According to a Chinese saying, no visit to Beijing is complete if you miss seeing the Great Wall or dining on Beijing (or Peking) Roast Duck. The best seasons to eat it are spring, autumn and winter. The hot roast duck will be brought to the dining table by the chef where he will slice it into more than 100 thin flakes, each having its piece of crispy skin.

Instant-boiled mutton, in Chinese called “suan yang rou”, also called the Mongolian Fire Pot, was created in the Yuan Dynasty. The chosen mutton ususally come from the back, rear legs or tail of a killed sheep. It will then be cut into slices. The boiled mutton is fresh and tender, not greasy.

Rice Balls with Sweet Fillings, in Chinese called “Aiwowo”, is first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. It is a small round pastry made from steamed glutinous rice, with different stuffing, such as hawthorn cake, rock sugar powder, sesame, green plum fruit, or mashed Chinese jujube. It were then well received by the imperial families in the Ming Dynasty. Now it is one of Beijing’s popular snacks.

Pea flour cake, in Chinese called “Wan Dou Huang” was originally a kind of dim sun made of pea flour and later became a favorite in the imperial kitchen. It was said that Dowager Empress Ci Xi liked it for its soft taste. The smashed pea pastes are added to sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus and to be served when cooled. The finished cake is cut into two-inch cubic pieces and served with red sweet dates. It has a pleasing appearance and good taste.

This rice-flour cake with yellow appearance in Chinese is called “ludagun”, if direct translated into English, called Rolling Donkey. The name is quite interesting, it describes the way the dumplings rolling in, while the fried soybean flour resembles a donkey rolling about in dust. It is a traditional Beijing snack. First the steamed glutinous millet or sticky rice dumplings are put into fried soybean flour and then added to the sweetened bean paste. Good ones should taste sweet and sticky.

Beijing Travel Guide

First of all, if you are staying somewhere nearby the Baiyoke Sky/First House/First Hotel there’s a backlane just right behind Baiyoke it’s a Morning Market convert to Night Market filled with choices of food, clothes and etc. You can get local delicacies over here. The other place you wont miss would be the Platinum Centre (this place is still quite new) the food court on the top floor had spread of local and internation cuisines. Thumbs up for most of the selection there! Same area, where you can easily locate the Big C shopping centre (very much like the hypermarket, Carrefour) they do have great spread of all sort of junk foods available. I had my great time strolling with the trolley over there just like a kid! They were much more cheaper compare to my country. (it’s tax free, and plus you could accumulate the receipt to refund on VAT – if you purchase A LOT) I tried out the Jap ‘Fast Food’ Restaurant, Yayoi over there, priced well and food was great!

Moving further, to MBK Centre (Mah Boon Krong), another great place for shoppers! For guy who would like to get office wear this would be a great place, full set of a 2 piece suite only at +-USD50. Good quality and great cuttings! Please visit the food court, they are known for best beef stewed. I didn’t have time to place a visit but I am sure to go when I visit them again!

If you visit Pat Phong, there’s a cafe at the end of the night market – Cafe Kaldi is a must try. They have cheap and the best Matcha blend I’d ever tried!

Any other suggestions on what you can find to fill your little tummy! Post it here!

Bangkok Travel Guide

Restaurant Pak Putra

By chance, I hear my boss say Melaka have serving very famous Tandoori chicken and other Pakistani cuisine is very yummy. So, I decided to give it a try one day with my family.

The Tandoori chicken, Naan, and other Pakistani cuisine have gotten the authentic taste and style. For personally, I especially love the cheese Naan, Tandoori chicken and their curry.On the whole, I think this is the best Tandoori chicken restaurant in Malacca which worth a try when you visit Jonker Street on Friday, Saturday or Sunday night, try to find out this restaurant and have a nice supper before return to your home or hotel.

The restaurant located in Kota Laksamana along the main road in Taman Laksamana. So far, I’m quite sure most of the Malaccan people know where to get best chicken tandoori and naan. As far as I know that restaurant operation business hour is until 2a.m.

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