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A lesson in taking an overnight sleeper train in Eastern Europe

Published by Melissa Hie

What to expect when taking sleeper trains in Europe

July 9, 2017
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Europe, Travel Tips

What to eat at Shanghai’s food street Huanghe road

Published by Melissa Hie

A foodie experience in one of Shanghai's food streets.

January 7, 2017
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China, Chinese Food

The Highlights of 2016 Travels

Published by Melissa Hie

My annual self reflection post on the past year, and travel highlights with pictures.

December 28, 2016
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Personal, Photolog

Chasing Manta Rays in Komodo: My Most Cherished Diving Memory

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How a disappointing dive turned to be my most cherished diving memory thus far.

December 26, 2016
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Diving, Indonesia

Street Food Stall Hopping in Fukuoka

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Yatai (street food stalls) hopping experience on the bustling night streets of Fukuoka

December 15, 2016
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Japan, Japanese Food

A day in Kumamoto: Road trip to Daikanbo!

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Exploring Kumamoto, the city that brings you Kumamoto Castle, Kumamon and Ikinari Dango, after it was hit by a strong earthquake.

November 13, 2016
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Japan, Road Trip

What I learned from planning for 7 days in Kyushu island of Japan by train

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How I planned (and failed to follow said ambitious plan) for my 7-day trip in Japan by train

November 12, 2016
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Japan, Travel Tips

Mezze experience in Jordan

Published by Melissa Hie

Mezze comes from Persian word "to taste", which means you get to have a variety of food in one meal!

May 29, 2016
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Jordan, Middle Eastern Food

14 Delicious Middle Eastern Food I Discovered in Jordan

Published by Melissa Hie

These are the kind of amazing food you can expect to eat when you visit Jordan!

May 21, 2016
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Jordan, Middle Eastern Food

Photolog: Memories from Jordan 🇯🇴

Published by Melissa Hie

I went on a week-long trip to Jordan as a guest of the Jordan Tourism Board and this is the highlights of my experience.

May 15, 2016
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Jordan, Middle East

