Chu Dao Chinese Cuisine & LOHAS

First off let me apologize for the delay in posting. I had promised the next post would be on my Japan trip but I have still to go through all my photos. I had taken over 2000 photos and going through all of them and deciding how to compile them is proving harder than I thought.

I have also been busy with work and was in Singapore recently to attend the LOHAS Asia Forum. For those who have not heard about LOHAS fret not as I myself have only heard about them only in the last 2 months. LOHAS stands for Lifestyle Of Health And Sustainability. For those interested to learn more NOW click here. I had initially wanted to include this at the bottom of this page but it turned out to be a post on its own.

Chu Dao Chinese Restaurant                                                                              ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ | $ $ $ $ $

Pumpkin Soup w/ Japanese Mirin and Lobster Meat served in Mini Pumpkin

Ming Sate Hut

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My sis has been craving for Hainanese Satay so yesterday we headed to Ming Sate Hut for lunch. Hainanese satay is not cheap. A normal meal of Wan Tan Noodles here in Melaka will cost you on average RM 3.50 - RM4, so at 70 cents a stick, a meal at a satay house could cost up to ..... well that depends on how much you eat. I normally can polish off about 15-20 sticks. My dad can easily eat 40 sticks!


Pork Satay and Pork Intestine Satay

Having a break with Yubari Melon Kit Kat!

It has been a long day at work so the first thing I did when I got home was to go to the fridge and take out my Yubari Melon Kit Kat which I bought from Japan. Yes from the fridge or else they will melt in the humid weather in Malaysia.

I love the malty chocolate coating in this with a slight hint of Yubari melon between the crispy wafers!

My new favorite kit kat flavor though is Strawberry. I know it's pretty boring considering all the unique flavours they have out there but my taste buds just loves this!!

Celebrating the festivities : Macau

My first time to Macau and I love it here. Two nights is certainly not enough to explore this unique city where historic buildings are almost located side by side with gigantic casinos and high end stores.


From left to right: The Cathedral Church of Macau, Street just off the main square, Lovebirds in front of Ruins of St Paul, Ruins of St Paul.


KOI KEI BAKERY                                                                               ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ | $ $ $ $ $


If you only have a chance to eat one item while in Macau it must be the Portugese Egg Tart! These were just awesome! Sweet and creamy with a hint of saltiness.

Hokkaido - I miss you

Konichiwa (Good Afternoon) dear readers.

Just a quick update to let you know that I have landed safely back in Malaysia although my heart is still in Hokkaido. We had a fabulous trip! Beautiful scenery, good food, playing in the snow, surviving a snow storm, onsen (hot spring) and food shopping! I can't wait to go back and explore more of Japan.

I am just finishing up on my 'Celebrating the festivities: Macau' post which should be out later today before getting started on my Hokkaido trip.

Before I sign off here is a little preview of my trip via photos taken from my iphone4s.


Taken at Furano Ski Resort, Hokkaido

Happy Chinese New Year / Reunion Dinner

Happy Chinese New Year everyone.. Wishing you all good health, wealth and prosperity!



Chinese New Year (CNY) is always an added excuse to gather family and friends for a eating and drinking fest. It normally starts a couple of days before CNY where friends catch up for dinner before everyone heads off home (which might be interstate or overseas) to spend the CNY with family. Watch out for my pre-CNY dinner post with the girls at Steam King.

This year we had a delicious home-cooked reunion dinner.



We started off with from left to right: scallops and fish roe, smoked duck (ordered from a restaurant in Melaka) and stuffed crab. The smoke duck was delish and I ♥ the crab and meat stuffing in the stuffed crab. Sorry for the blurry pictures!


Clockwise from top left: Mushroom, Abalone, Sea Cucumber and Vegies, Fried Rice, Steam Fish, Meat Platter of Stewed Duck, Roast Pork and Herbal Chicken

All the dishes were delish. I have to admit that I have eaten this four dishes many times that sometimes I take for granted how yummy it is... 

Thanks AA and Aunt Doris for cooking and serving up a beautiful dinner.

Celebrating the festivities : Hong Kong

The family and I spent the last days of 2011 in Hong Kong and Macau, eating up a storm! I'm surprised however that when I stepped on the weighing scale it showed the same weight. How can this be?! Until I remembered my aching calves and feet from all the walking we did on this trip. We travelled by foot, on the MTR (trains) and buses, and taxis all around HK and Macau to eat and also to shop.


Hong Kong skyline taken at sunset on a misty day from Victoria Peak


Are you ready to follow us on our food adventure?

Happy 2012

Hi Guys,

Happy 2012! I hope everyone had a fantastic time over the festive period.

For myself, the family and I made a trip to HK and Macau. We had a great time eating up a storm which is why it is taking me ages to write about it. There were lots of photos to edit and thoughts to be put down into words. I will leave you with a short preview of photos I had taken during this eating trip.










D.