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Post by hwinpp on Apr 3, 2010 6:50:32 GMT
I got back on Thursday afternoon from a short trip to Indonesia. I stayed in Jakarta for 2 nights followed by 2 nights in Surabaya. As I was there for work I didn't get out of the hotel much in fact only got out to eat! Here's the story in pics: On my way to the airport in Phnom Penh, ca. 8am    A wedding tent blocking the whole road   First meal in Kuala Lumpur, not had a double whopper with cheese for nearly 4 years!  Some quality time spent here  View from my hotel room in 'Jakkers'  At the show, we were the only Cambodians!  |
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 3, 2010 7:08:43 GMT
Carrying on to Surabaya  Surabaya at night  The first meal in Surabaya, excellent Eastern Javanese cuisine  Getting ready to tuck in...  The spread  Details Fried gourami  Another fish with ginger, onion, tomato dressing  Clockwise from top, fried 'petai' beans, the fish mentioned above, stir fried moring grory, Indonesian fruit/vegetable salad, 'rojak' with peanut sauce dressing  |
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 3, 2010 7:23:51 GMT
View from the hotel room in Surabaya, 17th floor!   And back to Kuala Lumpur  Everybody waiting for their flight  And finally back in Cambodian skies ;D  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2010 10:13:57 GMT
Sniff.... finished already?  When I think that my travelling in Asia already ended in September 2004 except for a few flash appearances! I really miss it terribly. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 3, 2010 19:44:55 GMT
Whew ~~ whirlwind trip. You must be glad to be home.
Did you fall upon that Whopper like a wolf? ;D The smoking lounge looks so civilized. Some of them in US airports are designed to make you feel like a criminal. That's a really good photo, besides.
What is the big red thing in the very back of the photo of Surabaya?
Wasn't it a good thing that you all were the only representatives from Cambodia? Ha ha on the competition.
The Javanese food must have been a high point of the trip -- so beautiful! Is that soup in the middle of the table. Also, why so few petai beans -- are they sort of a snack more than a vegetable? Rojak is .... ?
God, that next-to-the-last picture could be anywhere in the world! Airports, yuck.
Beeeoooteeful cloud&airplane picture!
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 5, 2010 4:21:38 GMT
Sorry, nothing more. It was a bit fast I have to admit. Next trip to Melbourne will be the same, unfortunately.
Weren't you in Bangkok for a longish weekend last year, Jack?
I actually had a second whopper and onion rings and mozarella sticks after the first one ;D
The red triangle is part of the wing, I think it's the light at the wingtip.
I liked that meal, it was the only 'real' Indonesian food we had. My colleage, in spite of always saying he eats everything, wasn't a big fan so we had several Chinese meals that were good, but no change for me. The soup in the middle is a mutton curry. I asked if everybody ate it and in the end finished it alone because of the 'smell'... But the petai beans were quickly gobbled up. They're a snack, usually just BBQ'd. Strangely enough they aren't known or available in Cambodia, it's just right under the equator that they grow.
The rojak is a cold salad. This one contained roughly cut up cucumbers, water chestnuts, pineapple, star fruit, tofu and bean sprouts and was covered by that thick peanut gravy. Again, I was the only one that touched it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 5, 2010 4:34:56 GMT
Did you have to talk your colleagues into having Indonesian food? What a shame! I guess they'd never had mutton before. I see what looks like fried tofu on the table. Who ate that? The rojak sounds wonderful -- I must research it! You won't believe this, but I've never had fried mozzarella sticks. It's been a long time since I was in a BK.  on the red thing. That's really a great photo with the main boulevards showing & everything. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2010 5:01:12 GMT
Weren't you in Bangkok for a longish weekend last year, Jack? Two nights in Bangkok does not count as a trip! |
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 5, 2010 5:19:13 GMT
I was surprised that night shot from the plane actually turned out that well. Re that meal, we arrived late, the plane had been delayed by two hours, allegedly due to rain. We had to make it to the hotel before 11pm so we didn't have much choice in picking the cuisine. The Chinese restaurants were all in town, we were passing restaurant after restaurant with Javanese food, so I just blurted out I was hungry and our 'host' stopped at the first one he could recommend ;D Oh, I wouldn't make a detour to a BK just to have those mozzarella sticks, Bixa. They're not that good... I don't know, I just suddenly had the feeling that I needed them that instant. I'm sure when I'm there on Thursday I will not order them again... In fact we will not be eating at the airport at all as this time we've a stop over of 11 hours and I've arranged to meet my cousin  Jack, the next time you go to SEA and decide to stay in Bangkok for two nights instead of popping over to Phnom Penh I'll take it as a personal insult! |
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Post by gertie on Apr 11, 2010 9:49:24 GMT
Mmmmm that spread makes me hungry to look at it!
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 21, 2010 4:03:43 GMT
Updates coming soon. This time I've got 9 days and will be in more places. That'll be good for the food pics |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2010 4:57:55 GMT
All washed down with Bintang, as usual!
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Post by tod2 on Oct 21, 2010 5:26:09 GMT
Wonderful photos! Are you the dude in the red shirt?
One of the stir-fry dishes mentioned was ' moring grory' - is that the same as 'morning glory' the vine that crawls over everything?
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 21, 2010 6:33:42 GMT
Yes and no.
Everybody in SEA calls it morning glory, a lot pronounce it moring grory but it's actually water convulvulus.
;D ;D ;D
I've lined up a couple of good places. One I didn't even know is in Surabaya's Arab quarter (didn't know they had one either). I was innocently asking about mutton and got half a book of info!
It'll be a feast as I'm going to be a couple of days each in Surabaya, Bandung, Jakarta and Medan.
And yes, Tod, I'm the guy in the red shirt.
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Post by ilbonit0 on Oct 21, 2010 6:49:12 GMT
I'm going to Surabaya soon too! I got a ticket with AirAsia from bangkok for 35 US dollars! LEt me know if you've got any tips...
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Post by onlymark on Oct 21, 2010 9:37:58 GMT
Morning glory means something completely different where I'm from.
Males tend to get it on waking up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2010 10:00:50 GMT
Sounds like a case of the convulvulus to me.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 21, 2010 10:32:57 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Oct 21, 2010 12:13:24 GMT
hwinpp - Well I'll be darned! You might be surprised to hear that I HAVE 'moring grory' aka Water Spinach or Kankon! I Googled Morning Glory and first on the list was Water Spinach - I then went through my Chinese vegetable seeds I bought in Singapore and would ya believe it - there was the packet! I am excited  because I can stir-fry some in a couple of months! |
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 23, 2010 11:19:23 GMT
And very good indeed with sambal belacan or sambal trassi if you can get those sauces! Very popular vegetable all over South East Asia, in Cambodia we have 3 different kinds. Try and grow it, you'll enjoy for sure! |
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on the red thing. That's really a great photo with the main boulevards showing & everything.
because I can stir-fry some in a couple of months!