After Crazying

Belgium is one of the neighbor countries of France. 

Brussels , capital city of Belgium, is a small city, which is very suitable for a weekend gateway. 

It's my 1st trip with my classmates to another country after coming to France.

A trip with full of joy and laugh. I love it so much. 

Let's see the photos I snapped in my Brussels trip. 

1. Town Hall, Grand Place-Grote-Markt

The hostel we stayed is very near to Grand Place. 

It's most significant place in Brussels. 

The most well-known flower carpet is in this big landmark, but only take place every 2 years of Summer ( Next will be on 2014)  

This historic building currently is shops and some administration offices.     

2. Manneken Pis 

The world famous little boy...

I was surprised that it was much more smaller than I expected...

It a must go spot in Brussels. 

and this kind little boy souvenir is everywhere in Brussels.

The photo below is little boy wine bottle opener  

Beside Maneken Pis, you must try the waffle. 

It serve hot, not so crispy, but the taste is awesome. 

Belgium waffle is totally different taste compare with the waffle I ate in either Malaysia or France before. 

So, the price of waffle depend on the topping and sauce. 

For the most simple, waffle with sugar, it's just 1euro. 

3.  Jeanneke Pis

The sister of Manneken Pis , Jeanneke Pis is not so well known,

But, it's still one of tourist spot. 

There is a legend of Jeanneke Pis, saying that your wish be granted if you throw a coin into the bowl fountain. 

4. European Union Parliament 

Brussels is considered the capital of European Union. Most EU office located here.  

(Haha, that mean my scholarship come from here~~) 

The landmark is huge, display the history timeline of EU, in large poster hanging around. 

The euro currency that used in most European countries. 

Parlamentarium- A museum displayed the history and development of European Union and record some notable moment happen in Europe. 

Informative but boring if you are not interested

5. Atomium

Outstanding and creative to use idea of atom and bond ( Chemist know it well~~) into building structure.

I didn't go in, but took a lot of photo with this icon.

From website, you can climb up to the sphere and have a great view of Antwerp, another city of Belgium.  

6. St.Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral 

Old church is quite common and everywhere in Europe. 

Every church have it's uniqueness and beauty. 

It's not so famous like Notre Dame in Paris; but it's worth to look around and snap some photo. 

7. Comic strip painting

It's one of attraction in Brussels, the comic drawing can be seen in all around the city of Brussels. 

It can be in the side wall of the shop, the upper part of building....etc...

Tin tin is famous in Brussels. 

This is some summary of my Brussels trip.

It's too cold when I went for this trip.( It's snowing, and I have a lot of snowballs fight with my friends) 

The road name is really complicate, I don't know how to pronounce it correctly. 

You can easily to get a good,free Brussels map in many places, like hostel, metro station and tourist counters.  

Highly recommend using the guide and map below. I found it very useful and it's the best among many maps I had. 

Arc de Triomphe, one of the most famous and historic monuments in Paris.

It's honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. 

Nowadays, it's become one of significant tourist spot in Paris, and the most famous shopping street, Avenue Champs-Élysées is just in front of it. 

Let's see the day view of the Arc

Finally I reached the top of Arc!!! 

I climbed to the top of Arc twice in different season. 

The photo below was taken from the Arc's top. From the photo, you will know the reason why summer is the favorite season for travel.  

Oh, half of the Eiffel tower was disappeared~~~ 

You can see clearer sculptures of the monument through this~~~ 

Last but not least, me with the Arc de Triomphe......

How time flies!! I had been away from Malaysia about 5 months ago. 

Definetly I miss my home so much!!!

I miss the hot weather in Malaysia , I miss the food in Malaysia 

and of course, I miss my dearest friends and family in Malaysia. 

This post gonna tell you how much I miss the food that can find in Malaysia only. 

and I as a food lover, I miss them so much. ( and now I really learn how to cook all these food, so that I will not miss it so much when I'm living abroad..haha :) )

Here I simply list out 9 foods that I miss... 

2. Bat Ku Teh 

It a Chinese soup with a very unique strong taste. It usually consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) and it's cook for hours to have good taste.

Seriously, I tried very hard to find these dish in Chinatown Paris, but unfortunately, I can't find any. 

3. Wonton Noodle

 It is a very famous Cantonese noodle dish, usually served with leafy vegetables,meat and wonton dumpling. 

Although I can easily find frozen wonton dumpling in supermarket at Paris, I really miss dumpling that made by my mum, with rich meat ingredients wrapped in thin skin.    

Oh~~ I miss it so much~~~ 

4. Chicken Rice

There are many types of Chicken rice in Malaysia, what I miss the most is the Chinese Hainanese style chicken rice. 

I miss the soft texture of chicken, and the fragrance rice.

I don't know why but I can't find a good chicken rice in Paris. 

I miss Malacca chicken rice ball. ( You must try if you come to Malaysia!)  

5. Nasi Lemak 

Ok, I admit the food I mentioned above is mainly Chinese food, which sometime still can find similar( but really different,weird taste) in Chinatown. 

But , this food for sure, you can't even find in Chinatown. 

Because, It is really a typical Malaysian Food.

It is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf, usually eat with chicken, cucumber slices, small fried anchovies (ikan bilis), roasted peanuts, hard boiled egg, and hot spicy chili sauce (sambal)

6. Pan Mee

It a very famous dish in Kuala Lumpur/Selangor area, 

I addicted to it when I came to KL for study in past 3 years.

There are many ways to serve Pan Mee, but I like the dry chili Pan Mee. 

The dough is made from flour (sometimes egg is added for more flavor).

usually eat with minced pork, vegetable, mushroom etc.... 

7. Laksa

In Europe, it's really hard to find a food that is spicy and hot. Even the chili sauce selling here is mostly sweet, not spicy. 

Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup from the Peranakan culture, which is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements.

There are many variations of Laksa. Personally I like Curry Laksa.

8. Lou Shu Feng (Silver needle noodle) 

There are many variation of name to this dish when I was searched in Wikipedia. 

It is a chinese noodle with white semi-transparent colour. There are many way to cook it, and I like the Claypot Lou Shu Feng the most. 

It can easily find in Chinese Hawker stall in Malaysia. 

9. Egg Tart

It consists of an outer pastry crust that is filled with egg custard and baked.

It's a very famous Asian pastry.

I really miss the egg tart that made by my mum, which the taste is rich of egg fragrance smell and crispy crust.  

I always search for a good egg tart, even when I'm in Malaysia. 

It's very hard to find a good egg tart with reasonable price. 

Choose a homemade egg tart would be better choice. 

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

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.

6. Fried Squid