Osaka Food Guide: Top 3 Ethnic Foods and Where to Find Them

If you are on a holiday in Osaka and you are growing tired of Japanese food after eating it for a few days in a row. And if you are looking for alternatives, why not try “ethnic food”? Ethnic food has been on the rise and is growing more and more popular in recent years …

Food Hunting in Georgetown, Penang

I’ve recently written an updated entry on Penang street food (2002), here’s the link: https://foodieadie.com/revisiting-penang-with-a-vengeance-penang-ultimate-food-guide-2022/ I’m a true-blue, die-hard foodie. On a shitty day, nothing but good food would cheer my soul up. So, of course when I had the chance to return to Penang aka the food paradise, I wouldn’t miss any chances! Touted …

Hitchhiking from the UK to Morocco (Throwback)

Flashback to nearly 6 years ago, I had one of the most epic and amazing adventures of my life when I signed up for a hitchhiking trip from the UK to Morocco (Charity Hitch by Link Community Development UK), which takes place at most of the major universities all over the UK, and among the …

Colourful euphoria, a feast to the eyes

Have you ever wondered what you could create with light and music when combined together. This is what TeamLab has achieved over the years with their amazing creativity using space, light, music and technology which resulted in an entirely novel niche of art. Recently, I went to one of their latest events: Teamlab Jungle at …

Heaven Lights @ Goa Jomblang

I was very thankful to the bunch of travellers from Malaysia that I encountered at my hostel “Nasi Bungkus”. They were the ones who recommended this website www.yogya-backpacker.com, which contains a lot of useful information and useful tips on the not-so-mainstream sights and places of interest. One of them is Goa Jomblang, about 90-minute drive …

Unusual Japanese curry @ “SOMA” in Nakatsu, Osaka

I gotta admit, I’m not a big fan of Japanese curry at all. I’ve always had the impression that Japanese curries too sweet, too creamy and buttery for my liking, and that they do not resemble the real Indian curries in any aspect. While browsing through the internet for new eateries around Osaka, I stumbled …

台湾浓厚的人情味 Taiwan’s hospitality

It was my first time to go to Taiwan. We were making our way to the mountain town “Jiufen” 九份 made famous by the movie “City of Sadness” and the anime movie “Spirited Away”. The bus ride on the steep, curving roads from Ruifang to Jiufen was both a scary and harrowing experience, with two-way …

Ramen joints in London

Unsurprisingly, London boasts to have some of the finest Asian eateries in Europe; and that includes Japanese food. Thin wheat noodles served in piping hot broth (usually meat and vegetable broth), topped with pork slices, bamboo shoots and perfectly cooked half-boiled egg with a creamy liquid centre (Maximum YUMZ factors!), ramen is definitely the best …

Kashgar and its ill-fated Old City…

On a casual Thursday night, I was reminiscing my good ol’ childhood spent watching documentaries upon documentaries from my favourite National Geographic channel on Astro. That channel is my source of knowledge and inspiration where I learnt about the world; the different cultures and traditions; the vastly different landscapes; the ancient civilisations..and the list goes …