Bak Kut Teh Stall in Jalan Sultan

it’s one of the friday nights when no one in the house is cooking. which usually mean a walk down to Petaling Street for my fix.

i was thinking whether to have a yummy ‘lou shu fan’ for my dinner in Jalan Sultan or to have Bak Kut Teh located along the same road which i had never tried before.

alas, i had decided to take the road less taken…

yes. bak kut teh conquered my mind this time.

i had walked pass this stall for so many times and noticed that there are quite a number of customers patronizing here. so i decided to pop in.

there were a number of choice in the stall too. but i guess BKT is their main dish as that is the largest word. haha!

my bad for the lousy photo that did not show much of the BKT.

at first sip, there is something that is vastly different from other BKT. the main thing is, instead of the intensity of ‘dong kwai’, this BKT is a bit heavy on star anise. yes. star anise. it may take some time to get used to, but the taste is still similar to the usual BKT. but the good thing is, you won’t get the heaty feeling associated with ‘dong kwai’ after eating it.

there are two type of serving, either in claypot (RM9.00) or in bowl (RM7.00). servings in bowl will be for those who want to order other dishes also.

as with most of food stall, there are no name for it. but as you walk along Jalan Sultan, you will definitely notice this stall.

will definitely come again to try other dishes that they offer!

Soong Kee Beef Ball Noodles

After a hard day of work, i crave for a beef ball noodles for my dinner. what better place to have one than Soong Kee?

this place brings me lots of memories when i was in my previous company. hence the reason i came here.

but enough about the nostalgia. let’s talk about food. nostalgia aside, the main reason i went to Soong Kee is because their beef ball noodles kick ass!

a small serving above cost RM4.50 now compared to RM3.50 two years ago. but i think the price is still reasonable considering the minced meat and the beef balls are a lot.

the noodles may look dry but looks can be deceiving. once it has been mixed with the minced meat, it has all the textures that you should get in a good bowl of noodles. the beef balls are springy without any strong beefy smell.

but there is nothing special with the soup though. for me, there is not much flavours in it. there only one taste – salty. that’s why i never bothered to order the soup version of the beef balls noodles here.

for a better soup version, it is better to go to Sin Yee Kee in Seremban. yeah i know it is a bit too far, but be rest assured, there will be another beef noodles tasting in KL very soon. yum!!!

be sure to sit near the cooking area as sometimes if you are lucky, you’ll get to see the chef/cook making a Bruce Lee movements. i guess he must be a big time Bruce Lee fans! haha!

Soong Kee is located at the end of Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin. you’ll notice RHB Bank just opposite it, be prepared if you are going during lunch hour though!

Seremban > Port Dickson > Melaka 18.09.10 – 19.09.10

it a continuation from or trip in Seremban anyway. since the previous post is quite long, it’s better to make a separate post.

after the  food hunt in Seremban, it’s time to head to our next destination – Port Dickson

the place that we are staying for the day here

the place is actually quite a distance from Port Dickson town (around 9km away). but for those who don’t mind the distance (and the price!), this place might be suitable for you.

some photos of the deluxe room that we stayed :-

the living room and with ASTRO!!! important for my weekend football fix you know?

the dining place

the kitchen. but no cooking are allowed

the bedroom with a double bed and other necessities

bathroom and the toiletries

and… there’s a balcony too!

    fishes from below the balcony

this is how the rooms look like from outside. there are two storeys

swimming pool #1

   swimming pool #2    

there’s a beach just outside the resort too. but it’s not so clean on the day we went there. not because of the rubbish, but roots, plants, etc. i guess it was low tide at that time?

looks nice eh? that’s because i have omitted some unpleasant parts of the beach. haha!

not long after checking-in, it’s a 1 1/2 hour agonizing drive to Melaka via the old road.

it is another food hunt upon arriving in Melaka.

1st stop, getting our fix of Baba laksa & cendol in Jonker 88. that is our usual haunt in Melaka! be prepared for a long queue if you are going there on weekends. the queue never stops till night!

 

Baba laksa

 

and not forgetting Durian Cendol and mango ice kacang

Since there’s still a lot of time to spare, we decided to wander around…

i never find anything special at this wall (A’Famosa), but will camwhore with it in the background anyway to show that we are in Melaka.

 

when the time (and the temperature is right), it’s time to head back to Jonker Street

i know this is a lousy photo shoot…

 

taking some photos while GF buying some knick-knacks

    

some activities organised during the weekends on Jonker Street

i missed the chicken rice balls earlier as we did not know that the shop closes as 4pm. damn!

before leaving Melaka, it’s time for Satay Celup in Capitol.

BUT BUT BUT…

the queue was so bloody long outside the shop, we decided to give it a pass and head to another Satay Celup shop in Jalan Ong Kim Wee - Ban Lee Hiang.

over here, there was a long queue too, but not as insane as the one in Capitol.

*there’s a tip for you, they do allocate tables behind of the shop, so do go there and try your luck there as most of the people does not know the existence of the ‘extra tables’.

what you see here is only the beginning, at the end of it, we had at around 30 sticks each. the price is still quite reasonable (60sen each), with the usual fishball, kankung, shellfish, meats etc. but most of the time, we dig for the prawns (which is VERY fresh and crunchy) and also taiwanese sausages (our favourite).

for me, there’s nothing really special with satay celup and some of the people with not like to eat it as it seems unhygienic as they do not change the satay sauce every time the previous customer from the same table left.

but hell, the experience of dunking the sticks of meat in satay sauce (albeit a recycled one) is a fun thing to do!

after the dinner, it’s another 1 1/2 ride (almost) back to Port Dickson using the highway + trunk road. funny that the time taken to and fro is the same although the route taken is different, right?

left early the next day as we are scared of the jam in the highway (as it as a 3 day holiday on that weekend). no breakfast were provided for us as we stayed there using the complementary coupon.

thought of taking breakfast in the town as i know there’s a few good place there, but laziness got over us. so we end up having this for breakfast :

 

HOW CAN YOU FORGET SEREMBAN SIEW PAU??!!! haha!

and this is the final touch of our trip.