Sugar overload...had coca-cola and Coconut Jelly. I refused to sleep
till we arrived at Temerloh...while Papa and Mamarazzi hunting for Ikan
Patin, I dozed off.
Woke up found myself here. A small stall by the roadside. The
stall that we went to last time was not open.
I asked camera from Mamarazzi. I wanna snap photo....clear ah the photos? well....Mamarazzi "edited" them la.
This man "terror lah". He can catch the fish by using his hand only. No need to use net!
3.5kg...for 4 Patin Fish....nat bad.
He also helped Mamarazzi to clean the fish.
Chop! Chop! Chop! and the wifey wrap them up and collect money.
Not bad la...Doesn't even cost RM50.
As it was
getting late, Mamarazzi suggested we have dinner at Temerloh. It was
school holiday. The highway is expected to be pretty jam up. Better
"makan"(eat) first.
Googled
and saw many recommend "Gerai Makan Pak Usop" at Temerloh Esplanade.
Got lost a few times coz the GPS got "dizzy". Halfway, navigating it
would suddenly say "Route re-calculation".
Gave up....just "hentam" and drive blindly la. Spotted the stall.. Too bad it was closed...*sobs*
Lucky for us, the stall next to it was open and it was also another recommended eating place. Gerai Kak Mek
Wow...they have TWO big pot of Gulai Tempoyak Ikan Patin. For those
of you who doesn't know, tempoyak is fermented durians. It's used to
cook gulai which is a type of "soupy" food. It's spicy and and have
curry-like sauce.
Papa asked the price before ordering coz we read somewhere that some stall sells this type of fish at an exorbitant price.
this piece
was RM10. Not bad la coz it was such a big piece. initially Papa wanted
to have both the head and tail but luckly Mamarazzi said one piece is
enough. Too much can't finish.
True enough...one piece was just nice for us.
Fuiyoh...I
can tell you that it was "raining" in the stall as we ate or rather as
Papa and Mamarazzi ate. The gulai was very spicy. But Papa slurped up
the gulai to the last drop. It was THAT good
Some additional dishes
For me...I opted to be safe. I had Keoy Teow Ladna. Not spicy at all though it looks yellow.
Mamarazzi
said last time when she was in Standard 6, a Malay friend invited her
to her Hari Raya open house. The mother cooked up a storm, rendang
daging, curry chicken etc. Most of the dishes have red color..meanning
contains Cili.
Mamarazzi can't take much of Cili
la....she spotted one dish which is yellow in color. Hmmm...that one
must be a "safe" dish. Yellow couldn't be spicy, right.
Oh
boy! how wrong she was. It was Gulai Tempoyak. Mak Datuk Oi!! It was so
spicy that she can't feel her tongue anymore. It was cooked with "cili
padi" (Bird's eye chili). That is the super spicy cili as compared to
the normal red ones.
Papa had to "cool down" with this.
But this did not deterred him for "Tapau-ing" some more of the Gulai
Tempoyak Ikan Patin home. Asked for extra "soup" so that Mamarazzi can
"add-in" the Ikan patin that we bought earlier.
Fuih....that was one experience that I won't forget so soon
Oh ya...where is this stall...it's located at C-1, Lurah Semantan, Temerloh. Googled the phone number is : 09-296 5602
If
you are using the same sotplug GPS that Mamarazzi is using, try
pointing it to Petronas at Lurah Semantan. It's easier. The row of stall
is just opposite of the petrol station.