The last time I ate "Chilli Pan Mee" was at this place called Restaurant Kin Kin, somewhere in Ampang if not mistaken. Today, we went to another place in Kepong for their "Chilli Pan Mee". See for yourself... It's damn nice!

And here's their "Chilli" which was spicy and yummy at the same time!

Till now, my stomach's burning cos I added lots of "Chilli" earlier! Hehe... And oh, each "Chilli Pan Mee" comes with a bowl of vege soup and cost RM5... :)

Had lunch at Connaught Garden in Cheras yesterday.

According to my colleague, this place is famous for their BBQ chicken, duck, char siew and more... And true enough, when we were there, there was already a queue outside. Lucky thing we didn't had to wait long for a table...

Here's what we ordered:


Closer look at the duck (which was really nice)!


And the "char siew"... which we replenished... (i.e. ordered 2 plates by popular demand).

All in all, it was quite a nice lunch...
A total of 8 of us went... per person, we paid ~ RM15...

Last weekend, I followed OWLoon back to Kuala Selangor... And this time round, he introduced me to his favourite chicken rice stall... Considering that OWLoon only eat chicken wings and is a fussy eater, I decided to give it a try...

It was really NICE and I absolutely so love it (tho' I thought the chicken should be fatter)!!!

That night, on the way back from Kuala Selangor, we passed by Klang and dropped by "Restauran Boston Baru" for their oh so famous lala... It was as usual crowded but this time round, the food took waaaay too long to come... we waited a full 45minutes before food came!!! In the end, we left with our full stomach but somehow we thought that it just wasn't worth the long wait!

Just last week, my sweet husband (OWLoon) told me this... "There's this famous Tai Sui temple in Batu Pahat that many from Malaysia and Singapore visits yearly. They've got this Tai Sui lamp and since you "fan tai sui" this year, I thought of taking you there to light the lamp"...

So while yesterday was spent mostly in bed... ZZZzzz-ing I mean... today was super productive!!! OWLoon and I got up around 11-ish and after brunch, we headed out on our road trip together with my parents and little niece. The weather was terribly HOT... thus, the skies were gorgeously blue with bright white clouds!!! Traffic was pretty smooth too... tho' it took us 3 looooong hours before we reached Batu Pahat.

We reached Batu Pahat at around 3pm and most coffee shops were either closed or in the midst of closing up. But we found this coffee shop that sells only fish balls noodle... Since we had no choice, everyone ordered a bowl... Definitely not recommended... blehhh...

From there, with the directions from the coffee shop fella (I left my GPS at home... bahhh), we managed to find the Four Oceans Dragon Emperor Tua Pek Kong Temple (Translation: Shi Hai Lung Wang Ta Po Kung). You won't miss the temple cos' there'll be lots of tour buses parked outside.

Right outside the temple, there was this well. The water are meant to be used to wash one's car plate or house number plate... so that ahem... can "tiok" lor!

But the main reason we were there was to pray to "Tai Sui Yeh". Unlike other temples we visited, this temple has a total of 60 different "Tai Sui" seated on the huge altar (picture on the right below). Then right beneath the altar, there's a little tunnel that one must crawl through... While crawling through, the temple personnel will be chanting good wishes while ringing the bell... OWLoon and I crawled through the tunnel side by side and though my knees hurt, I felt blessed... (maybe it's psychological but there's really no harm in trying and believing)...

OWLoon's mother had previously lighted a "Tai Sui" lamp for OWLoon thus after I lighted one and had my name (+ family) placed on the wall, we tried searching for OWLoon's name. Surprise surpise, but of the many rows of names, his was on the same row as mine! Talk about coincidence! :)

The picture on the left shows 2 brass horses (tho' blocked by the fellas in the picture). I can't read Mandarin thus when OWLoon told me to touch the horse head, body, legs and tail, I did just that. Each part of the horse has a different meaning. But I only remembered the tail part: Smooth ending for everything in your life... :)

Here's a view of the entire temple (facing a river):

For those of you who are interested to visit the temple, here's a map for your reference. You can also visit the temple's website at: http://www.einfo.com.my/hocktecktuah/

From Batu Pahat, we drove to Muar... to get their yummy-licious Otak-Otak!!! We bought our supplies from "Yong Sheng" (a shop that sells local delicacies just like the Tan Kim Hock in Malacca).

Since Malacca is on the way... we stopped by for dinner. Can't remember the last time I went Malacca but somehow, everything seemed different now. Like how the "Eye on Malaysia" is now permanently in Malacca with this brand new observation deck called "Menara Taming Sari" nearby.

We had our dinner at this new hawker center opposite "Dataran Pahlawan". Nothing great but since it's new, OK la.

