Next station - Northern Malaysia

Back to the marathon, this time, I traveled to the most North part of Malaysia, Perlis, then down to Kedah and Penang... the trip took me more than 6 hours of driving from KL. That day I felt not too good, I had sore throat... So, I was not very looking forward to the trip. Luckily I brought my latest bought CD - Jay Chau's 魔杰座. I sang all the way there and the songs have turned my trip to a pleasant one.

Perlis, Kedah are famous for their paddy field, and coincidently, the last song of the album is 稻香"Fragrant of Paddy", so, I really think that this trip was really joyful... although I was traveling alone.

还记得你说家是唯一的城堡...随着稻香河流继续奔跑...微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带着你逃跑...乡间的歌谣永远的依靠...回家吧 回到最初的美好...

When I was driving, both side of the road are paddy fields, I can't resist but have to stop the car by the road and took out my camera to capture these beautiful sceneries

Sunrise in Malacca

Just wanted to share this...
...SUNRISE...

Company celebrating 13th Anniversary in Malacca, we all stayed in Mahkota Hotel. I went there a day earlier with few other colleagues for set up. So, on the next day, early in the morning, when I woke up and opened the window, I saw this peaceful scene... felt so good

Ninja Jones

Lately been very crazy about Japanese food, crazier than I ever thought... My friend told me that there's a very good Japanese restaurant opposite Mid Valley, but she can't describe where is it actually located. I think 2 months back, I suggested my friends to eat there, then we walked from one end to another end of Mid Valley, but still find it no where... so, we thought, this is what a ninja do, HIDE!

I have not given up yet... and finally I brought the right "walking GPS" - Weng Hing... hehe

The restaurant is at the ground floor of Northpoint, opposite Boulevard Hotel, have to cross the road using the pedestrian bridge. I think we walked more than 10 minutes to reach the restaurant from Mid Valley Starbucks.

The ambience in the restaurant is quite dark and misterious, just like the name - Ninja... waiters and waitress dress like a ninja too... I think that's very cool. The restaurant doesn't has a lot of customer, even the waiter asked how do we get to know this restaurant...

Mysterious ambience...

Kimono as deco

We shared a Ninja Course and a side dish - Age Dashi Tofu
The course has 8 dishes... I like the first very very much...

Salmon sashimi with special sauce... It was so tasty, I can't describe in word, you got to try it yourself

Soft shell crab salad

Age Dashi Tofu

Sushi with avocado and crab stick

Mushroom soup
Not the western type, but Japanese style... clear soup

Teriyaki Chicken on hot stone

Tempura

forgot what is this already... if I'm not mistaken, it's cheese wrapping mashed potato

Tiramisu & fruit...
erm, the dessert is not very good, compare to the earlier dishes, bad ending

Southern Stock Audit Business Trip

After Singapore trip, I'm "officially" entering outstation business trips marathon until year end... I'm talking about MARATHON, means non-stop traveling, packing & unpacking and I need to travel to almost every states in peninsula Malaysia, opps, left out a point, alone. But the best part is, you get to eat different stuff. So, the following entries of my business trips, I'll mainly focus on food.

1st station - Southern Malaysia
(Johor Bahru, Skudai, Tampoi, Senai, Kota Tinggi, Batu Pahat, Kluang, Muar, Bahau)

I was quite excited when I know that my high school good friend, Chloe was also going to JB for work. So, we met and I stayed with her in Hyatt Hotel, JB on the 2nd day of my trip. After work, we went dinner together.

I worked until quite late that day, most of the shop were already closed, and of course we are not very familiar with JB roads, all that I know are ways to get to my centres. So, I drove to Taman Pelangi and saw this Japaneses restaurant... there is a row of shop lot with a few Japanese restaurants. We picked the one with most dinners - that symbolises good food quality hahaha... and because we have heard of too many criminal cases in JB, just to be safe la, if you know what I mean.

gyoza

Udon for Chloe

Toufu for sharing
I was so blur, I didn't notice there's fire heating the toufu until I put down my camera.
(then you know la, this picture was taken later on)

My soba

I'm sorry because I have forgotten the name of this restaurant. The food they served is very authentic. We even saw a lot of Japaneses dinning there. Yum yum

Then came to my 4th day in Johor, my distributor, Jasmin was bringing me to try the best bak kut teh in Johor, according to her.
As instructed, I met her at a petrol station, then she asked me to follow her car... I thought the restaurant was somewhere nearby, but, we drove for more than 20 minutes to reach there. Let's imagine, we are traveling on the road which has no traffic light and although it's not a highway but it's "old road" connecting other state and it took us more than 20 minutes, you can tell, it is really far from town.
In the middle of nowhere, there is where this restaurant located.

