How To Get To Blue Wave Macapagal

Blue Wave Macapagal is located at the corner of President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard and EDSA Extension in Pasay City. Commuting by bus from Monumento and Quezon City, there's only one route and direction going to Blue Wave - EDSA. This post will also tell you directions to Blue Wave Macapagal from other parts of Metro Manila.

BY BUS & JEEP

BY LRT & MRT

BY CAR

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How to get to Blue Wave Macapagal from North of Metro Manila - Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Fairview, Novaliches and other parts of Quezon City

How to get to Blue Wave Macapagal from South of Metro Manila - Alabang, Muntinlupa, Pacita, etc. From Las Pinas, Cavite and nearby areas From Quiapo, Espana, Sta. Cruz, Dapitan, Binondo

From Caloocan City

Ride bus with Baclaran MOA sign at the corner of Rizal Avenue and 5th Avenue or at Monumento. Get off at Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.

From Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon

You need to get to EDSA anywhere in Caloocan, then ride bus with Baclaran MOA sign. Get off at Macapagal Blvd. If there are busses that ply directly from your area going to Baclaran like in Letre and Marulas, then ride right there.

From Novaliches

Ride bus with Baclaran MOA sign along Quirino Highway and get off at Macapagal Boulevard.

From Fairview

Ride bus with Baclaran MOA sign and get off at Macapagal Blvd.

How to get to Blue Wave Macapagal from South of Metro Manila - Alabang, Muntinlupa, Pacita, etc.

From Alabang by bus

Ride bus going to Monumento, Novaliches or Fairview. Get off at unloading station in EDSA e.g. Magallanes MRT Station or Ayala MRT Station. Cross EDSA via MRT station's overpass - there are elevators in some MRT stations. Ride another bus with Baclaran MOA sign. Get off at Macapagal Blvd.

From Alabang by jeepney

There are terminals of jeepneys going to Pasay Rotonda located in Alabang near Metropolis Star Mall. Some of them just pick up passengers along East Service Road near corner Montillano Street. Ride jeepney with Pasay Rotonda sign. Get off at Pasay Rotonda. Some jeepney drivers drop off passengers right at the MRT Taft Station. Some of them drop off passengers after crossing Taft Avenue. You can either ride just below the elevated MRT Station or near Save More Supermarket after crossing Taft. Plenty of jeepneys going to MOA pass by along EDSA. You don't need to go to the terminal of the so called orange passenger shuttle service going to MOA. It's too far, along Taft, out of the way. Just ride any jeepney or even bus with MOA sign along EDSA. Get off at Macapagal Blvd.

From Bacoor, Zapote, Las Pinas, Cavite and other areas near Alabang-Zapote Road and Emilio Aguinaldo Highway Junction

Ride a bus going to Lawton, Sta. Cruz, or Buendia. This busses take the route of Coastal Road also known as Manila-Cavite Expressway or Aguinaldo Blvd. Lawton and Sta. Cruz bound busses cross EDSA intersection via the flyover. So you must get off right before or after the bus get onto the flyover. Always tell the conductor or driver to drop you off on the unloading station. Most of the time, they don't stop after stopping on the last unloading before EDSA. In this case, it's safe to get off at Baclaran. There's a terminal of jeepneys going to MOA near Lydia's Restaurant along the service road of Roxas Blvd before Redemptorist Church. Ride right there and get off at Macapagal Boulevard. If any chance you get to EDSA, then ride a bus or jeepney with MOA sign and get off at Macapagal Blvd.

From Quiapo, Espana, Sta. Cruz, Dapitan and Binondo

Ride jeepney going to Baclaran and get off at EDSA. Ride another jeepney or bus going to MOA and get off at Macapagal Blvd.

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How to get to Blue Wave Macapagal by MRT and LRT?

From any station of MRT-3, get off at Taft Avenue Station.
From any station of LRT-1, get off at EDSA Station.
From any station of LRT-2, get off at Araneta Center-Cubao Station. Walk your way to MRT-3 Cubao Station. LRT-2 and MRT-3 are linked by walkway inside Gateway Mall going to Farmers Plaza Mall where the MRT-3 is connected. Ride a southbound MRT train or train going to Taft Avenue Station. Get off right there at Taft Station.

