Let's get this out of the way. 8-years ago on my first visit to Taipei, I was too chicken shit to give these rotting-meat-dirty-socks odoured treats a go. Tonight, I finally conquered that fear and went ahead to try some. Well, let's say it's bark was mightier than it's bite. | #stinkytofu #taipei #taiwan #nightmarket #foodies #food #foodvsco #foodstagram #foodspotting #foodforfoodies #alfmtaipei #travel #vsco #vscocam #vscofood #streetphotography #streetfood #onthestreets

Hope my tummy's ready for an onslaught of crazy Taiwanese street snacks | #taipei #taiwan #nightmarket #foodies #food #foodvsco #foodstagram #foodspotting #foodforfoodies #alfmtaipei #travel #vsco #vscocam #vscofood #streetphotography #streetfood #onthestreets

One of the city's most popular croissant bakery introduced it's Ball Law Cowssant - a marriage of the French croissant and Hong Kong's beloved Pineapple Bun, 菠蘿 包 complete with a sugary crusty top "shell" and served with a thick slab of Beurre d'Isigny Ste Mere. Yay or Bullocks, try it to decide. | #breakfast #croissant #bolobau #hybridfood #butter #bakery

I carrot believe this is happening. Looking at the submissions so far, it looks like everybody has already juiced out every possible pun there is. Honeydew you know how I can mango my way out of this? Last week, I met somebody who went on an all juice detox diet. I don't know how she survived a week without any solid food. So naturally, I went ahead to find out what the dill was about. Then I tried replacing my meals with one of these cold pressed juices, but canned the diet after 2 hours cause I couldn't concentrate. And thus, I'm still fat. Guess it's juice not the sweet fruity ending I was hoping for | #juice #detox #coldpressedjuice #tgif

English muffins topped with kangkung (local water spinach), chorizo, poached eggs and the spicy curry-flavoured hollandaise. Super trippy and appetising to start the day with | #eggsbenedict #eggs #food #thaifood #foodporn #foodies #foodpic #foodvsco #foodforfoodies #foodstagram #foodspotting #bangkok #alfmbangkok #eggporn #vscocam #travel

| #barnacle #seafood #seaside #discoverhk #saikung

Freshly harvested, steamed and eaten on its own without any seasoning. Gooseneck barnacles, or percebes to the Spanish, (or Din Toes as our group referred to them) have a similar in texture to octopus or the neck of the soft-shell clam. It tastes like sweet juicy crab to me, like scallops to others. But we all agreed that they were seasoned intensely with all the flavours of the sea. | #barnacle #seafood #sea #saikung #discoverhk #Latergram

To sailors, barnacles are a scourge, a destructive nuisance that have to be scraped off the bottoms of their boats. But in eyes of an experience boatman and restauranteur, these strange looking creature are now admired as they are flavourful, mysterious and surprisingly, alluring. | #barnacle #seafood #discoverhk #saikung #fishingvillage

as our neighbours in the malay archipelago would say. I've been meaning to try this tiny Indonesian food place for the longest time after spying it from the daily tram ride home. Finally gave it a go and my palette thank me for the spicy assault. Here is a picture perfect Nasi Padang - a scrumptious platter of rice with Ayam Penyet, Rendang Padang, beef goreng, sayor lodeh, Sambal Telor and something beefy which I couldn't identify but quaffed it down in a matter of seconds. The spiciness and taste is legit. It's a happy start to the weekend ahead. | #nasipadang #Causewaybay #indonesianfood

Funny thing I noticed is that the "Hungry Ghost Festival" here isn't as big of a deal compared to Singapore where the whole island literally goes up in flame and musical performances on this day to honour the wandering spirits. Maybe Singapore has a larger "population" of them there. Who knows? | #hungryghostfestival #hlculture #Chinese #culture #travel #discoverhk

It's a place where artistry and passion thrive and results in a cool concoction of dark chocolate, white chicolate, strawberries and tomatoes frozen on a stick with almonds sprinkled in for good measure. Makes this warm summer day a little more bearable. | #heart #icecream #chocolate #dessert #lazysummerday #summer

A living, breathing, fiery and tangy bowl of Assam Laksa in the flesh right here in Hong Kong... And in my neighbourhood no less. I'm beyond stoke to find this here, eventhough if its taste isn't as "powerful" as I would love it to be. It needed to be more fishy, was missing the unique flavours of bunga kantan (ginger flower) and had shredded cucumber replaced by chopped lettuce (why?). Honestly, it's not a half bad attempt by a local chef. And it was nothing this true blue Malaysian couldn't fix with a generous helping of thick hae ko (shrimp paste), chili padi and some lime juice. Order was restored momentarily before the waitress announced that they may discontinue this dish come September if demand doesn't pick up by then. Apparently it's not winning over the locals. Sweet and sour, happy and sad. | #assamlaksa