Waterloo Gardens Teahouse

In the UK, when you mention afternoon tea, scones and clotted cream usually comes into mind. Teas, cakes and sandwiches also come into the picture.

The last time I had proper afternoon tea was at The Berkeley, Knightsbridge and the Grosvenor House Hotel, Mayfair.

So, I was pretty excited when friends and colleagues told me about this cafe in Cardiff that serves afternoon tea on a 3-tier stand!

This little cafe or teahouse - The Waterloo Gardens Teahouse, is not located at the 'famous' Waterloo in London, but is aptly named after the street where it's located, called Waterloo Gardens in Penylan, Cardiff.

According to the teahouse's website, one can only reserve a table by pre-booking afternoon teas, and we soon found out the reason why when we arrived at the place.

Signboard Outside Cafe

View from our table

The place was filled with people enjoying their teas and cakes, people standing by the counter and people queueing up to wait for free tables!

Busy afternoon

As you can see on the wall behind the bar, the shelves are filled with pots of teas for sale to the public. You can buy "fine artisan tea from award winning estates around the world from this tiny little teahouse!

Tea Menu

Faced with a very extensive list of different teas that I can choose from the rather thick tea menu, I chose the award-winning Lychee Oolong. For me, fruity teas never fail to impress with their subtle sweetness complimenting the fragrant Oolong.

Hourglass

I was wondering why every table had this colourful hourglass and soon found out that it was to time how long different teas should brew in the teapots!

3-Tier Stand and Tea Set

3- Tier Stand

Clotted Cream and Raspberry Jam

Top tier consists of the clotted cream and raspberry jam for the miniature scones found in middle tier.

Scone and Coffee & Tia Maria Cake

Middle tier carries the miniature scones and slices of Coffe & Tia Maria cakes.

Finger Sandwiches

The bottom tier then holds the finger sandwiches including Mixed Vegetable Sandwich, Cheddar Cheese and Tomato Chutney Sandwich and Salmon with Soft Cheese Sandwich.

Normally, we start with the savoury food, hence the sandwiches. I thought the sandwiches were nice and normal, a far cry from being exceptionally impressive.

After finishing the savoury foods, we proceeded to the scones. I thought the scones were tiny and baked a bit too long as they have gone rather hard and dry. However, a big dollop of my favourite clotted cream just about saved the day. I must say that the cream tea (scones and cream) I had in Dartmouth was way better although it is unfair to compare scones here vs. those served in a Michelin starred restaurant. But even the cream tea in a normal cafe @ Cotswolds was nicer.

Then we continued on to the sweet cakes - Coffee & Tia Maria Cake. I liked this cake as it was very moist. The cake has a nice coffee flavoured buttercream, a very subtle Tia Maria flavour infused in the coffee flavoured sponge.

A rather rich cake but a sip of my Lychee Oolong tea just nicely cut through the richness of it.

Although this afternoon tea has not achieved the elegance and attention to details of those offered in Berkeley and Grosvenor House but this was very well compensated with a considerably lower price of GBP11.50 (compared to GBP35-40 at the other two establishments).

In conclusion, I would picture afternoon tea at this place as "like having sandwiches, cakes and tea in any other cafe" but served on a 3-tier stand and a tea set. But I do like the friendly atmosphere of this place as long as I don't have to wait in an amazingly long queue for a free table!



On a note, I found it rather difficult to enjoy my afternoon tea when the chairs are higher than the table! 

Kota Kinabalu Food Scene Part 2

And then there was more noodles......

Another one of my favourite noodle soup - The Beef Soup with Meehoon.

You can either choose to have the Meehoon in the soup or have it dried with soya sauce. One is as delicious as the other, since it was a very hot afternoon, I went for the dried version.

Beef Meatball and Tripe Soup

You have a choice of many different ingredients added into the beef soup. I ordered the meatballs, tripe and beef meat. Although I do not like eating any offals, but the beef tripe is so delicious that I made an exception!

