Destination: Taiping, Malaysia
Duration: 1 Day (Jan 30, 2016)
It had been a long long time since we
last visited Taiping thus on a morning of a hot Saturday, we finally crawled
out of bed and drove to Taiping. Since we were not morning person, we simply
had some breads before proceeding to our 1st destination – Spritzer EcoPark.
On a weekday, they even organized plant tour to visit the production line of
Spritzer products. Since we were there on a Saturday, we missed the only Saturday
morning tour and ended up wandering around their EcoPark. There was a mini golf
course in the park along with greenery and a Cactus Rock. They even had a wall
for love lock. =P
It was time for lunch and off we went to
the Larut Matang Foodcourt – a place with tons of stalls! We ended up ordering
the famous Mee Rebus, Char Koay Teow and chicken rice. We asked for extra chili
for the Mee Rebus and it was really HOT! The combination of gravy, noodles and
the crispy fried fritters were actually yummy but unfortunately for us – we mixed
the chili too soon and it ended up too spicy. *facepalm* Char Koay Teow in
Taiping definitely tasted different from Penang – I think they added in chai po
(Preserved turnip) and it actually reminded me of Char Koay Kak in Penang. Last
but not least – chicken rice! The chicken was braised i think – the good thing was the chicken meat was really tender and
wouldn’t get stuck in your aging teeth gap when eating. Oops. Is that too much
information? LOL!!!
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| The Famous Mee Rebus |
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| YUMMY!!! Look at the Chili on the spoon! *sweat* |
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| The Drinks store |
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| With Si Kor Soup |
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| Char Koay Teow Stall |
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| The Char Koay Teow!!! |
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| Chicken Rice.. |
After the super fulfilling lunch, we
continued our journey Taiping Zoo. The weather was really hot but thankfully
they have a train to bring us around the zoo so we wouldn’t have to walk if we
didn’t want to. The zoo was just so-so and a lot of the animals were actually
sleeping or hiding! Someone please fire those animals for not fulfilling their
job description!
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| Crocodile! |
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| Orang Utan? |
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| Thank Goodness for the train! |
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| A wolf? |
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| Giraffe! |
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| Hmm.. something's BUTT? |
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| Finally an animal that i'm sure of - Elephant! |
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| Naughty Monkey! |
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| Bambi! |
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| The Map |
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| Tummy & Birdies |
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| Tummy seems excited |
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| Bear? |
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| Kids love this!!! |
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| Cute huh? |
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| Jump! |
We continued on to Taiping Museum to
take pictures of the exterior but did not go in since we were too lazy. We drove
past the Taiping prison before heading to the famed Taiping Lake Garden.
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| At Taiping Museum |
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| Train? |
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| War Plane?! |
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| Museum & Sky... |
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| Museum Outlook |
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| Is this an army car? |
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| Antique car... |
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| More Antique Cars |
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| Taiping Prison |
the view in Taiping Lake Garden was indeed stunning with all the trees and their shadow reflecting at the lake. One must-do thing in Taiping Lake – Pedal Boat!!! There were various designs of pedal boats there and we ended up with a mickey mouse in front but forget to take a picture of it. *facepalm* The worst thing was it started drizzling after we started and the boat had control issue – it just couldn’t turn right and it was left all the way! We had to reverse and forward many times just to return to the dock. *sweat*
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| Looks like Av. des Champs-Elysees in Paris? It's Taiping Lake Garden!!! |
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| At the Chinese Pagoda Entrance |
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| OMG! What happen to this bear? |
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| It's hang from the lightbulb! |
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| Let's have a walk |
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| A Bridge at Taiping Lake Garden |
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| Look at the lake reflecting the trees... |
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| Sky is getting cloudy |
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| Heading for the pedal boat |
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| Waiting... |
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| Let's Pedal! |
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| Selfie!! |
We were literally sweating like a dog
after our pedal boat ride and ended up buying some cold drinks and ice cream
bun! Taiping’s ice cream bun is the BEST! Yummy! It was time for an early
dinner so we set out to Prima Coffee Shop for their famous Popiah (spring roll)
but apparently it was closed! *gasp in horror*
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| HOT HOT HOT!! *sweat* |
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| The Yummy Ice Cream Bun |
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| Prima Coffee Shop |
We were totally lost on what to eat and
ended up driving back to Larut Matang food court since hubby was thinking to
try the fried koay teow with fish ball but it was closed too! We ended up doing
some googling last minute and drove to Siang Malam Foodcourt instead. We ordered
Chee Cheong Fun (steamed rice roll with sauce), wanton noodle & char koay
teow. According to some blogger, the Chee Cheong Fun was great there but since
there were 2 stalls – we just had to pick one based on our luck. Thankfully the
Chee Cheong Fun we ordered was delicious with all the sweet sauce and tons of
sesame sprinkled on top! I’d always loved Chee Cheong Fun with sweet sauce and
not a fan of the shrimp paste in Penang Chee Cheong Fun. Thumbs up!
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| Chee Cheong Fun! |
The wanton noodle was also quite
different from Penang as it more towards sweet side. The char koay teow was
similar to the one at Larut Matang Foodcourt with Chai Por (Perserved turnip)
taste. We finally called it a day and headed back to Penang after a day (&
stomach) full of Taiping street foods. =)
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| Wanton Noodle |
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| Wanton Soup |
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| Char Koay Teow |