Under the elevated MRT Taft Station, ride a jeepney going to MOA or Mall of Asia. Jeepneys stop right before the MRT Station so you might walk a little bit backward. If at any case, you find it hard to get a ride there, you might go across Taft Avenue and ride a jeepney going to MOA along EDSA just in front of Save More Supermarket.

Get off at Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.

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How to get to Blue Wave Macapagal by car?

Route #1

If you're coming from North of Metro Manila e.g. Caloocan, Malabon, Valenzuela, Navotas, Bulacan, Novaliches, Fairview, Cubao and other parts of Quezon City take EDSA. Drive all the way to Pasay until you cross Roxas Boulevard under the flyover. After crossing Roxas Boulevard, stay to the right of EDSA and turn right onto Macapagal Boulevard and make a U-Turn on the first U-Turn slot along Macapagal to get to the Blue Wave. You can easily see the entrance to the parking from the distance. Alternately, you can cross Macapagal Boulevard then get to the parking entrance along EDSA.

Route #2

From south of Metro Manila and the province of Cavite. Take Coastal Road or Manila-Cavite Expressway and drive all the way to NAIA Road where Coastal Road ends. NAIA Road is where Coastal Mall is situated to the left corner. NAIA Road is a main intersection with traffic lights. Upon approaching NAIA Road, change lane to the left and turn left on NAIA Road then turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. Stay to the middle and drive all the way until you cross EDSA. After crossing EDSA stay to the right and make a U-Turn to get to the Blue Wave Macapagal.

Route #3

Coming from areas of Sucat, NAIA-3, NAIA-1, Multinational Village and neighboring vicinity take Sucat Road, Imelda Avenue and Ninoy Aquino Avenue. Turn left on NAIA Road and stay on the middle. Cross Roxas Blvd and turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. Stay to the middle and drive all the way until you cross EDSA. After crossing EDSA stay to the right and make a U-Turn to get to the Blue Wave Macapagal.

Route #4

From Alabang take the Skyway and exit on Magallanes Exit then turn left on EDSA. Stay on the middle of EDSA and drive all the way until you cross Roxas Boulevard under the flyover. After crossing Roxas Boulevard, stay to the right of EDSA and turn right onto Macapagal Boulevard and make a U-Turn on the first U-Turn slot along Macapagal to get to the Blue Wave. You can easily see the entrance to the parking from the distance. Alternately, you can cross Macapagal Boulevard then get to the parking entrance along EDSA.

Route #5

From Bulacan, Pampanga and North Luzon, take the route to CCP Complex. Search "how to get to ccp complex" in our search box on the sidebar. From Pedro Bukaneg in CCP Complex turn left on Magdalena Jalandoni and stay to the middle, cross Gil Puyat Avenue Extension. After crossing Gil Puyat Avenue intersection, road name becomes President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. Stay to the middle of Macapagal Boulevard, cross the Seaside Boulevard. Next stop light is on EDSA intersection. Before reaching EDSA stay to the right and the Blue Wave is located before the EDSA-Macapagal Boulevard intersection.

Route #6

From Quezon City, take the route to CCP Complex. Search "how to get to ccp complex" in our search box on the sidebar. From Pedro Bukaneg in CCP Complex turn left on Magdalena Jalandoni and stay to the middle, cross Gil Puyat Avenue Extension. After crossing Gil Puyat Avenue intersection, road name becomes President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. Stay to the middle of Macapagal Boulevard, cross the Seaside Boulevard. Next stop light is on EDSA intersection. Before reaching EDSA stay to the right and the Blue Wave is located before the EDSA-Macapagal Boulevard intersection.

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Location Map of Blue Wave Macapagal



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Cafe 1511 at Heeren Street (Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock) of Malacca

Cafe 1511 (N2 11.736 E102 14.784) is located at Hereen Street (Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock) next to the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum in Malacca. It's just a street next to Jonker Street.

