Month: March 2015

  • Breathless + Tie me up ! Tie me down !

    We recently signed up for Hulu Plus.  I(Chris) has been really excited about the possibility of accessing online the Criterion Collection via Hulu Plus, him being a Criterion fan. Criterion is an American video-distribution company that sells “important classic and contemporary films” to film aficionados. It is noted for helping to standardize the letterbox format for…

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  • Seven Terraces, Penang – part 2

    Continuing with our tour of the most interesting hotel on this Malaysian trip …  part 1 is here. The hotel – Seven Terraces – has a second entrance which passes through the restaurant. The hotel’s restaurant, Kebaya, serves classically prepared Straits Chinese style dishes. We did not have a chance to try it. Bababar – the hotel’s…

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  • Seven Terraces, Penang – part 1

    After a series of posts on Malaysian street food, let’s see the most interesting hotel on this trip. Seven Terraces is a spectacularly reimagined heritage hotel in Penang.  Located at the UNESCO World Heritage site, in the heart of Georgetown, the hotel is a conversion of a row of seven 19th century Anglo-Chinese terraces. Around the Love Lane area…

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  • Open-air food court at SS2, Petaling Jaya

    After walking around for about 20 or so minutes in the street market, we came to the center where the food court is located. The food court is a bright and airy plaza which is covered (we can’t imagine what the night market would be like in a monsoon downpour which we experienced the day before…

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  • Monday night market at SS2, Petaling Jaya – part2

    This is part 2 of our post on the night market at SS2. Part one is here.  To recap, our friend J who grew up locally showed us the sights around KL. She suggested the night market at SS2 since it is “open” only on Monday night. Street food is so much a part of Southeast…

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  • Monday night market at SS2, Petaling Jaya – part 1

    The next few posts are dedicated to the very lively, popular, and wonderfully diverse night market (Pasar Malam) at SS2, Petaling Jaya – one of the largest in the area. The market sells various types of goods (clothes, toys, electronics, etc.) but the main reason to come is the street food. Monday night is market night…

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