What to Eat? Frog? It's Bullfrog (田鸡） @DST Seafood Restaurant (大树头沙煲活田鸡海鲜餐馆））

What to eat?? Where to Eat?? It's a common question from every hungry food hunters. Do you have the same feeling as well when there are no way come across your mind on food. Wanna try something which you probably never try or have it less frequently?? Frog?? It's Bullfrog (田鸡）. Yuup it's Bullfrog!!! ^.^

Let's explore DST Seafood Restaurant (大树头沙煲活田鸡海鲜餐馆), the well-known shop for Bullfrog Porridge (田鸡粥）

**Chinese version is available in my friend's Celine blog. You may visit just by clicking the link below ^^

http://celinechenyue92.blogspot.my/2015/12/blog-post_28.html?m=1 

Bullfrog (田鸡) is the main coarse provided by this restaurant. It is freshly prepared from lived bullfrog just prior to the stove. That succulent and tender texture of bullfrog might melt your phobia towards frog for the first try. The Chef's signature dish --> Claypot Bullfrog porridge (瓦煲田鸡粥）. Besides that, it can be served in other preparation.

Gong Bao Bullfrog (宫保田鸡）

 Small Portion: RM11

 

Spring Ginger and Onion Bullfrog (姜葱田鸡）

Small Portion: RM11

Besides than Bullfrog, seafood also part of the main coarse that served in multiple preparation. For fish section, Tilapia is a great choice to go as it is freshly caught before prepared for your preferred dish. The mouth-watering fish not only soft in texture but also fresh at which it's practically still moving inside your mouth. On behalf of that, it offers a good price for hungry food hunters.

 

 

 Special Flavoured Tilapia (特味金凤鱼）

 Price range from RM26 - RM28 (depends on size of the fish)

Tender and juicy Scallop also available in the menu. Indulge every single scallops with your choice of preparation. We have one which is sizzling and prepared with Indonesian style.

 

Sizzling Scallop (铁板夏于贝）

Small portion: RM15

Not to forget our MR Squid.  Well-marinated with salted egg yolk follow by stir-fried serve the dish to perfection. 

 

Salted Egg Yolk Squid (咸蛋蘇東）

 Small Portion: RM15

There are also new recipes in the restaurant, so let's try out!!!

 

Luo Han Mixed Vegetables (罗汉上斋）

Small Portion: RM15

A rich and hearty flavor mixed vegetables will leave you wanting more

Royal Tofu (贵妃豆腐）

 Small Portion: RM18

Incredible flavor and tenderness tofu served with Abalone slice 

We wanna give our biggest gratitude to the owner of the Restaurant as their kindness heart to share their Glutinuous Ball （汤圆） a.k.a Tang Yuan for us as it was Winter Solstice （冬至节） during our visit. Besides that, they used to ask for feedback as they concern on the quality of every single dishes and respect for every recommendation given. Thanks to this AWESOME owner, Mr Alan (Serdang Branch)

 

 

DST Seafood Restaurant (大树头沙煲活田鸡海鲜餐馆））

Business Hours: 11.30am til 11.00pm (Daily, including Public Holiday)

Contact Number: 0113-536 3213

Address (Serdang Branch) :

   LOT 65639 (PTD 1397), Jalan BS3/1 

   Sek 1 Taman Bukit Serdang, Seri Kembangan, Selangor 

**Served Non-HALAL

Branches:

 

Kaoshiong, Taiwan （高雄之旅, 台湾）

It was second day of journey for our mission---> travel around Taiwan. From this days onward, we were traveling together with car rental's driver, Mr Chen. In general, he is a polite, kind, gentleman and decent man that we've traveled along together.

Our second day of journey was from Kenting （墾丁) to Kaoshiong （高雄). Kaoshiong is located at southern-western of Taiwan, which also second largest city after Taipei. You can get CHEAP, AFFORDABLE, FRESH and TASTY seafood here as this city is facing the Taiwan strait.

Somehow, there were not much places that we have visited in Kaoshiong as we were traveling all the way from Kenting. It was about 2 hours journey. In between of the journey, we do stopped by at a place named ChuHuo (出火特别景观区）. It is a place where the gas emitted naturally to produce fire on the ground.

 

ChuHuo Station （出火特别景观区）

After our 2 hours of journey, we reached Gushan Ferry Pier (鼓山轮渡站）in Kaoshiong. This is a ferry port that connects the Gushan and Qijin district （旗津半岛） of Kaoshiong, Taiwan. Tourists used to take boat to reach the opposite island which is a popular attraction in Kaoshiong. Somehow, during our visit, there was long queue outside the ferry ports so we decided to drive to Qijin district.

