Media Publications on Malaysia Asia

Malaysia Asia has been featured in various media publications over the years with articles coming out in mainstream media and also on digital media. For the record, David Hogan Jr started Malaysia Asia in June 2009 to help promote the various travel and tourism places around Malaysia and Southeast Asia. He has been traveling since 1988 where his vast experiences have taken him around the world and now has decided to focus on the rich offerings from around Malaysia and Asia hence coming out with the brand name. 

My vast travel experience comes from my early working days with television production as I traveled the region regularly to recce and shoot a number of Tourism Malaysia TV Commercials and other travel documentaries. I have been involved from the pre-production stage right to the finished product. You can view one of the Tourism Malaysia Commercials for 2013 below but this is in low resolution.

Tourism Malaysia Commercial 2013 in low resolution

Malaysia Asia is also very active in the social media world as it is the current trend in the travel business line where we offer Social Media Marketing with Malaysia Asia as one of the main platforms where the travel industry can take advantage of our huge travel network online. We are well connected to many of the top Social Bookmarking sites like Stumbleupon, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Digg, Mixx and many other travel forums and portals.

Media Publications on Malaysia Asia

Malaysia Asia is an award-winning travel blog which has also been featured in the top newspapers, travel magazines and eBooks in Malaysia and Internationally over the last couple of years. They are;

• The Star Newspaper (Malaysia)
• News Straits Times - Travel Times (Malaysia)
• Oxygen Lifestyle Magazine (Malaysia)
• Cosmopolitan (Malaysia Edition)
• Leisure Travel (Contributor, Malaysia)
• Tiger Air Magazine (Contributor, Singapore)   
• Wall Street Journal Online - Travel (Worldwide)
• Around the World with 40 Bloggers by Lonely Planet
• Lonely Planet Malaysia Guide Book 2013 (Worldwide)
• Malaysia Asia has also been featured on Malaysian television talking about travel on NTV7

Media Highlights

 Article in The New Straits Times - Travel Times 2009

Soft copy of article in The Star Newspaper

Article in the Wall Street Journal - Travel

For any inquiries about advertising with Malaysia Asia, you can contact me anytime via email here: juniorhogan [at] gmail.com or by using the Contact Form for Malaysia Asia. I will personally answer any questions you may have in regards to social media, travel advertising, travel speaking or anything that is related to the travel industry around Southeast Asia or here in Malaysia.

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Layer Cakes in Bandung, Kartikasari and Mayasari

Layer Cakes in Bandung, Indonesia

Kartikasari Layer Cakes (Kek Lapis)

Layer Cakes in Bandung are a must try considering that this city is famous for their layer cakes. Well known bakeries throughout town sell them and if you are unsure,simply ask the locals for directions. Though the popular ones are on the pricey side, there are many to choose from. However, you be the judge when you attempt to try some of the popular ones available here.

Kartikasari or Kartika Sari is one of the most famous bakeries in Bandung. Specialising in layer cakes and Pisang Molen they do not come cheap at all! Be warned that a brick of layer cake will set you back Rp.140,000 (RM 44.80) For a full sized layer cake, the price is Rp440,000 (RM 140.00) and per slice, Rp.8,000 (RM 2.50). So, how many layer cakes did you promise your relatives and friends?

Kartikasari Bakery in Bandung

KartikaSari Bakery is also a very popular stop for all Jakarta tourist. For the record, the common locals do not shop here. It is sort of a luxury bakery and one can spend thousands of Rupiah in Kartika Sari just on Layer Cakes. Seriously, even my supir/driver has never tried the layer cake from Kartikasari. I ended up buying one for him since he was so patient and a very nice person. I asked him if he had tried it and his reply was 'this is rich mans cakes, I usually get my wife to make them or buy them from the local stalls'.

Kartika Sari notice

Kartikasari also claims to be only in Bandung! No other outlets outside of Bandung, so one can only get them in Bandung. A damn good gimmick to keep people coming back to Kartika Sari in Bandung.

A selection of pastries

The crowd

The crowd at Kartikasari is simply amazing on weekends. Every bakery outlet we pass, you would see this kind of crown in there. People seem to be buying 3 or 4 layer cakes per person not forgetting the other goodies there. This alone shows that Kartikasari is really popular in Bandung not only for the layer cake but also for the overall selection.

Lots of choices

Besides the Layer Cake, Pisang Molen, Pastries, nonya cakes, ice cream and all types of cakes are available here. Other items include Indonesian biscuits and keropok. Seriously, some of the stuff here is better than back in KL. Especially the pastries. But again, the Layer Cake is simply awesome!

Here are the addresses and contact number for Kartika Sari Bakery:

• Jalan Buah Batu 165A - Tel: +62 22 7379385
  This outlet is the main branch and is in front of Bandung main train station.
• Jalan Kebon Jukut 3C
  Tel: +62 22 4230397
• Jalan H. Akbar
  Tel: +62 22 4231355
• Jalan Kopo Sayati 111A
  Tel: +62 22 5414340
• Jalan Terusan Jakarta 77E
  Tel: +62 22 4230397
• Jalan Ir. H. Djuanda (Dago)

Mayasari Bakery

Mayasari outlet at the Bandung airport

Mayasari is another well known outlet which sells the layer cakes and pisang bolen. Not that I saw a lot of them in town, but the one at the airport before you leave was pretty stocked up with slabs of layer cake or slices of it. Last minute shoppers would tend to use up the remaining rupiahs there by buying the layer cakes or like we did. I bought 2 slices of layer cake and ate it there itself.