The restaurant...
Kitchen, tables and chairs under the atap

Inside, the open-concept kitchen... everything is clean and staffs are wearing uniform and hat.

It's not a weekend nor lunch hour, but still, the restaurant is full of people

We are real greedy, we ordered a bowl of bak kut teh, a bowl of spicy soup and stewed pork leg, side dish we have yao zha guai

The stewed pork leg
(don't think about how much fat it has, our company is selling slimming product, we always have backup)

The famous bak kut teh

Spicy soup with pig stomach
You know what? We finished up everything... yes, we 2 girls finished up everything hehee
Now I know why people travel so far to the bak kut teh... it's really worth for the journey

Beside than food, comfortable hotel is essential... the best room that I had for this trip was Sofitel Hotel, the only presentable hotel in Senai. By looking at the photo, I already feeling sleepy... zzzzzzz

Reminder: if you want to stay in this hotel for cheaper rate, please pre-book online (15 days advance), or you will end up like me, paying extra which made me feel a bit cheated.
Pre-booking rate: RM248
Walk in rate: RM328

more entries coming up... stay tune

Nan Hwa Chong Fish-Head Steamboat Corner

Finally part of my Singapore trip:

I told the guys... I want to eat something different in Singapore which I cannot find in KL... then they suggested this - Fish Head Steamboat

They said usually the restaurant is crowded with ppl, so we decided to go there earlier... Yum yum... I like good food, especially with the right person...

Old vs New
An old back lane near the restaurant; the tall building is where Kaweng office located

The 3 guys...
They have long legs and walk very fast, I need to catch them at the back...

While we were walking to the restaurant... we bumped into BATMAN...
Don't believe me? See the picture!
Batman gonna received a summon because he parked at double line... hahaha
Just kidding, Halloween was near... the costume shop made this using poly foam. Amazing right?

There are 2 different restaurants, selling the same food and they are just opposite to each other near North Bridge. We chose the less crowded one.

The chillies

The roasted pork

The "gold needle mushroom"
According to Kaweng, it has "anti-cancer" property, overcook will destroy the property, hence, the best cook time is 3-5 minutes

The steamboat is full of variety of ingredients
(fish, mushroom, vegetable, pork and salty vegetable)

The steamboat is heated by charcoal

The guys commented that the steamboat in this restaurant is less salty compare to the opposite one
I only tasted once, and the steamboat made me think of my mom, because it taste like home-cook
Food always taste better when you dine with the right person

The opposite restaurant... selling the same thing

This one has more tables

After dinner... K time!
After K, Z time!
After Z, breakfast time!

This was my breakfast the next morning - Singapore bak kut teh!
This portion was shared between me & Kaweng. He ordered a pork leg (with a lot of fat underneath), pig kidney soup and vege...
haha, what a special breakfast!

After fatty breakfast, Slimming time!

Thanks guys, again... thanks for your hospitality.

p/s: end of the day, I spent only 1SGD (bus ticket to JB) for this whole trip... because all the expenses were on them... :p

Singapore Flyer

After the late lunch cum tea at the "House", the guys brought me to Vivo City.


We were thinking to catch a movie there, but it's public holiday, and obviously, movies that we want to watch already sold out. So, we walked around, I accompanied them to buy stuffs in an electronic shop and a hypermarket "Giant", yes, Giant in Singapore too... they showed me Sentosa island and the casino which is work in progress...


Then, we decided to take our dinner earlier, in order to avoid "traffic jam" - jam pack with people in the restaurant. While we were on the way there, we passed by this - Singapore Flyer.

It seems bigger than Eye on Malaysia and the gondolas are bigger as well...

Actually I never ride a ferris wheel (except those mini ferris wheels in fun fairs when I was very young). When Eye on Malaysia was in KL, I always wanted to go for a ride but can't find anyone going with me.

Initially was planning to go to this after dinner, but the guys has a more comtempting suggestion which is karaoke... So, we end up in karaoke room, instead of the gondola...

Some said, when you reach to the peak of the wheel, the wish that you make will come true... hehe (so fairy tale) but, I really hope I can take a ride on a ferris wheel with my love one :)

This is the so called world's largest observation wheel - Singapore Flyer

p/s: Pictures were taken by Choo, while we were sitting in Kaweng's car, I was sitting away from the wheel, so, Choo helped me to take it... using my Sony W1.