27th
december 2014
2nd post!!!!!!! Hahahah debuting my
“virgin” blog post hehe pardon the English here ><. The last time I went on a boat trip to
overseas was to Indonesia and now after around 15 years here I am again at
Changi Ferry Terminal (CFT) ready to go to my friend’s hometown Pengerang. Haha
to be honest I have never heard of this place in my life before until my friend
told me about it.
Met with 4 other university friends at Changi
Ferry Terminal early in the morning at 9am, as my friend told me that we need
to be early to avoid the crowd. Once at CFT we waited for the bum boat to
Pengerang. Sadly we were told that we need to wait for the
whole boat to be full before the boat can set off. There are 2 type of boat
that we can “choose” to take the fibre boat which cost 13 dollar per pax and
the wooden bumboat which cost 11 dollar per pax. The main difference between these
2 boats is that the fibre boat only require 35 mins to reach Pengerang from
Changi while the latter requires 75 mins to each Pengerang. Haha the “choose”
was written in such a way as obviously we were not given a choice we could only
take whichever boat that was available. Unfortunately we got the wooden
bumboat, oh well at least we didn’t need to wait so long for 12 people to fill
up the boat.
Finally we board the boat!!! With some catching
up to do the 75 minutes passed faster than we thought.
Passed through the
custom and saw some taxi drivers waiting to pick passengers up so we hop on to
2 separate taxis and set off to my friend’s grandma grocery store. Through the
taxi ride there was not much of a scenery, as from what we heard Malaysia are
developing the village into a oil state whereby the company Petronas is
developing it. Hence slowly they are forcing out the villagers to relocate to
Johor Bahru(JB). It’s very sad to see our culture slowly being written over by
modernization. Nonetheless we reached our friend’s grandma grocery stall and
something to note the GUANYIN temple beside it according to my friend is quite
famous so if you visit Sugnai Rengit Town just tell the taxi driver to stop by
the famous Guanyin temple and alight for a moment to pray for some blessings.
Sadly I did not take picture of the temple L
Next after some praying we proceed on to travel
to the main town Sugnai Rengit Town (SGT). According to estimation the cab ride
from the ferry terminal to SGT is around 30rm. If you are lucky enough they may
even ferry 5 people per ride (but beware of local police).
Once we reach the town we went to put our
barang barang( belongings) at my friend’s house and our day food adventure
begins!!!!! We walked around and we saw a huge (aluminum) statue of a large
lobster as the mascot of the state. No one wanted to take picture
with it as they say it is ugly only I think it looks cool hahah remind me of
transformer.
Next we proceed on to walk ard to hunt for food. My friend bought us to a laska stall which
sells Malaysia style laska (RM4.50). However it was not to my liking as I
prefer either laska which has a lot of coconut milk or spicy laska, and sadly
the laksa was neither.
Next we ordered a big bowl of mango ice (RM
3.00) to share. The serving was quite large and enough for the 5 of us to share
around. However it was quite disappointing as the shaved ice was quite rough
for the texture and more than half of it was just unflavoured ice. But I must say
the top half of the ice was quite nice as the mango were fresh and the
condensed milk was not very sweet. *** note the stall is located at some
small alley and there was no signboard***
Next we my friend recommended us to go eat the
only fast food restaurany in the area MarryBrown, located at Jalan
Besar, Sungai Rengit, 81620 Pengerang Johor. It is similar to KFC as they sell fried chicken too.
Hence the five of us ordered a 5 piece combo meal which cost around 32RM to
share as we do not want to be too full. Did not take picture of the chicken as
everyone ate too fast due to hungriness, but it was just like normal fried
chicken. The taste of the skin was not fantastic or rather to say it was below
average. However the meat inside was juicy and succulent, hence for people who do not wanna eat the fattening skin MarryBrown is just the place for you.
However the fries were also mediocre.
Next we wanted to eat seafood for lunch as
Pengerang is well known for its seafood especially lobster (HAHA as their state
mascot is a huge lobster). Previously my other friends who have been here went
to Jade Garden Seafood Corner which was the most famous seafood restaurant in
the area. However they relocated to another place just behind the local primary
school. However my friend warned us that even though the seafood there is as
fresh and delicious the price tag coming with it is quite heavy. The price is
comparable to Singapore seafood price zzzzzz.(Might as well eat in Singapore)
He recommended
Restoran
You Kees as it is
more famous among the locals with a cheaper price tag as compared to Jade
Garden. Before we went in as my friend
knew the lady boss of the restaurant, the lady boss asked us to come back
awhile later as there will be some tour bus arriving brining people to eat
there. Confused we asked the reason why, she said the food will not be as nice
as they will be serving large number of customers. ***therefore take note try
to avoid weekends lunch period or dinner period*** Therefore we went back
around 1 hr later and started ordering.
