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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Durian Orchard, Raub

July, 2010 visit to an orchard in Raub, Pahang. Raub is about 110km from Kuala Lumpur.

All you can eat durian buffet for only RM30. Price varies from season to season.  You will get to eat all the branded durians such as Musang King (Raja Kunyit), Ho Lor, Bamboo, Red Prawn,  Penang 24, D2, D24, D101 etc.

For the most up to date info, please check out raubdurianorchard.blogspot.com. You can find map and gps coordinate in the blog as well. Do update your Garmin/Papago maps from Malfreemaps.com before heading there. Also helpful to get both the GPS coordinates of the exact location (3.8615166, 101.905483) and the right turn (onto the kampong road, near a green surau - 3.8622166, 101.8937). 

Ho Lor
hor lor durian from raub orchard

King of all fruits! Yum!
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Other hybrids(?):
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Among the types of durians Eddie has in his Raub orchard.
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Besides the King of Fruit, we had some Queen of Fruit - mangosteen as well!

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Eddie Yong the orchard owner showing us how to open a durian using a what I called "durian pliers" :D
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Having a feast!
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One happy dog!
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Give me all your durians or I'll shoot!
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According to Eddie, this is to prevent squirrels from climbing up the trees.
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Musang king on tree.
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Durians make you do crazy things :D
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Not sure if these were duku or langsat or dokong?
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Unripe pulasan
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Some ripe ones here. They taste just like rambutan but better, and best of all the skin of the seeds don't come off together when you bite off the flesh!
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Trigona bee farm
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Passion fruits vines
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What's inside the passion fruit
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We definitely will be making another trip, or two, again this coming August!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Anis Putri Gulai Kawah

Anis Putri in Pantai Dalam, about 200 meters from the Pantai Dalam KTM Komuter Train Station and low cost flats. D' Naim nasi kukus is nearby too.

Gulai Kawah
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Hundreds of dishes to choose from!
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It's really hard to make up my mind :D. I want to try them all :D
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Grilled fish and ayam percik.
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Some ulam and sambal
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Four types of sambal with different level of spiciness/hotness! The yellow one at bottom right is tempoyak.
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Squid. It's  sweet and stuffed with glutinous rice inside. A popular dessert in Kelantan.
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Squid, with glutinous rice inside. Sweet dessert.
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Fried fish with stuffed chili
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There is a dessert corner too!

Not sure what this is :P. Dessert too.
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What I had:

Curry pineapple, brinjal and angled bean ulam with sambal
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Ikan keli (catfish)
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Came to RM6.00 including a teh-o ais limau (iced tea with lime)

Opens for Lunch only. Packed after 12 noon with lunch crowd.

Edit: more pix from separate visits to Anis Putri:

Keli percik? Yum. Not sure what sauces they were but I liked them.
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Location: Pantai Dalam, about 200m from the Pantai Dalam Commuter Train Station

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Restoran Anis Putri
No. 4, Jalan Pantai Dalam
Pantai Dalam
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (+60) 19-282-6908
Opens everyday except Friday

gps coordinate: 3.092892,101.669215

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Kari Mee Lorong Seratus Tahun

Lorong Seratus Tahun is one of my favorite places for kari mee whenever I am in Penang Island.

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Look for this corner shop
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You can see Red Rock Hotel on Macalister Road from this coffee shop.
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You must put in at least one full table spoon of this chili or you might as well don't eat the curry mee here. Serious! It's all in the homemade chili!!!
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This is what it should look like after adding in a spoonful of chili :)
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Location:

Intersection of Lebuh Naning and Lorong Seratus Tahun, off Jalan MacAlister, Penang.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Jin Chwan/Bei Hai seafood restaurant

I had lunch with a friend in Jin Chwan Seafood Garden/Bei Hai Restaurant in Selayang today ( Dec 2007 :D:P). Just pick whatever live seafood from Jin Chwan, pay for it and they'll have it brought over to the restaurant next door for preparation, the way you want it.

Mak Choy with Fu Yu (Vege with fermented beancurd). Simple but nice
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Stir fried changgual with dried shrimp ((大头仔). Great stuff
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Steamed catfish (Ikan Baung, Pak Sou gong)..what better way to enjoy fresh fish? :-)
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Steamed crab with egg ((招牌蒸) the taste of the egg and crab blended in together so wonderfully. Must try!
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The seafood in #2, 3, and 4 cost only RM48. Vege, tea, dessert plus cooking charges came to RM62. Altogether RM110. Not too bad.

The two shops are side by side. Once you have selected the seafood you want, Jin Chwan will hand them over to Bei Hai.
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Location:

Jin Chwan: No. 9, Jalan Bidara 2/4, Taman Bidara 68100 Selayang
Bei Hai: No 10, Jalan Bidara 2/4, Taman Bidara 68100 Selayang
Contact 03-6120 3333 (Jin Chwan), 03-6138 3688 (BeiHai)

GPS coordinates: 3.242111,101.643019

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