Monday, February 23, 2009

Wong Kok Choo

This is another wonderful day for me. I just got an email from a long lost friend, he is Mr. Wong Kok Choo. A friend formerly from Lunas but now has settled down in Ipoh. I first met him in Sultan Badlishah School, Kulim in 1974 and since I left the secondary school I have lost touch of him. We shall meet up one day soon. Be it in Ipoh or Kuala Lumpur, we shall meet. A recent picture of Kok Choo & family, his son already grown big, erh.. And old photos of us at Maxwell Hill in 1974 and during a school excursion to Kuala Lumpur (@ National Museum).


Sunday, February 22, 2009

Typical Hair Cutting Saloon in Malaysia


We would normally call it the Indian Barber Shop, typically run by the Malaysian Indians. When I was a small boy I used to frequent such barber shops and now it’s my children turn. Nowadays, the young Indians in Malaysia have shunned away from such profession and have to employ barbers from India. Here are some of the images seen in a Malaysian Barber Shop. RM8.00 per cut for Adult and RM6.00 for children (These are Kuala Lumpur rates).

Before hair cut....

After hair cut....

CNY Competition @ Kelab Golf Titiwangsa PDRM

The morning weather was perfect and the condition of the golf course was also perfect except my golf score was not perfect. In fact it was horrible. The turnout for the game was very encouraging. I was playing with two low handicappers Zakaria Hashim and Daniel Kwan, the other ball did not turn up, Dr. Sulaiman. Maybe the Doctor has got house call to attend. Mini autumn seen in Hole No.1.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Lan Je Steamed Tilapia @ Kota Damansara

Lan Je Tilapia has been around for many years. It has been popular ever since Lan Je has started her business in Rawang. Now you can get it in Kota Damansara and its equally popular judging from the crowd seen in the shop. This is at the new development of Kota Damansara, Section 7. What you see here are cars belonging the customers of Lan Je. The neighboring shops are still unoccupied.The ever famous Lan Je steamed Tilapia fish, normally a fish for a person in order to satisfy your meal. Lots of ginger and chilli padi.This one is less spicy and hot (no chilli padi in it)Here a typical order for 5 people. Per fish costs RM13.00 onwards.
I love this dish tofu cooked with prawns. This restaurant is pork free; hence you can bring your Muslim friends to try this delicacy.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Soon Futt Bak Kut Teh @ Kulai, Johor

After we have finished our meeting at Tampoi, I took the Lai’s Brothers to Kulai for Bak Kut Teh (BKT done the Kulai way) at Restoran Soon Futt. It is located along the main road of Kulai (same row with an oversea bank). This is my second visit here and now they have expanded their premises with nice décor and it is air-conditioned.
The couple running this BKT shop is a dancing enthusiast. You can see pictures of their hobbies on the wall of this restaurant.
Yeaw Char Koay is served in a different way, theirs is barbequed slightly. Good idea, it burns off the extra oil found on the Yeaw Char Koay. A pot of mixed BKT, the soup is plain but tasty. The dark sauce BKT is equally nice where the pork leg is well cut and selected, dried bean curds are found in this dish (different again from KL). We also ordered a plate of Assam fish. Well, it tasted good too.Chilli served here is with dark soya sauce.Having a meal of BKT must have a bowl of rice. After our lovely late lunch, we headed to Muar, actually slightly outskirt of Muar, a place called Bakri to visit a potential job site. The road leading to the job site. Hope that we can conclude this deal and will be in this part of the world often.