On our way back from the Cameron Highlands to Penang island, Mandy took us to this fishing village named Bukit Tambun. There, you can find a lot of seafood restaurants…
…something like what we have at Kampung Buntal near Damai Beach, a short drive from Kuching city in Sarawak.
We had our dinner there before heading back to the hotel. The service was excellent and the dishes were served within a few minutes after we had placed our orders.
Melissa loved the deep-fried softshell crabs…
…and the clams…
The deep-fried mantis prawns weren’t really great…
…as the taste was drowned by all the batter and the deep frying.
Mandy also ordered two HUGE mantis prawns, steamed…
These were a lot nicer but I thought they tasted something like crab – the taste and texture of the meat of crab claws. If I’m not mistaken, the pair cost RM25.00 each.
Together with the fried mihun with salted fish that we also had…
…the whole meal cost RM107.00 and this time around, Mandy had grown wiser to my excuses like I had to go for a breath of fresh air or I needed to go to the loo…and managed to grab the bill first. Hehehehehe!!! Clever girl, you’re learning fast!
One horrendous thing that transpired that very night at that very same restaurant was – a man got shot while leaving the place…not once but three times. Luckily, he survived! You can read the details of that incident in this newspaper report. If that had happened while we were there, I’d probably have nightmares for at least a week! Luckily, we were early and left long before the traumatic incident occurred.
Mandy got us back to the hotel safe and sound by around 9 or 10.00 p.m. It certainly was a great and memorable day trip for the whole family and thanks again to Mandy for making it possible.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 