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Kicking off Chinese New Year 2016 with Hacken Lee at Resort World Genting

Are you a fan of Hacken Lee?  Hacken Lee is a well known vateran singer hailed from Hong Kong. Not sure if you are a fan, but for those who were born in the 70s and 80s would surely remember his glorious time, especially in the 90s. Popular for his upbeat and soothing songs, Hacken Lee has never failed to surprise his fans with his soulful and energetic performance. Hacken, crowned as the singer with Zero Defect Vocal is not only a popular Hong Kong singer but has since been an actor, television host and sportscaster. He rose to fame in 1985 in a singing competition where he won with his rendition of Alam Tam’s hit ‘Love in the Fog’

The sensational singer was in Malaysia to perform for his concert during the recent Chinese New Years eve in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands. The concert was exclusive for his fans who were ushering the year of the Fire Monkey in Resorts World Genting.

Divided into two sections, earlier with the slow and romantic ballads and second half of the show a more energetic and upbeat sonhs so to prepare for the countdown, Hacken ushered in the concert with his first song by Alan Tam  ‘Love in the Fog’  as the opening theme for evening.

The songs performed during the concert were either his own songs or songs made popular by famous artistes.

During the concert, Hacken serenaded fans with his own rendition of everlasting cantopop songs made popular by artistes namely  ‘Wind’ by the late Leslie Cheung, a mandarin hit ‘Cannot Forget You’ by Jacky Cheung.

Adding spark to his concert were two young and talented special guest artistes namely Huqin artist, Chan Pik-sum and rapper artist RX Wong Ho Pong.

Pik-sum showcased her talents on the Chinese bowed string instrument known as Erhu and performed together with Hacken in his self made popular hit Fly Flower.  Subsequently, Pik-sum used a higher pitch erhu called Gaohu. Together with Hacken both artistes continued to serenade the crowd with Hackens popular hit back in the 80s, Halfmoon Serenade, the Cantonese version of the Japanese hit that was composed and sung by Naoko back in 1987.

Later in the concert, Hacken appeared in full white attire with a white mask in significant to his participation in ‘King of Mask Singer which he won during episode one of the China Jiang Su TV competition in July 2015.  He sang the winning songs Mount Fuji made popular by Eason Chan and a Mandarin hit Cannot Forget You made popular by Hong Kong Superstar Jacky Cheung.

The concert then continued with the upbeat section where Hacken wowed his crowd with fast songs such as Victory, Myth of Summer and many other others.  Also present in the second half of the concert is young Hong Kong rapper artist- RX Wong Ho Pong who awed the audience with his rendition of hip hop pieces that include rapping, impersonating of sounds such as cars, planes and many more.

During his performance, RX also called for a battle of sounds with Hackens band drummer Mel at the concert where RX impersonates sound and Mel is required to follow. It got the crowd excited during the battle. Later, Hacken came into the scene and suggested a cooperation between the drummer and rapper by creating good music for the audience. Together, all the artistes performed World Cup Football related songs such as Victory & Fans Journey that got the audience dancing to beat.

As the clock draws nearer to 12am, Hacken called for a countdown starting from 20 seconds to 12am together with the crowd. The minute the clock strikes 12 midnight, Hacken wished the crowd Gong Hei Fatt Choy and straightaway went down the stage to distribute the Chinese New Year goodies to fans while singing two Chinese New Year songs namely Choy Sen Dou (Prosperity God has arrived) & Ying Chun Fa (Welcome Spring).

Besides giving the audience a fantastic performance, he gave an awesome countdown to the Lunar New Year before coming down from the stage and walked around the Arena of Stars to give the adoring fans some tokens for good luck before going back up the stage again to sing for them. The excitement continued with fans then started to distribute Angpow to Hacken on the stage. It was indeed a happy occasion for Hacken receiving so many Angpows from the audience. He instead assured the audience he will keep the Angpows for his two sons Ryan and Rex education.

The concert ended with Hacken serenading his fans with more songs and wrapped up the show with his ever popular hit Red Sun (Hong Yat).

Hacken Lee’s recent concert in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands was nothing short of fabulous and it’s definitely a wonderful start to the year Fire Monkey 2016.

Welcoming the Year of Fire Monkey in Chin Swee Caves Temple

Not sure where you can spend Chinese New Year without all the family dramas and the scorching heat that is usually part of the package during spring festival? Here’s a place you can go; Chin Swee Caves Temple, Genting Highlands.