The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum & Cafe 1511

They serve Nyonya Delicacies and Western Food. The Peranakan Decoration is nice and cozy, we felt like walk into a Time Machine...

The front dining area

The second hall after the dining area

The Counter

There was a nice fish pond beside the counter, and the antique bicycles...

The Fish Pond & the Antique Bicycle

Anyway, the cafe also A Museum to us. Full of antiques, and histories...

Mixed with the antique table and today computer...

Malacca was conquered by Portuguese - Afonso de Albuquerque with 1200 men and eighteen ships in the year 1511, maybe this is the reason the owner use 1511 for his cafe! :)

This was a Totally different dining experience for us! Awesome! Having our tea break in the Museum! Great! Even we were quite hungry that time, but we don't wanna filled up our stomach yet...because we planned our dinner at the Portuguese Seafood Village at Portuguese Settlement.

Our purpose here is to taste some of the Nyonya foods here so I ordered a plate of Nyonya Popiah, Pai Tee and the Nyonya Laksa.

Nyonya Popiah

Pai Tee (Top Hats)

Nyonya Laksa

We were very satisfied with all the Excellent foods! I like the Nyonya Popiah very much especially the dark sweet sauce! The Pai Tee were crunchy and tasty, the Nyonya Laksa was flavourful! We enjoyed the foods and the environment Very much! Definitely need a second visit! :)

The Damage : MYR18.50 included a cup of Tea & watermelon juice. It's reasonable price!

Rated : 4.5/5

Highly recommended Cafe, it's worth the visit!
We planned to visit the cafe again  for dinner and also the Museum.

Cafe 1511

52, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock,

75200 Melaka,

Malaysia.

Tel : +606-2860150

cafe1511@gmail.com

The location map of Cafe 1511 of Malacca

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 29th December, 2010

Today's weather;

It's cloudy but dry on Samui this morning. Current temp at 7am is 24.2C

Yesterday saw a mixed of some sunshine throughout the day but in the morning there was an half an hour of hard rain as well. Mostly it was cloudy though. Max temp reached 29C

Camille

Hallmark Hotel at Malacca (Melaka)

Hallmark Hotel (N2 12.002 E102 14.808) is located along Jalan Portugis of Jalan Kubu main road in Malacca Town. And it's also stone throw away (about 300 meter) to Jonker Street. There are many nice restaurants around the area. This was our first visit to Hallmark Hotel.

Hallmark Hotel, Malacca

I made the reservation before we drove to Malacca. The standard room rates was MYR105.00 for 2 single beds (with 2 breakfast), the twin bed was fully booked that day.

We were quite impressed with the facilities in the room. Beside the necessities, they also provide Free Wifi to the room and A DVD player with the 32" LCD TV. This was the first time I saw a DVD player in the hotel room! But we didn't utilized it and we were not intend to spend the time in the hotel for movie?!

The LCD TV, DVD Player & the Mini Fridge

The room was spacious enough for 2 of us and it was well maintain and Clean! My wife was surprised there was a hair dryer provided in the room too!
Once we check in the hotel, we went for tea break at Cafe 1511 and not really have time to look around the hotel.

The bathroom

The Big shower head

I like the hot shower, the hot water was Very hot once you turn the tap!

The only 2 comments we had :
1)  The loud water sound from upstairs bathroom, it was not well isolated.
2)  Vehicle parking difficulty!

OH NO! We received  a parking ticket (RM30.00) on the next day morning after we check out from the hotel, I asked the guy at the reception counter on that night before I parked, and he said it's ok to park my car beside the lane. Too bad we got the fine ticket! I show to one of the gentlemen at the reception, and he said he will pay the fine for us, still yet to receive any notification from them. (Cross my finger and pray...)

The room rates was reasonable at MYR105.00 per day and we were satisfied with the staffs at the front counter and also the hotel environment. We will visit again the Hotel again in our future visit to Malacca and hope they will have a better parking area for hotel guests in the future. :)

Hotel Hallmark

68, Jalan Portugis of Jalan Kubu,

75200 Melaka,

Malaysia.

