HazelDiary

Kuala Lumpur

One destination that should be at the top of every traveler’s bucket list is Malaysia. The Southeast Asian country is not only well-regarded for its exceptional cuisine, but it is also filled with many superb landmarks you’re unlikely to forget, such as KL Tower and Batu Caves. Read More

Chew Seafood Garden Restaurant, formerly known as Matang Seafood View located opposite KSL Mall in Johor Bahru offers fresh seafood porridge and other seafood dishes with affordable pricing. The owner, Chew is one of the brother of Matang Seafood View renamed the restaurant to Chew Seafood Garden Restaurant now. He gets his seafood supplies from Kuala Sepetang, and it is family business. They will arrange the fresh wild caught seafood from Perak to Johor Bahru every Friday evening. Read More

Ipoh, located just about an hour’s drive from Penang, is a hidden street food gem in Malaysia. It earned its place on Lonely Planet’s list of the top Asian destinations to visit a few years ago. If you’re looking for a delectable ‘makan trip’ or a food trail, I highly recommend exploring Ipoh over a weekend getaway. The hotels here is also reasonable priced and you can get a decent hotel below S$100 per night. Read More

We visited Restoran Jing Seng for dinner over the long weekend. The local restaurant is located at Taman Desa Tebrau along a row of shop houses. The restaurant is known for its zi char dishes and one of their signature dishes is the curry pork ribs. We arrived around 6plus and the restaurant is already full house. Read More

Yee Fatt Curry Noodles House is established since 1955 in Ipoh, Perak. It has been around for more than 60 over years and known for its dry curry mee and soup curry noodles. Since we are in Ipoh for the weekend, we headed over to try its famed curry. The curry noodle house was founded by a Hainanese man and their curry is made of 20 types of spices with secret blend. Read More

Take a walk to Jalan Horley on Sunday mornings if you are in Ipoh town. The street is also called “Memory Lane” , “Loken” or “Pasar Karat” (rustic market) by the locals. This is the open-air flea market that happening every Sunday morning. Read More

Soya Beancurd is also known as “Tau Fu Fah” in Cantonese is a must have dessert in Ipoh. It is said that the soya beancurd is made using quality spring water in Ipoh. Thus, this explains the uniqueness of the beancurd. During my weekend trip recently, my friends and I explored some of the famous spot. Read More

Ming Court Hong Kong Tim Sum is one of the famous dim sum breakfast places in Ipoh. There are quite a number of Dim Sum restaurants like famous Foh San along the popular Dim Sum Street called Jalan Leong Sin Nam. The restaurant is pretty crowded and packed when we arrived almost 8am that morning. Read More

Thanks to AirAsia for sending me to Langkawi to experience Holiday Quickies over the weekend. Langkawi, Malaysia is known for the natural landscapes and island paradise by the locals and also tourists from overseas. The best part is that alcohol is not taxed on the island so that explains why drinking can be cheap there. Read More

Kota Iskandar is formerly Johor State New Administrative Centre for the state government of Johor, Malaysia. It is located in Iskandar Puteri. To give you a general idea of the location, it is located near to Puteri Harbour and Legoland Malaysia.Kota Iskandar was opened in April 2009 and the design inspired by Moorish-Andalusian and Johor Malay designs and motifs. Read More