Xiamen, A Trip Down Memory Lane. Part 1: The Village

Many years ago, back in Mao Lin village in Xiamen, China, a fight erupted amongst a few villagers at a communal well. In the dispute, one of the villagers, a gangster, was struck in the head with a bucket and later died of his injuries.  Fearing of being being a victim of rataliation, one of the men present at the scene decided to leave and sail to a foreign land. Along he brought his family and on he sailed far far away, on a vessel, bound south. The vessel will then enter the Straits of Malacca, dock at the ports along the Malacca river and the passengers disembarked onto land, in a small port city along the west coast of the Malay peninsula.

My Denim Adventure - APCs

Above: Front of APCs, from day 1 of wear to day 205.

Above: Back of APCs, from day 1 of wear to day 205.

Back in the year 2011, My Daily Roti purchased a pair of APC Petite Standards from his trip to NYC. Since then, it became MDR's staple choice of bottoms when he decides to wear something to cover up those pale legs of his. Since then, they have been through some heavy wear, including being stained with paintball filling after a hot afternoon's paintball match.

My Daily Roti is back on the plate! ....Hopefully

It has been a long hiatus at My Daily Roti. As with most blogs, MDR is operated by a human being who experiences the ups and downs in life. MDR simply lost the oomph for blogging halfway through it. It has been a long time coming and MDR is officially toasted, hot and ready for the kaya spread (For non-Malaysians out there, coconut jam). Officially, MDR has been inactive for 2 years, 2 months and 10 days since the last post. 

In his 2 years of absence, MDR had been on a roller coaster ride, savouring and enduring the ups and downs in life. In that period, MDR had lost someone so dear to himself, travelled back to the motherland (Xiamen in Fujian Province, PRC), Went on a student exchange programme to Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and travelled around a few places down under. Furthermore, MDR had broken into his pair of APC so much that they needed a few patchings. Continued with the obsession on breaking into and properly fading pairs of solid dyed jeans with the purchase of a pair of Naked & Famous(es). Gone on another up and down journey to lose the unwanted roti crumbs on his body. Travelled again to Beijing, Thailand and back to Hong Kong (yet again).....and finally, graduate from university.

There is too much to blog about. An exciting journey ahead, time to catch up.

My Little HK Food Guide - Part 3 + Macau Bonus

Of Noodles and Other Carby Goodnus

Finally my third and final installment of my three part HK food guide. On this installment, I shall focus on my other favourite part of the food triangle - carbohydrates. Carbs are considered the most important part of a balanced diet, providing energy for daily usage but sadly also accumulates as layers of blubber under our skin. Carbs are, for me, a sinful indulgence. However, it is actually a sin to not indulge yourself with the best sources of carbohydrates, possibly in the world. Noodles!!

My Little HK Food Guide - Part 2

A Carnivore's Paradise

Above: RM 17 for the above, FRESH. Where to get in Malaysia??

HK is a carnivore's paradise, if you are a vegetarian, stray far far away from this meat loving city. Believe it or not, the dim sum in HK does little to move me. It is the meat dishes that actually get me craving for more. While a typical dim sum meal cost quite a bit, the dishes that I am going to blog about below are mostly averagely priced. Forget about the pricing, because everything you see here is worth paying the price for. Some are incredibly cheap compared to what we have to pay for the equivalent dish in Malaysia.

My Little HK Food Guide - Part 1

Dim Sum

HK is of course famous for its dim sum. After all, it is the place where the dim sum dishes are perfected . Back in Malaysia, it is a common affair to have dim sum for breakfast. However, despite having such a large Chinese community in Malaysia, I have to admit that our dim sum is among the lousiest in the world. Dim sum houses in Malaysia try too hard to invent new varieties, cheese siu mai and the like, which suck! Good dim sum can be easily found in New York or London or Melbourne, it is a shame that it is so difficult to find good dim sum anywhere here (Malaysia). It all boils down to the freshness of the ingredients I believe, and HK is just the right place to find fresh ingredients.

My Daily Roti was in Hong Kong.....again

Many do not know but my mum has her roots in HK even though she was born a Penangite. Those days everybody wanted a part of Malaya. Seeing the potential of this newfound "promise land", my maternal grandmother went to Penang and my mum was born there. It's amazing how things turned out the opposite after 50 years...lol. Anyway, mum only moved back to HK at about 13. Point is, due to her roots there, we get to visit HK quite often. In fact, once every year for the past three years. Still, HK never turns out to be boring for me. Especially with the shopping and of course the amazing food there. The variety of stuff on sale there is just massive compared to what we get here. From the affordable to the ultra luxurious. Its also rather nice to visit the aunties and uncles once in a while, good food, good wine, great bargains. I love HK.

    My next two blog post will be my little food guide to HK. A collection of the food I never fail to miss every time I'm there and also some newfound eateries. Dim Sum included of course, also roast goose, beef hor fun and many more. HK is food heaven. It's not a surprise that most food outlets in HK serve at least decent food. Rent is crazily high in HK and to survive you are forced to do your very best. Even around my hotel area, I've seen some restaurants being replaced after just a year. More to come soon, stay tuned!