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4 Must-Visit Cities in Asia


Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world. There are 48 countries in Asia today, according to the United Nations.
There are many interesting countries in Asia that you must visit at least once in your lifetime.
Here I listed out some nice cities that you may start your discovery of Asia if you are planning to come for the first time.


1. Malacca, Malaysia
To suggest a place to travel in my country, I would always tell my friends start with Malacca, which located in the middle of the Peninsular Malaysia.
This historical city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the best starting point for you to know more about Malaysia.
Malacca, Malaysia




2. Singapore
Next to Malaysia, Singapore is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world.
It's a small country, with full of excitement and things to discover.
Singapore





3. Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand is well known for its rich cultural heritage. Another popular thing to do in Thailand is to experience the floating market.
More : http://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2015/11/diy-guide-to-damnoen-saduak-floating.html

Bangkok, Thailand



4. Taiwan
This is the most friendly country that I ever visited. You should visit this country to experience warmest Taiwanese and the beautiful scenery from the nouth to the south of the country.
This is also one of the country that I would like to revisit.
More : http://mush4crazy.blogspot.my/2014/11/collection-of-food-in-taiwan.html

JiuFen, Taiwan


Here's another 5 selected cities in Asia that I plan to visit in future:
Siam Reap, Cambodia
Beijing, China
Kyoto, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
New Delhi, India


Don't know how to plan your trip to Asia? Scare to travel to a new country? You may find some useful guides on travel in Asia from the links below:
www.asiaodyssey.com

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Time to Enjoy Life, Time To Eat@Taiwan


Taiwan, a country that I would definitely say "YES" for revisit.
It's almost 3 years ago since my last visit to Taiwan, as an exchange student.
4+ hours flight from Malaysia to Taiwan, with lots of airline providing direct flight
Taiwan has becoming one of the popular destination for vacation.

Here is my previous posts about my last visit of Taiwan ( Oh, it's mostly about foodssss~~~~)
Night Market in Taiwan:   http://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2013/01/night-market-in-taiwan.html
Food Hunting Guide in Taiwan:  http://mush4crazy.blogspot.com/2014/11/collection-of-food-in-taiwan.html



The thing that impress me the most about this relatively small country will be their effort to create and preserve the scenic & attractive sites.
You can find both the modern and traditional in a same place.
I love the retro atmosphere in old streets, and I love the vibrant busy Taipei too...
I still remember the friendliness of local people I met, and their hospitality to the foreigners.


I definitely plan to revisit Taiwan in future, to enjoy the highly regarded Taiwanese cuisine, and their night market.
So I can imagine my itineraries of the trip will be the trip of food.
I will make a checklist of Taiwan food and restaurant that I should go if I revisit Taiwan. Haha~~~
and discover more hidden treasure in Taiwan, especially in countryside and old village.
The best is always waiting us to discover.
I look forward to taste the best street food at the best night market in Taiwan.
In addition, I would like to try cycling in Taiwan, as I never try to see this city by cycling.. ( so no worry about how much I eat, calories burnt immediately after cycling.... Haha)


Bubble tea, sausage, steamboat, mee sua, stinky tohu, papaya milk, oyster omelette, pastry, mochi, coffin bread, beef noodle, minced pork rice, doufuhua, Egg wrap...... etc...... (Ok, I'm hungry while thinking of the food)

I will enjoy my trip with a lots of nice food, hunting the hidden treasure in Taiwan


Roadshow information !!!!!!!!!



Taiwan Tourism Bureau Kuala Lumpur (TTBKL) is organising its first-ever Taiwan Travel Fair in Malaysia. With the theme of “Time to Enjoy Life”, it will be held at 1 Utama Shopping Centre, where the public can get the best deals for Taiwan travel at this one-stop event from 25 to 29 March 2015.
 How to go 1 Utama Shopping Centre: http://goo.gl/aslMOQ

With the first Taiwan Travel Fair, TTBKL hopes to present great value travel deals to Malaysian families. They have tied up with top Taiwanese and Malaysian travel agencies to offer a variety of exciting packages and the most attractive travel deals for all destinations in Taiwan. This also includes customised packages or tours specially-catered for Muslim visitors.

For visitors of the fair who purchase any tour package from participating agents, they stand a chance to participate in a lucky draw for every RM500 spent. Prizes include Taipei return flight tickets sponsored by China Airlines and Eva Airways; and East Asia cruise on Star Aquarius, Star Virgo and Aquarius liners sponsored by Star Cruises. So do make a date with us and visit the Taiwan Tourism Fair to bring back these fabulous prizes!




