Raya Holidays - Ipoh Trip

Guessed most of you must have had long holidays during the recent Raya break. Me and Jan went back to her hometown in Ipoh for a good few days.

It was in conjunction with the 9th Emperor (九皇爷) celebration. It was an annual event widely celebrated in Ipoh. There was this huge famous temple organising lots of activities during the nine days of celebration. I had the opportunity to meet YB M.Kulasegaran, Member of Parliament for DAP Ipoh Barat. My FIL, DAP Ipoh City Councilor, was invited to join the DAP leaders for a visit to this temple. And so he brought all of us together.

We were treated like VIPs and was shown around the crowded temple and was introduced to lots of people there. Just before we left, we were treated with vegetarian dinner at the temple, with lots of dishes. It was a nice experience.

A trip to Ipoh wouldn't be complete without treating ourselves to one of the famous dim sum restaurants. It was especially crowded during public holidays. The same goes for ipoh nga choi gai. All the famous places were crazily crowded. I was lucky as my MIL cooks really good nga choi gai si hor fun. Yummy!!!

Pics pics pics...

The garden at the back of Kek Lok Tong cave temple, one of the many cave temples in Ipoh, but perhaps the most spectacular of them all

Entrance to Sam Poh Tong cave temple

YB M.Kulasegaran and FIL trying their hands in baking Guai Bao (tortoise bun)

Jan and her sisters love the custard

I specially love Ipoh nga choi...

Snoopy, one of the dalmatians at Jan's place

Taipei Trip

I was in Taipei for work few weeks back. Didn't have the time to blog about it until today.

Taipei is one of my favorite cities in the world. You could easily get super duper yummy food with just a short taxi ride away. If you are more adventuruous, you could always hop on to Taipei's MRT, a common mode of public transport in Metropolitan Taipei, really convenient!

My DHL colleagues in Taipei was a wonderful bunch. They even brought me on a motorbike ride in the city of Taipei! Really treated me well. I did not have to worry for my lunch as they brought me out for lunch everyday.

One of the many meals worth mentioning was the beef noodle. The soup was really special, and if you want to add more soup to your noodle, you have to pay like RM10+ for it. They told me their soup was kept and cooked in a big pot for years.

Below are some of the pics taken there. Didn't go to many places as I was all by myself in Taipei. Managed to visit the various crowded night markets there.

The Mercedes Benz Limousine that picked me up at the airport

Some of the older buildings in Taipei

Sheraton Taipei Hotel I stayed in

The young and trendy at Xi Men Ding

People mountain people sea at Shihlin Night Market

Entrance to Hwahsi Night Market

O-ah mee suah at Shihlin Night Market

Slurrrppppsssss...beef noodle in Taipei