The beef soup was filled with flavours from various herbs used, black pepper and boiling for hours with beef. It has a wonderful beefy sweetness to it, like having a lighter version of rich beef stock!

Dried Meehoon with Beef

Eaten with the delicious dried meehoon mixed with soya sauce and some minced beef added, a perfect lunch for me.

Kari Laksa

The Kari Laksa was HHhhhmmmmm....delicious! So delicious that I have it every time I come back for holiday! Remember my post from last trip back home?

Although I cannot take very spicy (hot) food (unusual for a born and bred Malaysian), I love this Kari Laksa as it has all the spiciness and sweet kari taste BUT not chilli hot at all!

Served with chicken strips and my favourite 'Tofu pok', this noodle dish is simply irresistable!



Next, another noodle dish that is named after the place it was made.

Tamparuli Fried Noodles

The Tamparuli Fried Noodles is almost similar to the Tuaran Fried Noodles, but with thinner noodles. Served with strips of BBQ pork, thin omelette and local leafy vegatable.

The sweetness of the BBQ pork, tenderness of the omelette accompanying the wonderfully fried noodles.
Stir fried with the right heat and tossing done - 'wok hei', bringing out the wonderful taste of the egg noodles! Delicious!


Alright, now that we are done with noodles, lets have some side dishes and Chinese 'teacakes'......

Chinese Dumplings

The Chinese dumplings, made to order. Not just ANY dumplings, but those made by a certain boss lady in Kota Kinabalu. I think I can confidently assume that most KKians know which dumplings I am talking about.

Chinese dumplings

These dumplings are like the one Michelle P. made in Cardiff a couple of years ago. They can be fried or boiled, and we ordered 10 of each.

Very tasty pork filling oozing out of the soft dumpling skin (made of flour), crispy if fried. Dipped into Chinese black vinegar, I don't know why but it is just so delicious that I can eat one after the other!

Polo Bun

The Polo Bun or Pineapple Bun, made famous in Hong Kong. We call it 'Polo', which sounds like 'bo lo' which means pineapple in Cantonese. Even though it is called Pineapple Bun, it does not contain any pineapples at all! It is the appearance of its crusted top looking like a pineapple that gave it the name of Pineapple bun.

Eaten while hot as soon as it comes out of the oven, hhhhmmmmmm....heavenly!

With the sweet, sugar-ly crust and soft bun filled with rich butter cream, giving different textures and tastes, who can resist it?!

Butter Sugar Bun

Another bun from Hong Kong - the Butter Sugar Bun.

A very simple bun with a loose dough then topped with sugar and a cold square of butter.

Nothing better served with a nice glass of Iced Milk Tea on a nice hot afternoon!

Kota Kinabalu Food Scene

It is great to be back!

Back home in this hot country, Malaysia, to see family and friends! Back to my hometown Kota Kinabalu (KK), the capital city of Sabah. A wonderful place for tourism with beaches, islands, forests, mountains for the more adventurous; shopping centres, restaurants, cafes, pubs and clubs for those who like city life.

and of course....Back blogging about food - my very first post in 2012.

First stop, noodles! There are so many different varieties of noodles in KK. Each named after the places (towns, villages, cities) of origin, with its own distinct texture, taste, flavours and accompaniments.

Foochow Kampua

Sarawak Foochow Kampua or Foochow Dried Noodles. Foochow is a place in China and people from there are called Foochow people, lots of Foochow people migrated to Sarawak, Malaysia. Hence, naturally the dried noodles they brought from Foochow is called Foochow kampua.

This dish is usually served with stir-fried minced pork and the noodles in it's original pale yellowish colour, different from other dried noodles mixed with dark soya sauce to give a brown-black colour.

Absolutely delicious thin noodles mixed with sauces made by the noodle stall owner. On the photo you can see slices of meat with a yellowish 'skin', that is called 'Chun Juan' or pork wrapped in thin layer of fried egg which is a bit like the Japanese Tamago. The Chun Juan is a Hakka delicacy found mainly in Sabah, so the Sarawakian noodle dish has been localized with a few pieces of KK Chun Juan.