Located at 4,600 feet above sea level, the temple is about 5–10 minutes’ drive from the peak of the mountain. There is plenty to see in the vicinity of the temple, even if you are not a worshipper. The temple itself is divided into a few sections and is one of the major tourist attractions in Genting Highlands. You don’t need to be a believer to visit the temple. As Chin Swee Caves Temple is a tourist attraction, people from all walk of life is welcome to visit. It is a place of worship, and therefore, no entrance fees is imposed. Offerings, monetory donations for temple maintenence on the other hand is welcomed.

As of writing, Chin Swee Caves Temple is currently organizing a Chinese New Year carnival at B1 Car Park until 14 February, from 10am to 8pm daily. 50 stalls have been set up that offers local and Chinese products such as gifts and souvenir at the carnival.  In addition there will be special lion dance and cultural show at the same venue. Other tradition-rich activities that guests would find entertaining are Feng Shui reading, a giant Buddha Statue Wishing Tree, calligraphy contest for children on 13th February, and a singing competition for children on 14th February.

A giant Buddha statue can be seen sitting serenely at the hilltop, and here is where you can find a wishing tree. Be sure to make a wish or two should you visit the temple during the festive period.

Chin Swee Deity Birthday Celebration was also held at the Prayer hall at Level 7C, from 12th February, 11pm till 13th February, 3.30pm.

The statue of Chin Swee Deity sitting grandly at the altar.

Offerings for the prayers spotted.

Devotees are seen praying fervently for blessings and smooth sailing year ahead.

If you are a believer and wishes to partake in the religious activities in Chin Swee Caves Temple, fret not, thePrayer to the God of Heaven, Tian Gong will be held at the 13th Floor, Sky Terrace on 15th February, from 11.30pm onwards. There’s still time to head over there for some blessings. Ven. Zhang Yong has also been invited to give blessings daily from the 1st to 7th lunar day of Chinese New Year or from 8th to 14th February for those who are coming to Chin Swee Temple for Chinese New Year’s blessings.The sessions are scheduled from 10am to 12pm, and from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

Visit to the temple is convenient with free return shuttle bus service during the carnival period, from 9am to 9pm. Buses leave every 30 minutes and depart from the First World Hotel Lobby and Maxims Hotel Lobby.

Devotees may opt to stay at the Chin Swee Caves Hostel or First World Hotel.

In conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, Resorts World Genting is offering Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

Chinese New Year 2016 Celebrations in Resorts World Genting

It is all monkey business in Resort World Genting. From the eve to the second day of Chinese New Year, as many as 228,000 visitors came up to Resorts World Genting to usher in the Year of the Fire Monkey.

The celebration kicked off as early as 2.00 pm on the eve of Chinese New Year, where visitors on the way up to the Resort were pleasantly greeted by Ms Katherine Chew, Vice President of Resort Communications & Public Relations and Mr Khor Hai Peng, Vice President of Security Department.   During the short 2 hours at the second check point, a total of 2800 bags of mandarin oranges and special red packets were distributed to bring cheer to all its guests to the resort and to welcome the Lunar New Year.

The celebration followed by a grand Reunion Dinner that evening at the Genting International Convention Centre for over 1000 guests. They were entertained by Malaysia’s very own Divas namely Irene Barr, Yu Yan Shan and Chen Ai Jia.

After dinner all guests adjourned to the Arena of Stars for Hong Kong’s popular singer Hacken Lee Chinese New Year Concert. The energetic concert started from 10pm and ended almost three hours later. He surprised the crowd by delivering many of his greatest hit songs of which some were pieces sang by Jackie Cheung, Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung and other popular singers. During his solo concert he also brought in two special guest artistes namely the young and talented local Huqin artist, Chan Pik-sum and special guest RX rapper artist Wong Ho Pong.

Pik-Sum showcased her skills on the Chinese bowed string instrument known as Erhu in a romantic music called Fly Flower.  She also used a higher pitched erhu called Gao-hu in another popular Cantonese folk song called Half Moon Serenade. While Pik-Sum serenaded the audience with heavenly music, next up came RX rapper artist, Wong Ho Pong who awed the audience with his rendition of hip hop pieces that included rhythmic and rhyming speech plus MCing/rapping.

The atmosphere at the concert was exuberant.  Before the clock striked 12.00 midnight, Hacken Lee made a countdown together with the guests and welcomed the lunar New Year with a bang. He walked down from the stage to shake hands with his fans before giving away fortune bags and goodies.

