Bangkok 2015 - Casa Lapin x26

This has got to be one of my favorite cafes in Bangkok! We visited Casa Lapin x26 on the 2nd night of our Bangkok trip for dinner. The cafe is located in a quiet area at Sukhumvit 26, around 10 mins walk from Phrong Phong BTS. Apparently Casa Lapin has quite a few branches in Bkk and the one we went is the biggest branch with a hostel, flower shop, co-working place and of course the cafe itself.

The cafe is really really spacious and it offers a good variety of seats from bar table, sofa table and dining area at the back. We were brought to the dining area behind by the friendly staff and we chose a window seats with sofa..hehe! I didn't do any research about the food so we just ordered the items that look appealing to us..lol! For the drinks, we ordered mocha, iced chocolate, lychee tea & thyme and orange & passion fizz. We ordered the green curry with roti for our appetizer and to be honest, we didn't have any expectation for this dish at all but it was so yummy!!! We certainly have higher expectation for our mains after the appetiser. We ordered a spicy carbonara, aglio olio and a beef burger to share and everything was so gooddddddd!!! I couldn't decide which pasta i like more because i lovee their aglio olio but they done the spicy carbonara so good, it was not jelat at all! o.o The beef burger was not bad too but i guess the pasta was too great that it outshone the burger, hahaha!!

The cafe was very quiet on that night with only few tables of guests and i really love the atmosphere there, definitely a great place to chill and relax after a long day of shopping hahaha! Saw some reviews of their hostel as well, would really like to stay at their hostel one day!

Casa Lapin x26
Sukhumvit 26 (10 mins walk from Phrong Phong BTS)
Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Daily: 8am-10pm

Taiwan 2015 Cafe - 路地 氷の怪物

Before I continue my taiwan travelogue, I thought maybe I can do a quick post of this super cute shaved ice that we had in Taichung! We heard about this place from a taiwan variety show - Kang Xi Lai Le and straightaway it's on our to go cafe list..lol! This place is a bit hard to access but I ensure you the journey and travel time will be worth it. 

There are 5 options to choose from which are milk, matcha, black sesame, cocoa and plum and you get to choose 2 toppings to go with each shaved ice. They have such a wide selection of toppings that took us long enough to decide which to get. We ordered the popular choice which is matcha and black sesame, can't remember what are the exact toppings that we chose though..haha! You have to place your order and pay for it before you get the seat in the cafe. Oh, we ordered the sinful marshmallow toast as well because we happened to see it when we were paying at the counter..lol!

We couldn't hide our excitement when the staff served the shaved ice to us! OMG just look at how cute the shaved ice is?! Ok, you might think it's just shaved ice with two candy eyeballs on it but still IT'S CUTEEEE XDD Time to spam photos and we have to take the photos real quick because the shaved ice melt pretty fast..lol! 

I like both matcha and black sesame flavor but if you can only choose one flavor, I will say go for the black sesame!! It's really really nice, the flavor is very rich but not too intense and the texture is so smooth that you can't stop asking for more. Even my friend who is not a fan of black sesame love it too! Oh ya and the marshmallow toast was really yummy as well, so glad that we decided to order it! Imagine the melted marshmallow on top of the crispy and fluffy toast which consist of banana slices in between..omggg im drooling now already..hahahaha!

This has got to be my favourite cafe for the whole trip, definitely worth a try if you are visiting Taichung! 

路地 氷の怪物

No. 1, Lane 61, Cunzhong St, West District, 

Taichung City, Taiwan 403

Mon-Sun: 12-9pm

Malaysia - Sugar On Top [CLOSED]

-Revisit-

Sugar On Top (SOT), a new cafe in Taman Pelangi which is known by many for their famous chilli crab pasta and charcoal waffle. First visit was with my lil sis on a Sat late afternoon and boy we ordered up a storm as we haven't had our lunch yet..hahaha! We ordered their signature chilli crab pasta and mentaiko burger for our mains, and also wedges for our sides. The chilli crab pasta was quite yummy but the portion is quite small imo, and I wish it can be more spicy. Nonetheless, the pasta was done perfectly al-dente and I love their idea to have the egg yolk on top of the pasta. The mentaiko ebi burger came quite a while after we finished our pasta and wedges. The burger was not bad but it tends to get a bit jelak after awhile, we couldn't finish the rice though..haha! On a side note, I wish the staff could have told us that the mentaiko ebi burger comes with wedges when he was taking our order, we would definitely try other sides on the menu if we know :( 

Anyway, the reason I went there was because of the charcoal waffle! I could hardly find any decent waffle in town so I was really expecting this as I heard quite a lot of good reviews. SOT was still at the "soft launch" stage when we visited, that explained why there's only 2 ice cream flavours to choose from. We chose the vanilla truffle to go with the waffle and I quite like the taste! It might sounds weird to have truffle in your ice cream but I thought it actually works..haha! The texture of the ice cream was on a more watery side which I don't really fancy but the taste make up for it. Waffle was quite decent with crispy exterior and soft texture inside. 

Revisit SOT with my bestie to try the other items on the menu. We ordered the lap cheong carbonara pasta and waffles to share. For the pasta, the usual bacon is replaced by the chinese sausage which add a twist to the carbonara and provides a fusion of western + asian! I'm not a carbonara fan but I really enjoyed the lap cheong pasta a lot, love the sauce and surprisingly it didn't get jelak at all, we polished off the plate effortlessly. I actually love this more than the chilli crab pasta..hehe! Tried their waffle for the 2nd time with bubblegum ice cream because that's the only flavour available T.T I want to try their green tea or earl grey ice cream so badly..sigh maybe next time~

Overall a cozy cafe with good ambiance and decent food, definitely worth a try if you are in town! And they open till late everyday, a good hangout place with your friends at night hehe! Oh I forgot to mention that their tagline is quite cute: WeAreNotCrazyJustSOT! 

Sugar On Top (SOT)
No 1, Jalan Kuning 1,
Taman Pelangi,
80400 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Mon-Sun: 11am - 1am

Click HERE to read my 3rd visit featuring their famous Matcha hotcake!

#24 What I Really Wish I Could Tell You

I wish I could tell you I am guarded because the one before you broke down all my walls and left me to deal with the ruins and I had to slowly rebuild it brick by brick. It is so hard for me to break them down again even though I really want to.  

I wish I could tell you about how he wasted my time and made me feel worthless, about the days he wasn’t there and the nights he disappeared, I wish I could tell you how weak I was with him. After that, I vowed never to feel like that again.

Source: Thought Catalog