Source: http://www.plusizekitten.com/2015/03/eat-shop-go-on-2-wheels.html
More images on Taiwan: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sqkswmm87sveplk/AABYBp3AqE6M1rwbKUDBe2haa?dl=0

For more information :

Time for Taiwan TTBKL website: http://timefortaiwan.tw/en/index.jsp

English version website http://eng.taiwan.net.tw

BM version website : http://www.taiwan.net.my

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tbrockl?ref=ts&fref=ts






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Food Hunting Guide in Taiwan


It still memorable when I look back all the photo I took during my Taiwan trip,
Continue with my previous post about 
>>> Night Market Food in Taiwan <<<< (click in if you're interested) 
Beside the Night Market, you can find many other delicious food in Taiwan. 
I would say Taiwan is really a food heaven. Haha!!!! I really want to go to Taiwan again. 
Ok, Let's introduce some significant foods in Taiwan that you must try if you go Taiwan.  
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I come out with a list of 10 foods I tried during my trip to Taiwan.

1. Ah Chung Mee Sua (阿宗面线)-- Ximending (西門町) , Taipei
For sure, you shouldn't miss this food if you come to Taiwan. 
Basically  it's a vermicelli soup with some small oysters. 
The soup is thick due to the vermicelli, and it's always served hot. 
The interesting thing about this dish is that in their store, they don't put any table. 
People just buy it and eat immediately, standing in front of store. 
Therefore, you will always see people surrounding nearby the store, taking a small bowl and eat their mee sua.  


The taste is good, unique...Not too salty; Personally I like it very much. 


Although there are some franchise outlets in Malaysia & Singapore that imitate this mee sua , I would say you must try this origin, authentic mee sua in Taiwan.



2. Ah Gei--- Tamshui.  
Tamshui (淡水 ) is smaller city to the north of Taipei city, about 40 mins ride from Taipei central. This stall is said serving the most authentic Ah Gei in Tamshui. 

To be honost, I don't really know what is Ah Gei before the food come to me. If you have the chance to visit this stall, you will see almost all customers will order Ah Gei once they step into the shop. Ah Gei is a piece of deep fried tofu with ingredient inside such as bean tread noodles, cover with some fish paste. It can also served with a spicy sauce beside the common sweet sauce. 
Taste, Hmm, not bad. Personally I feel very unique about this food, and how the bean tread noodles put inside fish paste. 





3. Brown Sugar Milk Bubble Tea- Nearby National Taiwan University(NTU). 
Bubble tea is commonly known as a must-try drink once you come to Taiwan. 
There are many type of bubble tea served. I tried a lot of bubble tea in either night market or branded stall in Taiwan. 
The quality of this stall bubble tea is definitely good, as you can see the popularity from the long queue. 
The price of the bubble tea is cheap too, just NTD30.   


Brown sugar is added into milk bubble tea, which I think is the key factor that made their bubble tea so popular. The sweetness of bubble tea is just in the right portion. 
If your Taiwan trip including the visit of the top No.1 university in Taiwan- National Taiwan University, don't forget to join the queue and have a nice milk bubble tea in this shop. 
The owner of this bubble tea shop make their bubble tea quite fast, but still you need to wait around 15 mins queue. 






4. Steamboat 
I'm not purposely go to Taichung for a steamboat feast. In fact, due to my exchange programme mainly stay in Taichung, I have tried most of the delicious Taiwan food in Taichung. 
I just wanna try steamboat in Taiwan. It was a pleasant experience... 

I can't recommend any good restaurant for steamboat in Taiwan. Personally I feel it's nice to have a steamboat with your friends, especially if you visit Taiwan during winter season. 
Just be brave to try some special soup base in Taiwan. Hahaha~~~





5. Chinese Egg Wrap 
A very famous Taiwanese breakfast, which you find almost anywhere in Taiwan. 
There are variety choice for ingredients & sauce inside the egg wrap. It's just a perfect portion for breakfast suitable for most of the Chinese people. 




6. Fried Fish --- Qijin(旗津), KaoShuing 

Before I go to Qijin, which is a small island not far away from Kaoshuing, the only thing that I know before going to Qijin is to try and buy seafood. 
So, accidentally I tried this fried fish in Qijin, it's taste good. 




This fried fish is fresh, and there is egg wrap inside the fish paste. 
Good to eat while still warm.  
There are a lot of seafood you can try in Qijin. I didn't spend much time in Qijin, therefore I didn't try so much. However, I believe Qijin must have a lot of  good seafood-based dish.  






7. 7-eleven food - everywhere in Taiwan 
There are wide variety of food you can choose with very affordable price.  
You will visit 7-eleven if you are in Taiwan for sure, because 7-eleven just located anywhere and very frequent. 
Personally I suggest to try 2 food in 7-11------Guan Dong Zhu (關東煮) and tea boiled egg. 
Taste might vary according to each outlet. 
1 useful tip for anyone going to 7-11 for food hunting especially guan dong zhu, don't go at night. Most of the food is not so fresh at night.  











