Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen

Some souvenirs sold at the hotel's souvenir shop.....including this snake....

It's actually quite comfy to hold and squeeze this snake or just hang it around your shoulder and neck when cold.

Some fridge magnets and miniatures

[Below] Cup mats

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[Below] Sunny day outside the office, taken on my last day before leaving to the airport.

Had our last meal with my manager before we took the same flight to AMS. He is taking another flight back to London from there.

I had Bolognaise penne pasta

and Ferrero roche cake

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The company driver arrived on time to pick us up to the airport. We were the first few in the queue for check-in.

Check-in was breeze and I had ample time to walk around the airport and explore the place/shops.

Look at the clean white marble floor.....you can't spot any trash at all.

Then I spotted something sparkling from afar.....

This airport is the homebase for Copa Airlines (below) and is a regional hub to and from the Caribbean, South, North and Central America.

Lunches (in Santa Maria office)

[Below] The airport arrival entrance/exit as taken from the parking lot.

Tokumen International Airport looks dull from the outside....but the interior is bright with white marble floor.

[Below] The office has shifted to this building in Santa Maria business district a year ago...Santa Maria is a new business/commercial/office area, located nearby the airport too.

The new office....well, nothing fancy, just spacious.

It was a training day with lunch provided...so i gotta have free lunch...yay!

and not just one day but the entire training week.....double yay!

The foods were catered from a caterer...

These are my lunches:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Thursday (same as above, just different angle)

Friday

Basically the lunches comprise of carbs (rice, pasta, quinoa or potatoes), 2 proteins (chicken & fish) and veggies - a wholesome meal.

There were morning breakfast and tea time too....We were fed well throughout the week!

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[Below] I had Popeye's at Changi Airport before taking the flight to AMS at 1:40am

yea, my late nite supper😀

So syiok to have burger and fried chicken in the midnite😂

Midam Korean Restaurant

Went to Midam again to try other dishes....this time I had sundubu jjigae

The lunch promo is until 3pm, but last order is by 2:30pm before the kitchen closed for their midday break.

The banchans are almost similar from my last visit, just slightly difference.

[Below] Huge dining space...

Barley tea provided free-flow.....included with the set.

Was full to the brim after finishing the meal...generous portion of banchans and decent size sundubu jjigae with an egg in it.

The bill came to RM22 nett after service charges and tax.

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[Below] I had chicken rice at Yitcha Kaw Kaw before the promo ended the following week. In total, I went there 3 times for the promo and had tried the chicken drumstick, thigh and breast meat.

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McD softserve with fries....this was during the McD McChicken RM5.95 lunch promo some time last month. Do you dip the fries with softserve?

well, it actually tastes good eating like this....sweet & savory!

 

Mihun Kuey Teow

[Below] Chocolate chip cookies sold in Subway.

The middle one is double chocolate chip....the bottom one is white chocolate chip macadamia...I've tried all 3 and my favorite is the white chocolate chip macadamia cookie.

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Had my 'weekly chili pan mee fix' in Super Kitchen

Sometimes I also ordered the ala-carte sui gao (pork dumpling) for RM9.55

just some proteins coz the original chili pan mee has only anchovies and tiny bit of minced pork.

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Also in my weekly fix is the lou shi fun, but this time I tried with mihun + kuey teow instead....same price (RM8) with the default same ingredients of fried egg, minced pork and a bowl of soup with crispy beancurd sheets and bok choy.

I add-on with a small bowl of curry potatoes for RM1. There are around 4 potato wedges in it. The curry is not spicy at all.

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Chess competition for kids in Pinnacle mall during the weekend, some few weeks ago.

With digital age these days, more youngsters are into Esports rather than the conventional chess game....good to see that there are kids playing chess.

Two Pesos

Back to Two Pesos for my solo steamboat...

Their weekday promotion of RM13.90+ per solo steamboat is no longer capped until 3pm, but is now available the entire day.

The soup base has also extended with more choices such as pumpkin and tom yum flavor. Previously these 2 soup base would cost extra.

Here's my order:

Tom yum soup base with dory fish and yee mee.

The rest of the ingredients are by default. 

I usually have the noodles last, after finishing all the other stuffs.

RM15.30 nett after service charges and tax. Quite worth it.

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Went to the supermarket in Pinnacle mall to buy wasabi/seaweed cashew nuts mixed with macadamias - usual price is RM17.90

It was on promo which came with FOC vegetables chips as both are expiring soon (in October)

I've finished both a few days ago. They were still in good condition, crunchy and tasty.

I hope to buy more but there's only one left. Mine is the last pack.... Hope they will pair them both again in the future promo.

Steamed Dishes @ New Lucky Restaurant

The steamed dishes stall operates in the New Lucky restaurant kopitiam from evening till late night.

This stall has been around at the same spot in this kopitiam for many years (I think roughly 2 decades already). It is still manned by the family with the adult kids taking over the operation.

I usually order braised yam with pork belly and lettuces when dining solo.

But this time my parents are joining, so we ordered the steamed fish and more dishes.

We had steamed tilapia with fermented beans sauce, lettuces, hakka wood ear pork, and braised yam with pork belly.

Total price with rice is RM79 nett.

Service was quick coz these are all pre-cooked, they only need to be reheated/steamed before serving.

Warakuya

This is my second visit to Warakuya since its operation many years ago....My last visit was in 2018...that was 7 years ago! See previous blog post here.

This time I ordered salmon don and soba.

Thick cut salmon.....The quality like sushi zanmai.

Kitsune soba, taste OK, clear soup with umami taste.

RM34.90 for salmon don

RM16.90 for kitsune soba

with service charges and tax, total bill came to RM60.10

Itadakimasu!