Dinner At Restoran Kok Thai & Leaning Tower In Teluk Intan

This is the 5th and final posting for our one day trip to Bagan Datuk. From the biscuit shop, the bus took us to the new Restoran Kok Thai in Jalan Kastam, Off Jalan Maharaja Lela, Teluk Intan where we will be having our dinner.

 Most of us were not really hungry because we had a late lunch.

Plus, my friend and I ate a piece of Teochew kuih on the bus.

 For starter, we were served a bowl of appetizing soup with ingredients such as white tofu, salted veggie, tomatoes, seaweeds, etc.

 Followed by the above plate of Ice Vegetable salad as an appetizer. It's a first time eating Ice Vegetable for most of us and we enjoyed it very much. I am going to keep my eyes open for this Ice vegetable the next time I visit the supermarket.

 I think this is deep fried tofu cubes stir fried with diced beans, dried prawns, onions, and etc.

 Fried tofu with toppings of minced meat and spring onions.

 Tender chicken meat stir fried with yellow, red, green capsicum and carrot.

 Fish head in clay pot.

 Deep Fried Prawns

 Crunchy Deep Fried pork knuckle. It was served with the meat separated from the bones. Sweet sour chili sauce for dippings. Overall, it was a good dinner with flavourful and tasty food. Most of us enjoyed the dishes without eating much rice.

 The night scene with the lighted up leaning tower of Teluk Intan was the final highlight of our one day tour. I took a video to show the changing of colour lights but it didn't turn out well.

And finally, a group photo in front of the leaning tower for our album before we headed back to Ipoh. 

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I take this opportunity to thank every one in this tour group for a wonderful trip. "Thank you" to the people concerned for organizing the tour, pre-ordering of the snacks, taking photos, and those that I didn't mention here. Thank you, Stella for introducing this tour to me and also not to forget the bus driver and partner for the smooth and safe ride. Hope we can get to enjoy more tours together and may God bless you all!

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Let the peace of heart that comes from Christ be always

present in your hearts and lives,

for this is your responsibility and privilege as members of his body.

And always be thankful.

(Colossians 3:15, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Restoran Makanan Laut Hai Yong, Bagan Datuk

Our next destination after the Sky Mirror was a small fishing village in Bagan Sungai Burung. The villagers living here are mostly of Teochew dialect. After alighting from the bus, we had to walk some distance to the seafood restaurant.

 These are for ferrying tourists.

 This one caught my eye.

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 A dilapidated house beside an almost dried up stream.

Not a pleasant sight with all the rubbish.

Fishing boats on both sides of the river.

 Restoran Makanan Laut Hai Yong - where we had our lunch.

It was past 1:30 pm and everyone was famished.

The first dish was finally brought to our table at 2:10 pm.

 Fish balls and fish noodle soup.

 Followed by steamed flower crabs

Steamed 3 combination - thick shell clams, prawns and cuttle fish which was hidden beneath all the garnishing.

 Stir fried sweet potato leaves.

 Blanched cuttlefish served with Thai sweet chili sauce.

 Sample of the local Teochew kuih or sweet cake. This was the pan fried version.

 Deep fried crunchy baby cuttlefish and fish skin coated with savoury sauce.

 Steamed white pomfret fish.

Prawns with salted egg yoke sauce.

It tasted like it had cheese in this very tasty and flavourful sauce.

Thumbs up for this scrumptious lunch. If you are looking for fresh and delicious seafood, this is the place to go to.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

And how can we be sure that we belong to him (Jesus)?

By looking within ourselves:

are we really trying to do what he wants us to?

(1 John 2:3, The Living Bible-TLB)

Sky Mirror In Bagan Datuk, Perak

Once on board the boat, we were told to put on the life jacket as a safety precaution. Most of us were excited and didn't know what to expect except that we were going to a place called "Sky Mirror" to take some reflection photos. The boat ride was fast and a short one.

 The boat then slowed down and looked like we have reached.

We were surrounded by water.

At a distance, we could see 2 people in less than knee deep water.

We were curious to know what they were doing.

When the boat stopped, we got down from the boat into the shallow water.

Our group photographer.

Besides our group, there were 2 other groups on this stretch of sand bar.

To satisfy our curiosity, we walked closer to take a look.

As you can see, it was low tide.

 He was collecting some kind of clams.

 Thick shell clams. One of my favourite clams.
I usually used these for soups.

Some of us also wanted to search for clams.

We were provided with stainless steel claws just like the one the lady was holding (circled in red).

Someone was so engrossed with his search for clams. We only found a handful of clams.

 Before we could start the reflection photos, some special ground work had to be done.

 Meanwhile, we have our own photography session.

The colourful umbrellas were provided by the boatmen.

 A group photo to start off the reflection photography session.

We took turns to have our photos taken with all kinds of poses.

 Here are some of our poses.

 Me and my ex-colleague and long time friend.

 Come, let us take off together!

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While the others continued with the photo session, I busied myself with my camera.

 During the low tide, there were lots of tiny crabs all over the sand. When we went near, they quickly disappeared into the sand.

 Managed to take some snap shots of this crab before it went into the sand.

 I picked up this sea shell and found that it was not empty. Through the holes in the shell, I could see that it has a tenant, so I let it be. 

 Someone managed to pick up a tiny crab and held it up for me.

 A close up of the tiny crab. Looks cute with its 2 little eyes. What a relief it must be for this little crab when it was put back into the water. The photo session took approximate a hour plus, after that, we signalled to the boatman to come pick us up. We were looking forward to a scrumptious lunch!

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

In heaven a crown is waiting for me, which the Lord,

the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of his return.

And not just to me but to all those whose lives show that

they are eagerly looking forward to his coming back again.

(2 Timothy 4:8, The Living Bible-TLB)