By the time we got home, it was 10.30pm and that meant that we spent over 10 hours covering Batu Pahat-Muar-Malacca-KL. It was truly a tiring but satisfying day! :)

The best part bout being registered is the fact that OWLoon and I can now officially stay the night wherever we choose to. You may think that at this age and era, staying together is a common thing but not to OWLoon and I cos' our families (particularly mine) are rather conservative.

Off late, I found myself going back to OWLoon's hometown a lot more often. Just 2 years ago... I could count with 1 hand on the number of times I go back for a meal with the parents... now, I'm there like nearly every weekend or so...

Maybe it's a psychological thing... but ever since OWLoon and I got registered, I found myself liking his hometown a bit more... and each stay leaves me feeling contended and happy...

Today, I will introduce you to my favourite supper place called Kedai Steamboat Kampung owned by a man called Ah Zhui. The restaurant is located in Jalan Pasir Penampang (right after the traffic light). Tho' they're more well known for their steamboats, OWLoon and I like it for their supper food... One of their famous dishes here is the "Kueh Ka Tau Lin" or Peanut Chicken Feet:

And each time OWLoon and I go there for our supper, we'll make sure we order this other 2 dishes along with the chicken feet; "Nai Sa Sotong Kia" and "Chee Cheong Fun":

This place is perfect for supper while enjoying a drink or two with friends or loved ones...cos the owner (Ah Zhui) recently installed a row of little Japanese huts where one could sit with feet dangling in a lighted "hole" under the table...

Kitchen closes at 1am sharp thus be sure to order before then... Thereafter, you can enjoy your food and drinks for as long as you like... :)

OWLoon took me to this restaurant called "Hai Ung" at Pasir Penampang, Kuala Selangor for lunch the other day. Literally, "Hai Ung" means "Sea Cloud"... take a look at the pictures below and you'll know why... :)

All the restaurants were strategically placed next to the yellow murky river called "Sg. Selangor" and were built on stilts...

We got ourselves a corner table facing the river and the clear blue sky... it was rather breezy too...

Life is indeed beautiful!

P.S. I got back with a super tanned skinned... my face especially... NO MORE lunches by the river... no matter how romantic... hehehe... wanna be a fair bride :-)

The thing about treasure hunt is that, there will usually be very little time for lunch. So most of the other participants will "ta-pau" food like KFC or burgers to be eaten in the car.

But our team hor, is a bit special.
On Day 1, we happily slot in time to "yumcha" at mamak stall somemore...
But of course, we had to rush like mad back to the finish line that day.


So you'd think that after that, we'd be smarter on Day 2 right?
No lor...
On Day 2 hor, we TER-found this place with excellent prawn mee!
The prawn mee was dry with thick chilli-sauce-like broth - served with prawns, chicken & LAT!

Then on the last day, someone told us bout good seafood somewhere (can't remember where), so we went...

• The first item was frog-legs (tin-kai)... When it came, the auntie poured a bottle of Brands Chicken essence onto it... damn yummy - though my other colleague said, the bottle of Brands could be for show only since it came opened!
• Then we had 2 different types of crabs - the black pepper one and the sweet & sour type. Not too bad la, though the experienced crab-eater in the team said that they were slightly overcooked...

• Then there was the oyster (o-jien)... The eggs were all raw when it was served... and was stirred with a spoon before we started digging in...
• Final item was a vege (kai-lan) which was rather badly cooked cos the 'kai-lan' was OLDDDDD... and was rather bland:

All in all, not much to complaint about la... The treasure hunt was definitely a fun trip! :)

The theme of the Treasure Hunt was: "Pirates of the Car-ibbean" which took us from KL to Melaka to Desaru. We traveled a total of 480KM in 2 days... 200KM for leg 1, and 280KM for leg 2.


At flagged off point, we were all given a set of tulips. Tulips are like maps. Basically we just follow the dots and arrows (as per example below) before tripping (resetting the distance counter) and traveling the distance required. The example below shows that Q4's answer is located in between the dot point for a distance of 0.65KM. Everyday, we have to follow 100 over tulips to complete the hunt.


So everyday, we had to complete Part 1: Comprising of 25 - 30 questions, Part II: Treasures Hunting and Part III: Physical Challenge.

• Part 1: Clues / Questions that were divided into several categories:

(1) Related to "Pirates of the Caribbean" without keyword(s)
Take this question for instance: "Charge to Will's dad". None of us remembered the details of the movie (which has 3 parts somemore) so when someone in the car mentioned that Will's dad could be "Bob", we went round searching for anything and everything with "Bob".

In the end, we couldn't find any and started calling other cars... It was only then we realized that we got the name wrong! Will's dad was BILL!!! So anyway, the answer was Pasaraya Billion. Why? Cos: (1) Charge = Ion (2) Will's dad = Bill (3) Charge comes after dad = BILL+ION - 'cheem' leh...

