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Peninsula Trip Part 2 – Introduction

After leaving the schooling life, there are not many reasons to wake up early morning at wee hour anymore; except traveling. I woke up on 17th May at 4.30am to give a few morning calls, took an early cold shower, stuffed some last-minute-recalled items into my bag, put on my new Makan Trip blue jersey and admire myself in front of the mirror for a moment (no no no.. the mirror didn’t break), and finally was fetched by Wai Pei to Jason’s house in Kepong – our meeting point.

Jason and Edwin (both also surname Yap, but not brothers la) have prepared a stack of Gardenia breads for us. Yup, a stack of Gardenia breaks packed in the Gardenia plastic bag.

Jason: “ei! got bread… eat la”
Me: “hm.. it’s ok… you all eat. I took breakfast liao” (but I was thinking in my mind: wah lao eh, white breads only a? never mind la, reached Kuala Lipis only I eat)
Jason: “you think these are plain white breads a? its spreaded with tuna a!”
Me: “hahahaha….. paiseh paiseh.. I thought these are plain white breads, that’s why don’t want to eat haha”

Jason and Edwin: as commented by Micol, next time put a lil bit more efforts in “packaging” hehe. I was conned away by the deceiving appearance of the stack of breads.

At Jason’s house before departure, we have also surprised Wai Pei by giving her a brand new Kata A22Q Focus Q camera bag as birthday present, to house her Canon 450D. At the split second, she just looked too stoned, didn’t know what to respond.

Soon, before the sun brightens up the day, we departed from Jason’s house at 6.43:09am, in 3 cars – Ford Ranger by George, Honda Jazz by Edwin and Perodua Myvi by Blake. Heading to the hilly Karak Highway (which proven to be a tough up-hill journey for Blake’s full-load Myvi), we made our way to the very first food stop – Kuala Lipis.

Kuala Lipis, Pahang

Location: Kuala Lipis town center
Arrival time: 8.59:35am
Impression: The town center assembles the feel of a typical small old town with a few rows of old shop houses constructed before World War II. Like many other towns in Peninsula Malaysia, you will know that you’ve entered Kuala Lipis town center when you crossed a river – Sungai Jelai. It’s the kind of significant feel that says “after this river, it’s a bustling town”.

Kuala Lipis Food Stop 1 – Jalan Silang (横街)

We went to an ascending sheltered lane with small shops on both sides, and a few sets of staircase accompanying the upward lane. Locals refer to this lane as Jalan Silang in Malay or 横街 in Chinese. Majority of the shops along this lane are selling food. At the middle of the lane, is where our targeted food stop found – Chong Ko Hakka Noodle.

The noodles are homemade by themselves, thus creating an absolute competitive edge, not easily replaced by new market entrants. Though served in simple and plain broth, but still tasty with the springy noodles.

Price: RM2.50 (S), RM3.00 (B), RM0.50 (add more fish balls)

We also order a plate of clams served with 2 sunshine eggs and a plate of fried noodles from a food stall neighboring to Chong Ko Hakka Noodle. It was the first time for most (could be all) of us to eat in combination of clams and sunshine eggs; but, it was indeed a very gooooood combination. Continue reading ‘Peninsula Trip Part 2 – Day 1: Kuala Lipis, Gua Musang’