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We were on our way to Pangkor for our very first batang trip and decided to stop by Kg Cina in Sitiawan for lunch before going over (that’s after having like 2 rounds of breakfast at the market and Jing Kee).

I didn’t even know that Ah Pek Lee had been interviewed by Axian until the boss told us that we should try his steam stingray and even Axian liked it. Anyway, when you are here, you should be able to see the full video of the interview running .

We got down to business and order my favourite here, Lala Mee Hoon which is not the same as the Teluk Gong style but its soup based with local lala (thicker shells) and thick meehoon. The soup is milky but tasty and the lala is just fantastic.

Next up is KC’s favourite sar jiu fish which are powdered with spices before deep frying. Simply take it with the local Kg Koh chili sauce and its excellent. The chili sauce was also great taken with some cripsy oo chien (fried oysters) we order but I personally prefered their hot plate oysters omelette.

We also had a dry curry crab, again local style which is basically the most expensive dish costing us RM60 plus. As usual we couldn’t miss out ordering some greens to balance up the diet.

The most interesting thing we had here are some steam sotong. Everytime my dad come to Sitiawan, he will ask for steam sotong and most of the time they don’t have it. You see, the sotong need to be very fresh in order for you to be able to cook them through steaming otherwise its really not nice.

The sotong are simply steamed with what tasted like cooking wine, sesame oil and some soya sauce with chinese parsley on top. The result, its the best sotong I have ever tasted! If you ever have a chance to try, please try it!

The boss here goes to sea on his own to get his catch for the restaurant, so freshness is assured! Most of my visits here I will also see small time fisherman coming on motorbike to sell small catch to him as well.

Overall it cost us RM160 plus for 10 pax and I think that’s reasonable pricing. This place is getting popular and can get quite popular nowadays, there’s even a tour bus that stopped here for a big tour group to dine!

*photos courtesy of Ciku aka Ken Wei

Ah Pek Lee Kou Hock Seafood
GPS: N4 10.775 E100 40.855

Its been more than a year since our camping trip last year at Jerangkang and this time we had planned to head out to Teluk Segadas in Pulau Pangkor.
Teluk Segadas or previous known as Teluk Sekadeh is an isolated beach south of Pangkor Island.

To get there, we had to take the ferry to Pangkor, then travel to the local village near Dutch’s Fort before hiking off road for about 30 minutes, but only to find out that you can also charter a small boat to take you there directly but where’s the fun without the hike .

Anyhow… on the last day of our camp, me and Sky decided that it was a must to stop by Ma Ga Ka in Pantai Remis for seafood as it is really something different and out of the norm. Ma Ga Ka is also known as Kedai Makanan Laut Ng Chin Boon. Ma Ga Ka basically means the jackfruits tree’ foot and this place only opens at 2pm but they get fresh local supplies of seafood which makes the food itself good without much fancy cooking needed.

Their signature here is their stir fried crab meats wrapped with lettuce leaves, crabs fried with cucumbers, local fishball soup, fried prawn fritters (the whole fritters is filled with prawns) and yam cooked with dried shrimps. We also ordered a shark curry, kam heong mantis prawns and assam prawns.

I had wanted to order their kembong fish and mantis prawns which is so fresh that they just steam it but unfortunately the new fresh catch have not arrived and we couldn’t wait till after 4-5pm. The crab meats with lettuce is good as usual, so is the fishball soup… fishball are tender and soft with dried fish stomach in the nice yummy soup… Daniel of course asked if we can add soup… and I was like “you think we eating bak kut teh meh?”… hehehe…

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Prawns fritters is nice eaten hot with a lot of the famous kg koh chili sauce and the yam is nicely cooked too, I had a lot of those. But the cucumber crabs is ok only, I think Ling Song Kee in Pantai Remis cooks better cucumber crabs anytime! Shark curry is also so so, I prefer the shark curry at Ferng Wei in Sitiawan though.