Tel : +606-2812888  Fax : +606-2813409

www.hotelhallmark.com

enquiry@hotelhallmark.com

Grand Hallmark Hotel (Taman Molek)
32 Jalan Molek 2/2 Taman Molek 81100 Johor Bahru Malaysia
Tel: +607-357-2288
Website: www.grandhotelhallmark.com

Location map of Hallmark Hotel in Malacca

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Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 28th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui is covered under dark clouds but it's still dry. Current temp at 7am is 26.3C

Yesterday saw a sunny day on the island with a max temp of 29.6C

Camille

Roxas Boulevard: Great Place To Watch Fireworks On New Year Eve

Roxas Boulevard is a long stretch of thouroughfare by the Manila Bay, about 9 kilometers, from Anda Circle in the Port Area up to NAIA Road in Paranaque. It was so beautiful according to those who born ahead of us. But that was 40 years ago, when the whole stretch of the so called "lover's boulevard", known then as Dewey Boulevard, ran smoothly without obstructions brought about by major development that slowly engulfed our metropolis after the war. Then, it was so lovely. With coconut trees dotting along its line, Roxas Boulevard was the real picture of a grandeur highway. Today, Roxas Boulevard is wider. To give way for progress some coconut trees must be cut down. And so we have now CCP Complex, Mall of Asia, Metropolitan Park, Asiaworld City and soon the Nayong Pilipino Entertainment City. Well, if it's not yet stalled as presumed.

Manila Bay at Roxas Boulevard now confined to Malate and Ermita Districts. And if you're wondering what part of Roxas Boulevard is the best area to watch fireworks this coming New Year's Eve, no doubt it's the part from Pedro Gil up to Quirino Avenue. Yearly, the local government of the city of Manila allots big budget for pyrotechnics to make the welcoming of the coming new year more memorable, joyful and festive. So if you're thinking of where to spend your New Year to watch fireworks on the very first hour of 2011, consider this great destination.

Here are the directions to Roxas Boulevard by Manila Bay from different parts of Metro Manila

BY CAR

BY LRT/MRT

BY JEEPNEY

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Route #1

From south of Metro Manila and the province of Cavite. Take Coastal Road and drive all the way until you cross NAIA Road. By this time you're already driving along Roxas Boulevard. Stay to the middle and drive all the way until you reach Ermita District. You'll cross EDSA and Gil Puyat Avenue via flyovers. Two stop lights, P. Ocampo formerly Vito Cruz and Quirino Avenue, after that your already in the Manila Bay where the fireworks display in Manila will take place. Now, you must think of how to park your car properly. You can make a U-Turn on Pedro Gil but it's not legal. The best way is to drive all the way to T.M. Kalaw, stay to the left and turn left on Kalaw going to Quirino Grandstand. Make a U-Turn there then turn right onto Roxas Boulevard again. Now, you're driving on south bound lane of Roxas Boulevard. You can easily see parking areas along Roxas Boulevard after you pass U.S. Embassy and there's another one right before the intersection of Quirino Avenue.

Route #2

From north of Metro Manila and provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga and North Luzon, take A. Bonifacio Avenue and Dimasalang Street to Quezon Avenue. On Quezon Avenue go straight up to Quiapo and Lawton. Road name change to Padre Burgos after passing Lawton area. Stay to the right of P. Burgos Street to avoid getting to Taft Avenue. Stay on P. Burgos and turn left on Roxas Blvd. Stay to the middle and cross intersections of T.M. Kalaw, U.N. Avenue and Padre Faura. After passing the U.S. Embassy stay to the left of Roxas Boulevard. You can easily see parking areas along Roxas Boulevard after you pass U.S. Embassy and there's another one right before the intersection of Quirino Avenue.