While waiting for the food to come I went
around looking at the banners of the restaurant surprisingly Singapore channel
U have came here before to interview the shop and recommend their food on
television. (hmm I wonder how I missed out that hehehe as I love to watch
television) Celebrities such as Zoe Tay, Guoliang, LiTeng and many more others
have been here too. Next I walked around taking photos of the live seafood in the
shop.
LOBSTERSSSSSS YUMYUM HEHEHEHE
I think I ate this once before in china the meat was sweet and juicy
however we did not order this. According to the boss it costs 28RM per sea
mantis.
Finally the food starts to slowly
arrive.
The appetizer
comes on first it was the local prawn crackers. Haha everyone chiong for the
prawn crackers as we were hungry again even though we ate so much just now.
Next one of my favourite dishes in Singapore
Tze Char stall. However this was a huge disappointment L The hotplate toufu was not even
sizzling when bought to our table furthermore it was practically tasteless. It was so
tasteless that all five of us agreed that it was bad. There is the broccoli too
which we ordered, this was much nicer as it was stir fried in butter and the
aroma of the butter fused perfectly with the broccoli itself.
Hotplate ostrich meat!!!!! I am quite excited
about this dish as I have never tried ostrich meat before. I heard from my
friend there is an ostrich farm nearby however due to the rain we were not able
to visit it. The sizzling of the meat could be heard even when the dish was
being bought over from the kitchen( not exaggerating at all). The smell was
heavenly however the downside was that the juice of the meat splattered all
over hence we had to keep a distance away from it before we started eating. The
meat was very tender and the smell of the onion drifted all over the place as
the dish continue to sizzle. **take note do not leave the meat stuck onto the
hotplate for too long or it will become chaota***
Next coincidentally the seafood get served simultaneously together. First up
stir fried lala (Clam) in chilli. Haha I never understood why people call clam
lala but I just followed and lala sounds cool though. The sauce of the clam was
perfect!!!!! I think if I eat the sauce just with white rice I can eat up to 5
bowls of it (even though I have a large appetite ><) However the meat of
the clam has all fallen out from its shell. My friend keep removing empty shell
after empty shell. But guess what we found after removing the empty shells. THE
CLAM MEATTTTTT!!!! Haha even though it is small but the freshness of the clam
was what kept us going (even though removing the shells were not a tiring chore
:P) But overall it was the sauce that was nice I must admit that it made the
clam the supporting role instead of its original lead role.
Comeon if you dun order chilli crab when eating seafood it’s a definite
nono for a Singaporean haha (no la kidding) the piping hot chilling crab was
served!!! But the presentation was nt very nice hence we had to shift the
shells around hahahah. However the crab was also another disappointment…. The 2
crabs were quite small of a serving and the meat was literally minimalL There wasn’t enough meat to get a
taste of the crab furthermore the sauce is not as good as the ones in
Singapore. The only saving grace was the mantou we ordered to dip into the
sauce. Did not take picture of the mantou as I thought the main lead was the
crab. However the mantou was soft and fluffy on the inside and hot and crisp on
the outside!!! Niceeeee!
Finally the lead of the whole meal: BUTTER LOBSTER This is one of their
signature dish. All of us were quite excited as we seldom eat lobster in
Singapore due the expensive price tag. There were around 8 small pieces of
lobster which makes up 4 whole lobsters. Each lobster is being deep fried to
golden brown and after that being stir fried with butter. The lobsters are
golden brown and the aroma of the butter instantly gushed into our nose. The
taste of the lobster was superb not only was it fresh the meat coated with the butter
instantly melts in my mouth ( HAHA exaggerating here) but it was real good I
must admit hahaha. ****However please take note do not leave it to cool to eat
or it will start to feel oily and you may get sick of it!****
PART 2 will be up soon dinner supper and breakfast hehehehe food food everywhere yum yum :)
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