Kuih Muih @ Tanjung Lumpur

Everytime I am in Kuantan, I must buy kuih-muih @ Tanjung Lumpur. The choices of kuih in Kuantan is of course not as much as what is offered in Kelantan, but in Kuantan, Tanjung Lumpur is the place if we want to buy East Coast's type of kuih. There are 2 stalls I normally visit if I go to Tanjung Lumpur for kuihs, that is Karipap Panas Peramu and Gerai Mokna.

Karipap panas Peramu

Karipap panas Peramu is famous for its karipap. This stall is located in Kampung Peramu. It is easy to find this stall, just drive from Kuantan, through the bridge to Tanjung Lumpur straight through until we can find U-turn where u U turn and can find the stall on your left. 

 
This stall is famous for its karipap. It sells variety of karipap like Karipap Daging, Karipap Ayam and such. The size is slightly bigger than the normal size we can find here in Kuala Lumpur, but is is sold at 50 cent per piece. The karipap is nice, though don't expect to find meat in your karipap though the name suggests it. I think the portion of the meat perhaps is so insignificant that I never find it in the karipap all the time. I can only see potato. 

There are quite a number of other varieties of fried items sold here as well, ikan celup tepung, goreng pisang and all. And if we thought of eating something heavier, nasi lemak, mee goreng and nasi minyak is available as well.

 Gerai Mokna

This is another place I will visit if I want to find fried items or East Coast type of kuihs. There are variety of kuih choices we can find here, from cik mek molek to kuih bakar to akok and all. The akok is not as nice as what is sold in Restoran Molek in Shah Alam though. Perhaps because that is pure Kelantanese one.

There are also fried items sold here.. with a more variety of choices because it covers from the goreng pisang, to fried balls, to fried seafood items. I like fried seafood items no matter where it is sold. Here in Gerai Mokna, we can find fried sotong, fried crab, fried prawn on top of the fried fish. And the best part of it is the kerak lah kan... kerak tu yg kalo makan tak sedar dah makan sepiring. Very dangerous indeed!

Mee Calong Beserah

I always heard about mee calong from my brother and my sister-in-law, my brother loves it very much. Mee calong is supposedly very famous in Kuantan, especially in Beserah area. But the fact remains, I didn't know how mee calong looks like despite the fact that I am married to a 'Kuantan'ese. Not for a week, not for a month, but we will be celebrating our 10th year anniversary very soon! And when I suggested to Mr D to visit any mee calong stall last weekend when we were in Kuantan, he admitted that he didn't know what mee calong is. Even my mother-in-law never tasted mee calong her whole life. 

So to satisfy my curiosity, we googled, and found a direction to go to one of the stalls selling mee calong in Beserah. It is called Joe Warung Mee Calong & Keropok Beserah. This stall is located at Kg Alur Tuan Haji, not far from Petronas at KM8 Kuantan - Kemaman. This stall is just a simple stall, and apart from mee calong, it also sells keropok lekor and nasi kukus as well. There's an option for mee calong, either you want it with the yellow stick noodle, or the normal meehoon or vermicelli.

We reached the stall in the morning, it was about 10am then. I haven't had any breakfast, so it became our brunch that day. So what I can say about mee calong, it is like mee soup, but with an addition of fish balls, keropok lekor and stuffed tofu. It is eaten with special chilli sauce, soy sauce and pepper. But I think makan dengan sambal kicap lagi best kot. I think the soup is made of maybe fish or prawn stock. Taste wise, yeah, I like it because I love clear soup. But it is not so fantastic to make me dream of it the way my brother feel.

Fruits Heaven

Another thing I like about Cameron Highland is the availability of fruits we can hardly find in other places in Malaysia. Kalau ke sana, antara buah-buahan yang wajib dibawa balik is jambu epal, which until now am not so sure whether is it really kacukan jambu + epal, and why they have to peel it and colour it green? Why don't just leave it in original condition?



In the recent trip, among the fruits I bought was rambai (which I love when I was a kid, but can hardly find it nowadays), markisar or passion fruit (versi CH yang agak comel dan lonjong, dan sangat manis), CH apple and persimmon (is it called pisang kaki in Malay?). I love all, except CH apple. Kind of weird, ni hasil kacukan epal dengan terung ke apa? The taste is rather blegh.