On the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year, the celebrations continued with ‘Monkey Gods’ appearing together with fairies, Resorts World Genting Choy San Yeh (Prosperity God) and ‘Lions’ in and around the resort as early as 8 am.  

At 2 pm, a spectacular high-stilt performance was held at the lobby of Genting Grand.  Eight ‘Lions’ from award winning Kun Seng Keng Lions Troupe from Muar, Johor together with ‘Prosperity Gods’, ‘Fairies’ and ‘Monkey Gods’ were seen merry making with hundreds of customers before the grand performance started.  It was a spectacular and dynamic show where two ‘Lions’ were seen jumping from stilt to stilts.

Guests of Honor included Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman & Chief Executive of Genting Malaysia Berhad and his wife Puan Sri Cecilia Lim, Dato Sri Lee Choong Yan – President and Chief Operating Offer and senior management team of Resorts World Genting. Concurrently, Hong Teck Lion Dance troupe is also performing daily around the resort until Chap Goh Meh, 22 February. 

Meanwhile at First World Plaza, visitors who are fans of Old Master Q were entertained by the first ever on stage live show.  The show features Old Master Q, the well-loved comic book character and  his friends, including the kind-hearted yet humorous Mr Big Potato, the straitlaced Mr Chin,  the lovely Ms Chan and  Mr Zhao.  The show organised by Resorts World Genting is currently held at the Times Square Stage at the First World Plaza from 12pm to 12.30pm, 5.30pm to 6pm, and 8pm to 8.30pm until 29 February.

Besides being on stage, fans of Old Master Q would be interested to know that Master Q and his friends will be merry making at various locations of the resort during the Chinese New Year festivities and will distributing Ang Pow to lucky customers.

For those who wants to get close to the ‘Monkey Gods’ for good luck, take note that they will be wandering and monkeying about the Resort from now until 22nd February 2016 and in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, Resorts World Genting is offering Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

Resorts World Genting Celebrates Chinese New Year with 228,000 Visitors

It is all monkey business in Resort World Genting. From the eve to the second day of Chinese New Year, as many as 228,000 visitors came up to Resorts World Genting to usher in the Year of the Fire Monkey.

The celebration kicked off as early as 2.00 pm on the eve of Chinese New Year, where visitors on the way up to the Resort were pleasantly greeted by Ms Katherine Chew, Vice President of Resort Communications & Public Relations and Mr Khor Hai Peng, Vice President of Security Department.   During the short 2 hours at the second check point, a total of 2800 bags of mandarin oranges and special red packets were distributed to bring cheer to all its guests to the resort and to welcome the Lunar New Year.

The celebration followed by a grand Reunion Dinner that evening at the Genting International Convention Centre for over 1000 guests. They were entertained by Malaysia’s very own Divas namely Irene Barr, Yu Yan Shan and Chen Ai Jia.  After dinner all guests adjourned to the Arena of Stars for Hong Kong’s popular singer Hacken Lee Chinese New Year Concert. The energetic concert started from 10pm and ended almost three hours later. He surprised the crowd by delivering many of his greatest hit songs of which some were pieces sang by Jackie Cheung, Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung and other popular singers.

During his solo concert he also brought in two special guest artistes namely the young and talented local Huqin artist, Chan Pik-sum and special guest RX rapper artist Wong Ho Pong.  Pik-Sum showcased her skills on the Chinese bowed string instrument known as Erhu in a romantic music called Fly Flower.  She also used a higher pitched erhu called Gao-hu in another popular Cantonese folk song called Half Moon Serenade. While Pik-Sum serenaded the audience with heavenly music, next up came RX rapper artist, Wong Ho Pong who awed the audience with his rendition of hip hop pieces that included rhythmic and rhyming speech plus MCing/rapping.

The atmosphere at the concert was exuberant.  Before the clock striked 12.00 midnight, Hacken Lee made a countdown together with the guests and welcomed the lunar New Year with a bang. He walked down from the stage to shake hands with his fans before giving away fortune bags and goodies.

On the 2nd day of the Chinese New Year, the celebrations continued with ‘Monkey Gods’ appearing together with fairies, Resorts World Genting Choy San Yeh (Prosperity God) and ‘Lions’ in and around the resort as early as 8 am.  

At 2 pm, a spectacular high-stilt performance was held at the lobby of Genting Grand.  Eight ‘Lions’ from award winning Kun Seng Keng Lions Troupe from Muar, Johor together with ‘Prosperity Gods’, ‘Fairies’ and ‘Monkey Gods’ were seen merry making with hundreds of customers before the grand performance started.  It was a spectacular and dynamic show where two ‘Lions’ were seen jumping from stilt to stilts.

