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| It was on the first day of Hari Raya Puasa, 19 August 2012, Jimmy Chow organised an event to ride to Ampang Town for the famous Yong Tau Foo. |
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| I was early that morning and decided to start my ride from RSC Jalan Raja. |
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| The city was quiet on the first day of Raya and I slowly rode towards Pudu to meet the group. |
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| Before that I stopped by at this coffee shop in front of Plaza Pudu for a bowl of hot porridge. |
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| Just a few hundred metres away from my breakfast was the meeting point. |
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| All were cheerful and colourful too. |
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| And we were ready and eager to go. |
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| It is a good idea to take a photo of the group for remembrance. |
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| And off we went......with Jimmy the organiser leading the way while Khaw Lye Hock sweeping behind. |
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| From Pudu to Jalan Tun Razak. |
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| Into Jalan Ampang and this is after Ampang point. |
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| Still at Jalan Ampang but we could already smell the Yong Tau Foo. |
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| Here we were at the famous Yong Tau Foo shop. Restoran Foong Foong. |
A rare trade seen in front of the shop, Ding Ding Candy and the Ding Ding man.
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| One of the characteristics of this eating shop is the microphone, orders can be heard loud and clear by everyone. |
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| With a friendly Bak Chang (glutinous rice dumpling) lady. |
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| All ready to take photos of the food and savour the marvel of Yong Tau Foo. |
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| Deep fried Sui Kau with crispy skin and streaming hot stuffed ingredients in inside. Truly yummy leh. |
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| The famous Ampang Yong Tau Foo. |
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| That's Jimmy Chow on the right. |
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| Business is always overwhelming while the neighbouring shops are enjoying the spillover business. |
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| Bike Friday tandem bike was part of the ride. |
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| I found out by accident that this is the boss of the shop...don't know why he wasn't looking happy business soooo... good. |
The preparation place is big and this is the Bitter Gourd Corner.
FOONG FOONG RESTAURANT (non-Halal)
621-A, Jalan Besar Ampang,
68000 Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Business hours : 9am – 4pm
Closed on Tuesdays.
GPS : 3.144544,101.763766
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| All stomachs fully satisfied and time to take conquer of another ground. |
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| Turning off Jalan Ampang for Jalan Taman Putra |
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| Then turn left into Jalan Hulu Langat for some tedious climbs. |
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| Some have to push but no shame, it's already an achievement to be able to reach here. |
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| A couple of stops was necessary to rest our leg muscles. |
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| David was unlucky to encounter a puncture but he recovered it competently within minutes. |
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| One for the album before Pekan Batu 14 Hulu Langat. |
Another break in a kopitiam, the kopi "o" here was lovely.
The coffee shop for once it looks as if it was a bicycle shop
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| After having a cup of good local coffee we proceeded with our ride. |
Getting out of the town and heading towards Jalan Cheras.
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| Jimmy taking a stop under neath a fly over and ensuring everything is alright. |
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| It was nice to see motor lane and tunnel but it's only for a very short run. We hope more of such provision will be made available in the near future. |
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| It's Raya there is a lot of vehicles at Jalan Cheras.It was a bit tricky here. |
What a relief....Jalan Cheras is not cycling friendly for sure and requires full concentration while on this stretch. Thank goodness it's over.
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| At the traffic light of Pudu road and Sg. Besi Road and with another hundreds of metres away we were done. |
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| The Raya Ride adventure has finally completed with full marks and full satisfaction. |
Some stayed back for a delicious meal of roast goose & etc but I had to move on to beat the possible rain. But it did not rain I should have stayed back for the lunch...... :C
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| It was 3.40pm back to where I started, the total distance covered on this ride was 40km. See you again for another ride. |
