打工换宿游台北-日记 Day2

今天正式开始在FFH打工。 老板Jasper 教我，也同时示范了整个hostel 打扫的程序。每天工作的时间为四个小时，从九点半到一点半。打扫的顺序是抹二楼的桌子，整理碗碟和洗手盆，然后开始在二楼区吸地板和拖地。接着下来就把洗好的床单拿上楼，开始换床单。换完床单后便开始吸三四五楼的地板和拖地，最后把换完的床单拿下楼下，就结束了。

看似非常简单，但做起来.........还蛮累的！（真佩服 Jasper 他们） 平时我很少做家务，所以今天的四小时housekeeping work 已把我累夸了，整个下午就蜗在床上睡觉 哪儿也不想去了。
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就是这碗面线，加上热情的老板，让我开始想念七里香小食店了！

不知不觉就睡到傍晚了，于是决定出外溜达顺便找吃的。走啊走，就路经一家“七里香”面线小吃店，就顺便点了碗蚵仔面线，我还还满喜欢这家的面线的口味，面线不会太糊，汤不会太稠，味道刚刚好。

边吃边和老板聊了起来。知道我是从马来西亚来的，便问了我许多我国的事情。老板还很热情的介绍好玩的地方给我。在店里也认识了一名阿姨，过后还和阿姨去了附近的安利office 听讲座，待了一下，便离开了安利office, 继续在台北市区溜达。

来到了重庆街，这街上有蛮多的书店，就这样泡了两三个小时的书店，才舍得离开。回hostel 之前，买了个饭团加豆浆当宵夜。

澳门,半个背包客之行 Macau,half backpacker trip

This post suppose to write in past few months, but again laziness keep me postponing the post for more than half year.

I visited Macau during July with my buddy, Mun. This trip was booked half year before depart. We got a very  cheap Flight Ticket during Air Asia 0 Fares promotion.

The trip is first free and easy trip for us. It is first time fully self planning trip, not following any travel agencies or group. So, we considered  it as a half backpacker trip, =P  Anyway, Macau  is a wonderful and full of excitement experiences for both of us.

The excitement has over the tiredness for not sleeping well the night before in LCCT.  Once reach  Macau, we took a free bus to Venetian Hotel. (There  are different free bus available to different casino in airport, so those wanna save money can fully utilize these free bus services). Reach Venetian, we just have a short visit to the casino, then continue with our first destination...which is Casas-Museu da Taipa.

Gondola ride in Venetian Hotel 威尼斯人酒店-伐舟   

Casas Museu da Taipa  was built in 1921, was once residences for high superior and macanese families.
This place was officially transform into museum in year 1992. There are five houses here presented different themes, namely "Macanese House", " House of the islands","House of Portugal Regions", "Exhibition Gallery", "House of Receptions"  Houses in this museum are painted in pale green, will give a kind of  fresh feeling when you are here.
The Entrance fee is only hk $2 ( student price), about 15 minutes walking distance from Venetian Hotel .

Casas Museu da Taipa 九环葡韵住宅博物馆，氹仔

Various Portuguese costumes  from different regions  各式各样少数民族的服装和手工艺品 

                                                         
There is a famous Carmel Church next to the museum. Continue with 10 minutes walk, we reached Ruo de Cunha, famous souvenier street in Taipa. We bought our first Portuguese Tart here ...the tart is crusty ..yummy! yummy!

Ruo de Cunha 官也街

Portuguese Tart  葡挞

We planned to eat the famous pork burger in Taipa in Cafe Tai Lei Loi Kei , but it only starts to sell in 3pm , so we choose to try the pork chop Vermichelli (bihun). Credit to the Cafe is the Pork chop is quite big and worth to give a try. (hk$ 22)

Pork Chop Bihun  猪扒米粉 

Next, we took public bus no.33 to  Macau main island. We stopped near Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. This is a busy street , crowded with people , various restaurants, banks , shops. It is convenient  and easy to get various local foods here.

