EDC UUM - UUM Hotel

Looking For Executive Hotel Nearest to UUM??
EDU-UUM claimed them self as the only premise in Sintok area with concept of hotel and seminar facilities,
they started operation on September 2006.
Its’ tastefully designed, valued for money accommodation consists of 88 guest rooms concise of:

• 2 units of Sri Cemara Suites
  ( Two bedroom Suites ) more details
• 4 units of Sri Meranti Suites
  ( One bedroom Suite ) more details 
• 82 units of Standard Rooms more details

Let have a look on the environment around EDC-UUM.

 

The contact information as below:
EDC-UUM
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 Sintok, Kedah
Tel  : 604-928 8888
Fax : 604-928 8825
More contact number are available here.
For more information visit their website.

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T-Hotel (Changlun) for UUM Convocation

Looking for CLEAN, REASONABLE PRICE hotel in Changlun, Kedah for UUM Convocation.  Amat sesuai untuk tempahan Konvoksyen UUM Ke-24 tahun ini.

T-Hotel provide comfortable stay with a very reasonable price. The hotel is the best choice for people who travel Kedah & Perlis as they are available in several areas such as: Tandop (Alor Star), Kuala Perlis and Changlun. They provide budget accomodation with good service, it would be a nice place to stay for person like me (rent the room only for only a comfort not luxury). Let roll the photos.

   
The contact information as below:
CHANGLUN
No.1A, 1B, 1D, Pekan Lama Changlun
06010 Jitra, Kedah
Tel : 04-924 8888 / 04-924 4888  
Fax : 04-924 4988  
Email : changlun@thotel.com.my

You also will find T-Hotel in Kuala Perlis
 
KUALA PERLIS
No.45, Persiaran Putra Timur 1
02000 Kuala Perlis, Perlis
Tel : 04-985 3888  
Fax : 04-985 5888  
Email : kualapelis@thotel.com.my
More contact number are available here.
For more information visit their website.

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Hotel Changloon Inn - Taman Resak

Mencari hotel di Changlun? Untuk Konvoksyen UUM Ke-24? semua hotel penuh? cuba call Changloon Inn di Taman Resak

Looking for Cheap, Quite Place to stay in Changlun?? Another comfy budget hotel around town. They are located at Taman Resak, you can find them if you are using the old road from Changlun to UUM. They are located far away from the noisy, busy Bukit Kayu Hitam Highway; you will get a quite comfy room in the village environment. (maybe you will get the cricket sound too..).

 
They have 20 rooms in total and differents in two type of room:

• Standard room - RM60
• Family room – RM80
  (Normal day price)
  

How they look like? roll the photos.
Services:

• 24 hours free parking
  
• on call transportation service
  
• Car rental and taxi
  
• No breakfast included (but food stalls are available nearby)

The contact information as below: 
Changloon Inn Lot 2 & 3, Taman Resak, 06010 Changlun, Kedah
Tel : 019-408 4988 Email : changlooninn@yahoo.com
The actual location of the hotel is here.

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Story of chicken rice and burst tyre 4/10

Story of chicken rice and burst tyre ^^
April 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM

Warning: super long post ahead!

went to kuala kangsar immediately after work on friday to settle some payment and errands last week.
since we are going to pass by Ipoh anyway, why not make a stopover at the famous Lou Wong ban sprout chicken rice? it's been a while since we went there anyway.

hmm.. did they change their signboard?

friday night crowd is not as as crowded as compared to weekends. but still the crowd i still there. and the crowd is not just chinese.
    and the food has arrived! chicken serving for two, a plate of bean sprout, 5 pork balls and two plates of rice. including 2 herbal tea, it cost us less than RM24.00. it's dirt cheap considering it is quite a big portion! the chicken rice stall in KL cost more. and the portion is way smaller. after more than a year since we ate there, has anything changed?

yes. but not in a positive way…

somehow i think they have deteriorate a little. the chicken is not as smooth as what i had previously. lucky the the yummy taste is still there.

but my real disappointment come from the pork balls. to be frank, i've tasted better pork balls. but the soup is beyond terrible. it is sweet. but not due to the natural sweetness from the soup base or meat. instead it is more like due to added sugar. aiks!

i hope that they will not use this same soup base if people ordered 'hor fun' instead of rice. i may be wrong. correct me if i'm wrong. anyway, it depend of people's own preference i guess. if you asked me whether i will got to Lou Wong again, i will say yes! but not for the pork balls. at least until they change the soup base.

anyway, we continued our journey to Kuala Kangsar. little do we know that the worst are yet to come.
as we pass through Menora Tunnel (located between Jelapang and Kuala Kangsar), there will be a series of speed breaker (more like suspension breaker!).
and suddenly BAM!!!!!

