Pulau Ketam

Had a weekend break to Pulau Ketam for the fourth time. It is by far my favorite day trip spot in west Malaysia for seafood, cycling and my new hobby, photo shooting. Unfortunately, we have chosen a lousy restaurant this time and the seafood was not up to expectation as it always does. Anyway, had fun with the girls cycle around the fish village, snapshot of everyone's happy face ^_^

Useful Information:

How to get there?

- Take KTM Sentul - Klang line. Head towards Klang direction and get out at the last stop named Pelabuhan Klang.

- Short walk to the "Jetty to Pulau Ketam". Here you can choose to take air-conditioned ferry or open air big boat. Return ticket cost around RM15. (Ferry is faster but I prefer the open air big boat where you can feel the breeze while enjoy the scenery along the journey)

Getting around the place:

As this is a fish village where houses and shop lots are build on stilt, there are only 2 ways to explore the village: - walk or cycle. Bicycle rental is easily found. RM5 per day and you may bargain if you rent in group.

Sawadeekha

Finally I am back from the land of smiles, Thailand. In fact, I have came back for more than a week now but 4 days Raya break had keep me busy with day trip + shopping + makan. Life is wonderful and fun, isn’t it?

Anyway, here’s a glance of my trip to Southern Thailand which covers:

This trip is all about sun, sea and sand. I was quite worry about the weather prior to the trip seeing that it is the rainy season now in Thailand but thanks to the God of the Sun, he was really kind and generous to show us sunshine whenever we hang out at the beach and rains at the right time when we were indoor. No doubt, I am having very tan skin now. Towards to the end of the trip, locals have been speaking Thai to me *_*. I bought something from Guardian yesterday and the cashier was doubt that I am a Malaysian and I purposely said: “Alar kak, aku Malaysian LARRRR….”. Even my housemate is teasing me these few days with a new name given by her, ‘Caramel’ because she said my skin tone looks alike. Well, doesn't sounds too bad, at least she never name me something like 'Hainan Kopi'.

Bikini, sunglass, snorkeling mask, tanning oil, book….

Yupz!!! That’s my must bring list for my upcoming vacation. Another 4 more days to go and I will be in places like this….

For 8 continuous day I am going to spend my time:

- waking up late

- take my own sweet time for breakfast

- sun tanning/ reading at the beach

- while enjoy some refreshing beverages

- snorkel

- thai massage

- shopping

- and…update you on what I did when I am back….

Here I come, Thailand!!!

Malacca Historical + Gastronomy Trip

Had a weekend break to Malacca last week. Though this is my second visit, I found it more exciting thanks to the companion of our Malaccan friends, who tell us interesting story about the town and brought us for a lot good food.

It was a sunny day. We visited most of the attractions, walked around the narrow roads, and not forgetting our informative guide who gave us explanation of every interesting spot under the hot sun.

The happy tourists ^_^

What’s new in Malacca?

Eye on Malaysia (ferris wheel) and the Menara Taming Sari (360 degree panoramic view tower)

The town is decorated with neon lights in conjunction with the opening of panoramic view tower.

Musical fountain

Have a glance of what good food we had:

Famous "和记" 粒粒鸡饭

Refreshing Nyonya Cendol

Must eat Satay Celup (before cook)

Ready to eat

Tempting Nyonya Laksa

Thanks to our dearest Malaccan, Joanne and Shirleen for the memorable breakaway.

Buddha Jumps over the Wall

My company announced to have a company dinner at Tanjung Malim few weeks ago and as usual me being the kampung girl who lives across the South China Sea doesn’t know much places in Peninsular. According to my informative colleague the place is like 1 hour+ away from our office, located exactly after the border of Perak. And the good news is, we are closing 2 hours earlier than our usual business hour to get there. ^_^

Of course, everyone was wondering why are we having dinner so far away? Don’t KL has a lot of good restaurants with good food too? The answer is probably NO because we’re going to have the famous “佛跳墙” which this particular shop in TJ. Malim is well known for.

So there comes another question mark for me. “佛跳墙”?? Heard about it many times got lar..but apa itu ah? Long heard about this expensive dish but I didn’t expect to have a chance to try it so soon. Hmm…feeling lucky~

Finally we had it yesterday and it was also the first dish being served. It comes in an individual covered bowl and the minute everyone opens the cover and start tasting their first spoon, I see everyone nodded their head with satisfaction. Including myself.

佛跳墙 is a soup-based dish where you find all high-quality ingredients such as shark fin (鱼翅), abalone (鲍鱼), scallops (干贝), sea cucumber (海参), mushrooms (花冬菇), bamboo shoots (冬笋), pork tendon (猪蹄筋), Jindua ham (火腿肉), chicken (鸡), duck ( 鸭), etc…..and cook with special manner which normally takes a day or two from preparing the ingredients to boiling the soup. The soup turns out in clear light brown colour and it tastes sweet with little herbs smell and….I don’t know, it’s just so delicious and like what Chinese people says, very “补”. Nowander, once upon a time even the Buddhist monks can’t resist the smell and jumps over the wall to try out the dish. That’s how the name “Buddha jumps over the wall” originated.

Yumi yumi yam yam…… I will end here and hope you have started drooling by now. If not? The picture below will make you to.

p/s: I didn’t bring my cam there so this a photo from internet. It took me quite a while to find a photo which looks alike.

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Useful Information:

Restaurant: Fuk Man Restaurant (福满餐厅）

Location: Tanjung Malim, Perak

Remark: Prior reservation required (especially if you want to eat 佛跳墙)

Shopping mood ON

Mega sales is back!! Get ready to burn your pockets these two months.

I’m off to grab the deal now~ Have fun shopping too people!