Guests of Honor included Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman & Chief Executive of Genting Malaysia Berhad and his wife Puan Sri Cecilia Lim, Dato Sri Lee Choong Yan – President and Chief Operating Offer and senior management team of Resorts World Genting. Concurrently, Hong Teck Lion Dance troupe is also performing daily around the resort until Chap Goh Meh, 22 February. 

Meanwhile at First World Plaza, visitors who are fans of Old Master Q were entertained by the first ever on stage live show.  The show features Old Master Q, the well-loved comic book character and  his friends, including the kind-hearted yet humorous Mr Big Potato, the straitlaced Mr Chin,  the lovely Ms Chan and  Mr Zhao.  The show organised by Resorts World Genting is currently held at the Times Square Stage at the First World Plaza from 12pm to 12.30pm, 5.30pm to 6pm, and 8pm to 8.30pm until 29 February.

Besides being on stage, fans of Old Master Q would be interested to know that Master Q and his friends will be merry making at various locations of the resort during the Chinese New Year festivities and will distributing Ang Pow to lucky customers.

For those who wants to get close to the ‘Monkey Gods’ for good luck, take note that they will be wandering and monkeying about the Resort from now until 22nd February 2016 and in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, Resorts World Genting is offering Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

Kicking off Chinese New Year 2016 with Hacken Lee at Resort World Genting

Are you a fan of Hacken Lee?  Hacken Lee is a well known vateran singer hailed from Hong Kong. Not sure if you are a fan, but for those who were born in the 70s and 80s would surely remember his glorious time, especially in the 90s. Popular for his upbeat and soothing songs, Hacken Lee has never failed to surprise his fans with his soulful and energetic performance. Hacken, crowned as the singer with Zero Defect Vocal is not only a popular Hong Kong singer but has since been an actor, television host and sportscaster. He rose to fame in 1985 in a singing competition where he won with his rendition of Alam Tam’s hit ‘Love in the Fog’

The sensational singer was in Malaysia to perform for his concert during the recent Chinese New Years eve in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands. The concert was exclusive for his fans who were ushering the year of the Fire Monkey in Resorts World Genting.

Divided into two sections, earlier with the slow and romantic ballads and second half of the show a more energetic and upbeat sonhs so to prepare for the countdown, Hacken ushered in the concert with his first song by Alan Tam  ‘Love in the Fog’  as the opening theme for evening.

The songs performed during the concert were either his own songs or songs made popular by famous artistes.

During the concert, Hacken serenaded fans with his own rendition of everlasting cantopop songs made popular by artistes namely  ‘Wind’ by the late Leslie Cheung, a mandarin hit ‘Cannot Forget You’ by Jacky Cheung.

Adding spark to his concert were two young and talented special guest artistes namely Huqin artist, Chan Pik-sum and rapper artist RX Wong Ho Pong.

Pik-sum showcased her talents on the Chinese bowed string instrument known as Erhu and performed together with Hacken in his self made popular hit Fly Flower.  Subsequently, Pik-sum used a higher pitch erhu called Gaohu. Together with Hacken both artistes continued to serenade the crowd with Hackens popular hit back in the 80s, Halfmoon Serenade, the Cantonese version of the Japanese hit that was composed and sung by Naoko back in 1987.

Later in the concert, Hacken appeared in full white attire with a white mask in significant to his participation in ‘King of Mask Singer which he won during episode one of the China Jiang Su TV competition in July 2015.  He sang the winning songs Mount Fuji made popular by Eason Chan and a Mandarin hit Cannot Forget You made popular by Hong Kong Superstar Jacky Cheung.

The concert then continued with the upbeat section where Hacken wowed his crowd with fast songs such as Victory, Myth of Summer and many other others.  Also present in the second half of the concert is young Hong Kong rapper artist- RX Wong Ho Pong who awed the audience with his rendition of hip hop pieces that include rapping, impersonating of sounds such as cars, planes and many more.

During his performance, RX also called for a battle of sounds with Hackens band drummer Mel at the concert where RX impersonates sound and Mel is required to follow. It got the crowd excited during the battle. Later, Hacken came into the scene and suggested a cooperation between the drummer and rapper by creating good music for the audience. Together, all the artistes performed World Cup Football related songs such as Victory & Fans Journey that got the audience dancing to beat.