Mayasari Layer cakes available in slices

Mayasari Layer cake in rolls. Priced at Rp.85,000 (RM 27.00) per roll

Mayasari Address in Bandung:

Jl. Dr. Junjungan No. 143 BTC LGF A-4 No. 7 Tel: 022 6126375
Jl. Kebon Kawung No. 22 Bandung Tel: 022 4222444
Jl. Cihampelas No. 110 Bandung Tel: 022 2042678
Jl. Sukamukti No. 10 Bandung Tel: 022 2034444
Jl. Ahmad Yani No. 259 Bandung Tel: 0803207867
Email: sari.maya96@yahoo.co.id

HOLLAND BAKERY

Holland Bakery in town

Another chain of bakeries in Bandung called Holland Bakery. They are so prominent, you can easily identify them by the windmills on top of the building. Even the taxi drivers know of Holland Bakery. We bought a few pastries from here but I did not see any layer cakes. I assumed they were finished as it was quite late at night. Driving around town, I counted at least about 3 Holland Bakeries around town.

Holland Bakery outlets address:

Jl. Sunda 68 Bandung, Tel: 022 4234434
Jl. Kopo Bihbul No. 47 Bandung, Tel: 022 5425235
Jl. Dr.Abdul Rivai No. 7 Bandung, Tel: 022 4266627
Jl. Merdeka No. 68 Bandung, Tel: 022 4221121
Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 103 X Bandung, Tel: 022 2036675

So, desserts in Bandung can turn out to be an exciting adventure. You just have to ask around for the really good and popular stuff. For more information on Hotels near Factory Outlets, prices and contact numbers, taxi or van services, please visit my Bandung Hotel Blog. For those who have tried layer cakes in Malaysia or Singapore, you best try some of Indonesia's famous layer cakes in Bandung.

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Malaysia Asia, a travel blog site by David Jr

Malaysia Asia, a travel site by David Jr

David Jr sitting with an Iban Shaman from Sarawak

Getting to know David Jr from Malaysia Asia. 

Welcome to my travel site Malaysia Asia. I am an avid traveler and enjoy exploring new places for all sorts of positive values. From photographing to learning about the place, you will find most of me and my co-writer (Lilian who handles more CSR) sharing our travel experiences with our readers here. You should also know that Malaysia Asia is not a travel blog but more of a travel site with information about all things Malaysia and Asia.

I have been living in the lovely city of Petaling Jaya in the state of Selangor in Malaysia for almost all of my life though I was born in Taiping in the Perak state, my family moved to Petaling Jaya in 1971. That is about 39 years now. So, I would easily consider myself a city person with city ethics.

Posing at one of the pre-war shops in Gergetown, Penang

I come from a film background over the last 20 years and now I focus mainly on traveling, social media marketing and management, and Malaysia Asia. On the lighter side - Life is good if you ask me as it is always full of unexpected situations when you choose to live this kind of life. How we look and decipher them is another ball game all together.

If you should know, I started traveling the minute I finished school back in 1987. A 26 hour Bangkok trip by train opened up my eyes and I have never stopped since. I have experienced working and living in Tokyo, Japan at a ripe age of 19 years old and partied at the Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan and Guam (in the Pacific Ocean) when I was 20 years old.

Trying to look better than the statue behind me at Angkor Wat

The early years took me to various places around the world starting with Australia's Brisbane and Gold Coast and all the way to Perth. From there on, I just kept going. I must have visited the United Kingdom 6 times and Los Angeles about 5 times. A three week trip to Northern Europe to Finland, Sweden and Amsterdam taught me about life in the colder countries as I had never experienced this coming from a tropical country.

One of the best places I have visited in all my travels have got to be South Africa's Cape Town and going right down to the Cape Of Good Hope. From there, I flew over to Buenos Aires, Argentina to experience the South American culture and visiting Evita Peron's Tombstone to name a few of the activities I did there.

Goofing around with Bruce Lee in Hong Kong

Of lately in the last 5 years, I have been focusing on local travels and around the South East Asia region and here is where you see most of my current work on Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Macau, Hong Kong and my personal favorite, the main Island of Borneo, namely Sabah and Sarawak.I also indulge in Scuba Diving as a personal hobby of mine.

I am pretty much active on Social Media therefore you can reach me on the various platforms listed below:

• Malaysia Asia Facebook Main Page
• Malaysia Asia Facebook Fan Page
• Malaysia Asia on Twitter
• Malaysia Asia on Google Plus 
• Malaysia Asia on FourSquare  
• Malaysia Asia on StumbleUpon
• Malaysia Asia on LinkedIn
• Malaysia Asia on YouTube
• Malaysia Asia on Flickr
• Malaysia Asia on Pinterest

One of my companies focuses on a lot of Social Media Management, Marketing and Campaigning for the travel industry.I work closely with Tourism Bodies, Hotels & Resorts and even Travel Companies by assisting them in getting more out of Social Media platforms. Contact me if you need to learn more about this.

So with this, I hope you enjoy reading my travel blog and if you need to ask me anything, please do email me here - juniorhogan [at] gmail [dot] com or simply use the Contact Malaysia Asia Form.

~ David Jr, Malaysia Asia

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Privacy Policy for http://malaysia-asia.my

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