 

Gushan Ferry Pier （鼓山轮渡站）

Before we leaved Gushan Ferry Pier, our tour guide has recommended us for some dessert which located near to Gushan Ferry Pier. Hai Zhi Bing （海之冰） is an ice shaved dessert shop. Although their dessert doesn't look luxury, but it worth the price and taste.

 

Mango ice （新鲜芒果牛奶冰） NTD 60

 

Yam ice with caramel pudding （芋泥布丁牛奶冰） NTD 55

I personally felt that this was the awesome one from what we have chosen.

 After craving for desserts, we leaved Gushan district and drove to Qijin island. Qijin island is a well known fish markets with fresh seafoods. It's good to have a local people to guide you so you won't miss out the best restaurant on the island. 

We went to Wan Er Restaurant (萬二，旗津） for our lunch. Every dishes were around NTD100 to NTD200 (RM12 - RM24). There were free rice and water provided. Besides that, there were also beverages (mainly fruit juices) sold with the price of NTD25 per big bottle.

Tasty . Cheap . Fresh

 

Green Mussles (风螺）NTD 100

 

Fried Squid (酥炸鱿鱼）NTD 100

 

Red Spice Pork (红糟肉） NTD 100

 

Lunch for the 7 of us including our tour guide

  

 Wan Er Restaurant, Qijin (萬二，旗津）

After our lunch, we went to Xizi Bay (西子湾). This is another attraction site for their blue sea water and beauty of sunset. Sigh~~~Its not our luck because it was a rainy day and typhoon is around the corner.

 

Xizi Bay （西子湾）

The scene taken from the observation hill.

 

 

Lots of wishing hanging on the air. 

Our next station was Pier-2 Art center (驳二艺术特区). This art center was a transformation from abandoned warehouse at which this place was initially an industrial city. There were a pair of sculpture as the symbolic of this art center. There are different painted sculpture in just few steps away along the street.

 

 Symbolic Sculpture of Pier-2 Art Center

 

 

Love River (爱河）with Tuntex Sky Tower (高雄85大楼） as background 

Our last station of the day is Shinkuchan (新堀江商圈). There is a night market just opposite to the shopping mall selling variable products and food.  As our tummy were noisy calling for diner, so we went to a restaurant that offers menu from NTD 100 onward.

 Kung Pao Chicken (宫保鸡丁） NTD 100

 

Vegetable fried with anchovy (小鱼山蘇） NTD 100 

 

Crab meat salad NTD 100

 

7 pcs Sashimi for NTD 150

The night of Fresh Fruit Dessert @Hui Lau Shan （許留山）

      Holaa.. Feeling hungry at this moment?? Let's crave for some drooling appetizer!!! On behalf of that, it's my great pleasure for having the opportunity to attend the open house of Hui Lau Shan, which was held at IOI City Mall on 3rd September 2015.

     Hui Lau Shan, is a well-known dessert shop since the past few years and the outlets here in Malaysia are allocated at few hotspots such as Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Johor Bahru. The pioneer of this dessert shop was based in Hong Kong since 1960's. They provide healthy yet luxury mouth watery fruit-based dessert. On behalf of that, their products are also halal that had certified by Jakim.

     From the menu itself, you will find that the MANGO is the main character in this dessert shop. As to enhance the taste of their dessert, they are using freshly import mango from Philippines and Thailand.

 Healthy . Luxury . Stylish

Let's start the Fiesta!!!

Mango Feast

Combination of light cheese cake, Mango Icy Sweetie Ball and Mango Icy Coconut noodle delighted your choice in a platter.

 

Supreme Coconut Pudding with Bird's Nest

A nourish dessert that most woman chased for it. Don't lose the chance to treat yourself nicely.

                                                 

Mango Popop

This is a new interesting dessert that worth your try. It is a combination of Mango cubes, Mango-made ice ball and yogurt-filling popop. Wonder why the name sounds interesting?? The popop is the crystal clear mini balls that actually pop-up inside your mouth with yogurt. That taste was really fantastic.

  Durian Crepe

Calling for Durian Lovers!!! A dessert that you can find it anywhere as the popularity of the crepe since the recent years. A thin layer of pancake that enrolled the cream and local durian in it. It tastes sweet and doesn't melt easily.

D24 Durian Mochi

 

 Curry Fish Ball

 

Mixed-Fruit Mini Puff

 

Mini Mango Sago Duet

Still hungry?? Let's go to Hui Lau Shan for desserts' marathon.