As the clock draws nearer to 12am, Hacken called for a countdown starting from 20 seconds to 12am together with the crowd. The minute the clock strikes 12 midnight, Hacken wished the crowd Gong Hei Fatt Choy and straightaway went down the stage to distribute the Chinese New Year goodies to fans while singing two Chinese New Year songs namely Choy Sen Dou (Prosperity God has arrived) & Ying Chun Fa (Welcome Spring).

Besides giving the audience a fantastic performance, he gave an awesome countdown to the Lunar New Year before coming down from the stage and walked around the Arena of Stars to give the adoring fans some tokens for good luck before going back up the stage again to sing for them. The excitement continued with fans then started to distribute Angpow to Hacken on the stage. It was indeed a happy occasion for Hacken receiving so many Angpows from the audience. He instead assured the audience he will keep the Angpows for his two sons Ryan and Rex education.

The concert ended with Hacken serenading his fans with more songs and wrapped up the show with his ever popular hit Red Sun (Hong Yat).

Hacken Lee’s recent concert in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands was nothing short of fabulous and it’s definitely a wonderful start to the year Fire Monkey 2016.

Chinese New Year 2016 Event Line Ups in Resort World Genting

Wanna escape the scorching spring festival heat? Head over to somewhere cooler are more relaxing. Genting Highlands would be a great idea. Plenty of events. Here’s sharing what’s happening in Resort World Genting throughout Chinese New Year 2016.

* Hong Teck Lion Dance troupe performance:  Daily around the resort until Chap Goh Meh, 22 February.

*First World Plaza: Lao Fu Zi on stage,

12pm to 12.30pm, 5.30pm to 6pm, and 8pm to 8.30pm until 29 February.

*Meet and greet with the Monkey King from CNY eve until 22nd February 2016 in the resort.

*Chin Swee Caves Temple: Bai Tian Gong (Prayer to Welcome the Sky Gods) 13th Floor, Sky Terrace on 15th February, from 11.30pm onwards.

*Chin Swee Caves Temple: Ven. Zhang Yong  daily blessings from the 8th to 14th February. Sessions are scheduled from 10am to 12pm, and from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

*Ang Pow Give Away Room Package Promotion. Priced at RM168 nett per package, guest will be entitled for one night stay at First World Hotel standard room that comes with buffet dinner for two persons at Coffee Terrace. The room package booking is available now until 21 February, while staying period is from 12 to 20 March 2016.

For more information about the Chinese New Year Celebration at Resorts World Genting or room package booking, please call +603 2718 1118 or visit www.rwgenting.com.

5 Cheap Eats in Teluk Intan

Teluk Intan is a small town in South Perak. Famous for it’s very own leaning clock tower, the town is almost a food heaven with plenty of reasonable cheap eats.

Here’s my top 5 Muslim friendly (pork-free) food pick in Teluk Intan, Perak. They’re the place where the locals dine, so no worries about these food joints being a tourist trap.

1. No.1 Lo Han Guo a.k.a the Hawaii

Located just beside Anson Hotel, Teluk Intan, place is with perpetual crowd, especially during festive season. Their poison? Assorted noodles with their signature being the Mee Rebus and shaved ice desserts.

Price range is about RM5.00 per plate/bowl.

2. Satay Sri Intan( Gerai no. 20 in front of the clocktower)

Fancy some sweetened skewered meat? Well, this is the place for you then.

Price is RM0.60 per satay stick and RM1 for ketupat nasi. Peanut sauce dip is complimentary.

3. Gado Gado Maideen (Gerai no. 20 in front of the clocktower)

Gado Gado Maideen’s special is their Gado Gado (Prawn fritters, sliced fried tofu and sliced cucumber served with sweetened tapioca sauce dip). Great for light and easy snacking during teatime.

The price is RM2 per plate.

4. Shameema Begam Ghulam Rasul

Ghulam Rasul and all of it’s franchise is famous for their Nasi Kandar but if you are looking for something light, then just go for their satisfying and comforting Roti Bakar Telur. Basically, this is French toast, done Mamak style.

Price for this Roti Bakar Telur is RM2.40 per set.

5. Coffee Lab

Moving on to a tad higher end food of our food hunt, we stumbled upon Coffee Lab in Bandar Baru Teluk Intan. The cafe is offering great coffees and smoothies with reasonable price.

Recommended beverage: Ristretto Mocha and Yogurt Smoothies. Price range: RM6 and above.

