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Chicken Rice Ball @ Hoe Kee
01140 days
Chicken Rice Balls is one of the uniqueness in Melaka. It’s nothing much different from Hainanese Chicken Rice. We beat our appetite in our recent trip of Jom Makan-Makan at Melaka @ 28 Mar 2009.
Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Ball @ Jonker Street
You can see this Jonker Street board (attached on new renovated building) when you coming from Jalan Laksamana (Christ Church) towards Lorong Hang Jebat. This building known as Sam Shu Gong which sell varieties traditional biscuits and candies. It’s very similar to Tan Kim Hock food distributor that we know 20 years ago.
Beside this building is where Hoe Kee Chicken Rice is located.
As early as 11.00, I can see people start queuing. I thought at 3pm, getting a seat would be easier but then the queue is still there. People just get crazy over one place too much. In fact, there are few, but we choose this place as we feel it’s cleaner and not stuffy.
It’s all that we all get crazy about. It’s nothing except the rice is made into ping pong size and unique to Melaka food tourism.
The sticky ball is definitely better compare to my last visits. It do not break easily. Also I don’t think I’m getting enough with even 15 balls. Therefore, I prefer the normal rice.
A good try if you think what you want for your lunch. Come on, chicken rice ball at Melaka.
Capitol Satay Celup @ Melaka
51140 days
Melaka (Malacca) is being popular with one of the best of the best, that I ever heard about, Satay Celup. It’s a must eat when you visit Melaka. It is a kind of steamboat with pot of aromatic and orgasmic peanut sauce.
Restoran Capitol Satay @ Melaka
You can have satay celup as snack or as dinner (if you don’t mind the long queue). It’s my second time coming here. I do not know this place until my Melaka friend introduced to me. I’m always be the first batch of customer at 5.30PM when they just opened their shop.
By default, we were serving with Muar’s bread. I like the bread when it dipped into peanut sauce, it’s exceptionally soft and fluffy.
Capitol Satay Celup opens at 5.30PM and till late night especially on holiday eve.
What is all about the uniqueness over here? Okay, in fact, it’s similar to the steamboat. Instead of boiling pot of soup, satay celup is cooked by dipping or dunking sticks of raw foods into boiling pot of aromatically rich and spicy peanut sauce.
The other good thing is the self-service. We can take all we want and no restriction on which you like until out of stock. Probably, the best things won’t long. Each stick is offer at flat price of 70 cents per each. That’s a time when the special offer huge tiger prawn and sotong being serve on your table. It’s a bonus to have such top value food!
Other than above, there are wide variety of raw foods available for selection, such as prawns, vegetables, pork, chicken, fish balls, quail’s eggs, cockles, squids, pig’s liver, braised pig’s ears, Taiwanese sausages, and many more.
At the end of the meal, you are only pay for what you’ve eaten. However, foods in plates are priced differently, according to the plate color.
Price has been increased exponentially, from 50 cents, 60 cents and 70 cents now. While I believe in KL, the price is much higher at starting price of RM1.00 to RM1.80 (depending on stick color).
Five of us had eaten total of 66 sticks and the bill is cost us RM99. Yummy Satay Celup!!
Ipoh Trip 2009
01165 days
An unplanned trip to Ipoh this year. Originally, I was thinking to visit Ipoh together with nearby tourist area such as tea boh farm and hot spring. This capital of Perak is located 200km from KL. In the past, I was just passed by this city without really go around. It has been 4 years since my last trip to Ipoh. I start my journey at 8am from KL.
Ipoh Old Town Trip
7-8 March 2009
What is so interesting about Ipoh? As the capital is well-known on its own history, it’s has been made famous by the food like bean sprout chicken rice. I’m not sure whether it’s originated from here, however, it had been long associated with.
I drive along the old trunk road which save me toll payment about RM24.60. This cost is about half tank of my petrol. I don’t mind driving the slower road but I do care about the volume of vehicles on the road. It just get on my nerve.
Since it’s already lunch time at 11.30am when I reach, I settle down my lunch at famous Ipoh Chicken Rice stall. Yummy. But no pictures here. LoL. I’m not into food blogging. Keke.
The Mines Wonderland
21187 days
The Mines Wonderland is a theme-park with variety of entertainment and with numerous multi-colored night light. It was built on former mining pool and has various attraction such as laser show, musical fountain, snow house and a wide range of water sport activities on the lake.
The Mines Wonderland
15 February 2009
It has been a long while since my last visit, probably more than 10 years ago. My visit this time is just for fun and coincidentally on the Valentines Day mood with my dear. After many years, my curiosity has built up.
The entrance has moved to the amphitheater side, so we need to walk a distance to reach there.