We took bus to the famous Ma zhu Temple and Mariteime Museum. There are only three bus rates; hk$ 3.20( within the island) or $4.20 ( taipa-Macau penisular) or $5.00(coloane).It's convenient for sightseeing around Macau using Public bus, bus services is efficient but the attitude of some bus drivers were rude and unfriendly  =(

Make  a wish 许个愿 

Inside Ma-Zhu Temple  妈祖阁里面 

Ma-Zhu Temple was the oldest temple in Macau , existed since 15th century, before Macau was formed.    

小村落里的包 Bao in a small village

包，一个再熟悉不过的词，一个极为普遍的食物，随处都可以看到和吃到。但是，要找到有古早味的包已经是越来越难了。今天，我要分享的是来自一家经营了将近半世纪咖啡店的包。这家咖啡店坐落于吉打南部的一个小村落，店名为甘泉。老板的父亲早年从海南岛飘扬过海到这来经营咖啡店，（早期马来西亚的咖啡店多数都由海南人经营)，从摸索，改良，融合当地人的口味，到今天，这包已传承了两代人。

Bao (Bun)  , a very common food, can easily find it almost in every place. But, now it is getting harder for us to get  bao in an old style coffee shop.Today, I would like to share about  bao from a coffee shop that run for nearly half century,Kam Chuan Coffee shop. This is  a traditional coffee shop , located in a small village at southern Kedah.    The shop owner's father came from Hainan,China（ in early days, most of  Hainanese run coffee shop as their business).  From trying，adapting, and fused with local favor, this bao has "goes through" two generations. 

这里的包与我们常在外头看到的有些不一样，它的外皮较偏黄，并带有稍微的 Q 感。而内层带有质地感，一口咬下去这包的感觉就是适当的蓬松中带有多层次的口感，第一口吃下去，并不会顿时爱上他，而是在过后 慢慢一口一口吃的过程里发现它的特别之处。面粉，盐与糖，加上内馅，多么普通的组合，店家却能让它融合成为一个好吃的包。

The Bao here is slightly different from other Bao. Its outer skin is a bit yellowish, and slightly chewy. While the inner part of the Bao , you will feel the suited spongy feel and multi-layers taste when bite on it. You will not really in love with this bao in first bite,but after that you will  slowly discover its specialty.  With flour,salt, sugar plus filling, what a simple common combination, the owner still able to integrate all and come out with a tasteful bao.

这里的包有三个内陷可以选：红豆沙，咖瑘 和椰丝。值得一提的是咖瑘，其特别之处是老板没有加椰奶，但混合了鸡蛋和鸭蛋来做出这咖瑘，老板说这样咖瑘的味道会较香，颜色也比较好看。我个人最爱红豆沙内陷的包，红豆沙加上炒过的白芝麻，香！赞！

There are three options for the bao filling: red bean,kaya and coconut. What unique here is the Kaya, the shop owner doesn't mix  coconut milk in making Kaya like others usually do, and  he uses both chicken and duck eggs in making the Kaya. According to him ， this will improve Kaya taste and at the same time let the colour of Kaya look brighter and more beautiful. I personally prefer Bao with red bean filling. The red bean here is mix with white sesame, thumb up ! 

这是蒸包的炉。由于，村里的人数越来越少了，所以老板做包的数量也减少了。如今大概每个月只做三到四次，或是在特别酬神的日子才会做。如果你刚好经过或在双溪吉舌以列，那不妨到甘泉咖啡店，然后问老板：你今天有做包吗？幸运的话，你也许可以尝到这满古早味的包哦！

This is the stove used to steam bao. Villagers are getting less now, hence the shop owner also reduce his frequency of making bao. Now, he will only make bao three or four times a month  or during special occasion. If you pass by Sungai Kecil Ilir, do go into the shop and ask the boss: Do you make bao today? if lucky, you might able to get a taste of it.


地点： 甘泉咖啡店，双溪吉舌以列（吉打南部）
Location:   Kedai Kopi Kam Chuan, Sungai Kecil Ilir, Bandar Baharu.