Asian Beef Noodle House

A tofu salad dish, with a large serving of vegetables and fried rice vermicelli.

The chicken pho (noodle soup). It tasted great with hoisin sauce and hot sauce :)

The one and only Vietnamese restaurant in Fredericton. It has been around for more than two years now. They serve a few Thai dishes too. It's a great place (or rather, the only) place to get your Vietnamese/Thai fix, but for the serving size and price that you're paying for, you could get way better deals in bigger cities. Thus, I'm too big of a fan of this restaurant. Please don't get me wrong, they offer good service and complimentary chinese tea, but I'd rather spend my budget on restaurants I haven't been in town.

There's a Vietnamese restaurant in the Chinatown of Montreal that I really enjoyed, and certainly looking forward to my next visit.

The Junk Yard

Junk yard? Well, I wish it fills up my yard ;) Typically known as the "junk food", this brings back my *sweet* memories as a little kid. I used to save up my pocket money to purchase these yummy treats (in secret, shhh....)!

(From top left) Tomato-flavoured Twisties, flavourful dried fish fillet, cheesy Cheezels, prawn-flavoured Mi-mi snacks, candy-coated chocolates in the shape of an "8", creamy chocolate sticks, crunchy Apollo chocolate wafers, colourful jellies, chewy "rabbit" candies, "black & white" bubble gums, Cloud 9 and Crispy chocolate bars, as well as assorted candies (lemon candy sticks, Hudson, Hacks etc.)

Proudly presenting to you, my yummies harvested from home! They look tempting, eh? Stop drolling :)

Supper at Diplomat Restaurant

A full order of Chow Hoi Shin ($20.99) served with a bowl of fried rice. Generous serving of lobster meat, scallops, shrimps and vegetables. I shared this with Mom.

Guess what? The famous Diplomat special fried rice! Shrimps, lobster meat, char siew etc. yumm... My recommendation to Dad who liked to try a special dish. $11.99 for a full-order. The serving was so big that Dad can't even finish it and we had to request for a doggy bag.

The Diplomat special fried rice is best served with hot sauce. It's thus far my favourite Chinese dish in Fredericton ;)

Dave had this Chicken Caesar Salad for $10.99. It served with toasted garlic bread. The chicken stripes looked delicious...

I'd certainly recommend the Diplomat Restaurant to anyone in Fredericton who opts for great Chinese/Canadian cuisine.

*Note: I just noticed that they've marked up the price by a dollar or two while updating this blog :(

Gei Dan Zai

Gei Dan Zai (a.k.a. little chicken egg waffles) are best served when piping hot! Having to line up for these waffle balls, I observed the interesting process of preparing them. They are baked on low heat for 5 minutes using a waffle maker. These Gei Dan Zai are crispy on one side and soft on the other. I got them for HKD 10, if I remembered correctly.

This stall also sells curry fish balls that smothered with shrimp paste and tumeric, which I didn't get a chance to try. Check out this stall in Hong Kong. It's a must try!





Lee Ken
78 Nathan Road, Jordan, Hong Kong

Opening hours: 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Directions: Jordan MTR Station

Visiting Boston without a Visa?

Yeah, celebrated the last day of exam at the Boston Pizza! Visiting Boston for pizza without having to carry an U.S. Visa, how cool is that?

Presented here are the Jambalaya fettucini and Thai chicken pizza. The pasta is served with a generous amount of shrimp, Italian sausages, chicken breast in cubes, and not to forget, crushed tomatoes and green onions! The garlic bread was delicious too. Nevertheless, it'd be better with a little more sauce :) I personally prefer the saucy type of pasta.

Thai chicken pizza is served with satay sauce, instead of pizza sauce! Cool eh? The taste of chow mein reminds me of yee sang that's commonly served during the Chinese New Year. Hmm...when will I get to taste yee sang again, I wonder...

Happy Birthday...

Being away from home for the first time on a birthday (Oct. 7th, 2003), this was what I got! A very sweet thought of everyone and thanks again, for the wonderful birthday plan (steamboat dinner)! You've brighten the very special day of mine.

CNY Celebration

How is it possible to have reunion dinner when you're not able to make it home? Well, it turned out to be an awesome meal! Being away from home and missing my first CNY celebration ever, I was tremendously blessed by these authentic Chinese dishes!

Friendship, you need it especially when you've no closed ones to reach out to. Thanks, folks :)