Route #3

From Alabang take the Skyway and exit on Gil Puyat. Avoid getting to the Gil Puyat Avenue flyover. Turn left on Gil Puyat Avenue and drive all the way. Cross Taft Avenue under LRT-1 and turn right onto Roxas Boulevard. Two stop lights, P. Ocampo formerly Vito Cruz and Quirino Avenue, after that your already in the Manila Bay where the fireworks display in Manila will take place. Now, you must think of how to park your car properly. You can make a U-Turn on Pedro Gil but it's not legal. The best way is to drive all the way to T.M. Kalaw, stay to the left and turn left on Kalaw going to Quirino Grandstand. Make a U-Turn there then turn right onto Roxas Boulevard again. Now, you're driving on south bound lane of Roxas Boulevard. You can easily see parking areas along Roxas Boulevard after you pass U.S. Embassy and there's another one right before the intersection of Quirino Avenue.

Route #4

Coming from areas of Sucat, NAIA-3, NAIA-1, Multinational Village and neighboring vicinity take Sucat Road, Imelda Avenue and Ninoy Aquino Avenue. Turn left on NAIA Road then turn right onto Roxas Boulevard. Stay to the middle and drive all the way until you reach Ermita District. You'll cross EDSA and Gil Puyat Avenue via flyovers. Two stop lights, P. Ocampo formerly Vito Cruz and Quirino Avenue, after that your already in the Manila Bay where the fireworks display in Manila will take place. Now, you must think of how to park your car properly. You can make a U-Turn on Pedro Gil but it's not legal. The best way is to drive all the way to T.M. Kalaw, stay to the left and turn left on Kalaw going to Quirino Grandstand. Make a U-Turn there then turn right onto Roxas Boulevard again. Now, you're driving on south bound lane of Roxas Boulevard. You can easily see parking areas along Roxas Boulevard after you pass U.S. Embassy and there's another one right before the intersection of Quirino Avenue.

Route #5

From Caloocan, Navotas, Malabon take Jose Abad Santos Avenue. Jose Abad Santos Avenue ends up in Recto. Cross Recto Avenue and Reina Regente begins. Drive on Reina Regente up to Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz. Turn right to go with the flow of one way traffic around Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz turning left on Juan Luna Street. Stay on Juan Luna crossing Dasmarinas Street. Follow where public jeepneys turn. Turn left on the next street after Dasmarinas. Turn right onto Jones bridge. You are now taking Padre Burgos Street. Stay to the right of P. Burgos Street to avoid getting to Taft Avenue. Stay on P. Burgos and turn left on Roxas Blvd. Stay to the middle and cross intersections of T.M. Kalaw, U.N. Avenue and Padre Faura. After passing the U.S. Embassy stay to the left of Roxas Boulevard. You can easily see parking areas along Roxas Boulevard after you pass U.S. Embassy and there's another one right before the intersection of Quirino Avenue.

Route #6

From Pasig, Sta. Mesa and neighboring vicinity take Ramon Magsasay Blvd and Legarda Street crossing Nagtahan by taking flyover to Legarda. On Legarda Street, just cross Recto Avenue. Legarda ends up in Arlegui but the road continues under the name of P. Casal Street. Drive on P. Casal and cross Pasig River via Ayala Bridge. You are now in Ayala Blvd. Go straight crossing Taft Avenue passing under LRT-1. You are now in Finance Road. Turn left on Padre Burgos Street. Another stop light and you must stay to the left of P. Burgos Street. Turn left on Roxas Blvd. Stay to the middle and cross intersections of T.M. Kalaw, U.N. Avenue and Padre Faura. After passing the U.S. Embassy stay to the left of Roxas Boulevard. You can easily see parking areas along Roxas Boulevard after you pass U.S. Embassy and there's another one right before the intersection of Quirino Avenue.

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How to get to Manila Bay at Roxas Boulevard by MRT and LRT?

Route #1

LRT-1 from north stations namely Roosevelt, Balintawak, Monumento and other stations. Get off at Carriedo Station then ride jeepney infront of Santa Cruz Church bound to "Baclaran Mabini" or "Vito Cruz Mabini". You can get to Santa Cruz Church by walking to the west side of Carriedo Street between Plaza Fair and Philtrust Bank, then turn right on the next corner. The church is up ahead. Make sure the jeepney you're going to ride bear sign that read "Mabini" Ask driver to kindly drop you off at Rajah Sulayman. You can now walk your way to Roxas Boulevard.