Top with a few sprinkles of diced spring onions, this simple dish smells wonderfully fragrant and tastes superbly delicious!


Next come the dessert. With many new coffee shops or cafe springing out in KK, I could never keep up with them by coming home only once a year, or less!

For a small gathering of former high school classmates, we went to this new joint in KK called Station One Cafe.

For a new shop, it has the looks, the atmosphere and of course new customers who are always curious to try out new places.

However, the service was rather appalling as we had to wait ages to be served although we have repeatedly pressed the 'service call' button. The worse thing is that my friends had to wait almost 30 minutes for a glass of Three Layer Milk Tea and simple glass of Ribena with lemon slice!

Three Layer Milk Tea

Three Layer Milk Tea is literally three layers with the first brown layer of tea, second white layer of evaporated milk and the bottom dark brown layer of Gula Melaka (Melaka Coconut Palm Sugar). A nice glass of cold tea with the fragrance of evaporated milk and the natural sweetness of Gula Melaka.

Ice Cream Sundae

Since it was boiling hot, I ordered the Ice Cream Sundae that came with Strawberry, Chocolate and Yam ice cream scoops, one split banana and a chocolate love letter topped with some whipped cream. I guess the ice cream was more susceptible to the heat than I was because it melted into a smooth milky liquid in less than 10 minutes! Hence, I was left competing with the heat to DEVOUR the ice cream!


Lunch next day, again, consist of some sort of noodle.

This time it was rice noodle, which is known as the healthiest type of noodle as it was made of rice flour (gluten free!)

Giant Garupa Noodle Soup

What's incredible about this rice noodle soup? It was the main ingredient - none other than the Giant Garupa Fish meat!

Why is it so incredible? I will try and describe the taste and texture before going into the price of it!

It is a deep sea fish that can live more than 50 years and can grow more than 200kg, easily over 6 ft long!
The meat has a firm texture with a pleasant chewiness to it, which makes it a pleasure to eat!

The price? Can go up to RM8,000 (about GBP 1,650) for a 120-30kg catch. So my bowl of Giant Garupa Fish Soup Noodles cost RM22 when an average bowl of fish soup noodle cost around RM8!

The soup was of course delicious after being boiled for hours with the fish, pickled mustard leaves, tofu; sprinkled with some chopped parsley - a beautiful noodle soup dish!


Another cafe that we went to for dinner was Upperstar. Another coffee shop similar to the one we went to - Station One Cafe. Although they are called coffee shops or cafe, they are not exactly shops that sells coffee, tea and cakes only like Starbucks. Coffee shops here sell a variety of food ranging from Western meat chops to Asian rice and noodle dishes. They serve fresh fruit juices, coffees and milkshakes too.

Nasi Lemak King

I ordered the Nasi Lemak King.

They have three different range of Nasi Lemak, from the most basic Nasi Lemak Promotion, Nasi Lemak and the 'extravagant' Nasi Lemak King. All the same basic coconut milk rice with some shrimp paste sauce, ikan bilis, peanuts, cucumber slices and boiled egg. The only differences between these three Nasi Lemaks were the number and sizes of ingredients put on it, and of course the price difference!

The 'King' that I ordered has the additional chicken wing, which was a bit tough to bite, so I left it as it is after trying a few bites. It also had two long sticks of chicken kebab sandwiched with green peppers, and I DO NOT LIKE peppers, especially the green ones.

Overall, a so so Nasi Lemak interpretation as I have eaten much nicer and more authentic ones.


Then we went to another joint for desserts - Secret Recipe.

Mango Delight

The Mango Delight without much delight. The menu offers:"Juicy chunks of mangoes come together with home-cook mangoes puree and fresh cream...". As promised it has chunks of mangoes but they were not that juicy, the sponge was so dry that I had nothing nice to say about it, apart from the cake being light and posing minimal threat to increasing waist-line size.

