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| Faerie Tales: Kayat <b>Nasi Padang</b> Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:08 PM PDT Besides greedily stuffing our mouths and stomachs full at Raya parties, we also asked for the friends' personal recommendations of good nasi padang stalls around the island. I have my favorites but it's time to branch out to other parts of the island. Nasi padang is something I track down with a vengeance. Not the puny ones please. I like the Malay-interpretation of Padang-style food infused with awesome spices. Meaning, I absolutely dislike Rendezvous Restaurant Hock Lock Kee. Hated it when the family forced me to eat there all the time as a kid, and totally avoid it now. Sometimes I find gems, but often I also rely on friends who tastebuds match mine. Otherwise I'm always sorely disappointed by random recommendations. Zoomed to Tampines to its market and food centre. Went looking for the new-to-me Kayat Food Stall to check out its offerings. I know the nasi padang stalls in Bedok pretty well. But not Tampines. Fun to check out a new area. It was a cool day and wasn't that crowded at lunch-time. More worried that at 1.30pm, most stalls would have run out of food. Kayat was running low, but luckily, it had one last portion of sambal goreng for me. As usual, I judge all nasi padang stalls by their sambal belachan or belado, begedil and paru. Never mind the rest of their food. Heh. Kayat offers sambal paru and the usual paru goreng. YUM. Pretty decent. Good sambal belachan. Considering I came all the way here just for its nasi padang, it wasn't bad at all. Satisfying. If I'm in the area, definitely swinging by again.  Kayat Food Stall Block 137 Tampines St 11 #01-37 Singapore 521137 (closed on Mondays)  |
| Adventure Time! | From <b>Nasi Padang</b> to Dumplings Posted: 25 Jul 2014 01:29 AM PDT I suppose today is the day summer holiday officially starts for me. I went to my last summer course class with little to no motivation at all. It's like that last day in high school before summer where you just look at the clock tick away, and when the final bell rings to book it out the door. Yeah, it was that kind of day for me. Tonight I begin my first leg of the journey to Chengdu, where I'll meet up with my parents and my brother. It will be the start of my 40 days of adventure time, in attempt to discover another side of China. My route will look a little bit like this: Hangzhou – Chengdu – Lhasa – Chengdu & Jiuzhaigou – Kunming – Dali – Lijiang – Guilin & Yangshuo – Hangzhou  Would've taken 192 hours to drive this route… It looks a little bit insane, now that I look at it again. But, I figured, why not. Who knows when I'll be able to visit these places again :) This trip will be quite a milestone for me, as I'll be travelling solo from Yunnan onwards. It's something I've always wanted to challenge myself to do, and I hope the extrovert in me will take the alone times well. Anyways, I'll try my best to keep things updated here. I'm not taking my laptop with me coz it'll add another 2kg into my load :( Hopefully I'll still be able to update and upload pictures somehow, though! Right now, I'm not really sure what to expect, I've heard loads of good things about my destination, and a lot of warnings because its peak season for travels. So I guess all I can do now is just cross my fingers and hope everything will turn out all right! Have you been to any of the places in my route? Any suggestions on places I shouldn't miss or things I must do? Leave me a comment or message on my contact page and let me know! I appreciate any suggestions! Have a good summer, everyone!  My survival kit for the next 40 days! |
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