During the day this restaurant looks like an old single story colonial house... with lots of land (partially overgrown)... but with some play of lights, during the night it seems classy...
anyways... this is supposedly the newest western food joint in kuantan... Plus with its location along the main road towards the Teluk Cempedak Beach, it will certainly attract any foreigner visiting the area... it should last a while... :p
Serving grill, pasta and pizza, they have a big enough menu to tempt your tastebuds, only lacking is their dessert selections...
the ambience here is nice, with lots of paintings scattered all over their dining areas. with a smoking deck outside too... plus a private room for functions, which u can pre-book.
the grill food here is good and the pasta portion ample... the pizza is on the so so side... I ordered their grill chicken this round... served with mash and onion rings on top, sauce is given in a separate bowl for your own seasoning. [rm16]
hannah took the kiddie fish and chips... the fish nicely done [8.50]
Julie had pasta with salmon, shared some with phoebe & hannah too... big portion [rm16]
my mom took the chicken chop... they really did the batter well.[rm14]
no service tax... only govt tax... i think they don't have service tax in Kuantan, unless in hotels only.
Slightly more then half an hour's drive north out of Kuantan lies an old abandoned mining town... with dilapidated buildings and old hunks of partial rotted buildings still sticking out here and there... some parts of the old mining building already burnt to the ground, showing its stark foundations with pools of water flowing admidst a secondary jungle creeping to reclaim back its territory.
Sounds so story book like eh... well Sg. Lembing, Kuantan is almost like that except certain parts are still habitated & some food shops remain open to cater to the people still living there (majority old folks) and those that come all the way here to hike up a small hill in the wee hours of the morning, just in-time to view the dawn of a new day.
We will try the hike another time... cuz... by the time we actually took off from the house it was already like 10.30am... but we did come here to try out their "famous" Sg.lembing mee and tou-fu...
It had started to rain when we arrived so we ran in to the only food centre... alas... it was too late it seems... most of the shops were already closing... plus the fact we didn't know any prior recommended eatery... the one we sat in provided just "plain" sustanence... normal... bordering on lousy...
I guess we didn't pick the right shop... anyways... Kuantan has their sg.lembing version of mee and tou-fu in a shop we havent gone yet... so there is still hope...
But the rest of the town is like as i described... slow... and sparsely populated...
The town is just a stretch of road with shops in both sides... and a unique petrol pump in the middle. a few hanging bridges span one side of the town to a residential area the other side of the river... there a few low bridges too..
The historical muzeum on top of a small hill is a must go! Really well maintained and very informative about the mining town... the 2 story ex Sultan's residence is now converted to house all the artifacts of the towns mining era.
The hanging bridges too are a nice walk... just to experience it... nothing scary or dangerous, cuz they are well maintained and the folks here use them on a daily basis.
Overall... this sleepy ex mining town... is... well... about to disappear from the maps within another generation or 2... go visit while it's still around...
If u come to kuantan... and go to Taman Rekreasi Gelora... do stop by for a snack.
An obscure shack selling out of the frying pan piping hot curry puffs, popiahs and cucur udang. It's quite well known to the kuantan people as the shop has trouble frying enough curry puffs to satisfy the hoards of people wanting to buy it back for their afternoon tea.
This bunch of warongs (stalls) are located at a large carpark adjacent to the childrens play area in Gelora. It's the back car park and not the earlier one (where people park to walk in the park) All the stalls sell ... well kuih or tea time stuff... lots of tables and chairs are set around under the trees for u to sit and eat.
I'll focus on one particular stall, facing the stalls... it's the left most... their signature or "famous" thing was curry puff. Quite alot of people has mentioned... 2nd best in kuantan... nvm... it's their most expensive snack... at RM0.60 per piece. Slightly spicy with potatoes and chicken strands in a curry mix... the pastry is nice too... i can't really say why people rush for it... but it's OK lah... quite good... can't say to die for lah...
I would wholeheartedly recommend their fried popiahs... at rm1.00 for 3 pieces... really bang for buck... more so than any of their other offerings. Nicely fried, crunchy on the outside and dense vegetably insides... with the chilli sauce... yum!
U can give a miss to the "cucur udang"... unless u prefer the crispy skin and soft insides kind... i'm a crispy all over fella.... it is also cheaply priced at RM1.00 for 3.(they chop to 4 parts each)
Drinks are aplenty around also... Coconut at RM2.00 per cup or RM4.00 per fruit, Teh Tarik is RM1.00 and many others too...The other stalls do sell lekor, goreng pisang... and other misc. kuihs... so this is the place for cheap and good tea-time snacks.
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