Chocolate Indulgence

Now, the Chocolate Indulgence cake looked and tasted more promising. Made with layers of 'creamy and rich Belgian coverture chocolate and white chocolate filling'. With different tastes and textures to each layer of the chocolate cake, it was rich, tasty and nice to eat.



You can probably gather now that KK has been swamped with franchises and the local (much better) food places are slowly (now becoming quickly) being phased out, with only the very popular and long-running ones left!


Now going back to non-franchised food at Restoran Baba & Nyonya Recipe serving authentic Baba & Nyonya food.

Cendol Ais

Cendol Ais - green coloured jelly, served with crushed ice and red beans, drizzled with coconut milk and Gula Melaka. A delightful cold, sweet treat on a nice hot day! In the photo above, the owner forgotten to add the cendol on to the cendol ais! Hence, you can see the cendol being added afterwards in the photo below.

Cendol Ais

Rojak Buah

Rojak Buah - Mixed fruits with specially made sauce and crushed peanuts. A delicious local delicacy with a sweet and sour taste offering different texture from the fresh fruits, crushed peanuts and local vegetable.

Although it does not look like much, one has got to try it to understand what I mean when I say that it is a delicious dish!



Featuring my favorite drink when back home - Iced Milk Tea!

Iced Milk Tea

Many people like their HOT cup of tea, but I love mine served cold - ICE cold! A simple glass of iced tea with evaporated milk rather than normal cow's milk, simply refreshing.

Rice Noodles

Another bowl of noodles, this time it was the dried rice noodles in soya sauce (giving it a brown black colour). Served with a bowl of soup containing pork meat, pork meatballs and pork dumplings giving different textures to a simple pork dish.

Pork meat soup

A very satisfying meal indeed!

More to come as I continue on my KK food journey......

Home-made Scones (Take 2)

Remember this?

Home-made Scones

My very first attempt at making scones did not turn out as I hoped that it would. Not only did they not look the way they should have, they did not have the texture of a normal scone!

Although they tasted nice, they were rock hard on the outside and the inside were not loose enough. One of the reason was because I used plain flour instead of self-raising flour (and to see other reasons for the failed attempt, see here).


Seeing that I have lots and lots of self-raising flour left in the cupboard, I decided to make another attempt in baking some scones!

This time, I used Jamie Oliver's recipe from his cookbook 'Jamie's Ministry of Food', which sounded much more logical and giving much more chance of making beautiful scones. Also, remembering NOT to do everything that I done wrong the last time.


After 12-15 minutes of waiting with anticipation, the scones were finally ready to be taken out of the oven......

Scones

Hooray! They had all risen well and looked everything like how a proper scone should look!

With the tops browning beautifully and the middle had risen until you can see that they want to separate into halves. Perfect~!

More scones

Now, all I had to do was cut them into halves, add a dollop of strawberry jam then add another dollop of clotted cream - simply irresistible!

Strawberry jam and Clotted cream

Add a few fresh strawberries, get the tea ready and I have a nice afternoon tea, a proper English tea!

With some fresh strawberries 

The scones had browned properly and they had a very nice firm texture that breaks easily with each bite. Needless to say, the sweet strawberry jam and rich clotted cream was just fantastic with the lovely scones.

NB I used Hartley's strawberry jam as they make delicious jams and had strawberry pieces in the jar.

A simple English teacake made with three key simple ingredients ie flour, milk and egg. Delicious!

Bangkok Cafe

No, I have not gone to Bangkok, even though I hope to visit that city one day.

It is one of the restaurants in Cardiff that I always wanted to try but have not had the opportunity yet. Hence, I jumped at the offer to have lunch at this cafe when my friend came over to visit me at work today.


Bangkok Cafe (Cardiff  branch) is not exactly a coffee-drinking, cake-eating place but it is a restaurant, a very casual and very informal type of restaurant.

