Footsteps - Jotaro's Travels: October 2016

Sunday, October 30, 2016

YummY! - Thai Boat Noodles @ Ah Keat's (บริษัท อิงลิช โพรเกรซ จำกัด)

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Thai Boat Noodles @ Ah Keat's (บริษัท อิงลิช โพรเกรซ จำกัด)

Hat Yai, South Thailand - April 2016

Boat noodles (kuai tiao ruea) are sort of a trending speciality food in Thailand. These are small bowls of flat noodles serve from the boats plying the river markets (like those at the Chao Phraya near Bangkok).

With a tall stack of boat noodles bowls at Wheel Noodles.

The bowls are indeed very small and could be finished between two to three mouths; quite often patrons have to take a few bowls to fill up their tummies. I had the opportunity to try some at the Wheel Noodles shop in Ipoh; see I did finish quite a stack of bowls!

What if you were not on a boat in the river, and wanted to savour some of these delicious boat noodles. Yes, this can be done as there are land-based shops that serve them. While on a cycling tour of South Thailand, we had our lunch at one of these shops in Hat Yai - Keat's Thai Boat Noodle Shop. Yes! This is the real deal, one served in Thailand; so let's see how much better they are than the ones from Wheels.

Missing those small bowls; no worries Keat's do serve those small ones for small eaters or ladies, or just for those who want the boat noodles experience (although without the boat rocking motion).
The one above shows a medium-sized bowl. The bonus of eating at a shop is the extra bowls of "salad" that comes with raw bean sprouts and Kesom leaves (Vietnamese Coriander).

This medium-size bowl came with Thai flat noodles, slices of pork and beef, and a fish ball together with some cooked bean sprouts. Add additional raw bean sprouts and "Kesom" leaves from the salad bowl to one's liking. The Kesom add that minty after-taste flavours.

We guys, being hungry after a good bike ride, went for the Big Bowl. Similarly it came with a bowl of Thai salad.

The ingredients are similar to the small bowl except it had slices of pig liver too. We had also asked for a more spicy gravy (specify this when you order). Added on were also some deep fried pork skin (pork cracklings).
Keat's gravy was very good, with an underlying meaty flavour.

We liked the bowls used here, authentic porcelain ones with simple flower motifs at the sides.

The noodles were prepared at a small stall at the front of the shop; uniquely it sat on a mock-up wooden boat; there was no mistaking that this is a boat noodles shop. Today, the Thai flags were flying high - it was the Songkran festival.
See those packets of yellow stuff hanging on the left .....

These were packets of pork cracklings sold separately for those who like them, to be added to the noodles or just to be eaten as tit-bits.

Ah Keat's place is a simple wooden, single-storey shop with square tables and plastic chairs. It's next to the Red Planet Hotel which looms over the small, zinc-roofed shop.

Here's Ah Keat, who looks more like a cool, hippy-ish guy with a pony tail. He was very friendly and helpful to us in making our orders.

KEAT'S THAI BOAT NOODLE
5 Preedarom Rd, Tambon Hat Yai, Amphoe Hat Yai, Chang Wat Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Phone: +66 74 355 755
GPS: 7.00203, 100.47082.
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Art Gallery - Busan Museum of Art : 1st Floor New Acquisitions

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Busan Museum of Art : 1st Floor New Acquisitions

Busan, South Korea - June 2016

"Want" - 1350x165x876 composite art of neon, wood, paint, plexi-glass, one-way mirror and electric energy by Ivan Navarro (2011).

The Busan Museum of Art houses quite a number of interesting contemporary artwork. These here are the art pieces that can be seen at the New Acquisitions Gallery located on the first floor. Due to photography angle, the photos here have been cropped so for better appreciation of the artwork it is better to go the the gallery and view the originals.

This blog comes in several pages, this page is on the newly acquired art pieces seen at the first floor; click on below to navigate to other sections:
< Go to Compound & Gr Flr | Go to Main Gallery | Go to Finotti >

"Abstraction" - 1160x909 oil on canvas painting by Lee Jun (1982).

"A Kaffir Lily" - 380x455 oil on canvas painting by Kim Yoon Min (1960s).

Untitled - 370x453 oil on canvas painting by Kim Yoon Min (1970s).

"Roses" - 482x405 oil on canvas painting by Sung Paik Joo (1983).

"Landscape" - 385x455 oil on canvas painting by Kim Young Kyo (unknown).

