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| In Klang. |
In the last 12 months alone, I had made a total of 5 drive trips to Klang on my own. The more recent 3 trips were made with Sue and one of the 3 together with Deb. The first 2 drive trips on my own were very stressful because of my unfamiliarity with the roads and places in Klang, and also not knowing where to eat. Furthermore, the frequent news that I have read about crimes, robberies, carjackings, etc., happening in Klang, were unhelpful. But, for each of the drive trips, we made an effort to explore a little more of Klang, in particular, food and shopping areas around Bukit Tinggi, as well as understand a little more about Klang.
So, my most recent drive trip to Klang with Sue on 18 December to visit Ma, Ah Ching and Susan was a relaxing and enjoyable one. This was despite that my left leg was in pain. We were able to enjoy the drive tremendously even though we missed our exit (Exit 502A) along Kesas Highway when we were on our way to Bukit Tinggi. We ended up in Port Klang but made our way back to Bukit Tinggi effortlessly. Our original plan was to rest a night in Klang after seeing Ma, Ah Ching and Susan, before returning back to Singapore the next afternoon. But, the next morning, my leg condition did not improve. So, we extended our stay by another night to allow my leg to recover before driving back to Singapore. With the extra day, we decided to explore further up North of Bukit Tinggi where the Old Klang is - near River Klang, Klang's Bus Interchange and the Railway Station.
Upon arrival on the first day, we brought Ma, Ah Ching and Susan for Dim Sum Lunch at our now regular restoran at Jalan Langat - Imperial Restoran. Ah Ching gave us a treat instead. It was a good early Christmas Lunch. From the receipt, it seems that the 2 expensive bowls of Hashima Dessert ordered by Ah Ching were on the house - not reflected in the receipt!
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| A Glimpse of Our Dim Sum Dishes at Imperial |
In Klang, it is quite hard to spot any yummy looking, moist, tender Hainanese White Chicken around. Everywhere, in Coffee Shops, Aeon Shopping Centre or Restorans, the chickens on display were mostly quite dry. But we managed to find one opposite Aeon that looked sufficiently appetising. It is a small, clean eating house selling Melaka Chicken Rice Ball. The staff there told me that the eating house was opened a year ago.
We ordered the Chicken Rice Balls, White Chicken, Char Siew, Chicken Innards and Ipoh's Beansprouts. The chilli was super hot. The dishes were acceptable and the price came up to RM 26 (S$10.15). Reasonably cheap. Their best was the cold Sour Plum & Lemon drink - this one is a must try!
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| Melaka Chicken Rice Ball |
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| Chicken Rice Balls, Chicken Innards, Char Siew, Ipoh's Beansprouts and Chicken. |
While we were at Aeon, we had Penang's Prawn Noodles Soup and 'Kueh Pie Ti' for our afternoon Tea, together with an Ice Teh-Si. Both dishes were very flavorful and delicious. It is authentic Penang's food here in Klang.
Penang's Food at Aeon - Prawn Noodles Soup and Kueh Pie Ti - Sedap!
However, our best discovery on this trip was this little Dim Sum Tea House at Hotel Sea Lion located at Jalan Bayu Tinggi 2A, which is just opposite Premiere Hotel, where we were staying. And, it was here that we had our best breakfast in Klang, so far. The ambience was to our liking - clean, quiet, peaceful, comfortable, polite staff, and great Dim Sum at an amazingly good price. The Dim Sum here is definitely better and more consistent than Imperial. For 2 persons, the price came up to RM 29 (S$11.30) - with Century Egg, Salted Egg & Minced Pork Porridge, Lor Mai Kai, Mushroom Siew Mai, Seafood Dumplings, Beancurd Rolls, a big plate of Fried Carrot Cake and free flow of hot 'Pu-er' tea to go along with. We enjoyed our breakfast.
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| Looking Out From Our Table. |
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| Looking Out To The Open Terrace. |
It was so good that we went back there for breakfast again the next morning before we returned to Singapore. This time round, we ordered the Prawn Rolls, Pork Ribs, Chicken Feet, Prawns Chee Cheong Fun, Har Kow, plus our new favourite Fried Carrot Cake, Century Egg Porridge, and a free flow of hot 'Tier Kuan Yin' Tea. The Prawn Rolls were really fresh and good. Ah Ching would definitely enjoy the Fried Carrot Cake, which was fried using their in-house sambal prawn chilli plus Beansprouts. It was really nice because it had plenty of 'Wok Hei'.
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| The Dim Sum Tea House at Hotel Sea Lion |
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Sea Lion Tea House's Menu
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| Half Way Through Our Breakfast - What that is left on the Table. |
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| Fried Carrot Cake with Beansprouts, Eggs and Sambal Prawn Chilli. |
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| Prawns Chee Cheong Fun. |
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| My All Time Favourite - Fresh & Crispy Prawn Rolls. |
Klang is actually quite a foodie's place. Plenty of good food from everywhere (Penang, Ipoh, Melaka, etc.,), and at a really cheap price. In fact, one of our all-time favourites is Klang's KFC - very moist, meaty, tasty and much cheaper than Singapore. Another of my favourite is Nasi Lemak with Sotong Merah from Aeon.
In our next trip up Klang, we are going to try the famous Lontong Klang at Jalan Remia 2. We read that they serve one of the best Lontong and Nasi Lemak with Sotong Hitam and Sotong Merah.