Kopitiam or 'coffee shop' is a term we use to call the 'very casual and very informal' eating places back in Malaysia. One can have breakfast, lunch, quick tea,dinner or even supper at these places and a lot of them offer very delicious (sometimes even more delicious than those posh restaurants) and cheaply priced food.

Right, back to Bangkok Cafe in Cardiff......

As soon as I walked into the restaurant, I thought:"Wow! What a nice, clean and minimalist decor interior that makes it a very inviting and casual place to eat!"

Then as we were deciding what to order, I saw tables being served food in these bright coloured plastic bowls and cutleries that look exactly the same as those used in kopitiams back home!

Beek Gai - Finger Licking Chicken Wings

First up, we had the Beek Gai - deep fried chicken wings with a paste-like home made sauce served with Thai sweet chilli sauce.

Very crunchy skin, succulent meat and tasty sauce which was sweet, salty and a bit spicy. Nice!

Kanom Bang Thai Toasties - Seasoned chopped prawns on toast, with a cucumber and onion relish

We also had some Thai-style toasties as starters. Imagine French toast with tasty, well seasoned, chopped prawns (paste consistency) on top then sprinkled with sesame seed. HHHhhhmmmm...yummm! Dipped into refreshing cucumber and onion relish, perfect!

Panang Ner Lard Kow - Beef Panang Curry with ground peanuts on a bed of rice

Then I had the Panang Ner Lard Kow - Beef Curry with rice from the Lunch menu. On the menu, it was one of the curry dishes withOUT a (H) next to it where (H) means hot. So, being a very unique Malaysian who cannot take very hot and spicy food, I decided to give this dish (without a (H) next to it) a try, thinking that it would not be too spicy hot!

As the waitress came up with my beef curry, the smell of fragrant lemongrass and coconut milk was just so inviting. First spoonful of the beef,  I was pleasantly hit with very fragrant spices like lemongrass, curry and rather spicy green and red chillies, followed by the cooling coconut milk that tried to reduce the spiciness of the chillies.

The more I ate the beef, the spicier it got, but it was so nice that I perservered and almost finished the entire dish (with lots of rice to take the heat off!).

Pad Thai - Classic dry noodles with dried chicken served with peanuts and chilli

My friend had the Pad Thai, a very classic Thai-style fried noodles, usually served with ground peanuts and some chilli.

A squeeze of lime over it, the entire dish is just so tasty and full of flavour with spring onions, chillies, soy sauce and the crunchiness of peanuts and bean sprouts adds another dimension to the texture of the dish.

Lime and Lemongrass Meringue Tart with a hint of basil

As for dessert, surely we had to go for that one with South East Asian flavours - Lime and Lemongrass Meringue Tart with a hint of basil. Sounds like a weird combination? It actually tastes very nice and unique!

The lime infused sweet meringue had a very light texture and the citrussy taste of lime goes really well with the fragrant lemongrass sauce at the base. The hint of basil with its strong notes of spice like clove, cinnamon, anise and tarragon (combined with minty grassiness), surprsingly complimented the citrussy lime really well!

Passion fruit and white chocolate cheesecake (with a surprise!)

The passion fruit and white chocolate cheesecake was pleasantly nice, but for me, it could be a little bit sweeter and should have a stronger passionfruit taste to it.

The cake was nicely light with tiny white chocolate balls dispersed in it and had a very good biscuit base.

Overall, a very delightful lunch indeed!

Lunch in a Lounge

@ Juno Lounge

This cafe restaurant is part of The Loungers group and has branches all over the country.

My friends and I found this cosy place tucked in a little shopping district in Cardiff few years ago and we have since revisited the place several times.

A nice cafe-restaurant with a lovely atmosphere filled with patrons enjoying coffees, relaxing and sometimes it can get really busy with people feasting on their rather magnificent food!


Filled with wooden tables and wooden chairs, when we first entered that place, we noticed that the only menu was written on a huge blackboard right at the back of the cafe. To this date, they are still doing the same, which makes them unique!