Kenting, Taiwan （墾丁，台湾）

Hey there, I'm glad to share the moment we were at Taiwan. We spent 3 weeks at Taiwan in conjunction to complete our clinical attachment. So the last one week mainly for us to travel the other part of Taiwan. Here was our first destination for the one week travel around Taiwan.

Kenting is a wonderful paradise located at southern of Taiwan. It was Summer during our visit which the weather was totally hot and humid yet we found it was a pleasurable place to go during Summer. 

We have booked the train Ticket in advance as the ticket may sold out. We took midnight bus (Guo Guang Bus-国光客运) at 12am from Taipei Station to Kaoshiong that costs NTD470 per head. We reached Guo Guang Bus station of Kaoshiong at 4.30am. Then heading to Kenting by Taxi. It accommodate 6 of us until our homestay at Kenting for NTD2000 per way. Taxi driver was so nice that he stopped us in a famous breakfast shop nearby to Guo Guang Bus station in Kaoshiong before heading to Kenting. 

After a long journey, we had reached our hotel at Kenting Feng-Zhi leasure Hotel (墾丁豐緻休閒旅店) by 7.00am. Receptionist was so nice and tolerable. We were allowed to check-in in advance as to get enough sleep before we start our journey around Kenting. This hotel location was so convenient as it was near to Kenting Night Market and few convenient shops around it. 

墾丁豐緻休閒旅店

Kenting Feng-Zhi Leisure Hotel

Address: No. 31號, Kending Rd, Hengchun Township, Pingtung country, Taiwan 946

Phone: +886 8 885 6168

Website: http://travel.tw.tranews.com/hotel/pingtung/fengchih/

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                           This is a room of 6 , costs NTD5000/ per night

After a wonderful rest, it's time to start our journey. There was a One-day Shuttle bus service provided for tourist with the price of NTD150 per head. This service provides unlimited rides to passengers and there are timetable provided in the link below. Don't waste your money in renting a car in Kenting as it doesn't worth the price unless you have less time to stay at Kenting.

Kenting Shuttle Bus-->Website: http://www.ptbus.com.tw/03/0302a.htm

One-day Kenting Shuttle bus pass (NTD150)

You can plan your own trip based on the shuttle bus route

1st Destination: Eluanbi （鵝鑾鼻）

Eluanbi is 10 minutes away from our hotel. There is entrance fee required for this place. NTD20 with student card (Foreign student's card are acceptable). Main spot in this area was Eluanbi Lighthouse as it was the sounthernmost spot of Taiwan. Since we were travelling around with the shuttle bus, so we only spent less than one hour here as the bus service resume every one hour.

Eluanbi Lighthouse (鵝鑾鼻灯塔）

Souvenir!!! Souvenir!!!

Next, before we heading to another spot, we had stopby at Heng Chuan Station for lunch. Well, for us as a budget traveler and yet still a student, we don't mind eating at convenient shop for a cup of instant mee. Somemore, it taste so delicious. Yummy.. ^.^

2nd Destination: HouBiHu （後壁虎）

Houbihu is a fishing harbor for Heng Chuan area. I guess for lots of people, this place will be Heaven for seafood. You can get cheap, fresh and affordable seafood here, but with condition that you need ti put more patience towards long queue especially during peak season. It worth the try if you have more time. Heard someone said that 20 pcs of Sashimi with the price of NTD120. Too bad we didn't have chances to try the seafood as we were rushing to another place. 

3rd Destination: MaoBiTou （猫鼻頭）

In chinese name, Maobitou means cat's head. It was the wave that hit the coral rocks and formed the shape of cat's head. Besides that, it is a nice scenic place with gusting wind that formed nice wave on the rocks. BEWARE of your umbrella. It might broken because of the strong gust of wind.

  4th Destination: BaiSha a.k.a White Sand Bay （白沙）

I guess in a good weather, this place will definitely be awesome. This is the beach that we can find in Kenting. We used to watch Western summer feast fro movie. So when we reached this beach, it seems like Asian summer feast. Just it lacks of party here. Couldn't get much pretty pictures here as Typhoon was almost reach few days after we leaved Kenting.

5th Destination: Kenting Night Market (墾丁夜市）

Kenting night market is among those well known night market in Taiwan. It is located about 2 minutes walk from our hotel.  Kenting night market just 2 minutes away from our hotel. This is a long night market as it was along the Kenting street. There are varieties of food stalls, swimwear stuff, souvenirs, restaurants and convenient shops along these night market. 

6th Destination: Chuan Fan Shi (船帆石）

Chuan Fan Shi sounds like the rock forming sails on the water in chinese. And yet what I saw was a rock forming human head. We headed this place the next morning after having our breakfast as we can't make it the day before.