Apparently kelapa bakar (roasted coconut) and coconut jelly are some of Sabah’s specialties. We stopped by this stall on our way back from Nexus Karambunai for some fresh coconut juice and home-made coconut jelly. The kelapa bakar looked curiously tempting but I wasn’t in the mood for adventure especially after a heavy meal so we [...]

I am a real sucker for pastries. Which is why every visit to Chinese towns and cities such as Ipoh, Penang and even Malacca is a wonderful merriment of traditional pastry exploration. By that I mean walking from shop to shop in the old town to check out what traditional delights the local folks have [...]

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I love desserts. I can’t imagine a life without desserts. They are the epitome of temporary joy when insanity beguiles an exhausted mind or a depressed heart. Desserts and me, just throw ’em damn Tiffany’s and bring me a box of Thorntons. Yea, I know that. I’m easy to please.
But I love ‘em dark, rich and sinful. When we allow ourselves that one special meal [...]