School holiday

Saturday (13.9.14)
Unplanned…as usual. By Saturday morning, En K asked me, do u want to go for a holiday? I asked where to? He said, Kelantan.

So, told Mak and started packing for the trip. He always like this…ad-hoc plan. So I packed whatever I can think of, hoping that it will last until Tuesday.

We had lunch first at Restoran Rasamas. Then, the journey started. We travelled through Bentong and Gua Musang. At first, we wanted to go straight to Kota Bharu, but when we arrived at Kuala Krai, it was already 7.30 p.m. and Waze stated that Kota Bharu is 1 hour + away. So we decided to spend the night at Kuala Krai. We stayed at a budget hotel, Hotel Mikraj. The rate is RM110 for a family room, consisting of 1 double bed, 1 single bed. Went out for dinner at a nearby restaurant. The kids wanted roti canai so it's on the menu. The roti canai was good, but the gravy is quite sweet for me but the kids love it, so no issue.

6 roti canai kosong
2 fried meehoon
1 tom yam meehoon
3 teh o ais
1 nescafe ais
1 teh tarik

Sunday (14.9.14)

Before continuing our journey to Kota Bharu, we had our breakfast at the same restaurant. The kids still wanted roti canai. I ate nasi berlauk gulai ayam.

6 roti canai kosong
1 nasi berlauk gulai ayam
1 kopi o ais
1 teh tarik
1 nescafe ais
3 teh o ais

We continued our journey to Rantau Panjang. Bought a bag of Thailand rice (no starch) for RM12. Also bought 2 bottles of tom yam paste (RM7 per bottle), 1 pack of pulut susu (milky glutinous rice) for RM5. And I got my new pestle and mortar here (bigger than what I have in my home) for RM28 (supposed RM30). En K bought some jerseys.

Had our late lunch at a roadside restaurant.

2 sets nasi kerabu kuning + daging bakar
1 nasi goreng USA
1 nasi putih + paprik ayam
1 nasi goreng udang
1 nescafe ais
1 kopi ais
1 kopi o ais
3 teh o ais

As the day went by, we searched for a hotel to spend the night. It was raining, and all the hotels were full house. Dang! I called so many hotels and home stays until I found one in the city centre, they got a family room for RM150. But when we reached there, we thought better let it go, the hotel looked scary, haha. So try to find another hotel in Pantai Cahaya Bulan but also full house. At last we found one, Hotel Bintang (can't remember) also for RM150 (family room – 2 double beds). As for dinner, we just went to the nearby restaurant.

2 lamb chops
1 fried mee
1 fried meehoon
2 roti canai
1 fries
1 nescafe ais
3 teh o ais
1 kopi o ais
1 nescafe suam

Monday (15.9.14)
Next morning, we tried to find the famous Kopitiam Kita for breakfast, but to no avail. Waze kept gave us the wrong direction. So we thought it was not our rezeki to try the roti titab then. We end up had our brunch at a restaurant that served freshly cooked Kelantanese dishes.

4 sets white rice with fried catfish + pickles
1 set white rice with duck curry + pickles
2 Teh O Ais
1 iced Nescafe
1 teh tarik

We continued our journey to Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah. Mak bought her favourite turtle eggs (the rest of us felt very weird about it). 1 pc for RM4! I still remember Mak used to buy turtle eggs in Pasar Besar Ipoh when I was little. It was only 80 cents those times. She bought 3 pcs for RM11 (fresh). We also bought some cendawan kukur (RM5), jeruk maman (RM1 per packet), cili solok (RM2 for 7 pcs), jeruk (fruit pickles) for Kak Anie (my SIL), RM2 per packet (mango, kelubi, anggur, cermai). I searched for Rempah Cap Bunga Ros but can't find it. But I bought some homemade spice powder for RM1 per packet (rempah gulai darat, kerutup).

Continued our journey to Kuala Terengganu. Since we didn't book any hotel, I call Tabung Haji but it was full house. I tried to call KT Beach Resort and made a booking (RM170 for family room – 1 double bed, 2 super single beds).

Reached Kampung Losong around 6.30 p.m. There was a long queue at one of the outlets but En K willing to queue. He bought 2 packets of fried keropok lekor. I was worried that the hotel will release my booking since it was quite late already. After that, we went to the resort and luckily they still kept the room for us.

As for dinner, we went to a restaurant in Batu Burok Beach. It was raining heavily that night.

2 fried meehoon
2 nasi goreng kampung
1 sup tulang
1 Nescafe tarik
1 Nescafe ais
3 teh o ais

Tuesday (16.9.14)

Breakfast at a roadside stall. Went to Batu Burok beach and let the kids flew their kites for a while.

3 nasi lemak with sambal ikan
2 nasi kerabu ayam bakar
1 pulut kuning gulai ikan
1 sandwich
1 Nescafe ais
3 teh o ais
1 kopi suam
1 teh tarik

Went to Pasar Payang. Mak bought another 3 pcs of turtle's eggs (cooked) for RM10 (cheaper than Kelantan). We also bought some frozen roti canai, some junk foods, dokong, mata kucing, fruit pickles, nasi dagang rice and some other things. I searched for Rempah Cap Bunga Ros but when asked at two stalls they said it was sold in kampung area only.

But I tried to ask another stall and luckily the Mak Cik got it. So I bought 2 large packets of Rempah Gulai and 2 small packets of Rempah Masak. Got to google the recipes using this two types of spices.

Around 3 pm we started our journey to Kuantan. Reached Tanjung Lumpur at 6 pm. Kids flew their kites again. Ate dinner at Ana Ikan Bakar Petai. Ordered ikan pari baker petai, lala masak pedas, sup tulang. Continued our journey to Jengka 10 to fetch my brother.

Reached his house at 10 p.m. Around 11 p.m. continued our journey home. Reached SB around 2.30 am. The next day (Wednesday 17.9.14) ponteng keje huhu.

My brother bought KLX motorcycle from En K. That's why he followed us home, to settle all the documentations. He went back to Jengka 10 around 3 pm.

What a tiring journey but we had fun of course.