Cameron Highland Short Visit

Just thought today to keep some of the pictures I've taken during my short visit to Cameron - quite a number of months ago. I think I went there somewhere in November 2011. Cameron ni macam acara wajib tahunan, every year wajib paling kurang sekali. Nak kata menarik taklah juga, but I guess sebab it is quite near to Kuala Lumpur so kadang-kadang bila terasa nak lari dari KL untuk jangkamasa singkat, antara consideration nya adalah Cameron - senang nak dituju. Not too far, and boleh drive je.


Yang kali ni pun we went there without proper planning. On Saturday morning tu rasa macam kepala semak, terus je decide to go to Cameron tengaharinya. I don't normally do much things in Cameron, except for relaxing, and go shopping for some sayur mayur, fruits and my favorite pearl corn. Jagung kat sana somehow rasa lain sikit dari kat bawah ni kan? Sambil-sambil tu boleh cari petai kesukaan Mr D yg dijual tepi jalan near kampung-kampung orang asli tu. Biasanya cantik-cantik petainya. Sometimes tu, singgah sekejap merehatkan minda di Lata Iskandar on the way up or on the way down. This time I got to buy tudung saji anyaman di Lata Iskandar, OK lah juga walau harganya tak lah semurah mana.



This time we chose to stay at Strawberry Park. Believe it or not, we just gamble je tau tak book earlier pun. There are a lot of hotels and apartments in Cameron, so there's nothing to worry about. Asalnya we all nak try Cameron Highland Resort, I like this place. Cuma nasib tak menyebelahi kami, it was full then. So we went to Strawberry Park not far from there. Cameron Highlands Resort ni is more accessible, sebab just next to the main road, unlike Strawberry Park where we had to go deep inside (with not so convenient road). The room was spacious, very convenient though. Parking pun right in front. So basically our objective to just relax was achieved.




We didn't have much plan, that night just jalan-jalan dekat night market di Brinchang cari food as usual. Night market di Brinchang ni memang ada masa weekend, and if I am not mistaken, kalau cuti sekolah memang ada every day. That's where we can get local food and all. We all sakan lah meratah itu ini malam tu.

The next morning tu buffet breakfast di Jim Thompson Terrace. Mr D almost naik darah sekejap masa kami turun breakfast tu, because they make customers wait for almost an hour sebab tak cukup meja in the restaurant. Can you believe that? It was so disappointing, considering Strawberry Park is not a cikai resort kan. Lama jugak we had to wait before we were allowed in. Buffet pun so-so je lah, not bad, but not that good either. But okeylah, buat alas perut.


With no plan in mind, we thought of relaxing kejap kat Big Red Strawberries Farm di Brinchang. Kat sini ada ladang strawberry, sayur-sayur especially salad, and some strawberry based food. Aktiviti biasa di sini biasanya kami jadi pemetik strawberry lah. Sebenarnya senang lagi kan just to buy, but kadang-kadang it is a theraphy when we pick it ourselves. Sambil-sambil tu reminisce the days when I worked part time as pemetik strawberry masa di England dulu. But kat sana strawberry atas batas-batas on the ground, di Cameron Highland biasanya atas para. So it is much easier to pick the strawberry in Cameron Highland. Di England dulu sampai sakit-sakit pinggang sebab kena mencangkung sepanjang masa memetik.


Kat sini sayur-sayurnya pun kita boleh just ask the worker to pick and we can buy. But masa we went tu it was still young, not yet ready to be sold. So kempunan lah I nak cabut sayur-sayur tu, especially the salad, looks so nice and so young kalau makan tu mesti best.

Lepas dah berjalan di Big Red Strawberries Farm tu, we wanted to go and shop for vegetables to be brought back to KL. The normal place we go biasanya di Kea Farm, but this time sebab it was so jam and was so difficult to park there, kami akhirnya pergi di tapak pasar malam di Brinchang tu and bought all the vegetables there. Memang puas hati, sebab banyak choice dan murah. I kalau bab shopping sayur ni memang rambang mata.


But that's about all we did kat sana lah. Sebab unplanned kan. Biasanya I suka pergi Boh plantation, minum-minum teh kat atas tu. But then this time tak pergi sebab Mr D nak balik KL cepat, so we dropped by kat Bharat Tea je.. sambil makan scone yang oh not so nice lah. Tapi minum teh sambil tengok view tea plantation memang relaxing kan?