Route #2

LRT-1 from South Terminal of Baclaran and all other stations from there. Get off at Libertad Station. Walk to the Philtrust Bank and wait for jeepney bound to Pier or Horizon. Ride and then if you ride a Pier bound jeep, get off at San Andres and walk toward Roxas Boulevard. If you ride Horizon bound jeep, take another jeepney via "Mabini" and get off at San Andres. You can also get off at Gil Puyat Avenue Station, ride a jeepney with "Evengelista" sign, get off at Horizon Street and take another jeep with "Manini" on its sign. Get off at San Andres Street, then walk toward Roxas Boulevard.

Route #3

LRT-2 Stations, all stations. From your station get off at Recto then walk your way to Avenida Street. Ride jeepney with "Baclaran Mabini" or "Vito Cruz Mabini" sign. There must be the "Mabini" on the jeepney sign or you will not get there. Ask driver to kindly drop you off at Rajah Sulayman. Walk your way to Roxas Boulevard.

Route #4

MRT-3, all Stations. From your station, get off at Taft Station then take another train ride North bound or Monumento bound on LRT-1. LRT and MRT are interconnected. Get off at Libertad Station. Walk to the Philtrust Bank and wait for jeepney bound to Pier or Harrison. Ride and then if you ride a Pier bound jeep, get off at San Andres and walk toward Roxas Boulevard. If you ride Harrison bound jeep, take another jeepney via "Mabini" and get off at San Andres. You can also get off at Gil Puyat Avenue Station, ride a jeepney with "Evengelista" sign, get off at Horizon Street and take another jeep with "Manini" on its sign. Get off at San Andres Street, then walk toward Roxas Boulevard.

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How to get to Manila Bay at Roxas Boulevard by jeepney?

All jeepneys that ply the route of "Monumento-Baclaran" vice versa via Mabini pass by Rajah Sulayman Park. From Rajah Sulayman Park, walk your way to Roxas Boulevard and see where's the best place for you to watch the fireworks. There are also Baclaran bound jeepneys that ply the route of Mabini. Always make sure that there's the "Mabini" word on the sign of jeepney you are going to ride.

All you need to do is to ride another jeep bound to Baclaran via Mabini. If you're from Pasig, ride Baclaran bound jeepney in Quiapo. If you're from Cubao, there's also Baclaran bound jeepney there via Mabini. If there's none then ride one in Quiapo. Same way if you're from Fairview or Novaliches and Quezon Avenue. If you're from Monumento, then just get off right in front of Malate Church. Rajah Sulayman is opposite the church. From Makati, ride bus then get off at Harrison Street then ride a jeep bound to Monumento or Quiapo via Mabini. Wherever you might be coming from, just remember to ride a jeepney with "Mabini" on its sign.

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Location Map of Manila Bay at Roxas Boulevard



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Food on Wheels; Kanom Tokyo

Food on Wheels; Kanom Tokyo

Time to look into the Food on Wheels series, with a very interesting entry today; Kanom Tokyo. Most of you out there probably didn't even know there was a thing called like this, just like me!

In front of one of our local 7-11's near our house, almost every evening this cart can be found, the Kanom Tokyo vendor. It's mainly a children's favorite. Our kids love it, that's for sure.

The ingredients, on the bottom quill eggs and Maggi sauce, in the middle some sort of sweet cream and on top sausages.

The batter is obviously also of importance and is actually very tasty! Three 'kanoms' or sweet pancakes are spread out next to each other and than ingredients are put on top of them. This results in a sweet but crunchy pancake.

An almost finished Kanom Tokyo, the batter turned into a pancake style sweet, topped with all the ingredients previously mentioned. The only thing missing now is shaping the whole thing up and putting it in the inevitable plastic bag.

Here it is, one Kanom Tokyo, rolled into shape and ready to be eaten. Enjoy! For 5 to 10 Baht a piece, pretty cool stuff.

Camille