There is plenty of cheap eats in Teluk Intan. But be forewarned, they are usually crowded with ravenous diner and if you want to dine at any of these places, make sure your patience is in check. Do keep in mind too that they usually charge higher than regular price during festive seasons.

Attractions in Bentong: Lemang To’ Ki

Being a small scale Chinatown, finding Muslim friendly food is quite a feat if you are not familar with the town, but fret not, there are actually plenty of them around. One of them is Lemang To’Ki.

Located in the outskirt of the town, Lemang To’Ki is a favourite among motorbikers who are on convoys. It’s usually crowded on weekend and definitely not a place for you to drop by if you are the sort who wants to be served hand and foot whenever you dine as they practice the self service concept.Their specialty is of course, Lemang. Lemang is a traditional food made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and salt, cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaves in order to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. It is commonly found in maritime Southeast Asian countries, especially Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

The bamboo tube containing glutinous rice, salt and coconut milk is placed slightly slanted on a small fire with the opening facing upwards and turned regularly in order to make it evenly cooked. It takes about 4–5 hours to cook Lemang.

Lemang is commonly eaten to mark the end of daily fasting during the annual Muslim holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha, but here at Lemang To’Ki in Bentong, you can enjoy them whole year through.

Apart from Lemang, they are also selling roasted chicken.

Here’s what we had during our trip to Bentong; Roasted chicken, lemang with chicken curry and lemang with serunding.

Roasted chicken was perfectly done. Crispy on the outside and juicily flavourful on the inside. It was finger licking good.

Lemang with chicken curry was fabulous. The chicken curry was thick and rich and complemented the lemang very well.

Lemang with serunding ayam was not only fun to eat but was positively addictive.

Cendol was one of the cooling beverage offered here in Lemang To’Ki. Sweet and refreshing, cendol is definitely one of the must have thing here in Lemang To’Ki.

For more information on Lemang To’Ki, please refer to the information below:

Lemang To’Ki

Bt 2 Jalan Tras, Bentong, Malaysia

Business hours: 7am-7pm daily

Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/LemangToki/

Attractions in Bentong: The Wet Market&Morning Market

I’m not a morning person but when I was in Bentong with my family and co-hosts, I couldn’t pass the opportunity to explore the small town for the world, even though I felt like something the cat dragged in.

I was informed that the wet market is very famous in Bentong. I’m not a huge fan of the wet market though. So instead of making my way into the market, I went to the Morning Market with my friends Kos and Irene instead.

The difference between the wet market and the morning market is that the wet market is indoor and selling wet kind of groceries items, while the morning market is outdoor, selling all sort of goodies ranging from food to clothings and trinkets.

Handbags are sold at ridiculously low price here in the morning market.

The famous local produce, Bentong Ginger spotted.

The ginger from Bentong said to be much more huge and spicier than the ordinary ginger found elsewhere with higher medicinal values.

Decorative plants being sold for Chinese New Year.

Exotic pitcher plant spotted being sold at the morning market. I was informed that these plants can be used to make lemang, some sort of glutinous rice delicacy.

The morning market is about 800 meters long and have all kinds of everything on sale. It is almost as lively as Bentong Walk at night, minus the karaoke competitions and activities for children. Things are generally cheap over here and we spent about 1 hour over there buying things as momentos before heading back to the hotel.

While morning and I are almost a nemesis and I am usually never human before 1pm, I’m glad I went to explore the morning market. It is certainly different and much more fun than hunting for goods in shopping malls.

Attractions in Bentong: Old School Kopitiams

During my most recent trip to Bentong, I had the opportunity to have breakfast with my friends cum co-host, Kos Serani and Irene while my husband and son continues to sleep in til our check out time.

Unlike the regular breakfast joints in the city where the breakfast is pretty heavy and rather elaborated, the breakfast menu in most kopitiams in Bentong is quite simple and very basic.

Drinks for the three of us, Kopi O Ais, Kopi Ais and Teh O Ais. Basically they are the regular plain iced coffees and iced tea. But looks can be rather receiving. These beverages are thick and rich.

Plain toast with the option of kaya and butter or butter and sugar. Feeling rather queasy, I opt for a set of toasted breast smothered in just salted butter. Kos and Irene had half boiled eggs to go with their toasts earlier too and they assured me that it was simply sensational.

The damage on our pocket that morning? Less than RM10 for 3 pax. And the experience of going back to basic and chilling out with friends without having to rush for work while watching as the world goes by around you? Priceless. This is definitely one of the things that you wouldn’t want to miss when you are in Bentong.