U know Tmn Melawati has a hill... i've personally climbed it less then "1 hand" time, there is also Bukit Tabur... the mountain range in Tmn. Melawati itself... (never climbed before)... and i've stayed in Tmn. Melawati for the past what... 12 years??
Anyways, not far away from my present place... is Bukit Pelindung. Lots of people climb up this hill for exercise.... so last Sunday, we with julie's collegues decided to hike it... prior to this... it had been raining for the past 36 hours nonstop... i kid u not... so the break in weather was a pleasant thing.
We parked at the base of the hill, and started our walk up... the first leg, before reaching the sign (pix above) was like super steep... i was already like... whoa... is this going to be like that? all the way to the top?
Yep... it was steep all the way... with some ... some flatter areas... but the forest was nice... cooling... so Thank God! for the weather, cloudy and windy. They also had many benches (to rest) and exercise stations all the way up.
At the top, u come to the radio towers for the telcos around... lousy view... just towers... yeah... anticlimax... but nevertheless... a breather and off we go down a different route down. 
U can climb up Bukit Pelindung either using the paved road... or a jungle trail from Pantai Telok Chempedak. So today we climbed up the paved way and were going down the jungle trail to the beach... one of Julie's collegue had left his car on the beach so we got transport back.
it was quite a while to climb down... with the kids and the trail was longer also... but we could hear the waves crashing on the rocks as we neared the beach.
All in all a very nice hike... took us longer than i anticipated... 2hours plus! of course we did have drinks at the beach, yummy coconut & iced jelly drinks... so refreshing after a climb....
I spied this shop, when i went to check out the surrounding area after having "3-color-pan-mee" for breakfast nearby (i will leave that for another time). It's kinda located off Jln Berserah, Kuantan, quite near town... a bit of a "huh? where is it shop" because u can't see it from the main road, and u have to drive in a bit before u eventually come to it.
Anyways this place is a gem! I brought the family here after a day of kiddie clothes shopping in Berjaya Shopping Mall, Kuantan. The place was surprisingly full also... as it was already 2pm+
This is a traditional kind of place serving kuih, "thong-sui" and such... but wooh interesting and tasty food.
Fistly i headed to the counter to see what was available for u to self-pick... they had tart's, bun's & kuihs'.I picked out "chai-kueh" (mix veg in dumplings)[RM1.00 per pc] and "lobak-kou" (steamed radish dish)[RM0.70 per pc]. Julie loves "chai-kueh" and their rendition certainly met the mark. The "lobak-kou" was also tasty, and nicely soft with lots of "heh-bee" (dried prawns)
We also ordered their cool drinks... Their speciality 3 layer drinks! (instead of sugar, it's honey). We took the 3 layer Iced-tea, Pineapple Juice with Honey and a Cincau drink. Great drinks! [RM2.90,RM2.90,RM1.50]
Since it was lunch we also ordered some heavier dishes... "Simple Mee Soup" for Hannah, basically like a home cooked maggi noodle soup with sausages & egg.[RM3.90]
I took their "wa-tan-hor" (noodles in egg sauce), not bad... Hannah ate 1/2 of this since she prefers kueh-teow and i ended up eating her mee... [RM4.50]
Julie took their Prawn mee... a tad salty but nevertheles OK... nothing can beat the original Penang version anyways... [RM4.50]
So the total bill came to RM26 , govt tax of 5% included. When we left... it was still full, i think people do come for just the "thong-sui", kuih and drinks.
It seems this "branch" is opened by a relative of the original Hai Peng, Cukai, Kemaman owner.
As a "branch" in Kuantan town, i think this is way far better than the original, keh... their drinks and even food is better here.
They have the usual... SUPER GREAT coffee hot-or-iced (we usually take iced), tea, milo, barley, lime, bandung, sirap... not sure if the ice blended made it over to the branch. For food they have (as far as we could tell, since there is no menu) are nasi lemak with/without curry chicken, half boiled eggs (kampung variety), toast : normal/wholemeal or buns (all done themselves)in kaya/butter or spread yourself, Chicken or Tuna Sandwitch, mee-siam, curry laksa & bee-hoon soup (beef).
I ordered the curry laksa again... i really like this unusual curry laksa... it has the condiments like tradisional laksa (fish, onions, cucumber) served in spaggetti noodles. The taste is sourish like penang laksa but with added curry lemak. A really delightful mix!
We also took the tuna sandwitch that day (It's a thick toast with tuna filling, nice also... )because the bee-hoon soup wasnt ready yet... i think they serve that for lunch.
will update next round with pix of their bee-hoon soup with beef... it's really yummy... Hannah took her usual half-boiled eggs... comes in a metal container filled with boiling water which they will ask you to wait 5 minutes before the eggs are done.
It is really unfortunate that they close by 5.00pm (all other GOOD kopitiams in kuantan also) and only leaves the Kemaman chain which opens 24hrs, if not we will most certainly be visiting this shop more often.
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