the car in front of us hit something. less than 2 seconds later, it is our turn. there's no way we can avoid that due to the speed we are travelling in.

what did we hit? we have no idea till now. all we know that it is yellow in colour, looks like an overturned wok and it is very solid, almost like a rock. must have dropped from a lorry due to the long speed breaker…
not long after, we saw more than 10 cars parking aside the emergency lane checking their cars. we continued our journey but something was amiss when the car was a bit noisy and shaky.

we stopped by the emergency lane not long after. and boy, that was scary as the emergency lane was very narrow. imagine buses and lorries wheezing past you inches away and they too flashing lights and horn at you as they are afraid of hitting us as well.

and we are only 12km from reaching our destination…
with no experience in changing tyres (we are unable to change anyway as the lane is too narrow to change alone), we decided to call the emergency guys from PLUS using the emergency phones located along the highway.

but then again, i never used those phones before. when i pressed the only button on the phone, there's only one sound – static buzzing. oh great, the phone is not working, or so i think?
with the dark forest beside me, it reminds me of horror stories i heard in the internet. my wife is only afraid of getting hit by other vehicles. she got a point though.
anyway, after 30 minutes, we managed to get hold of the PLUS guys through our handphone. apparently they received a lot of calls in that area too.

changing tyres are not an easy feat even to those guys, imagine changing the tyres while facing the traffic. and i even have to direct other vehicles via flashlights to avoid being hit.
the next morning, when we went to the tyre shop to check the damage, there were three noticeable cracks

and the total damage for the tyre? RM140. damn!
and we think that the pork balls are lousy…
at last we are safe though.

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Koon Kee Wantan Mee 2/21

Koon Kee Wantan Mee February 20, 2011 at 10:07 PM

it's been some time since i last ate here. i guess it's been more than 2 years.

after thinking what to eat on friday night, we decided to head to Koon Kee for a wantan mee since we are in Petaling Street

i don't remember it was so expensive man… a glass of mostly diluted sugar cane drink is RM3, a plate of wantan mee is RM4 and a bowl of Sui Gao (6 pieces) cost us RM5. all in all, it cost us RM19.

if you asked me, i would say the noodles is good. but not to the extend of heavenly good. in fast, i can get a good wantan mee + sui gao + drinks for two at a cheaper price.

well, i guess that's what happens when you get famous. but then again, the rentals on the shop may have gone up too.

anyway, we might go there again if we crave for wantan mee in Petaling street and have extra cash. it's ok to splurge once in a while in good (but not spectacular) food once in a blue moon, right? haha!

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Tanjung Sepat (01.02.2011) 2/8

Tanjung Sepat (01.02.2011)
February 7, 2011 at 9:58 PM


Feeling bored since we are on leave and chinese new year is still two days away, wife has decided to bring me to Tanjung Sepat for some sightseeing and makan.
being the lazy ass, i just dragged along (although i'm not driving. haha!) and went for it. the journey itself took us 2 hours.
1st stop, as everyone would have guessed it it is Hai Yew Hing Pau

it is sin not to come here i guess, after all the reviews you get from the TV and bloggers. the photo above is the new shop. their old shop is located just opposite of it. enough about the shop. let's venture on the pau instead.
at that time, the only pau they have is 'sang yook', 'mui choi' and red bean. all of them are priced at RM2.20/piece. we opted for 'sang yook' and 'mui choi'

above is the 'sang yook' pau. there's a half of hard boiled egg too!. the taste is good!!! i wished there were more gravy though. but then again, it might be due to us eating it way later after we bought it. we resteam and only eat it once we are back home at that time.

next up is 'mui choi' pau. fans of 'mui choi' will definitely love it. no kidding. but wife wished there are more minced meat though. but it tasted good nonetheless.

free advertisement for them in return for the good pau. not that they needed it anyway. haha!
take note though, it is best to eat it while it is hot as somehow the pau get cold and hard fast. we noticed about it while we were at home. although we just steamed it, it will get cold fast.
next stop is seafood Bak Kut Teh. i am always skeptical about seafood bak kut teh as i don't think seafood and the herbs will ever match. but since Tanjung Sepat is famous for this too, so why not try it?
but…
they had finished selling it by the time we were there. and guess what? it was only 11 something in the morning. either they are that good or they cater for small crowd only. next time then.
we proceed to Gano Farm next. it's my least favourite place that day because it's boring to me… ling zhi and mushrooms does not interest me much. haha!
 
