Glasgow to Paris. Paris to Hong Kong
B: Coffee
L: Cheese and sun dried tomatoes toasted Panini and a chocolate croissant.
D: Lufthansa dinner offering was, a small salad, chicken in lemon sauce served with stir fried vegetables and rice, and a marble cake with pear and pistachio topping, not too bad for airline fare, rating 7.0.
Day 3 Hong Kong
B: Still on Lufthansa, scrambled eggs, with potato wedges and grilled chicken and stir fried vegetables, followed by fruit salad
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| Tasty Smoked Roast Duck Noodle Soup |
D: Delicious smoked duck breast noodle soup, with chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, spiced up with chilli sauce and oil, a good introduction back to real Asian cooking, rating 8.0
Day 4 Hong Kong
B: Coffee and croissant.
L: Pork (sausage, pattie and rib) and rice, the most ordinary chinese meal in years, rating 4.5, shame on Hong Kong restaurant for serving/destroying its reputation.
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| Lamb Shanks |
D: Went out for dinner with Michael (Reddy) and Pan Grant to celebrate birthday, went to Fat Angelo’s Italian restaurant, decided to try the Lamb Shanks with mashed potato and vegetables, it was a huge ass serve, but disappointingly, the lamb didn’t fall off the bone (not cooked long enough) and the potato was still lumpy( not mashed enough and not enough butter to make it creamy), the red wine sauce/gravy, did save it somewhat, but with simple care could have been so much better, rating 7.0. I decided to try a Carlsberg stubby which wasn’t as good as the lager on tap in West Kilbride, rating 7.0, then sampled a couple of San Miguel (Phillipines) draughts, which were much better and went down a treat, rating 7.5.
Day 5 Hong Kong
B: Coffee and croissant.
L: Bar B –Que Pork rice noodle soup, with chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, spiced up with chilli sauce and oil, much better chinese meal, rating 8.0
D: We visited night markets and ate at a street vendor, where we sampled sweet and sour pork and salt and pepper calamari with steamed rice, a nice simple meal, rating 7.5. I decided to try a chinese bakery custard tart, which was still warm and tasted great, rating 8.0.
Day 6 Hong Kong to Hanoi
B: Coffee and a Ham and egg muffin.
L: Fish burger and chips at HK Airport, then provided with beef stroganoff and rice on flight to Hanoi.
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| Street vendor Pho Ba |
D: Went to out gadventures group dinner at a vegetarian restaurant, where I had the lentil curry, nan bread and steamed rice, quite flavoursome for a vego meal, rating 7.5. For drinks had a Tiger beer, still pretty ordinary, rating 6.5, followed by a couple of old favourites Heinekens, much better, rating 8.0.
Day 7 Hanoi to Vientiane
B: Hotel Hong Ngoc buffet.
L: Ate at a street stall, I sampled the Pho Ba noodle soup, a pleasant reintroduction to Vietnamese street food, rating 7.5.
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| Grilled 1/2 chicken |
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| Green papaya,bean sprouts and cabbage salad |
D: Had ½ grilled chicken with a really hot and spicy green papaya salad and sticky rice, a great meal, welcome change to food with real flavour, rating 8.0. Due to the heat of the meal needed to try a few beers, namely, Laos lager 5%, which is a very easy to drink lager, rating 8.0.
Week 25 Day 1 Vientiane to Vang Veng
L: Chicken cheese and salad baguette.
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| Meat (Lung) and green vegetables |
D: Went to Peeping Sum restaurant, and decided to try the home cooked Laotian meal, provided by local lady, sadly it was somewhat disappointing, consisting of beef and vegetable stir fry, with a heavy dose of 5 spice, chicken chilli and bamboo shoots and sticky rice. Regrettably the meals arrived cold and were not warmed- up, the flavour was ordinary, rating 6.0. Also sampled 3 more Laos lager which were much more pleasant, rating 8.0, desert was a fresh street vendor made pancake with banana and nuttella, very tasty, rating 8.0
Day 2 Vang Veng
B: OJ, Tea with baguette and jam.
L: Snacks and fruit.
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| Yellow Chicken curry |
D: Opted for a yellow chicken curry with potato, carrots, eggplant, beans and steamed rice, added some extra chilli to give flavour a boost, a reasonable meal, rating 7.0, followed by 3 Laos lagers, rating 8.0. Desert was a fresh street vendor made pancake with banana and nuttella, very tasty, rating 8.0
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| Grilled Jungle rats - No thanks |
Day 3 Luang Prabang
B: Tea and Omlete with toast.
L: Chicken fried rice, rating 7.0.
D: : A thai buffet, chicken with coriander, chilli and lemon grass, coconut chicken and vegetable curry, baked potatoes, steamed rice, and a generous mix of fresh chilli, and chilli oil entrée was a banana spring roll, a pleasant combination of foods, rating 8.0.
Day 4 Luang Prabang
B: OJ, Coffee and scrambled eggs with baguette.
L: Fruit, dragon fruit, rambutans, longans and bananas.
