Artery Clogging Makan Outing

Eric organised this makan session in Klang. Good work bro:D And it took us from a breakfast of BKT, lunch of seafood and tea time of fried chicken. And that is all in the company of food loving fun tweeple (all of us are tweeples).

BKT is at the famous under the bridge shop named Kedai Makanan Seng Huat. I've heard about this shop and its thick herbal soup. It certainly did smell good. But having tasted it, we've tasted better ones elsewhere. It was quite a turn off that the intestines were bitter and the meat a wee rough. The rice was yummy though with a generous of fried shallots thrown in when it was cooked.

Done with BKT, we drove off to the jetty to take a boat / ferry to Pulau Ketam. And these were some of the random pics that I caught during our drive.

The fee is RM7 for adults and RM4 for kids. And if you opt for speedboat, the ongoing rate should be approximately RM150 for a load of 12 persons. Lesson learnt is to bring an umbrella along. It was freaking hot and I reckon the group was sweating lard during the almost 20 minutes wait.

The 30 minutes ride took us to Pulau Ketam which is a fishing village island. The place is much cleaner than my last visit last year but I reckon it still could be better. So while waiting for lunch we walked around the island a little. You could opt to rent a bicycle if you like. But I can't cycle (no sense of balance) so walked like the rest of our group. And in that hot weather, I was not surprised that I actually ate 2 fruit sherbet (the passion fruit is super refreshing) and 1 fried ice cream. Fried ice cream is quite interesting since the last I ate was in Cameron Highlands some 19 years ago!

Throughout the lil walk, you'll see ice cream for sale. Many stalls are also selling fried ohchien and fried lala. So which stall taste the best? We didn't know, so we randomly grabbed one (every stall had its oqn queue). Verdict? OKlah. We'll need to try the other stalls to figure out. Another 3 more stalls to try!

You'll also be seeing the locals sell dried shrimps, salted fish etc. And of course junk food too. Take your time to shop.

Jo and I bought this buoys at RM2.50 each for our year end holiday with our furkids and our Spyders in Cherating:D

Done with the walking, our hungry stomachs calls for food. Lunch at Kuai Lok Hian was RM160 for the following dishes that serves 10 and we had 12 persons with us then. Its a set lunch thingy that they have. The lala and the hot plate prawn were my faves there.

Our last point was for fried chicken at Yao Yao Ping in Pandamaran. Eric self poisoned himself and returned the next day for more! This fried chicken reminds me of what my granny used to make. Taste better than KFC anytime. Its crispy and the flesh is still juicy. And this place also boast of their own ice blended (think they just freeze everything and then use a blender to crush the frozen mix:D - will have to try this at home). The longan is sweet and easy on the palate after the pieces of chicken.

*Burp*

And the faces were part of this eating outing (and the priceless expressions):

This trip has a moment that money can't buy. On our return ferry trip to Klang, the maritime coppers stopped us and boarded our ferry. Those of us sitting at the deck were asked to return to our seats:-( And we were all subjected to our NRICs being checked. One office had a look at mine and said OK. His "silly colleague took out a pen scanner and started verifying whether our were fakes or otherwise. I don't mind that. But I got a tad irritated when he asked how come I look different now from my NRIC. Excuse me?I didn't know that I have to update my NRIC when I decide to chuck my short hair for long manes. Neither did I know that I must also update my document when I choose to be bespectacled. Such waste of time and manpower. And definitely prolonging our ferry journey that was to take us to our yummy fried chicken:D

* Patrick: thanx for the pic of the maritime officer jotting down notes:D

Cameronian weekend with the 3 stooges

I call Johnson, Jonathan and Dennis the 3 stooges. These 3 blokes met via our Spyders and would attend events together never mind that Jonathan was from Singapore. This fella is a rather hardcore bloke and would drive up just for the autocross and hill drives - yes food too.

This round we joined Jonathan and Ellena at Cameron Highland Resort. It was cool drive up and definitely a fun one for Johnson in his Cayman. For Jonathan its simply playing with his Elise. And me...happily playing with the Lumix and also the Nex 5. Hubby had fun driving with his wife standing up to take pics. Crazy but it was fun.

Cameron Highland Resort is a cozy relaxing resort overlooking the golf course. Their service is unquestionably friendly and one would be feeling utterly pampered. And undoubtedly rejuvenated after the 3 days 2 nights stay.

Food in Camerons can be quite technical. Well you can always opt for KFC if you like fast food:P or walk around and test out the local makan places. We like Bunga Suria in Tanah Rata for its lovely Naan and Tandoori.

Then a not to be missed place for us to TT will be the Boh Tea Farm. Honestly food sucks but the ambience is nice. Overlooking the tea plantation. There you'll be experiencing the wind, mist and rain in your short TT session. Tea is of course nice:P

Cute doggie that Elle crafted out of the tea leaves:D

This round we saw this truck / lorry. Old fashion style, it transported the trekkers. And our boys jumped onto it to post for some pictures. Macho truck with our boys is cute right?

And of course the boys with their funny faces for the day and of course the wives:D

the 3 stooges:P

Beef King

Beef King 牛王. Its a direct translation and one of the few characters that I can read and write in Chinese:PIts the 2nd row of shops behind Caltex of Jalan Pudu. I've forgotten to take pics of the shops:P but will do so in my next trip there. Address:

Jalan Brunei off Jalan Pudu

Well in case you get lost:P
• coming from Berjaya Times Square, turn left into Jalan Pudu.
• continue straight with pudu prison on your right.
• continue straight and keep left.
• when you see a car showroom Sri Manis and Caltex, turn left.
• look for parking.
• its opposite a frame shop hidden behind a big tree with a curry laksa and chicken rice stall.

This little rather hidden place in Pudu serves superb beef noodles. The soup is beefy and has salted vegie in it. In a way it also has some slight herbal after taste. Sound like a strange combination right? But that's really how it is.Tasted both dry and soupy. Verdict - its equally good. The noodles are the wantan mee ones. No funny texture to it. And with a rather rich sauce which I have not seen or tasted anywhere else. Yes a generous serving of mince meat too. The chilli sauce is quite yummy and goes really well with meatballs and the dry noodles itself of you like spicy. Its uniquely spicy and sour:D
The beef balls here are rather hearty. Not the flour laden ones. And its really rich and flavourful too.
I am not one to spend time taking pics and let the meat overcook. So after my satisfying meal, I proceeded to take pics of what you can expect in your noodles.