the entrance to the farm/factory.shop and also homestay
  

i guess when we were there, the ling zhi season is not there yet. so, we only get to see fake ling zhi. too bad. And then there's this bridge that everyone seem to talk about. go search in Google and you'll find lots of blog post about it. some call it Lover's Bridge.
starting point

about 3rd  quarter where the bridge are made with planks
  
and towards the end of the bridge.
i wouldn't say it is a bridge, in fact, it is a mini jetty, not a bridge. and one more, i will not even declare it as a Lover's Bridge as i will not go there for a date. haha! but it's a good place for photography though.
since Tanjung Sepat is a fishing village, it's time to scourge for a place that sells marine products. or to be precise, fish balls and yong tau fu for steamboat dinner. more on the steamboat later.
after going round the small town, we finally found one!

remember this signboard!

this is the place. if not for the signboard, i don't think people will be able to find it
the moment you tell the employees that you want to buy fish ball from them, you will be ushered into the manufacturing place. uh… actually you will see them around making fish balls and stuff

'making 'fucuk' with fish paste fillings
 
this guy is scooping fish paste into fish balls and then into the water. this process raised my wife's curiosity as why did the paste did not disintegrate the moment it is in the water. apparently the worker told us that if the fish paste is fresh, it will harden almost immediately.
either that, or she made that up to please my wife's queries. haha!

some of the fish balls will be fried

and then left to dry and also to get rid of the excess oil
  
feels like eating it at that time.
they also made a lot other products, a lot of yong tau fu stuff. but unfortunately most of them are not ready yet. i did not take photos of it too…
and so… it's the end of our short trip. but before that, we made a small stop at :-

Morib Beach it's just a few kilometres away from Tanjung Sepat on the way back to KL. why not have a look?

but but but… the beach it lousy, to say it mildly, maybe because it is near to mangrove i guess? but at least the beach is mostly clean


nothing much here. it's good enough to take a small stroll along the beach.
  
but this Memorial is one thing that catches my attention most in Morib beach. apparently the British had landed here on an operation back then. but when i look at the date, it seems to me that the Japanese occupation had stopped.
and so i made a Google search and found out that this operation is called Operation Zipper. but the operation was deemed obsolete as the Japanese had surrendered earlier. they landed here for nothing. hahahaha! but at least they don't have to fight for war!
and so, there's a lot more to go in this Tanjung Sepat trip. lots of farms and factories and seafood restaurants to explore, but i guess we'll have to go again next time.
and oh, lastly for the steamboat, this is our 'catch for the day' :-

out of all, the fried fish ball is the best!
 
got bored of the usual tom yam / clear soup base, we opted for ABC soup base. the end result? Mama mia!!!
what a great day to warm up for Chinese New Year 2010!

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Sometimes, it is not the food 2/1

sometimes it is not the food
January 31, 2011 at 12:35 PM


There's one mamak stall in a lane (or Soi in Thai. haha!) between Lebuh Ampang & Jalan Tun HS Lee that is always jam packed with people during lunch time.
it was very near my ex-company but i did not had the chance to try it during my 2 years plus working in that area due to the reason above and also due to a rumours that my ex-colleague told me. not going to tell about it as it is just rumours though.
anyway, i only went to try it last year and revisited it recently.

this is the stall. it's hard to miss it during lunch time as it will be full of people sitting and also standing while waiting for their order. and oh, the smoke AND….
the way the owner cooks! the constant spinning of the wok, the way he toss the vegetables, prawns and sauces makes me think that he is dancing instead of cooking. it's a good entertainment while waiting for your food though.

and here is my plate of nasi goreng + telur mata. i opted for telur mata instead of prawns as i don't feel like eating prawns that day. but let me assure you, they are generous with the prawns from what i see from plate of nasi goreng belonging to the guy next to me.
as for the taste, it's good but not over-the-top good though. for RM4.50 with a limau ais. i wouldn't complain though. in fact, i will come again!
as i was on half day leave that day, i got the privilege to spend more time at that stall. from what i noticed, most of the patrons are guys and mostly working with banks as office boy. not surprising considering the number of banks in that area.
i think this stall is very interesting not because of the food but rather as it is a melting pot for the banks' office boys/clerks to meet up with each other. lots of topics you can hear from there. i heard lots of stories when i was sitting there for the past 1 hour. (*i heard, k? not eavesdrop. haha!). and i wonder why those clerks are so free to have long lunch…
so, with cheap food + in-house entertainment + gossips, it is worth going there for lunch. AND if you are working in that area and wondering why is your department's clerk is disappearing from the office, you may try your luck here! haha!
*note, the best time to have your meals there is not during lunch hour. haha! and also during puasa time.

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