Form 6 gang had planned an outing to Batu Caves followed by lunch in Ulu Yam. From the last time i've been here, Batu Caves has never looked more touristy. Guarding its entrance, a statue of Lord Murugan stands ever so mighty and tall at 42m high.
I noticed a lot more pigeons in the courtyard, with flocks of them stooping low eagerly awaiting for handfuls of bird seeds being thrown by passing visitors.
One guy was particularly bold to have them perched on his arm while pecking food off his palm. Wonder if it tickles.
Four dainty ladies who braved the heat and somewhat arduous task of climbing 272 steps to the temple.
The beautiful natural limestone caves were said to be some 400 million years old.
Look up and you'll see this breathtaking opening at the roof of the caves.
Kah Fai (Prof) and dear on steps number 266 and 267...?
People who tend to go all berserk when they see monkeys can forget about coming to this place.
These furry creatures are everywhere! The key is to leave them alone and that includes to watch your step and never step on their long tails.
As tame as they are hungry, these rascals come right at you if you happen to be carrying a plastic bag of food.
And this is not one place you want to be seen eating a banana.
Now, everybody say .. 'MONKEYYY...'
We had a little junior hiker with us, Hao Xuan (Choo Ta's son). Here, he's impersonating a bunny as taught by his parents. Why a bunny, coz this is rabbit year ma.
After about 2 hours hanging around in Batu Caves, came everyone's fave event - eating.
We had the honour of Prof Tang Kah Fai leading the pack to Ulu Yam, some 23 km away from Batu Caves.
Who could say no to his well-thought-out plan especially since he did a test run to Ulu Yam few days earlier as well as interviewed some of the restaurants there.
We arrived at Ulu Yam Lama first, to this little house cum coffee shop famous for their
Lor Mee.
I can never tell the difference between
Lor Mee and
Lam Mee because i'm a fan of neither.
But if a shop bothers to place a laminated newspaper review on each of the tables, then there must be something damn great about their food. Too bad i can't tell you what the paper says, so try reading this yourself.
Finally, a translation i can understand.
Hope this helps my Chinese-educated friends..... :P
Whenever this drink's on the menu, i always order my
salai drink. Something about its distinctive taste.
The seemingly popular fish cake, which to me was too hard-textured.
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| RM 12 |
Char-yoke beehoon means pork beehoon.
Quite oily but the pork was very tasty.
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| RM 12 |
This was a serving for 3 pax, but from the look at the amount of gravy, this could probably feed 10 pax.
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| RM 13 |
My only helping of the mee. It was a bit too bland for me.
Our lunch did not end there. We drove a few blocks away to Ulu Yam Baru to this restaurant.
Took this for the reading pleasure of some of my friends. I just hope this is the food menu and not the drinks.
Customers were starting to flock in as soon as we sat down. Best time to arrive is before 1pm to ensure you get a table.
Is this shop dropping hints as to what 4D number to buy?
When it came to ordering, we just went for their 3 most famous dishes.
These blardy good finger licking Guinness wings are to die for!
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| RM 3/ piece |
Another truly unique dish of theirs is this Prawn in Spicy Soup.
The soup was flaring hot and reminded me of tom yam soup. Could do with a little less oil though. I loved the prawns, very fresh and meaty.
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| RM 44 |
Our third dish was this Steamed Fish topped with lots of crispy fried pickled vege bits which tasted a bit like Twisties.
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| RM 30 |
It was a very hearty meal for me. I loved every dish we ordered and I wanna go back there!
GLEE-ful me...
Now start salivating...
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