Hot Chocolate

Steak with peppercorn sauce

Initially, I wanted to try the 'specials' menu and order 'BEEF steak' but because I mis-read the menu which was actually offering PORK steak, I ended up with a rib-eye steak which was not on the 'specials'. Albeit the tiny error, I thoroughly enjoyed the medium-well done steak with lovely and tasty peppercorn sauce. The steak was nicely done and I was not disappointed at all!

Sauce on steak

Juicy and succulent steak with very nice and earthy portobello mushrooms which complimented the steak very well.

Pan-fried chicken breast on a bed of pesto Gnocchi

My friend had the 'specials' pan-fried chicken breast on a bed of Gnocchi in pesto sauce. Absolutely lovely, tender and succulent chicken breast meat with a buttery sauce filled with herby flavours from the pesto sauce.


With my lovely cup of cafe latte, it was an enjoyable lunch which made a rainy day that much nicer.

Knuckle. Sausage. Beer. (1)

Pork knuckles, sausages and beer.

All three of the above, you could have guessed where I have been for the past week.

Everyone that I have asked, who has been to that country, said that I must try sausages, pork knuckles and beer there!

The beautiful country of Germany! We visited Berlin, Frankfurt and Cologne during this trip. All three cities are very beautiful and unique with their own characteristics and identities.

However, all three cities offer very similar food with the common ones being the various '-wurst' (sausages), beers and pork knuckles.

In all German cities you go to, you will most definitely find shops or cafe selling various kinds of breads with different fillings. 

I am going to introduce the food we tried according to the cities we visited. 

Berlin:

Cafe-shop

The above photo shows a shop selling breads and wine in Berlin, called Lindner, situated right outside a shopping arcade in Postdamer Platz. This shop looks more posh compared to other shops selling similar products, therefore pricier, although the food is worth every euro we spent.

The above photo shows our daily breakfast or lunch consisting of bread filled with salami, lettuce, boiled egg and sun-dried tomato. In some days we also had different types of breads with different fillings! Very lovely and crunchy bread with very healthy fillings that included lots and lots of vegetables!

I noticed from several travel guidebooks about Germany that most of the restaurants there offer international food. I could not believe it until I saw it for myself when we arrived in Berlin!

We found a place called Asian Snack in Alexanderplatz train station and decided to have a quick dinner there as it was getting late, and more importantly, we were very hungry!

Vietnamese style deep fried duck with noodles

The deep fried duck was absolutely delicious. Perfectly deep fried producing very crispy skin and juicy meat! Not bad at all for a snack bar and I must commend the generous portion they serve!

Sesame Pork Rice

The sesame pork rice was also nicely cooked and tasted very homely! A very balanced diet with pork meat, long beans, green vegetable, bamboo shoots and some mushrooms, very nice served with lovely rice.


For lunch the next day, we decided to search for this particular restaurant recommended by DK's travel guidebook to Germany. The book recommended this restaurant for its traditional German dishes in a nice atmosphere.

We walked several blocks in search of it, and believe me, do not always trust what the book recommends!

Grilled fish with potatoes

First of all, the fish I ordered was very expensive and very over-cooked! The fish meat was so soft that it crumbled as soon as the fork touched it, moreover, the fried bacon on top was way too salty!

Californian pineapple chicken rice

Secondly, does Californian pineapple chicken rice sound German to you? Even though this dish was served with asparagus soup and were not that expensive as it was part of a 3-course lunch offer, I was expecting better value for money!

So, lesson learnt - do not always trust the guidebooks and go where the local goes. (Hint: when you see lots of local people in the restaurant, get in there!)


However, all was not lost when we found this lovely pub-restaurant by the River Spree (where we saw many locals!).

German  Beer and Spirit

The refreshing beer and strong spirit came with the boiled pork knuckle dish! Looking at the thick layer of fatty skin, I guess that's why they included the spirit in the meal.

