Camera Survey Among Food Bloggers

Posted by vivien | Journal | Wednesday 1 April 2009 11:38 am
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Thank you for all who responded to my mail on what camera they are using for their FOOD blog… haha, i am considering to get a new camera albeit not in a rush to get it. Based on 163 who responded. 163! i had gone through the list roughly and below are few camera which i consider to buy, firstly i filtered out food blogs of photos which i like, from there, crossing out all the camera which is more than 500g, seriously even 300g is quite heavy, my current Optio weight only 98g.

In no particular order:
1. Phnomenon: food in Cambodia, using Olympus C-740UZ(weight 295g, ISO up to 400)
2. A Southern Grace, using Olympus Stylus 830(weight 125g, ISO up to1600)
3. Farmgirl Fare, using Canon Powershot A630(weight 235g, ISO up to 800)
4. Flour Arrangement, using Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K(weight 372g, ISO up to 5400)
5. Sounding My Barbaric Gulp, using Canon PowerShot A620(weight 285g, ISO up to 400)
A lot of the local Malaysia food blog do take good photos too, but almost all of these use DSLR which is too heavy for me to carry around.
Some advices given by food bloggers: get camera with higher ISO(to take good food photos for reason unknown to me), tripod, cardboard to reflect light, don’t use flash(didn’t know that, no wonder my photo looks so harsh and washed out)
Many of them recommend Panasonic Lumix which is more expensive, and more than 50% are using Canon. But i felt like i am leaning more towards Olympus Stylus 830, which is small and the photos do look quite DSLR, excuse me a newbie in photography, but the photo in A Southern Grace does looks like it has depth, not a flat picture.
Do leave your comments here, quite interesting to discuss camera choices among food bloggers… haha

 

Bak Kut Teh, Taman Rainbow(Jalan Ipoh), Kuala Lumpur

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Wednesday 1 April 2009 11:28 am
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Customers fill this place to the brim on Saturdays and Sunday morning. This stall is in Taman Rainbow, while you are on Jalan Ipoh, turn into Taman Rainbow, drive straight, it should be on your left a while down the road.
Mushrooms: shitake mushroom, canned and inoki mushroom.
one person’s portion
yummy soup.
Worth a try, the soup used to be quite sweet years ago, but since then it has improved much.

 

KK Homemade Pan Mee, Kepong

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Wednesday 1 April 2009 11:19 am
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This stall is located near Carrefour Kepong, walking distance from Carrefour.
Pan Mee, RM5.80
Fish Paste Pan Mee, RM6.80
The pan mee is smooth, not exactly to my liking, i like them thick and with “bite”. For me, it is quite expensive to eat such normal fare here.
Address: KK Pan Mee
20, Metro Perdana Timur 2,
Taman Usahawan Kepong,
52100, Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-6250 8288

 

Hong Kong Dessert House, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Wednesday 1 April 2009 11:03 am
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This is quite a new establishment in Kepong, near Carrefour Kepong and HSBC bank, also same row of shop as Bel Pasto Italian restaurant.
something which i always wanted to try after a yummy encounter in Macau. This is not good, much inferior to the one i had anyway, the one i had is more coconut/milk base, this one more mango based. RM9
tau fu fa + red bean, not a good match, the sandy texture of the red beans make the soya pudding less smooth, RM4.50
Don’t really like the deco and environment of this place, and the dessert is average, although the selection is extensive.
Address:
D-G-6, Jalan Metro Perdana,
Taman Usahawan,
Kepong,
52100 Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-6251 0209  or 014-6610 372
Price: 10% service charge

 

Sate Kajang Haji Samuri

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Wednesday 1 April 2009 10:56 am
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We had Sate Kajang Haji Samuri catered to office. It was delicious, cost from about RM0.60 to RM1.60 each stick(chicken, beef and lamb). It was free treat for us. 🙂
yummy sauce and rice cake

 

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