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Mee sua with dried scallops and abalone slices (RM12.90) You have seen our fish ball noodle meal at Ah Koong Restaurant in Taman Sentosa, Malaysia, followed by a sumptuous seafood feast at Jade Garden Seafood Corner in Sungei Rengit, Pengerang. After all the indulgent food, it is time for a healthier meal! Our Johor food trail ends off at the Tang Shifu restaurant in Jusco, Tebrau City. Tang Shifu promises […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/tang-shifu/feed/ 3 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/jade-garden-seafood-corner/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/jade-garden-seafood-corner/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 03:00:06 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=1153

Once we are done with the fish ball noodle meal at Ah Koong Restaurant in Taman Sentosa, Malaysia, we make our way to Pengerang. If you travel there by car, it should take you about an hour. After passing numerous palm plantations, we finally arrive in the town of Sungai Rengit. Our favourite seafood restaurant Jade Garden Seafood Corner is packed with diners. Apparently, three tour groups have just arrived. […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/jade-garden-seafood-corner/feed/ 3 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/ah-koong-restaurant/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/ah-koong-restaurant/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 11:10:26 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=1148

My friends have been curious about the much raved of live lobsters in Pengerang, Malaysia. To satisfy their craving, we decided to embark on a food trail to Johor. As there are 8 of us, we chartered a minivan so that we can keep each other company without having to drive two cars. We started our journey from Singapore at 8:30am and arrived in Johor Bahru within an hour. Our […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/ah-koong-restaurant/feed/ 1 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/kaya-buns/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/kaya-buns/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:11:37 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=858

Along the way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I picked up some of these cute little pastry snacks that are filled with kaya (creamy coconut jam) and other types of paste. These are probably the easiest things to bake and most delightful things to pop in your mouth as a yummy snack. They are everywhere in Kuala Lumpur and Johor but I don’t recall having seen them in Singapore. Have you? […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/kaya-buns/feed/ 11 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/madam-kwans/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/madam-kwans/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:56:25 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=857

Aside from Nando’s, another place that I have been wanting to visit in Kuala Lumpur is Madam Kwan’s. Started by the 75 year old Madam Kwan Swee Lian in 1977, this 4-restaurant chain takes pride in dishing out true Malaysian cuisine. Even the ang mohs love it, judging by the number of expatriates dining in the swanky eatery! While the menu consists of largely hawker fare, the sleek and classy […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/madam-kwans/feed/ 17 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/stevens-tea-garden/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/stevens-tea-garden/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:58:37 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=856

As I was strolling along the huge Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, the sign from a brightly lit eatery caught my attention. It screamed, “Best teh tarik in the world!” (or something to that effect). The place is Steven’s Tea Garden, a mamak restaurant chain. As a teh tarik lover, I had no choice but to go in. Right? Okay, actually it’s really the cute sarong-wearing lunghi-clad guy at […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/stevens-tea-garden/feed/ 7 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/nandos/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/nandos/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:29:27 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=855

I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a short trip last week. One of the things on my to-do list was to dine at Nando’s Peri Peri Chicken Restaurant, the UK fast food franchise specialising in the Afro-Portuguese peri peri (or piri piri) chicken. (Whoa, that’s one multi-national chicken!) My first peri peri experience was at AJ’s Piri Piri Chicken, another UK franchise that is modelled after Nando’s. Their chicken […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/nandos/feed/ 33 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/danga-bay/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/danga-bay/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:33:46 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/danga-bay-rendezvous-at-sunset/

People, I found a new place to hang out in Johor Bahru – danga bay! Danga bay is an awesome area by the sea, sort of like our equivalent of East Coast Park, only better. You can find all sorts of recreational activities here, be it cycling, skateboarding, kite flying or even paintball! There are also restaurants, food centres, amusement parks, live bands, a shopping mall and bars! In the […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/danga-bay/feed/ 29 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/seasons/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/seasons/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 10:46:07 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/seasons-not-for-any-season/

There was a period of time when I travelled to Malaysia frequently. But due to work, I have stopped going there for over a year! Last weekend I finally went to Johor Bahru with a friend. New eateries have opened at City Square, a shopping mall there in which the Singapore government has a 70% stake. It also happens to be the tallest building in Johor Bahru. Season’s is one […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/seasons/feed/ 12 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/city-square/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/city-square/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:34:00 +0000

Recently, a friend and I went across the causeway to Johor Bahru. We had planned to go to the new Aeon Tebrau City, which is the biggest shopping mall in Malaysia. But because we were late, we decided to just hang out at City Square instead. Lunch was at Robin’s Portuguese Chicken. As usual, I had the half chicken with spaghetti that I suspected was just yellow noodles. It costs […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/city-square/feed/ 4 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-2006/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-2006/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:14:23 +0000

Hello people, I’m back from relative visiting in Pengerang. I actually came back a day earlier than planned because I intended to complete some work over there, but forgot to pack my laptop charger. (we go to Pengerang every year so I didn’t really take many pictures this time. For more pictures of Pengerang, see these posts from last year’s visit: Pengerang day 1, day 2 and day 3.) We […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-2006/feed/ 16 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-3/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-3/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:27:23 +0000

It was our last day in Pengerang and we were returning to Singapore in the morning. My brother’s car was parked at Changi and he had paid the coupon for only until 11am, so we had to get back before then. My Dad and I specially woke up at 6 plus to watch the sun rise at the beach. The sunrise would last only a few minutes. So we had […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-3/feed/ 4 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-2/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-2/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:18:48 +0000

Day 2 was a day of mostly eating. Woke up at about 10am and went over to my relatives’ place for a breakfast of laksa. One of my aunts had cooked a huge pot of laksa and brought it over early in the morning. We ate satay too. I had nothing to do after that so I went for a walk at the seaside. Too bad the tide was low […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-2/feed/ 8 https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-1/ https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-1/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:17:44 +0000

I woke up on Wednesday morning feeling all tired because I didn’t get much sleep at all. Did some last minute packing before we drove off to the Changi ferry terminal. My relatives live in Pengerang which is along the south-western coast of Malaysia. So taking a ferry there would be much quicker as compared to driving across the causeway. The Changi ferry terminal has been revamped and the place […]]]> https://sparklette.net/travel/malaysia/pengerang-day-1/feed/ 5