by gigi on September 21, 2011
Jenkins and I were off to Fisherman’s Wharf one morning so I hunted around for a good breakfast place nearby. It looked like Hollywood Cafe had some pretty good reviews and it was conveniently located a few blocks from the wharf so we decided to check it out. Even though we were there on a [...]
by gigi on September 19, 2011
Jenkins and I took a short trip to San Francisco earlier this year for a friend’s wedding. Since it was Jenkins’ first time to San Fran, we decided to do some touristy things along with the wedding and time visiting relatives. It turned out to be pretty nice and we got the chance to visit [...]
by gigi on September 5, 2011
It was our last full day in Penang and Jenkins and I decided to go check out the Gurney Drive Hawker Stalls. We were nearby looking for some souvenirs to take home and also stopped by one of the fish spas in the mall so we were starting to get hungry. It was getting to [...]
by gigi on August 31, 2011
As Jenkins and I continued on our food walking tour through George Town, we had “brunch” at Veloo Vilas, located in the Indian neighbourhood of the city. We had been here a few times already but we always end up finding something interesting. This time, it was to sample some thosai, which is a thin, [...]
by gigi on August 30, 2011
During one of the days while we were in Georgetown, I told Jenkins I’d like to dedicate a part of our day to checking out some of the stops from Robyn Eckhardt’s Georgetown city walk from the Wall Street Journal. I’ve been reading Robyn’s blog, Eating Asia, for a few years now and I was [...]
by gigi on August 29, 2011
After Jenkins and I arrived in Batu Ferrenghi, we decided to stay one evening in order to extend our stay there since we liked being by the beach so much. We ended up finding a pretty good deal at the Hard Rock Hotel, which had opened a few months earlier. It’s near the end of [...]