Our Balik Kampong Highlights

We began our journey to hubby's hometown on last Saturday for the long weekend as Monday was a "cuti ganti" for Awal Muharam which falls on Sunday. ;-))

Weather was extremely lovely for a long drive on that day but predictably, Malaysians love to travel on any given long weekends, hence the extreme traffic jam on the North-South highway. Hubby & i endured the massive jam cheerfully as we have "missions" ahead to be accomplished! We arrived at Ipoh at 1.45pm after a 3.5 hours drive where usually it only takes 2.5 hrs drive  from Kuala Lumpur. A picture of beautiful Ipoh on a lovely afternoon!

We made our 1st stop at Lou Wong, famous for its steamed chicken to go with rice & noodles for our late lunch. We only managed to snap one picture there (as above) as the place was crowded with non-locals i believe and we had to share a table with strangers. Food came within  5 mins from our order time and was finished within the next 15 minutes. ;-p Hubby was hungry, so i gave him 1/2 share of my rice after he finished his bowl of kueh teow. The steamed chicken meat was tender but it was drenched in soy sauce which were too salty that it "tingle" my tongue slightly. The meat and fishballs were not the best but good to add variant to our lunch. The bill came to RM28 for two for the portion above. Quite expensive i must say.

After our so-so lunch, we made a stop at Ramli Mee Rebus to take away 7 packets of noodles. The shop was crowded as it was another popular shop but this time it's amongst the locals. Hubby discovered this plain looking shop with yummlicious mee rebus when he work-based in Ipoh. It's only RM3.90 per serving with one hard-boiled egg, fried tau fu, potatoes and shrimp crackers served with yellow noodles in "bunga ketam" based soup. You have to try this if you like mee rebus when you visit Ipoh!

Then, we managed to get the fresh pearl corn from another popular stall which closes as early as 3.30pm. The corn is so good and fresh that you can actually peel and eat it raw without having to steam or grilled it first. Hubby used to buy a few stalks for me almost every weekend when he was based in Ipoh. Good for my diet as well as i sometimes eat this alone for lunch/dinner. Oh i heart this juicy sweet pearl corn! Hehe!

Next, we made a stop in Taiping to visit my grandma and we passed her 2 stalks of corn, 2 packets of mee rebus and some other goodies. Grandma was delighted to see us. I've been wanting to visit her but everytime we didn't have time to do so. I am glad we managed to see her sooner than Chinese New Year. ;-D

We reached hubby's hometown only at 7pm. We reheat the mee rebus and had it for dinner. Hubby had 2 packets (picture above) and our missions for the day accomplished. Tee hee...till our next balik kampong makan missions!