Monthly Archives: January 2009
Donald and Lily’s Corner
Donald and Lily’s is a Malaccan institution. We order what this place is famous for, Nyonya Laksa and Cendol. Nyonya, or Peranakan cuisine is the food of the Straits Chinese who intermarried with the local Malays, therefore intermingling ingredients and cooking techniques. Nonya laksa is more like the laksa that we know about in Australia (as [...]
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Things have changed!
Just a quick note to let you know that Pikelet and Pie now has a new home, and if you are reading this, then you are here! After running for almost a year a thought that this blog needed its own url, so it now lives here, at www.pikeletandpie.com. %RELATEDPOSTS%
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I love Bun Cha
When F and I first visited Hanoi, this travelling and eating gig was scary, terrifying in fact. I didn’t know what to order, what they were selling and scared that I would get sick delicious novel treats were often eschewed for plainer fare. Luckily, Hanoi was the first stop on our trip, an easing in [...]
Hawker Center deliciousness in Penang
We have only been in Penang for a few days yet I swear I have already eaten my weight in noodles and roti. I still have a heap of posts about Vietnam waiting in the wings, but have been busy updating my travel blog, and falling in love with Malaysian food. Tiny wax jambu inside [...]
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Thái Bình Market, just wandering.
While in Ho Chi Minh City we visited many markets, the food sections only! At the famous Bến Thành Market, we had some decidedly average coffee, at Cholon and the small Thái Bình market near where we stayed, the coffee was divine. Cold, sweet, rich and chocolatey, I wish I could have coffee like the [...]
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