Another spontaneous breakfast trip after one of my mom's company's events. There was no argument when Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee was nominated for breakfast. Therefore, the photos were taken by my Samsung Galaxy S4 instead of the usual D90. :P

I've only been to the Publika branch but I've wanted to go to the original one since I was introduced to Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee.

After a few minutes' drive from Tasik Titiwangsa, we've arrived at our destination.



It was the same day as the Terri Fox Run and there were quite a few runners there. However, there's no queue there and it's a relief for us as we were quite hungry then.



Let's see. We ordered 11 bowls of noodles.
The fragrance of the fried onion is there and the poached egg is nicely served. I find the noodles to be moist. Some of the chilli pan mee I've had are quite dry and I dislike that. I usually have to add some soup to moisten the noodles but this is an exception.





However, the noodles were a little bit salty that day. Our table agreed on that. I'm not sure if that happens every day or just that particular day since that's my first time there.



Again, while chilli pan mee, add in a small amount of chilli flakes at a time or else you'd scorch your tongue trying to finish the whole bowl of noodles!

They also sell soup noodles but the chilli pan mee is still the best dish there.

I heard that the service is quite lousy there but we did not receive any bad treatment there and the boss was quite OK. Perhaps it's because it's still not lunch time (a.k.a. busy time)?

Oops. I've forgotten the exact price but it is about RM6 or RM7 per bowl.

Another of my fav pan mee places has got to be Tian Yake Ban Mian :3 It does not specialise in chilli pan mee but soup mushroom pan mee, which is the ultimate pan mee for me.



Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee
40 Ground Floor, 

Contact No.: 016-372 8069

Went to the Tua Pek Kong Temple two weeks ago. It is en route to Sitiawan. Pasir Panjang, if I'm not mistaken. Hmm, think I'll divide it into two posts as the other series of photos taken there are very nature-ish.

Tua Pek Kong is one of the gods from Chinese myths. In Chinese, it is written 大伯公. The best translation I could get is "Tua Pek Kong" so bear with it. :D



What a good sport. Ryan, my brother, modelled for me. x)
Here's the entrance to the temple. Oh, and that's my cap.



Random coconut picture.







up next: The zen-looking place with statues of the 18 Arhats.







The 18 Arhats: a title for the 16 disciples of Tathagata Buddha and the two Arhats who subdued the dragon and tamed the tiger. It is said that 16 of the Arhats didn’t enter the Nirvana, instead, they stay on the earth for ever, subsisted by and created benefit for all flesh; they usually appear in sculptures in temples. - Nciku.com



Love the next bit: the mini waterfall.







And since I've been trying hard to get the focus-thingy right.. here's one that I kinda like.





They also have sculptures of the 12 zodiacs.



The first of the 12: the Rat. Love this sculpture! It's not just because I am of this particular zodiac but this sculpture features two rats and a pumpkin and the craftmanship is awesome.



7th: the Goat.



The 10th: the Rooster. Pretty much my brother's zodiac.



Saw some tortoises. People are just so inconsiderate when they throw plastic bags into the cage. The tortoises could choke on it or get poisoned! Sheeesh.

And here's the..



.. toilet. Okayyyy... I could only recognize Jackie Chan on the right. D:







Tua Pek Kong statue. A huge one.





Spot the dragon.



Sun Wu Kong with his master and fellow mates in their journey to the West.



My bro and I.
It was pretty fun. My grandparents took us there but they had been there before so they sat under the shade and had some soya bean drink after a while. So, it's just my bro and I exploring the place.

Part 2 coming up soon. Stay tuned ;)

Yes, satay celup is a must if you ever visit Malacca. It's not quite satay but in fact satay celup just uses satay sauce for its soup base. It is similar to steamboat but better.



Located at Jalan Ong Kim Wee, Ban Lee Siang's satay celup is quite favorable by locals and tourists alike.
As I mentioned in earlier posts, there are too many people in Malacca because of the clashing of school holidays and Hari Raya holidays. So it was no wonder that there were so many people queuing up for satay celup there. In fact, both shops were full of people. Yes, there are two shops next to each other.





So, basically, what you have to do after securing yourselves a seat is pick some ingredients for your satay celup meal. There are fridges stocked with ingredients. Pick them yourselves. They're of the same price so guess you'll just have to get whatever that is worth the price.



Here's the price list. Each stick of ingredient costs RM0.60. And I'd recommend the bread too.



Why the bread? Easy. It tastes nice in satay sauce.



Here's my deformed bread after soaking it in satay sauce.



So this is what we've got for the first round of ingredients:
Prawns, fishballs, crabsticks, clams, sausages, etc.



The satay celup pot started out like this. Quite normal and gentle. After a few seconds..



.. It turned out to be a violent struggle for food. As though we wouldn't get more than 10 minutes to finish the food.



And here comes the veggies and chicken. Adding some green to the pot.



Here are my two uncles posing with the bamboo sticks that once held the satay celup ingredients. And the fishballs are just props for them. We actually finished everything. So we had to get 3 more sticks of fishballs down our stomachs. We were quite full by the time we finished everything taken.



Here's a group photo. My uncle was still busy eating. mwahahaha



And here's how they count how many sticks we've had. Guess how many sticks are there in the picture? Highlight the characters inside the brackets to find out! (189)

It's my first time having satay celup. Ironically, Malacca is my mom's hometown and I go there a few times each year.
However, my uncle mentioned that there's another satay celup place called The Capitol so I'm so going there to try them the next time I visit Malacca.

Sorry if this post made you want to eat something and caused you hungriness. :X


Ban Lee Siang Satay Celup

After a while we decided to get some cendol, Malacca style! So, we went to Tan Kim Hock Product Centre which is located in Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho. The cendol there is awesome!
and of course, lots of people queueing for it.



While my aunt queued for the cendol, we went inside the centre to browse whatever Malacca specialty that is inside.



Yes, I did mention that we're so tourist-like in this trip. Mom went shopping for some dodols and other stuff for her colleagues, especially for Malay colleagues who are celebrating Hari Raya. I think she plans to give them the dodols when we visit their houses.



Ta-Da! Durian-flavored dodols. In case you're wondering what is a dodol...
Dodol is a toffee-like, sweet food delicacy popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines (especially in the Ilocos Region in Luzon), the Lanao provinces of Mindanao, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Burma. -WIKIPEDIA.org



And here's one of my cousins posing for the camera with a huge lolly she found. Nope, we didn't buy that.



Here's a blurry picture of the trolley and the stuff we wanted to buy. Yep, super tourist-like. and ignore my self-obsessed sister.



Halfway through the shopping, the cendol was ready so we went out for cendol. I mean, that's the main reason we were there. There's two kinds of cendol: Durian flavored ones and the normal Malacca brown sugar ones. The picture above was the Malacca brown sugar cendol. We ordered durian ones too but when we got out they were half eaten so I didn't bother with a picture.



I got one from faithful ol' Google instead.
I prefer the durian flavored one because it's something special and I don't know why I was craving for durian that particular day.

Durian or no durian, Malacca cendol is nice and refreshing, especially after having satay.