My Southeast Asia Food Diaries

10 photos of Southeast Asia food I was able to try in each country, and here are their back stories:

SINGAPORE: Chilli Crab, Mantou Buns, and Teh Tarik

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Chilli Crab, Teh Tarik (Singapore Food) — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Chilli Crab, Mantou Buns, Teh Tarik

🇸🇬 Chilli crab has been on my SEA food bucket list and had it for my solo celebratory dinner (‘coz I rock and roll solo 97% of time) after a presentation. I realized the price of chilli crabs are not fixed, and the crabs are huuuuge so I had to search for the smallest crab I could find on any stall. 🦀

PHILIPPINES: Chicken Intestine (‘Isaw’)

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Isaw (Chicken Intestine) Filipino Food — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Isaw

🇵🇭 It’s a chicken intestine (isaw) which is my favorite Filipino street food! But what you see in the photo is from an upscale Filipino restaurant in Laguna, PH.

INDONESIA: Lapis Surabaya

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Lapis Surabaya (Indonesian Food)a — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Lapis Surabaya

🇮🇩 Nasi goreng with sate or ayam should be here because I eat them regularly in Indonesia but I don’t have a single photo of them 😭 Here’s a photo of Lapis Surabaya (layered cake) from Hotel Majapahit’s afternoon tea menu. 💖

BRUNEI: Ambuyat and Beef Rendang

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Local Brunei Food (Ambuyat, Beef Rendang, etc) — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Brunei Local Food

🇧🇳 A local friend took me to Aminah Arif Restaurant to taste some Bruneian food because he can’t convince me at first that Malaysian food is different than Bruneian food. I got introduced to ambuyat.

ALSO READ: WHAT TO EAT IN BRUNEI (LOCAL FOOD) AND WHERE TO TRY THEM?

CAMBODIA: Blue Pumpkin Bread

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Blue Pumpkin Bread Cambodia (Khmer Food) — Blue Pumpkin Bread

🇰🇭 French bakeries are my thing whenever I go to the former French colonies because tinapay is life hehe and Blue Pumpkin was the best! But sadly we can’t hoard breads to bring back home.

MALAYSIA: Nasi Lemak

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Nasi Lemak with Sambal (Malaysian Food) — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Nasi Lemak

🇲🇾 I was bound to Petaling Jaya via RapidKL but I haven’t eaten my breakfast so I bought a random rice and lamb meal at the bus stop. It has the best sambal I tasted. Ever.

MYANMAR: Rice Meal

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Myanmar (Burmese Food) — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Burmese Rice Meal

🇲🇲 I gained weight after a 10-day trip to Myanmar because they serve a lot of rice and for some reason ang sarap ng kanin nila. Biggest meals of my life!

LAOS: Lay’s Salted Egg Chips and Beerlao

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Beerlao and Lay's Salted Egg — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Thai Lay’s and Lao Beer

🇱🇦 Not a fan of nightlife in general, so I create my own nightlife inside my hotel room, on my own, while watching the news. Welcome to my life. 😎

VIETNAM: Bia Saigon Beer

SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Bia Saigon Vietnamese Beer — SOUTHEAST ASIA FOOD: Vietnamese Beer

🇻🇳 Had a presentation in Saigon and I looked for some local beer and forgot it’s inside my bag the whole damn time I’ve transited to 3 countries by land. I only remembered such at BKK Airport security check before my flight back. I drank it bottoms up in front of the security dude because nanghinayang ako. Pinagtawanan lang nya ko🤘🏻