Late Lunch at Restaurant Tepi Sungai, Kuala Sepetang

After "bird watching" at Lake Garden, we proceed to Kuala Sepetang to have our late lunch.

It's a small town and some road were so narrow that our car had to pass by people's front door. 

Got lost but there was a very helpful boy who helped us to find the restaurant. Auntie Claire tried to give the boy some money for being so helpful but the boy refused to take. Hmm...that's small tow hospitality for you . So nice.

 

Mamarazzi was very puzzled as she saw nearly every house there have a BIG oil tank or is it water tank beside their house. But the mystery was resolved when we reached the restaurant.

Finally....the place that we were looking for.

 

Parking was a problem ....reverse reverse....

The opening hours of the Restaurant

The ground floor of the restaurant is the place for fishermen to unload their catch of the day.

Upstairs, we were greeted by fresh seafood.

Some underaged "shrimps" and "crabs"

Wow......

Mantis prawns so BIG

 

Which and what to eat ah?

 

Proceed to the makan area.

 Amazing view....Hmmm no wonder there are tanks outside each house. Must be to store petrol for the boats.

 Here here...come here.

 See the lovely view from here.

 Refreshing Coconut water

Papa favourite but don't know why Papa did not eat much of these that day. Maybe too tired driving? Very BIG and tempting .

 Fried "spiders"

 Opps...not spiders ah? Baby crabs. Very crunchy. I "geli" wanna eat but the adults had it and said nice.

 These golden Mantou tasted great with the Crabs.

 Flowers Crabs but surprisingly very meaty.

 Not neglecting seafood noodles for me. They were really generous with the seafood there.

But I picked and ate the noodles only wor...

 Seong Thong(Superior Soup) Lala but surprisingly they gave too much soup. The Lala was fresh but the soup was a bit plain. It would be nice if they added a bit Gei Zhi and Chinese Cooking wine into the soup.

 Our Late lunch!

 Opps... nearly forgot.....Vege too. Very fresh too.

 A bit more view of the fishing village from the restaurant.

Some fishing boats coming in.

Can you guess how much is the meal for 5 adults and 1 kids? Keen to find out? Then head on to Auntie Claire's blog to find out.

I Saw in Taiping.....

After our lunch, we headed out to the famous Lake Garden of Taiping

Saw this super strong man 

See.....

Interesting Indian Temple. Noticed how beautiful are the statues.

If not mistaken, along the same road there is this Chinese Temple

And a mosque. This mosqye is called "Masjid Lama". Mamarazzi finds it fascinating as it does not have the dome like thing on top.

 

Instead its surrounded by this.

This tree reminds Mamarazzi of Enid Blyton's "The Faraway Tree" book

Hmmm.... why the tree branches all leaning towards the lake ya?

Very big plant on top of the tree. 

What happen?

Where did all the water gone to?

I can even go down and walk about the lake.

Did not dally long as we had to go "water the plants". But before that...a group photo....opps...Mamarazzi have bunny ears pulak. Photo stolen from Auntie Claire's Blog

Also noted...no need to go Kajang to have Kajang Satay 

Very unique Information Centre.

Next stop...seafood.

Quickie Trip To Taiping

In no time at all we arrived in Taiping. I slept the whole journey

 

Arrived at the Food Court. A large variety of food to be had.

But my eyes is still half asleep.

Auntie Claire when round and ordered this Taiping Special Fried Koay Teow for everyone. Surprisingly it's very cheap at RM3 a plate. So much "liu" (Ingredient).

Here I am with all my feathers puffed up when Auntie Elin and Auntie Claire remarked in wonders that I can handle chopstick well.

Also this surprising Fruit Rojak. Special coz it's first time Mamarazzi tasted fruit rojak with Sotong(Squid).

 Then it was Mamarazzis turn to go "round" the food court.

 

Found these.

 Her favourite "Prawn Mee". Same like Penang, the Prawns Mee here is called "Hokkien Mee".

 Fried Oyster. Hmmm....not bad la... She preferred the crispy version.

 Papa's turn to go "round" the food court. An he came back with these "Chin Loong Pau"/"Dai Kau Mee"/Apam Balik, depending which states you are staying as they have different name for it.

It's something like thick Pan cake with grounded peanuts, sugar and some corn kernel in it. Everyone loves it

If not mistaken this is called Kuih Ketayap in Malay. Inside consists of shredded coconut and gula melaka

 Papa loves this version of Chee Cheong Fun. It's eaten with the red coloured sauce which is sweet. Very hard to find in Kuala Lumpur as the ones we have here are mostly eaten with black sauce.

Spotted on of their famous Heong Peah Stall. Auntie Elin bought one packet of Heong Peah for me here.

After that we proceed to the next destination......"kau Lui"....