rol San at first.

Not the Famous Chong Pang Nasi Lemak. Hup Lee Fried Bee Hoon

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Blur lor.... for two decades, I have been eating nasi lemak at this coffee shop stall thinking that this is the famous Chong Pang Nasi Lemak. I especially love their chicken wings and sometimes buy dozens for parties.

Tiong Hokkien Mee. Damansara Uptown 新青山福建面

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One evening in Kuala Lumpur, we were craving KL style Hokkien mee -  actually, we crave KL Hokkien mee everyday we are here 😂 But, we were deterred by the legendary KL rush hour traffic and dared not drive downtown to Kim Lian Kee (Petaling Street) or Mun Wah (Jalan Maharajalela) for our long time favourites.

What? Hakka Mee Hoon Kueh? Restoran Xin Shi Ji Court 新世紀餐館 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✱

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You know, few people would dispute that Tow Kee 滔记 in Seremban is the best Hakka mee there is in Malaysia. When the two Tow Kee outlets closed temporarily early this year, we asked Seremban locals where else do they get their Hakka mee fix. Many of them pointed us to a little no name stall in Xin Shi Ji Court coffee shop.

Best Klang Bak Kut Teh List • Teluk Pulai Taman Intan 直落玻璃肉骨茶 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Teluk Pulai Ba Kut Teh is another leading BKT shop in Klang - the capital of Malaysian bak kut teh.

Kee Heong Bak Kut Teh • Taman Eng Ann • One of Klang's Best 奇香肉骨茶 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Visited Kee Heong bak kut teh in Taman Eng Ann, Klang this morning. The 20+ year old BKT shop really lives up to its stellar reputation as one of Klang's bak kut teh stalwarts.

Best Singapore Tze Char List. Unique Pot 煲正肉骨汤 Tan Boon Liat Blg

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Thanks to Edwin's recommendation, we enjoyed a sumptuous and scrumptious lunch at Unique Pot 煲正肉骨汤 near Tan Boon Liat Building along Singapore's Outram Road.

Honest Review of Chong Pang Nasi Lemak. Sembawang Yishun Singapore

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Chong Pang Nasi Lemak is inevitably on every viral listicle on the "best nasi lemak" in Singapore.

Leong Wei Roasted Delight @ Holland Drive Food Centre • Cheap & Good 良伟腊味饭

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During my past life, I like attending courses at the Singapore Civil Service College - it lets me get away from work for a few days 😃 and also lets me have a chance to lunch at Holland Drive hawker centre 😋 which is just steps away.

There are plenty of choices at Holland Drive hawker centre, but most of the time, I just ended up with "set lunch" at Leong Wei Roasted Delight. Since I was in the area today, I dropped in on my favourite old haunt.

Restaurant name: Leong Wei Roasted Delight 良伟腊味饭


Address: 44 Holland Drive, Holland Drive Food Centre, Singapore

Hours: 12:00 noon to 7:00pm (Closed on Thurs)

TKK Seafood Restaurant. Telok Jawa. JB 天公仔海番村

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Restoran TKK is one of the small cluster of sea side seafood restaurants at Teluk Jawa in Johor Bahru. TKK has been here for 15 years but it seemed a little under the radar. This was my first visit to TKK and I will be back for more.

Moons Cafe Family Restaurant. Good Food Impian Emas & Southkey Johor Bahru 满满

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Thanks to Puan Chong's recommendation, I came to know about Moons Cafe in Taman Impian Emas in Skudai. Moons Cafe is a warm, family run eatery popular with local residents of all communities but is a little under the social media radar so far. In 2019, Moons Cafe opened a second outlet in Southkey, Johor Bahru (update: Moons Southkey has closed).

La La Queen. Skudai Food Johor

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Lunch today was at a humble no name stall in Atson kopitiam at Jalan Inang 1, a quiet back street off Jalan Skudai.

Huat Kee 發記 Favourite Hakka Dishes in Senai Johor ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Went to Senai today to visit Huat Kee, a little street side stall serving homely Hakka style dishes for over fifty years.

想吃客家炸肉苦瓜汤等等的客家家常菜可以到士乃大街天橋边發記老档口. 他们的滑蛋河也很好吃. 有蛋香, 锅气. 这个道地, 五十多年历史老店是老街坊的最爱. 早上七点半就有的吃. 到下午两点为止. 期四休息.


Gourmet Trails Marketplace & Deli. Medini, Nusajaya

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You know the feeling - you are far away from home and you pine for the flavours and aromas of home. It need not be anything exquisite or exclusive - just commonplace everyday things we take for granted which are hard to find once we are out of the country. It could be as simple as a condiment, an oil, a soy sauce, a cheese, Vegemite, Marmite, a drink, you get the idea. You would gladly pay anything a premium to get that craving satiated.

Sugar On Top SOT JB. A Down to Earth Cafe with a Bit of Craziness

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We were first at Sugar On Top SOT almost exactly one year ago. This was Derek Tan's first cafe - one year on and after a nail biting start, Sugar On Top is an established JB homegrown brand with four outlets and expanding into Penang.

Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC Stulang Laut in Johor Bahru JB

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You know right? You might have heard people say that KFC in Malaysia tastes better than KFC in Singapore. I don't know lah.... I haven't tasted KFC in Singapore for decades. And, the only way to know for sure is to do a blind test of both Malaysia and Singapore KFC together. I am not going to do that now 😂

Disclaimer: This post is my own initiative and has no input from KFC in any way.

Royal Klang Heritage Walk. Discover Selangor. Heart of Malaysia

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If you have been to Klang regularly for it's famous food like banana leaf rice, cendol and bak kut teh, have you ever wondered what else you could do there? Why not check out the Royal Klang Town Heritage Walk?