Motormouth From Ipoh – A Malaysian Food Blog

The pier where the passengers are waiting for their “water taxis” to arrive

A lighter post for the weekend (Read : More pictures, less words. Happy?). Late in the afternoon, we took the water taxi to Wat Arun, a famous Buddhist temple also known as Temple of Dawn. Since this temple, and Wat Pho (another famous temple in the vicinity – across the river from Wat Arun. Wat Pho houses the gigantic reclining Buddha statue) are only few stops away from the Chao Phraya Express‘ Phra Arthit (Banglumpoo) stop, which in return, is within walking distance from Khao San Road. CONTINUE READING THE REST OF THIS ENTRY »

A short break from the Bangkok posts, here’s something closely related, yet hundreds of miles away from Thailand. Khuntai Restaurant is indeed closer to home; A heaven for those craving for a lip-smackingly sumptuous Thai meal, with emphasis on grilled/BBQ meats and seafood, and dining al fresco style, in Butterworth, Penang.

With ample seats, whether one chooses to be seated ‘indoors’ or ‘outdoors’ (under those bamboo + straw huts), dining here can be either fun and cooling, OR darn hot and infested with mosquitoes!

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Lost? Here’s another chapter from the Bangkok 2009 Saga – from previous chapter; Chinatown of Bangkok …..

Lively, colourful, vibrant and jammed?! – Damnoen Saduak Floating Market @ Ratchaburi, approximately 110km south of Bangkok,Thailand.

Since this was supposed to be a purely gluttons’/shopaholics’ trip, sight-seeing was never a mainstay in our itinerary. Except for the Floating Market, as Min has never been there before. CONTINUE READING THE REST OF THIS ENTRY »

#Disclaimer : Beware the insanity that follows ….. everything’s completely fictional, and Motormouth has NOT gone bonkers. Take it with a pinch of salt. Right until the very end. #

Da Much Feared, Much Worshipped Board of CEO‘s … Coconut jElly of Orgasmic proportion.

Cumming Coming to da office at an EXTREMELY late hour had me shaken (not stirred) in my boots, pants and all. Moreso when facin’ the almighty, “sacred lords” codenamed CEO’s, all 11 of them at one go. They probably don’t have nothing better to do than holding meetings day in day out, at an alarming frequency.

P/S : On a side note, that last line bears some truth in it, categorized as NON-fiction. LOL. But anyway ….. CONTINUE READING THE REST OF THIS ENTRY »

Chinatown (or Yaowarat Road) is a part of Bangkok that’s rather famous come sundown, aside from the perennial favourite of many (hehe); Patpong. But of course, for all the RIGHT reasons, as opposed to the RED light district aforementioned.

Are you shivering in your boots yet? Had that nagging feeling deep in your guts, preparing yourself for the impending doom? Screaming NOT another MOTORMOUTH’s NEVERENDING TRAVELLING SAGA?!!! (Newbies beware…. old timers, remember the 13 chapters Hong Kong/Macau extravaganza last year? Or the 10 chapters of Hanoi On A Shoe-string Series?!)

Don’t piss your pants. Yet. For this time around, I’ve decided to show mercy upon all, and shorten my ramblings as much as possible, thus omitting the day by day posts. Saintly, am I?

Unless, of course, you wanted them. Oooh …. sadistic, aren’t we?

Frying up a storm! Whipping up plates after plates of delectable, addictive Pad Thai.

Thipsamai (www) is a household name, widely acknowledged in guidebooks and on the web, as THE restaurant that serves the BEST Pad Thai in Bangkok. No joke, this one. To imagine even the locals are willing to pay 60Baht/RM6 for a plate of the undoubtedly Thailand’s most famous noodle dish. Put it simply, it’s Thailand’s answer to Vietnam’s Pho Bo, or Malaysian’s Char Kuey Teow. Or Laksa. Or Prawn Mee. (Why am I indecisive on this one?!) CONTINUE READING THE REST OF THIS ENTRY »