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| Water Buffalo and vegetable curry |
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| Beer Laos |
D: Water buffalo meat with vegetable curry with steamed rice, included potatoes, carrots, Asian greens , a reasonable flavour, not unlike beef, rating 7.5. Beer Laos lager beers, again a perfect buddy for spice and heat of curry, rating 8.0.
Day 5 Pak Beng
B: Tea with and omlete.
L: Chicken fried rice, rating 7.5.
D: Yellow chicken and vegetable curry and steamed rice, a tasty plain dish, less spicy, rating 7.5.
Day 6 Chiang Khong
B: Coffee, OJ, Scrambled Eggs and baguette.
L: Fresh fruit, including bananas, longans, rambutans, dragonfruit, nashi pears.
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| Laos Condiemnts |
D: Grilled pork fillet with salad, steamed rice and salad, with chilli, a plain dish, rating 7.0, accompanied by 2 Singha beers, which went down a treat, rating 7.5.
Day 7 Chang Mai
B: Coffee with banana baguette and a grilled lemongrass and chilli pork sausage, a very tasty snag, rating8.0.
L: Ham and cheese croissant and a banana baguette.
D: Pad Thai Pork with chilli. a more spicy and enjoyable meal, rating 8.0, served with a couple of Singha beers, rating 7.5.
Week 26 Day 1 O/N Train Chang Mai to Bangkok
B: Milo
L: Snacks and fruit
D: Red Curry with smoked duck fillet and vegetables, fruit, rating 7.5, accompanied by 1 Chang beer 6.4%, rating 6.5, a bitter ale and 1 Singha lager, more palatable pleasant beer for my taste, rating 7.5.
Day 2 Bangkok
B: Bacon and scrambled eggs, toast, OJ and coffee.
L: Street food, a combination noodle soup, pork, chicken, seafood, squid and greens, quite tasty, rating 7.5.
D: Thai fish patties 7.5 as a starter, followed by a red pork curry which was nice and spicy, helped by a good dose of chilli, served with steamed rice, rating 8.0 , followed by a Singha beer, rating 7.5.
Day 3 Bangkok
B: BCH Breakfast
L: Chicken and Rice rating 7.0
D: Went to a restaurant, and had Minced Pork Spring Rolls, glass noodle salad, tasty, rating 7.5, Deep Fried Chicken Wings with chilli dipping sauce, rating 7.5.
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| Fresh Coconut Juice |
Day 4 Bangkok to Koh Samui
B: BCH Hotel Breakfast
L: Thai fish cakes with chilli dipping sauce, rating 7.0, followed by a tasty yellow chicken curry with vegetables, a fair meal, rating 7.5.
D: Duck and jade noodles at Bbangkok airport, a plain ordinary meal , rating 6.0
Day 5 Koh Samui
B: Bayview buffet breakfast.
L: Barracuda in black pepper sauce and rice, only a fair meal rating 6.5. followed by a cold Singha Lager, very refreshing, rating 7.5.
D: Dinner at Bayview restaurant, Pad Thai Pork in an Omlete, with salad, rating 7.5.
Day 6 Koh Samui
B: Bayview buffet breakfast.
L: Grilled Snapper at street vendor, very tasty, rating 8.0.
D: Had a rental motorcycle, so went back to srteet vendor/markets so sampled, fresh Grilled Snapper, sticky rice, marinated Pork spareribs, cucumber tomato, young coconut juice, a great street market meal, rating 8.0.
Day 7 Koh Samui
B:Bayview buffet breakfast.
L: Beef hamburger with chips7.0, 2 Singha beers, rating 7.5
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| Red Roast Duck Curry |
D: Spring Rolls, Green chicken curry, rating 7.5
Week 27 Day 1 Koh Samui
B:Bayview buffet breakfast.
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| Street Market |
D: 2 minute noodles and fresh mangoes.
Day 2 Koh Samui
B:Bayview buffet breakfast.
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| Thai Curries |
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| Pad Thai Pork iwith Egg Omlete |
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| Happy Hour Drinks |
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| Happy Hour Cocktails Menu |
L:Fried rice fried chicken salad and rice.
D: Fruit and Snacks
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| Grilled baby snapper, pork and salad Koh Samui street stalls |
Day 3 Koh Samui
B:Bayview buffet breakfast.
L: Roast Duck noodle soup with chilli, just a soup.
D: Fried rice with Pork, rating 6.5.
Day 4 Koh Samui
B:Bayview buffet breakfast.
L: Fruit
D:Red Curry Roast Duck with potato, carrots, eggplant and rice, a very nice batch, rating 8.0.
6 Singha beers. very cold, rating 8.0
Day 5 Koh Samui to Bangkok
B: Bayview buffet breakfast.
L: Fried Chicken.
D: Roast pork belly, lemongrass and chilli pork sausage, grilled pork chop in chlili, steamed corn, rice, rice flour sweets, rating 7.5.
Day 6 Bangkok
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| Cold Tiger Beer |
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| Dried Freshwater Fish of all sizes |
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| Mission Accomplished, another tasty Asian dish |