"Yeongchwi Mountain (Tongdosa)" - 580x700 oil on canvas painting by Lee Euy Joo (1994).

"Busan-Taejongdae" - 245x335 oil on canvas painting by Kim Won (1969).

"Eulsookdo Scene" - 1620x1300 oil on canvas painting by Lee Euy Joo (1992).

"Scenery 20-584" - 245x335 oil on canvas painting by Kim Won (1986).

"Hometown" - 935x146 oil on canvas painting by Cho Dong Buck (1975).

"Harbor" - 395x415 watercolour on paper painting by Choung Sang Bok (1950).

"Taejongdae" - 455x350 watercolour on paper painting by Choung Sang Bok (1979).

"Opinion About Haeinsa" - 1450x1125 oil on canvas painting by Lee Du ock (1978).

"Opinion About Tongdosa III" - 1450x1121 oil on canvas painting by Lee Du ock (1979).

"A Gizzard Shad I" - 1440x1120 oil on canvas painting by Nam Young Cheol (unknown).

"Dried Fish" - 890x910 Oil on canvas painting by Nam Young Cheol (1984).

Cockfight - 525x540 oil on canvas painting by Nam Young Cheol (unknown).

"Summer Day" - 905x1165 oil on canvas painting by Nam Young Cheol (1989).

"A Pottery Tombstone" - 980x340x860 mixed clay plate molding, molding on spinning wheel & connect by Oh Cheon Hak (1989).

"A Family's Story (H_2445)" - 2000x2000 oil on canvas painting by Hwang Young Sung (2013).

Work 9004 - 1700x1340 ink and colouring on paper by Kim Soo Gil (1990).

"Sound & Water" - 1300x400x1500 iron pipes, amplifiers, small speakers, light sound systems sculpture by Shim Jeon Seob (2002).

"A Curious Paradox C" - 848x479x479 stained ash with oil finish sculpture by Wendell Castle (2012).

"The Hall" - 1811x2591acrylic on canvas painting by Bang Jung Ah (2015).

"End Of Trojan: - 1900x1100 casein on canvas painting by Rosa Loy (2014).

"Naked Woman" - 450x550 oil on canvas painting by Lee Euy Joo (1994).

"Broken Face: - 2100x3000 acrylic on canvas painting by Ahn Chang Hong (2008).

"Non-regular Worker" - 1180x1620 ink on paper painting by Park Ja Hyun (2008).

"Missing" - 1630x1300 oil on canvas painting by Lee Dong Soon (1978).

"Salvation" - 700x600x700 pink marble statue by Kim Jung Hae (1991).

"Dancing Nymphs" - 1248x910 oil on canvas painting by Cho Dong Buck (1955).

"Light 2012-5A" - 1455x2273 oil on canvas painting by Woo Jae Gil (2012).

"Stroke Line 2007" - 70x2600x1500 mixed media on canvas artwork by Nam Tchun Mo (2007).

"Work 7-31" - 1500x6020 ink and colouring on Korean paper painting by Park Choong Gum (1998).
This is quite a large piece, see below for zoomed in views.

"Work 7-31" left section view.

"Work 7-31" centre section view.

"Work 7-31" right section view.

"Our Memory Didn't Matter" - 1818x9092 oil on canvas painting by Yi Yun Zu (2013)
This is another long piece, see below for another view.

Angled view of "Our Memory Didn't Matter"

"Railroad" - 1620x1900 oil on canvas painting by Ju Tai Seok (1984).

"Low" - 1620x4484 oil on canvas multi section painting by Kam Min Kyung (1993).

The following piece is from the Donated Works gallery:

"China No. 25" - 1500x1500 oil on canvas painting by Feng Zhenjie (2002).

This blog comes in several pages, this page is on the newly acquired art pieces seen at the first floor; click on below to navigate to other sections:
< Go to Compound & Gr Flr | Go to Main Gallery | Go to Finotti >

BUSAN MUSEUM OF ART (부산시립미술관)

(감천문화마을)
58, APEC-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan , South Korea [부산광역시 해운대구 APEC로 58 (우동).]
Tel: 1330 Travel Hotline- +82-2-1330.
Hours: 10:00am to 8:00pm *Last admission: 1hour before closing (Closed on Mondays & New Year's Day).
Webpage: http://art.busan.go.kr/eng/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Busan-Museum-of-Art
GPS: 35.16675, 129.13702
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