Travel Footprints

Mr. Rono and I have been frequenting malls lately checking out interior decor and furnitures. Over the weekend, we were doing the rounds of stores as usual. It gets pretty tiring after a while so naturally we always end up eating! In Robinson’s Galleria, we discovered Nasi Lemak which serves Singaporean cuisine with Chinese and Malaysian specialty dishes. I was happy to see they have my fave dish from Penang, Malaysia – char kway teow.

That photo was taken on our last trip to Malaysia last November 2009 where the noodle dish is served by the road (hence, the plastic plate) pretty much like pad thai in Thailand. Although I found the char kway teow dish that was closer to what I had in Malaysia in Crustascia (Trinoma Mall), Nasi Lemak’s edition was a close second.

This had us thinking about the dishes that takes us back to a place we visited before especially after we had dinner at Fish & Co. at the Shangri-la Mall where the signature dish is, well, fish and chips. This fish and chips dish was very reminiscent of our vacation in Cape Town, South Africa. Toast Box in Trinoma (inside Bread Talk) also serves good hainanese chicken dish that takes you back to a time in Singapore or Hong Kong. I’m sure there are a lot more to discover on a food trip around the metro, it’s really interesting how far you can go while staying stuck in Manila with a great sense of culinary adventure and a healthy dose of wanderlust.