 8.Oyster Omelette ( 蚵仔煎)
This dish is very famous in Taiwan. I just mentally told myself I have to try, even I don't really favor this dish. 
Basically oyster omelette is easy to make. Potato starch is mixed with egg batter for the wrap,and fill with small oyster, and usually eat with savory sauce. 
You can find oyster omelette very frequently in most of the night market and some restaurants.    






 9. Yam ball doufuhua ( 芋圆豆腐花)
One of the popular Taiwanese dessert. 
The unique thing about this dessert is chewy yam ball eat with doufuhua. It's just a perfect match. 
I ate this dessert in Jiufen ( 九份).  





10. Minced pork rice. 

A very very common, affordable packed dish in Taiwan. 
The basic ingredient includground pork marinated and boiled in soy sauce served on top of steamed rice. 




More food recommendation, travel related posts are coming soon.
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Night Market in Taiwan

I went Taiwan last year summer~~It's about 5 months passed and I miss Taiwan so much;
especially the food, the friendly Taiwanese,scenery and many many memorable moment~~
This post gonna introduce some night market's food that I tried during my Taiwan trip
Night Market, which more well known as "Pasar Malam" is a must go place if you are in Taiwan. 
Almost every part of Taiwan have the night market.
I had listed 10 night market food that I tried during the trip. 

Here come to 1st night market I went-- Yizhong street night market (一中夜市) , which located in Taichuang~~~

1. Small sausage wrapped in large sausage ~ (大腸包小腸)
This is a very famous street food in Taiwan, which can be found in almost all night market.
The large sausage is usually made of glutinous rice with grill small sausage in the center...
It's about 30NTD per piece. 



2. Stinky tohu
It's another must-try taiwan famous food~~
personally I don't like the taste, I had tried stinky tohu in Malaysia once and I banned it forever~~
But, the taste is totally different for stinky tohu in Taiwan.
I tried 1 piece in Taiwan, I would say the stinky smell is not so strong compare to Malaysia stinky tohu. 


3. Aloe vera ice lemon tea
This drink become famous since a very well known Taiwanese drama filmed for it. 
I really like the taste, not so sweet, and it's really suitable to drink it in summer hot weather. 


Scenery of Yizhong street night market~~~



People just sitting down and eat in the park nearby after buying the food from night market




In Taichung, the most famous night market would be this- Fengchia night market, which is huge and you can really find many cheap reasonable clothes and shoes here...( In my opinion, here would be the best place to buy clothes compare to Wu Fen Pu Commercial zone五分埔), which is another fashion heaven in Taiwan.


4. Moon prawn pancake 

A pancake which made of prawn, eat with some sweet sauce given,
Taste not that bad, crispy but with less prawn taste

5. Sweet cone pizza
This is not really a famous night market food, but it seem unique
We seldom see a pizza in cone shape, therefore we tried it~~
There are many variation of ingredients to choose...cheese is one of the most important ingredient in this food.

Overall, It's good to have a try, I would recommend you can share with some friends.  The crust outside is not as nice as I expected~~



6. Fried Squid 
 There are many fried food in Taiwan night market,
So, squid is one of it~~~
with many variation of sauce and spices( such as thai sour chili, wasabi, korean chili, cheese mayonaise,etc~~)

It's look so attractive and very fragrance smell, taste is ok~~



In KaoShuing (southern of Taiwan), the most famous night market would be LiuHe night market~~

This night market is not so big compare to Taichung night market..

7. Papaya milk

This stall is so famous with many well known people and artist's signature + photo displayed in front of stall.




Price is about 50NTD per cup ( not so cheap~)

Drink is rich of fresh papaya with good quality of milk~~



8. Taiwan grill sausage
One of the famous street food in Taiwan~~
Good taste~~




Scenery of Liuhe market~~ there are some very interesting broad, to attract the tourist and customer, with up to 90% discount of branded bag. Did you believe it?? ( Well, no for me~~)





In Taipei, the most famous night market - Shilin night market (台北士林夜市)

I didn't spend much time in this night market...
but I found something interesting~~~

9. Small bun wrapped in large bun (大饼包小饼)

It's somehow with same concept of small sausage wrapped in large sausage
The salted cripsy bun with some chicken foss wrapped in a layer of soft pancake skin 

It's look like a popiah, I really like the taste





10. Deep-fried chicken breasts

A must try street food when you come to Taiwan,
It's so famous, even in Malaysia you can find this food with labelled from Taiwan
But the most origin taste of this fried chicken you should try at Shilin night market.



The portion is very big, highly recommend to share with your friends,

and eat immediately when it is hot~~ very delicious and crispy

That all conclude the night market food in Taiwan .

There are much more delicious food in night market, but mostly is fried food,
so it's important to drink more water after eating many fried hot food, and don't overeat~~



Stay tune for next post:  Famous Food in Taiwan

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