Culinary Trip to South East Asia and Japan

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For 2 years we’ve been married, I never actually take my dear wife for a proper honeymoon. I took 21 days off work and took my wife for a ‘not long enough’ culinary trip to South East Asia and Japan.

Our itinerary are

YYZ – SIN (via NRT and BKK)
AC Executive First 773
TG Royal Silk 773
SQ Raffle 772

SIN – ICN
OZ Business 333

ICN – KIX
OZ Business 333

KIX – PVG
NH Business 763

PVG – SIN
SQ Business 772

SIN- CGK
LH Business 747

CGK – DPS
OZ (Indonesia Air Asia)

DPS – CGK (via SIN)
SQ Business 773

CGK – PEK (via Xiamen) – worst flight experience ever
CA Business 738

PEK – YYZ
AC Executive First 773


Here is our photo story:


YYZ Sheraton T3 Hotel from Club Floor


YYZ Sheraton T3 Coffee Machine at the Club Lounge


YYZ Sheraton T3 Club Lounge Breakfast Menu


YYZ T1 Maple Leaf Lounge – before 11 AM, the real beverages are still locked


Our Boarding Passes for our first lag, YYZ – NRT


God Bless the Irish


Our Bus to Narita


Our Flight was delayed


Our AC Suite 11 A and 11 D


My wife 11D Suite


AC Welcome Orange Juice and nuts…


The Menu that never change – borrrriiinggggg……


TO BE CONTINUE.....

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Somewhere over the pacific – Washroom shoot





We love Japan and Japanese Food and Yoshinoya and Kirin Ichiban Beer…..


View from our transit hotel room at Nikko Narita


Japan…You complete me…..


Nikko Hotel breakfast before heading back to the Airport for our NH flight


Treated like a royalty ☺


Entrance to the Business Class Lounge at NRT T1


ANA famous Ramen….


The best tester one I see…..Yamizaki 18 years, Blue label….yummmmmyyyyyy….


Still can’t figure it out what the heck is this for


I guess lots of transits wont kill us if we are on vacation

TO BE CONTINUE....

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Thai Airways seat 16 A and 16 B


1st Appetizer on Thai


Second course on Thai


Main course on Thai


Welcome to Suvarnabhumi Airport


Entrance to the Royal Silk Lounge


Inside the Royal Silk Lounge


Washroom are considered one of the cleanest out of other lounges


Small Meal on our short haul BKK – SIN Flight


Our First good night sleep at Grand Hyatt Singapore

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Singapore Subway (MRT) system took us around the whole country in 1 hour ☺


First breakfast in Singapore in Newton Kopitiam … damn it is delicious and cheap….


The wise man says, in Singapore, do not eat at the 5* restaurant but go to the food court…


Takashimaya Food Court


Time to go to Seoul



Amateur posing at Seat 4A and 4C Asiana 333


Asiana Opening Meal


Asiana famous Bim-Bim-Bab --- we don’t really enjoy the bim bim bab by Asiana


Korea is our 3rd favorite place to shop after Singapore and Jakarta


Korean pork bone soup … simply delicious

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Asiana 333 ICN – KIX flight that morning was very empty


It taste worse that it looks


Welcome to KIX


Hyatt Osaka Limousine Bus taking us to the Hotel


Very nice gesture by Hyatt Osaka


Nice Suite provided by Hyatt Osaka


Very nice and spacious washroom and suite overall, approximately 900 Sq Ft


Another Kirin Ichiban … simply ichiban (no 1)


And Yoshinoya….the best

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Is that a beautiful thing or what…..


and we found this dude wearing a hello kitty sandal on the train to Kyoto


Dotombory walk-in Shopping area


Yokoso .. the beauty of Kyoto and Nara


I never been confused like this before….


I kind of like the idea of making this sign of construction for our city


Remind me of one Simpson episode when Homer dying because he eats this fish…


Look at those wonders of the world……


Green Tea and Strawberry Japanese DAAZ.....

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We found this small shop in Kyoto with a FANTASTIC Tako Yaki


Another Kirin Ichiban after the fantastic tako yakissssss….


Time to go to Shanghai


The Winning Team


Pre-Boarding Call



NH Flight to Shanghai … yet another Kirin Ichiban


Japanese meal option at NH


Welcome to Shanghai ……. Maglev Station closer to the city center

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We are going up to the top for our supper……


Up Up Up Up …. Food food food


Not only the view, 100 Century Avenue restaurant serves one of the best food in town


Our table facing North


Even the crackers and chili sauce is top notch


Stone stewed beef --- so delicious


Not forgetting the vegetable


Peking duck beyond excellent



LH778 that took us from SIN to CGK


Not bat at all


Welcome to Bali – Indonesia……..

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Come on porky….come to papa….


One excellent tea


Coffee Luak tasting…… taste disgusting…..


Nice BBQ place at Ubud …. Remember the movie: Eat Pray Love …. Yes, that is the place


Sea Side Full Seafood Dinner at Jimbaran Beach ---- beautifullll


Suckling Pig….. should I explain more….. :-)



TO BE CONTINUE………

[SilverChris]

Very interesting report so far!

[indo79]

Excellent report, reminds me of the places I been last 2 years, Park Hyatt Shanghai, GH Singapore, Hyatt Sanur-Bali, Ibu Oka Babi Guling.

Here's hoping to possibly me moving back to Singapore after having spent 14 years in US.

Great report and pics!

[Kyo]

Great start to the report! Nicely done!

[UMD]

Thank you for sharing. Great report so far!

By the way, did you leave Apu somewhere in Japan? He was last spot in the toilet shot of you trip.

[B727]

AC Executive First 773


The Menu that never change – borrrriiinggggg……

Merci d'avoir choisi Air Canada!

[SQflyergirl]

Appu! Where are you? Did he leave you early cause he needed to tend the Kwik-E-Mart?

Great report. Loved the pics!