Nico's Vacation - Day 3

15/12/2009 - Today is a 'gastronomically' interesting day. Woke up around half 8 and went to our local wet market to pick up some breakfast - it's apam balik for me - a type of peanut pancake. Spent the rest of the morning helping mum shift things around the house - free labour

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Lunch was at Chynna, Hilton. Had read a couple of reviews of it from food blogs and was determined to try it out. The dim sum menu is quite extensive. They have different variety 'categories' I'd say - the normal steamed ones, savoury fried ones, sweet desserts, well being (healthy and vege options), specials, different kinds of rice rolls (cheung fun), congee and another section with funky fusion dim sums named 'Taste Bud Journey'. We ordered 'cha siu bo lo pau', char siu bau, siu mai (the normal stuff) and a couple other special ones - grilled unagi rice roll, sambal petai samosa, spring onion pancakes with chicken floss, spinach and goji berry congee, prawn and mango roll and tom yum bean curd roll. Comparing Chynna to Ritz, I think Ritz is better in terms of the normal dim sums, but will definitely go back Chynna to try out other interesting stuff.

Mall crawled again after lunch - Pavilion this time - just to get myself a better pair of sandals for Cambodia - weather forecast has it that it's going to rain :( the next few days in Phnom Pehn. Had a tiramisu gelato from Gelato Fruity before starting shopping. Was quite amazed by the variety of shops and stalls that have opened since my last visit. Managed to get a pair of Sketchers sandals for 15% discount. Bro got himself a golf glove. And then we spent about more than half an hour choosing trinkets from one of the stalls there. Bought myself four individual sided earrings - meant to be mixed and match - RM12 each - right you might think it is cheap - but I don't think so. Maybe it just that I felt that some random trinkets like that shouldn't have costs so much in Malaysia! Thing's changed - they are not cheap in KL these days!

Had dinner at Fong Lye (Taiwanese Restaurant) at Midvalley. Was meant to try this place out twice when I was back home last year and didn't manage to make it. This time, I have more dinner slots to fit this in :). Food is good - in fact I think we ordered a little too much - not sure how many more gym hours I need to fit in after this holiday >< ! Anyway...not caring too much now, I shall continue my gourmet journey for the rest of the two weeks...stay tuned!