(2) Related to "Pirates of the Caribbean" with keyword(s)
Question: "Desperate enough Jack added Voodoo until leaders sensed it had taken place" - The word "leaders" here is a keyword that means 1... So we combined all the first alphabet of the words to form: D-E-J-A-V-U. The answer was: Restaurant Dejavu :)

(3) Not related to "Pirates of the Caribbean" without keyword(s)
Question: "The South American Black Pearl" - the guys figured this one out... Brazil being in South America and that "Pele" was a well-known footballer... and therefore the answer was: Kedai Gunting Pele

(4) Not related to "Pirates of the Caribbean" with keyword(s)
Question: "Lazy exclamation if you recall. Food and drink they have it all" - The word "recall" here is a keyword which meant that whatever the answer to this question, it could be read "terbalik". We translated the word "lazy" to "malas" and started hunting for everything with "salam" when we found the answer: Restaurant Al-salam (which means that the lazy exclamation answer was malas-la)

• Part 2: Treasures that we had to look for in between the start and finish leg which must be submitted intact at the Finish Station:

The clue sounds like this: If you recall the flash every time a soul leaves earth, The shade of brew I want will come to birth, Sea net untangled should really help you out, And you can come back with it having no doubt.

We had to break the question in several parts for the correct answer:
i. The keyword here is "recall" - again which meant we must read the answer 'terbalik'
ii. The REAL clue lies in this sentence: "Sea net untangled " - if you jumble up "sea net", it forms the word "NESTEA"
iii. The flavour that we were looking for was in the word "flash" cos "flash" is green in colour

The answer was therefore, NESTEA - Green Tea Flavour

• Part 3: A physical challenge that we need to complete upon handing in our answer sheets and treasures for the day:

Day 1: 1 person to swim / walk a short distance in the pool where the other person is waiting at the opposite direction. The 2nd person (upon completing his swim / walk across the pool) will unlock a chest to reveal stones that he has to re-arrange to form the word: Davy's Heart

Day 2: A set of 10 pictures were pasted on the wall and we were to categorize them into 3 parts of the movie

Did the Psycho Sonic won anything?
Hehehehe... OF COURSE we did... I won the lucky draw prize on day 1 - RM50 Petronas Voucher and my other colleague won the lucky draw prize on day 2 - 2 VIP tickets to watch any movie at TGV. Hehehehe... better than nothing la right... We were all first timers ma... :)

I went for my first treasure hunt last week and it was a great experience! But since we were all first timers... the outcomes were pretty hilarious.

The requirement for our team was pretty simple. Everyone must be a smoker... Cos imagine driving around like lunatics eight hours a day without cigarettes... that would be damn miserable you know!!! So anyway, we were rather happy with the setup... and we called ourselves... "Super Sonic" on day 1 cos we initially intended to be laid back and to just go with the flow. But eventually, the psycho-ness got the better of us all and we named ourselves "Psycho Sonic"!


The funny thing bout our group is that, when one person in the car smokes, everyone else smokes cos the air cond will be turned off... At one point we were all smoking like chimneys when one of the team members said: "Guys... I think we're smoking waaaay too much..." (but everyone ignored him)... Then he said: "We've been smoking like every 10min and there's 420 minutes more to go you know...!" (at this point we all realized that he has a point and thus we didn't smoke anymore for the next hour or so)... Hehehehe...

We were team no. 60 out of 68 teams and the Treasure Hunt takes us from KL to Malacca to Desaru... At flagged off, we were supposed to drive from Subang to Sungai Besi Toll (the one near Mint Hotel) before the map / tulips begin... But the problem was... none of us knew how to get to Sungai Besi toll and we had to rely on "Linda" - the GPS... The most frustrating thing was the fact that "Linda" will blurt out "Please slow down" (in an annoying tone) everytime we drive past the speed limit and all of us would automatically shout "Shut Up". But in the end, Linda proved to be a useful device cos tho we skipped the toll, we somehow managed to exit at where we were supposed to (where the map starts)... hehehe...



We had to like drive at least 8 full hours a day, so we took turns driving... It was all fine during the hunt cos we were expected to drive slowly and not speed (it was afterall not a race ma...) But the problem was... on the way back, "Linda" took us to the trunk roads instead of highways. Since I am city girl, I found it super difficult and challenging. Plus the car wasn't mine and it was a 1.3A so I didn't have the confidence to overtake any cars. Everyone else was sleeping like a pig and honestly, I have no recollection of what happened or how it happened. But when the guys got up, they just burst out laughing when they saw 6 lorries ahead of me (but ahem I was keeping a far distance from them and running at a decent speed)... KNN!