Boiled pork knuckle, Berlin style, only found in Berlin. The knuckle had quite a heavy 'porky' taste as it was boiled, hence dollops of mustard sauce was served with it. Quite a nice dish!

Boiled Pork Knuckle

The first sausage that I had in Berlin was a Currywurst - sausage with curry ketchup, in a bun. Very delicious, so delicious that I forgotten to take a photo!

In the photo below, was the traditional Bratwurst with sauerkraut and potatoes I ordered at the pub. A rather delightful meal with tasty sausage, nice soft potatoes and perfectly pickled sauerkraut!

Bratwurst

Because we had so much meat, we decided to be a bit healthier and went to the supermarket to buy some yoghurt! What better brand to buy if not German's very own Muller yoghurt? We can get Muller yoghurt in the UK, but I must say, there are more varieties and flavours of Muller's in Germany and they do taste much better!

Muller Strawberry Yoghurt

Muller Hazelnut Yoghurt

Yoghurt is readily available in most supermarkets. Different brands, flavours and types of yoghurt can be found there!

We found this very nice and fragrant hazelnut flavoured yoghurt which tasted almost like you were having hazelnut chocolate!

Muller Passion Fruit and Mango Yoghurt

We also had these yoghurt with passion fruit or mango jelly on top and they tasted very refreshing when mixed together!

Not a very good start with food in Berlin, but it did become better and better.


Next stop, Frankfurt am Main - German financial district.

As soon as we exited Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (train station), we walked right into the Thursday market on a street not far away. We checked into our hotel then made a beeline to the store selling bratwurst and currywurst!

I suppose not all sausages in German are nice?! We bought a chicken and a pork sausage and they both had a very strong 'porky' taste to it! Maybe it was the way these sausages were processed or they just lacked proper sauces?!

After that experience, we decided to play it a little bit safer and went into another local pub next to our hotel.

Pork Escalope with various mushrooms

The pork escalope cooked with a sauce made of many types of mushrooms was absolutely delicious! The meat was cooked just nice and tender and of course the skinny fries were very crispy and delicious!

Grilled pork knuckle

And of course we ordered a pork knuckle, and this time it was grilled. Grilled pork knuckle is even more delicious than the boiled one we had in Berlin! It was filled with flavours and went really well with the sauerkraut and mashed potatoes!

Yes, oh yes, we went to another Asian restaurant. This one in Frankfurt is opened by a Malaysian! So we thought we would give it a try since we felt we had too much meat (pork)!

Thai Iced Lemon Tea

I thought that the Thai iced lemon tea was worth a mention as it was really refreshing and very authentic, just like the one we have back in Asia!

Cantonese style fried meehoon

The Cantonese style fried meehoon was very tasty and had my favourite roasted pork belly! Nicely done with lots of shredded vegetables and prawns. Thumbs up for authentic Asian food in Frankfurt!

Wantan and fishball soup

We also had the wantan and home-made fish balls noodle soup. The fish balls were really well made and chewy although we would have like a bit more of them in the bowl!

Sweet potato dessert

The complimentary sweet potato dessert with coconut milk was really nice. Therefore a very nice end to a meal!

Below are several more examples of German bakery we had during our trip in Frankfurt. All delicious and healthy, just nice for lunch!

Chicken nugget in bread

Football Bun

Pork rib meat in bun

On the bus tour, the audio guide mentioned a local speciality namely the apple wine. This alcohol beverage has a lower tax than other alcohol beverages at is was more popular due to its lower caloric count compared to other drinks.  It tastes like a lighter version of normal beers and was supposed to taste sweeter after your first glass.

Apple wine

Before we headed to Cologne, we had to give the Frankfurt sausage another go, and this time, we were not disappointed!

Bratwurst

The bratwurst (sausage) we ordered was indeed like the frankfurters you can find in the supermarkets in the UK! Very nice with a big dollop of tomato ketchup.

Frankfurters?

Off to Cologne, the fourth largest city in Germany. (In Part 2)