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So I've just realized that... I forgot to post the rest of my europe #girleatworld! 😱 I must be the most undisciplined instagrammer ever 😔 Anyways, I'll be resuming them in the coming days. . 🇺🇦 This is Syrniki (сирники) from our awesome breakfast spread at the Carphatian Mountain in #Ukraine. Syrniki is a very typical dish to have for breakfast in Ukraine, a small round pancake made of quark cheese mixed with flour, eggs and sugar then fried. We had them with homemade yogurt and berry jam - I just could not get enough of it. It's crispy on the outside, so creamy on the inside 😍 . What was very memorable for me was that EVERYTHING was made in the farm we were staying in. Milk came from their own cow, then from there they made yogurt and all kinds of cheese. They picked their own berries, collected eggs from their own chicken and even had a bee farm in the backyard from where they harvested their own honey. And it was the best honey we've ever had. . I know to some of you this might be a typical thing, but I had always lived in big metropolitan cities my entire life (Jakarta, Los Angeles and Singapore), that this was such a novelty for me. . PS: I'm trying a new thing where I will try to show the dish from another perspective - as how it's served. Because often I find that with traditional dishes like this it's difficult to do them justice by just holding them up in my hand. Swipe right to see! 👉🏻 What do you think? . #сирники #syrniki #worldeats #shotoniphone #shotoniphone7plus 🍜🇮🇩 Happy Independence day #Indonesia! @singasongjess and I are still talking about the #Bakso we had as afternoon snack at the Gili T. This is a delicious bowl of Bakso in Gili Trawangan island in Lombok, Indonesia. Ask any Indonesian about Bakso and i'm sure you would be met with excitement. It's a small bowl of yellow noodles, meatballs and fresh beansprouts in clear beef broth, served with fried shallots, chili and kecap (sweet soy sauce). Bakso is traditionally sold on the street in a small push cart (called "gerobak" in Indonesian) that would go around the neighborhood during supper time and you have to catch the bakso guy at the right time. Because of its small portion, we normally eat it as snacks for supper or midday between meals. Nowadays you can also get them at restaurants for a meal-sized bowl. We got this off a push cart in Gili for $2 and proceeded to eat it on the side of the street. It may not be the healthiest or most hygienic thing, but two years later we are still dreaming about this Bakso #DirgahayuRI72 #iloveindonesia #DirgahayuRI #merdeka 🇯🇵🗻🍖 Aaaaaaand it's a wrap! I went to Fuji Rock festival in Naeba, Japan this past weekend. Fuji Rock is a 3-day music festival set in the beautiful mountains in Niigata with crazy amazing line up - we saw The XX, Sampha, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Lorde, Bonobo (live!!), Björk... among many others. It was also my first multi-day festival! I had a lot of fun shuffling between various stages and areas in the three days despite all the rain, mud and totally sore feet. Definitely learned a lot of lessons as a festival noob. My only regret is not getting more of this amazingly tender and juicy lamb chop from ビアバルながおか屋 (@beerbalnagaokaya), as recommended by @yurikoval's friend @shaula_vogue. Thanks @shaula_vogue, I would not have noticed their stall otherwise. It turns out they have a permanent place in Ueno in Tokyo so I definitely plan to visit them again in the future! #fujirock2017 #lambchop #🇯🇵 #ラムチョップ #ビアバル #ながおか屋 #フジロック 🇺🇦🍓 Wild strawberries in Voroktha, one of the small village in the beautiful Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine. Appearance-wise they look like the store-bought strawberries that we're all used to, but much tinier. They still taste similar, just a bit more sweet and more tangy. It turns out that most strawberries we know these days are a product of selective breeding by farmers over the past few decades, so they are bigger but they are not necessarily more flavorful. Being a person who has lived her entire life in metropolitan cities, I don't have much knowledge of how fruits and vegetables were grown or how to identify which tree belongs to what fruit. Going to the Carphatian Mountains was a fascinating experience. I got to see how people here grow their own fruits and vegetables for their meals and even farm their own honey! Do you know any fruit related fun facts? Share them in the comment below so I can read and learn #україна #ukraine #wildfruits #strawberry #carpathianmountains #vorokhta #girleatworld #girleatukraine 🇵🇱 I was blessed with a great weather and clear blue skies in #Krakow, Poland. This is Obwarzanek Krakowski, a very, very popular street snack in Krakow - I mean... it even has "Krakow" in its name! It's a ring-shaped bread that are very similar to bagels, but on the street it's not sold with any kind of spread or fillings so you might find it bland unless you eat it with something else. It's a widely accepted history that Obwarzanek has been on the streets of Krakow since 1394. Obwarzanek means "to boil", referring to the way this bread is made - boiked and then sprinkled with salt and some toppings. I've seen it topped with white sesame seeds or poppy seeds (like the one I have in the picture). I also saw a few vendors with cheese topping but I didn't get the chance to try those. Obwarzanek was originally baked only during Lent, but nowadays they are available all year round. They are hard to miss when you are in Krakow - there are 180 street carts selling these around the city! 🇵🇱🥖🍅🧀 Zapiekanka at Plac Nowy in Kazimierz, the jewish quarter of Krakow, Poland. It is a long french bread with insane amount of topping, baked in the oven until the bread is crispy and the cheese has melted, then topped with sauces and fresh vegetable ingredients depending on what type of sandwich you choose - popular ones are greek, hawaiian, etc. Reminds me of pizza 😋. It makes sense that the name comes from polish verb "zapiekac" which means to bake. Zapiekanka started out in the 70s during communism period in Poland, as it was very cheap, tasty and easy to make. Even today, it remained very cheap - I got this for 8 zloty which is $2.30. Zapiekanka in Plac Nowy is so popular during dinner time that I had to wait 30 mins to get one. Everyone there was either ordering their Zapiekanka, waiting for one or eating one while sitting down on the sidewalk. It's a tradition, I've been told. The one I got is the Greek variation because I love olives, and honestly? I was a bit skeptical at first but this was seriously life changing. A++ would recommend. 🇺🇦🧀🗻 I've arrived in #Ukraine! This interestingly shaped item is a smoked string cheese at Verkhovyna, a village in the Carphatian Mountains. The string cheese was braided and knotted into this shape, and to eat it you have to kind of "unravel" the entire thing. I pretty much ate half of this in one sitting 😢 I wish i had bought more! I arrived in Lviv yesterday by sleeper train from Krakow. It was my first time crossing a country border by train. Despite being woken up by border patrols multiple times at ungodly hour of 4am, Ukraine has been amazing. We got picked up straight from the train station at 7am and immediately drove to the Carphatian Mountains, where we stopped by some villages to check out the markets (where I got this string cheese... plus a few other cheeses :P and some berry wines) and museums on the way. We stayed overnight in Verkhovyna at Eco cottage and had dinner made of everything that was grown in their farm. In the morning we woke up early did a short three hour hike for this amazing view. I will definitely be writing a more detailed post on this in my blog. Today I will be checking out Lviv and getting on yet another sleeper train to Kyiv! Let me know if you have Kyiv recommendations :D 🇨🇿🍓 Trdelník with whipped cream and strawberries in Old Town Prague, Czech Republic. In the previous post, I talked about Chimney cake in Budapest. I had seen it before in Prague, in the form of Trdelník, even though the Hungarians have claimed this snack. When I visited Prague four years ago, they were sold in the same way as in Budapest. This time around, it seems that the Czech had gotten creative with it! Trdelník is now a lot more attractive and comes with different types of fillings - various ice creams, sauces like chocolate and caramel, and even whipped cream and fruits! Perfect for the summer. I love seeing how food have travelled and gets adapted around the world. This is my second time in Prague. This city is still as beautiful as I remember it four years ago! This time around I took the train out of Prague to Kutna Hora to check out the Sedlec Ossuary, a chapel decorated with real human bones. I am currently in Krakow, Poland and have been enjoying the food here. Next, I am heading to Lviv in Ukraine 🇺🇦! Please comment and recommend me your favorite Ukrainian dish or snacks! 🇭🇺 Chimney Cake (aka Kürtőskalács in Hungarian) at the Jewish quarter of Budapest. I first saw this in Prague when I visited four years ago. It was everywhere there, so I assumed it's a czech treat - I was quite surprised to find out it's actually Hungarian! Chimney Cake is made by wrapping a dough around a spit and baking them in open fire by rolling the spit. The result is a cake that is hollow in the middle, resembling a chimney! It dates back to the Medieval times in 1450 and used to be festive food, but these days they are available for regular consumption. It usually comes in various flavors like vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon. This was taken on Kacinczy street, where Budapest's pioneer ruin pub Szimpla Kert is located. Ruin pubs are all the rage in Budapest. They are bars that are housed in what used to be abandoned buildings from the war era. the place feels gritty with mismatched furnitures and random decorations. ---- I'm currently in Prague, and heading out to Krakow tonight by overnight train. If you have any recommendations please comment below 😋

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