Pek Kio Market

This old hawker center is located at 41 Cambridge Road, easily accessible by bus and mostly open only for lunch. My family comes here for the famous lor mee and prawn noodles. This time around I came by for tea and only a few stores are open.

There is the well loved fishball noodles with a salty savory soup. Oyster omelettes with very fresh and plump oysters. All the drinks and desserts you could want are available throughout the day.

If you drop by a little earlier, there is freshly made chee cheong fun and fried beehoon. Alternatively, you can try the malay stall that is always filled with food, I like that you can get briyani, prata, thosai or just mixed rice at all times of the day.

this week...I ate out a lot

4 occasions in 1 week (Grandparents Day, Hari Raya Haji, Onam, Mid Autumn Festival) is enough to put everyone in a restful mood. I ate a lot of festive goodies this week as well as fast food coz no one has mood to really cook. Tried the Veggie Crunch burger, not bad. Can't get enough of McDonald's Signatures, now available island wide. Burger King's Teriyaki Burger is a hit with me and my family.

I also won an autographed book poster from an online contest. Kinda hoping it comes with the books but it doesn't. Still excited about it tho'.

Ice Cream Review

Trying out ice-cream from the neighborhood shop. There is the usual paddle pop, cornetto and potong from our childhood as well as a few new ones that are really good. Worth reviewing here.

Apple Sourz 

Liquorice apple flavored ice surrounding a gummy center

Crunch

Named after the chocolate bar, the center is pure choc surrounded by whipped ice cream and coated in a nutty choco shell

Kit Kat

Also named after a chocolate bar, there is a kit kat right in the middle of the cone. It's chocolate ice cream swirled with chocolate sauce.

Icy Grape

Menthol citrus ice surrounding a grape ice center.

Tropicana
My favorite ice cream growing up. It's got a creamy vanilla center surrounded by tart lime ice.

Traffic Light
Multicoloured, multi fruit flavored ice.

Butterfly

Really sweet and slightly creamy strawberry & grape ice on 2 sticks.

Milo
Creamy milo ice cream drizzled with chocolate sauce.

Sundae

The top pops off to connect to the base, forming a fancy sundae cup. Inside, its a regular conetto/drumstick.

Kukup Fishing Village

Kukup fishing village is located in the Pontian district of Johor Malaysia. This is a day trip but I did stay in the kelong (stilt houses over the water) chalets before when I was young. You can hear the water moving beneath you. It's a nice weekend getaway as you wake up to malay coffeeshop breakfast and watch the fishermen @ work. There is more activity when they bring in their catch, sorting and tossing.

The hatcheries or fish farming that wasn't around the last time I was here.

Mum having fun, this was taken after we bought some locally made seafood crackers. The crackers are made and packaged freshly at kukup.

Mostly, we come here for the food, malaysian seafood zhi char. In the evenings you can light lanterns, but not many people do that.

Loo's Hainanese Curry

Loo's Hainanese Curry moved down the road to its present location, less wild ravens and the food is still good. Be prepared to Q.

 Everyone always gets the pork chop and chap chye, its like standard for chinese curry rice. The fish curry, the sotong curry etc all have a different taste so its not just 1 pot of curry gravy for all the dishes. Everything was worth ordering as we had a great lunch.

Pahang Weekender

Pahang is the 3rd largest state in Malaysia and a common holiday place for Singaporeans (Genting and Cameron Highlands are located here). This mountainous area is known for its cool weather and beautiful scenery, when you want to take it slow and relax.

The new resort everyone comes here for is Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi. Tudor style residences and marketplace complete with a clock tower.

It's not often you can find durians for sale in a medieval town, its the season now.

The local drink here is made from roselle flowers, tastes almost like ribena.

Recommended local produce is Bentong Ginger, a really strong spicy version of regular ginger.

Visit to a local tofu factory, where you can see how its made and taste the final product.

Then we moved closer to the ocean to stay at Laman Pesona Resort & Spa, hillside villas with a sea view.