The bill came up to RM262.20 for 2 tables and a total of 21 of us. Sad part is the food is below my expectation this round, didn’t had the same satisfaction as per my last visit, maybe because all the fresh seafood couldn’t get there in time or my expectation too high hehe…

Kedai Makanan Laut Ng Chin Boon (Ma Ga Ka)
305 Sungai Cina, 34900 Pantai Remis, Perak
Tel: 05-6773286
GPS: N4 27.430 E100 37.907

Right before heading out the Pantai Remis for lunch, we stopped by Ping Gi in Lumut (GPS: N4 14.023 E100 38.017) to shop for local seafood produce. We didn’t want to carry them all the way from Pangkor in the ferry and all and I want to shop at a quality place, so Ping Gi is my choice. Firstly, there are lots of parking near it and most of the time parking in front of the shop, second… Ping Gi brings the goods from Pangkor and repackaged there themselves, so they are always fresh and thirdly of course, the owner is my aunt’s friend, so as usual I told the aunty and uncle there to give some discounts to the group .  I think I ended up with the most stuff but what to do, my mum gave me a long list. Do ask for their best keropok here, its expensive RM18 plus a pack but its really good and its easy to fry. You can also buy kg koh chili sauce here.

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This trip is the first time I park in the Lumut Multi-Storey Carpark (GPS: N4 14.087 E100 37.993) as previously I had always parked at the open space car park opposite the ferry jetty for RM10 per night. We parked there for about 27 hours I think and its about RM11, so its quite ok since its a shaded car park and short walk to the ferry terminal.

The hike out from Teluk Segadas was somehow easier than the climb in, probably we got used to the terrain a little and there are of course less food, water and also those beers and JD to bring on the way out. Luckly we tooked down the taxi van contact number as the entrance of the trail hardly have any taxi. We were charged RM1 per head as per our way in and each van fits up to 11 pax .

Before heading out from Teluk Segadas, Ed our treasurer paid off the Teluk Segadas camp guys, we were charged RM15 per head to use their camp ground, make shift kitchen, toilets and the running fresh water supply. I must say its all worth it, as without these facilities we would have been feeding mozzies and spending a lot of time in the dark. I must say they are doing a good job keeping the place clean and mozzies free except for keeping the monkeys away from our peanuts and maggi mee… ahhaha…. The camping ground is being maintained so well that they are mozzies free, the whole pack of coils I brought are not used. Anyway, we had to thank Sky for coordinating the booking with them on this place.

The water here is amazingly clear, in the morning, I ventured out to fish for squid on my own and I could see my feet even though the water is up to my waist… in fact, I think I scare 2 squid away walking to the spot I wanted to fish as I can see them swimming away from me! Anyhow after a whole lot time trying at night and in the morning, I got nothing… sob..sob… no skill la probably but I shall try again!!!

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The camp ground is really comfortable, so much so that they left 1 macho guy (let’s not say name here) to sleep out in the open air with just a sleeping bag and he was fine in the morning… so fine that he can even continue the morning with a cup of “irish coffee” It was quite warm in the tent at night, probably absorbed a lot of heat during the day but very breezy outside. I noticed dude like Noel just sleep outside his tent and a few of us actually sat and slept by the beach the whole night to relax while star gazing. The others prefer to drink it out while betting on peanuts over card games.

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con’t in part 2…

Its good to be back in Pangkor again, this is one of my favourite place to grew up as I spend many school holidays in this island… why you may ask? Mainly because I was a skinny little boy believe or not when I was a kid. So my mum sent me to my aunt in Pangkor during school holidays on a get the kid fat program. And hey, it worked, haha… good food plus a fierce aunty, who wouldn’t eat? I mean, breakfast was like a few house away between 30 cents to 50 cents for a bowl of noodles, then lunch at home, another few home away for laksa and red bean for tea then dinner and follow my uncle out for supper! So you do the math!

Anyway, back to the topic, we got some of the wildgeeks to Pangkor and we actually brought along our mountain bikes. We did a crazy climb from the Golden Sands Beach up the road next to Pangkor Hill to Sg. Pinang Kecil town for breakfast. I will leave the cycling to wildgeek’s website to post.

The first thing I look for is the local nasi lemak. Its a small packet of nasi lemak wrapped in banana leaf, the unique thing is that its only rice with a piece of fish and curry gravy on it. Its about 80 cents per packet but its so good, I can eat 3 easily! The prove the point, I offered it to some of the wildgeeks whom are already having their noodles, they decline at first, but after the first bite, they just kept the whole packet ;0

After some stunning nasi lemak, I got a bowl of the local noodles, its basically noodles of your choice in clear soup stock (usually from seafood) then add with toppings like roast pork (char siew) and fish cake or sometimes some seafood. A scope of sambal is then added to the soup and you just stir them up and eat. Its spicy yet the stock is still tasty at RM2.20 per bowl

Many other type of kiuh, yau char kuai, chee cheong fun and etc. are also available around this area for breakfast. Just wish I had more time this trip, there are just so much more to eat!

GPS: N4 13.641 E100 34.469