Gallimaufry#80

Just a gallimaufry of photos 📸

Bidor, a small town in Malaysia renowned for its guavas and stink beans

Fruit sculpture of guavas and rose apples in Bidor

Petai (stink beans)

Lunch

Grasshopper chowing on a bitter melon

 FROM THE TRAVEL ARCHIVES

One of the four lions of Fontana dell'Obelisco, Piazza del Popolo

"Gabinetto?", I asked a waiter while looking for a restroom in a restaurant where we were dining in Rome. He looked a little bemused for a second before he directed me to the facility. "Toilette", he corrected me.

But here's what I learned from the Daily Italian Words blog prior to our trip to Italy:

So, my dear Italian bloggers, which is the correct word—gabinetto or toilette?

Gallimaufry#79

Just a gallimaufry of photos 📸

Dancing Lady Orchid

As its name suggests, the dancing lady orchid looks like a dancing maiden with a swirling skirt.

Whore Pasta

Pasta alla Pusttanesca

Puttanesca loosely translates as “in the style of the whore.” The name derives from the Italian word puttana, which means whore. 

Legend has it that the ladies of the night concocted this dish so the aroma wafting from the kitchen would lure clients into the brothels.

NOSTALGIA

Mural depicting traditional kopi brewing

*Kopi - coffee in Malay

Economy Rice

Economy rice, as the name implies, is a cheap and fast meal option outside of home. Economy rice stalls typically consist of a case/table containing anywhere from 10-15 troughs of cooked food, including meat, vegetables, eggs and tofu dishes.

This restaurant serves over 80 dishes!

FROM THE TRAVEL ARCHIVES

Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels

Son#1 is an avid cyclist

Gallimaufry#78

Just a gallimaufry of photos 📸

Batik fans

I spotted these curious tiny flowers (about 1 cm in size) scattered all over the asphalt. I thought they were fake flowers from a broken bracelet or necklace. 

A search with Google Lens identified these as Bakul flowers.

The flowers bloom at twilight and progressively become more fragrant through the night until the next morning, when they are shed.

Nostalgia

Mural of a travelling hawker of yore

Growing up in the 60s, people rarely ate out and itinerant hawkers pedaled tricycle food carts and roved in neighborhoods, usually around dinner time. Haha! The computer is an anachronism.

Curry Mee

Yellow noodles in a curry broth topped with blood clams, green beans, tofu puffs and roasted pork.

The well trodden path is not always the right path.          ~Tahitian Proverb~

FROM THE TRAVEL ARCHIVES

Lake Titisee 2019

Birthplace of the Black Forest Cake

Schweinshaxe

Gallimaufry#77

Just a gallimaufry of photos 📸

Chamang Waterfall, Bentong

All-you-can-eat buffet hotpot

Hotpot aka steamboat is a Chinese-style fondue where you cook raw meat, seafood and vegetables in a pot of boiling broth at your table. 

FROM THE TRAVEL ARCHIVES

Rhine Falls, Switzerland 2019

Fun and spot-on name for a company selling ginormous fans!

SKYWATCH FROM MY BALCONY

The Golden Hour