Price for an adult is RM35 with senior citizen is RM25 and child is RM23. Kind of expensive and the park is not live up its expectation. No wonder not many visitors on the weekend. I thought something should be going wrong.
Nevertheless, you still seeing some beautiful landscape catered for Chinese New Year and Flora Festival that still going on.
What I notice at the first is roller coaster is no longer there. The winter house is no longer have snow however, the temperature is still maintain as before. It’s no longer called Snow House but Four Season Garden.
The current season is Spring. Winter is already over, so no snow.
Among all, I found that this small tower is the best!
From the entrance towards the park, I saw Coin Garden. This garden houses local coins and some foreign coins. Local coins from 1 cent until 1 ringgit. The coin is not small, almost as tall as an adult.
My most favorite RM1 gold coin which is no longer use in Malaysia.
One of the big foreign coin.
On the lakeside, there is Giant Dragon Sculpture. I find it new and interesting.
Does dragon tortoise represent anything? I don’t know.
At night, the light will shine those dragons. It become an antique look.
I stumble upon this unknown park which housing various animal statues such as bear, deer, elephant, pigeon and etc. It’s actually an abandon mini golf in landscaped park.
Mural that getting tear off. Originally very nice and real but spoil totally.
Nothing can beat this dirty water. Aiksss…FYI…I took a photo here a decade ago. Up-to-date, it wasn’t even one change!
The Secrets of Tiger is just an exhibition with lots of picture and fact articles.
A giant tiger statue in front of its house.
Garden Boat is located opposite tiger’s house and had a dominating ride there. Nobody is riding except both of us.
This birdcage-like boat takes you on a cruise along a 200 metres canal.
Canal water is moving slowly and we enjoy green environment very much.
The park is housing various kinds of animals and it scattered around in their cages. Statue animal can be found as well. Some of the special species of tigers, peacocks and parrots are having their own park and section.
Light Fantasy On Water with giant animated aquatic animals decorated with numerous multi-colored lights floats proudly on the lakeside.
Axe moon shape at night.
Vriesea & Topiary Garden.
Vintage Car is where you can drive it along and round the fish pond where you can experience nostalgic moments. Nearby the station, there is a fish feeding on mostly koi.
Musical Fountain is one of the attraction that still represent Mines Wonderful uniqueness in local tourism. Incorporating light, musical and water, the “water dance” is a spectacular sight.
Laser show is also available with multimedia presentation. Magic show comes after that. I started to become boring and go back after the show.
Restaurant and other cafe facilities are maintain so so and not many varieties. More places is worth to visit such as Road Tram, Unity Fountain, Unity Train, White Kingdom and etc.
Taman Rama-Rama Melaka
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Taman Rama-Rama Melaka is one of the sanctuary that houses butterflies and insects in the world. More than 200 local species included the rare species such as Rajah Brooke and Birdwing. Other than that, they are more than 400 collection of insects.
Taman Rama-Rama (Melaka)
Butterfly Park in Melaka is one of the few places I visit during my stay in Melaka. It’s just located after Ayer Keroh toll. You have to turn to the left after the toll OR pay attention to the signboard once you paid your toll.
Carpark is FREE. Entrance fees is RM6 for adult and RM3 for your camera!
The weather during my visit is okay, just a bit of raining. Not many peoples at that time although it was a holiday. Perhaps once in every 10 years as my last visit is almost a decade.
A group of butterfly sucking the juice from orange and pineapple slices.
In fact, there are many local species and rare species is very hard to find.
A beautiful species here.
It’s very concentrate on its meal until not aware that we have taken 2 pictures already with close gap.
A koi pond which I think is a must in such beautiful landscape. Compliment to the nature.
Other than normal butterflies that we expected, there are many unexpected could be seen. One of it is weird frog which look alike robotic. Geezzz.
America Alligator is damn dangerous compare to asian crocs.
I suddenly think that whether should I visit Crocodile Farm in my next destination since they had their own section here and wondering what the need to have a special park dedicated to them.
Can I have Bear Park or Tiger Park?
What a leopard is going to do in Butterfly Park and Reptilians? To make RM6 entrance fees worth enough?
Malayan Tapir can be found in some forested habitat. It can be seen actively during the night. I like tapir due to the color scheme equal to panda.
Asian tortoise is the largest inhabiting Asia and fourth largest in the world.
Turtle is coming after the tortoise. One is land and one is water.
Through out the park, I noticed some reptiles in their own cage with different species from different countries.
Butterfly exhibition room is in final section. This indoor section with a massive collection of insects in dead form.
The park is an imitation of the butterfly’s natural habitat in overall. So, if you want to come to the Taman Rama-Rama, Melaka (Butterfly Farm, Melaka), make sure to bring camera as it’s worth to bring back some wonderful shots.
