Thursday, January 21, 2010

Doin’ it like Zimmern and Bourdain!

January 21, 2010

Tonight I had one of the best meals yet, in KL’s Jalan Alor street, a carnival-like night market of hawker stalls featured on Anthony Bourdain’s Malaysia episode.  I met with Uncle Jack’s two nephews for a meal of authentic proportions!  To eat Malay style, you can’t be afraid to get dirty – food stall dirty. […]






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Asia is …

January 21, 2010

… a great place to learn the difficult art of patience. Like yesterday, when the bus to Melaka left 45 minutes late.  Why?  I don’t know.  I think the driver was having a smoke. Or today when the commuter train didn’t show up for a half hour.  I could have walked to my destination. Or […]






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