Good old Pong
Atttitudes to technology vary widely around the world. One stereotypical view of East Asians is that they’re all really heavily into technological innovation, with the Japanese…
Tamil Temple
Sri Mariamman Hindu temple in Georgetown’s Little India on Penang Island.
Kuala Lumpur Basics
If you’re arriving in a country for the first time, it’s helpful to have some idea of what to expect when you get there. Do you need to take local currency with you? Should you book a hotel before you go? How do you get out of the airport? Here’s a bit of help for those on their first visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital.
Santini/San Francisco Steakhouse – Kuala Lumpur
“What a wonderful contrast with our horrible experience at the Outback. The steak was cooked to perfection, and melted away in the mouth as you chewed it.” After a disastrous steak meal at one KL restaurant, Kay and Dave take the “falling off a horse” approach at the San Francisco Steakhouse – and find it’s second time lucky.
Here be dragons…
A brightly coloured Chinese dragon on a rooftop in Penang against a clear blue sky.
Outback Steakhouse – Kuala Lumpur
“The meal didn’t look that great, to be honest. The ‘Aussie chips’ were bog-standard frozen fries, the grilled onions looked anaemic and the peppercorn sauce looked like a thin gravy, with no evidence of any peppercorns anywhere.” Kay and Dave discover that the Outback Steakhouse in Bukit Bintang is not all it’s cracked up to be.