Irori Japanese Restaurant, Causeway Bay

Had dinner tonight at Irori. This is a Japanese restuarant on a street behind Times Square in Causeway Bay. Started off with a Burdock strips.

Mixed Tempura

Fried Garlic with miso. They looked like shallots, but they were really giant cloves of roasted garlic served with a ball of miso

Grilled eel over rice

After dinner, we walked around Causeway Bay and had dessert at Hui Lau Shan. Instead of my normal Mango Pomelo Sago (which Robin ordered), I got the fresh fruit mango platter. It's served over mango icecream.

Robin's visit to Shanghai

I presented at a China AntiCorruption Summit in Shanghai at the end of July. Robin decided to come and play tourist while I worked. Oriental Pearl TV tower in Pudong

We had a chance to have 1 meal together during the week. One of my favorite restaurants is South Beauty. Very spicy Sichuan food

Look at all the peppers. This is a cold chicken dish for a starter

Cold bamboo with peppers

Raw beef cooked in boiling oil/peppers at your table

Abalone mushrooms with egg. This was the only non-spicy dish.

Robin at the Shanghai museum

Penang, Malaysia

After my meetings in KL, I flew to Penang for more meetings. Here's dinner.
Chicken satay

Deep fried prawns with salted egg

Steamed whole fish, thai style

Stuffed crab

Skipped the hotel breakfast in the morning for a local street food breakfast. Here's the cook.

And here's what you get. I didn't pay, but I think this was just over $1. Ice coffee and a bowl of fish ball noodle soup

Lunch at a local restaurant. I think this was roast pork knuckle

Deep fried shrimp stuffed with something crunchy

Baby oysters and a soup dish

Tofu with seafood

Ate at the night hawker stalls for dinner

My coworker, Catherine, ordered some food to be deep fried. You pick what you want and give it to the cook

Also ordered some roasted chicken wings

Ordered noodles from this stall

Also had some stir fried squid, grilled stingray, and some drinks.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2008

My second trip to Kuala Lumpur was in July. Here's a local restaurant where I had dinner with coworkers.

Had bak kut teh (pork ribs in a tea broth)

Shark in a clay pot

Here's the menu of local restaurant for lunch

Fish head curry, Malaysian style

A very spicy chicken dish

Wilson Trail, Stage 2

Wong Nei Chung Reservoir to Quarry Bay is a 7km hike. Here's a view from Quarry bay overlooking the harbour

Krocodile Grill, Manila, Philippines

I was in Manila, Philippines last week for 2 days. The first night I had chinese seafood. The next night we ate at the Krocodile Grill in Ayala Center, Makati

Here's a copy of the menu.
www.krocodilegrille.com/menu.htm

We started with Sinigang Bangus Belly which is a sour fish soup. I also had a Green Mango slush to drink. This is crispy tenga. I think it was fried pig ears. It was good.

Inihaw Big Squid

Blue Marlin Belly

Ginataang Pinakbet

Balot Surprise. This balot was fried, not boiled. Not sure I could eat a boiled one. I ate half of this. That was enough for me.

Goa, India

Goa is a resort area on the west coast of India. It's an hour flight southwest of Mumbai.

Goa is known for it's cashews. This is a local cashew shop. I bought 3-500mg bags, each a different type.

Bollywood dancing on a dinner cruise


The road to the beach

This beach was a 1km walk from the hotel


A cow was wondering around, but didn't want to walk in the sand

Ran into a water buffalo on the walk back to the hotel

Courtyard at the hotel

Dad's Surprise 80th Bday