May Star car rental

Toyoto Vios price is RM280-RM300, I think this price is meant for foreigner, we got pricing of RM80/day, we paid total RM350 for 4 full days + 5 hours. They charge on 24hr basis, so u can tell them you are not rental for 5 full days

important to bring your own phone mount, lesson learnt from previous trip that I had to hold the phone for hubs

first stop to Fat Frog, quite near to airport

nice view

love the berry yogurt smoothie, very yum

quiche is nice but portion is quite tiny, the salad is very nice sourish with crunch from sunflower and pumpkin seed

my risotto is very nice, homey and delicious

our first 2 nights in Westin hotel

no much of a view from our hotel which is among the lower price, ~800 per night, but we got buy 1 free 1 with Marriot club

pistureque view from Breeze lounge

Pizza Hills, near to Kuah Town(open 4pm-10pm), very hard to find with no signage, we made 2 wrong turns in the narrow hill road with steep “cliff”. I think we might try park at foot of hill and walk up as driving up there is quite scary, one wrong move and your car could fall to side “cliff” of the road

very tiny restaurant, must call ahead to make reservation. No menu and what pizza you get is depended on what they churn out, thankfully both pizza flour suits me and I got my favourite mushroom

very nice pizza with savoury ricotta + etc cheese with natural honey

mushroom pizza

breakfast in westin

Ice cream

fish porridge is very yummy

my first plate

beach in Westin hotel, nice view, but the water is not so clear, Cenang side and north side(Sandy Skull beach) are much clearer

we found a really secluded pool in Westin, just next to their spa, at the far end of the beach. Westin & St Regis is actually connected, you can walk from Westin beach to St Regis side of beach

we soaked in this pool for good hour with just 2 of us

Westin recreation centre, nothing much there, their sauna is separate by gender, so we didnt go in

RAMS Home Decor(in Kuah, open 9:30am-9pm) is a great discovery from this trip, most of their Choc is cheaper than others(Teow Soon Fatt, Billions, shops in Cenang etc)

Guan Thong in Kuah(9:30am-6:30pm, closed on Friday), sells ikan bilis

Coco Bistro(open 6pm, closed on Wednesday), a bit further up from Cenang area

again, another restaurant which is better if you call ahead to book it, cos seat is limited

their Sunday roast is popular and need advanced reservation

only 5 tables with additional tables near the beach that are not covered, will be tricky to get a table when it rains

best place to view sunset

my yummy oven roasted with, generous portion of their piping hot yummy mash

yummy homey Irish stew

tables next to beach

best sunset dinner

very yummy food in coco’s bistro

trying out Kak Yah in Kuah(opens 3pm-2am), same row as Wonderland, the place is very clean, can revisit next time

kampung fried rice from Kak Yah, packed a spicy punch, very nice and cost only RM6

San Restaurant in Kuah (open 7:30am till 5pm), their wantan mee is not nice(I guess most KL stall with taste better than this), kuey tiaw pork noodle soup tasted so so

our last 2 night in Cenang Plaza Beach hotel, this is among the newer and more modern looking hotel in Cenang area, about RM210 per night for king bed seaview room, with nice balcony(for us to dry our cloths and tapao and eat in balcony), will stay in this hotel again, only downside is their wifi is very slow at night. This hotel is under same management as Cenang mall which is just opposite, they will give you a season parking card to park behind cenang mall

basic but clean and their shower head brand is Grohe!

seaview is more like treeview, we are at top floor of the hotel(3rd floor) but tree is blocking seaview, nonetheless can feel the wind

Warung Kita closed for 2 weeks

German Food Corner restaurant in food court of Oriental Village(cable car area) open 10am-6pm, yummy, big portion, must visit

Temurun waterfall which is quite far from Cenang, can see the falls from parking area

very nice waterfall but some of the trail don’t have handrails, and very dangerous if you slip

nice airy open falls area

next stop to Sandy Skull beach which is very nearby to Temurun

beach with very fine sand, and water is super clear, will want to revisit again and soak in it

super clear water

Bamboo Cenang restaurant, so so restaurant, fish is fresh, price reasonable, our clear tom yam soup could be better

sunset

not bad, just tomyam can be better

walk on Cenang beach after our meal

breakfast in Cenang Bunga, nasi lemak is tasty, roti canai not bad as well(dhal gravy is nice but roti a bit doughy thick, not thin enough)

next time can try this Bella restaurant breakfast, just few shops away from Cenang Bunga

after breakfast, we depart from Cenang to Durian Perangin waterfall, quite far away but road is less windy, passed by roti canai Otai otw

walking up, they have handrails all the way to the top

I prefer Temurun cos there are quite many trees here around trail, I scare suddenly some snake etc, and I think there was a tiny snake on the handrail on the way down, so scary, and we were the only one on the top part of the falls, again some unknown snake or body parts coming out from water, wild imagination. But if you like the whole waterfall to yourself, this is definitely the one

going back home

Paretto seaview restaurant looks not bad

Sufra a North Indian restaurant, their aloo paratha (served with small tub of yogurt) is very nice. I tried their chickpea Channa marsala is quite nice as well

here we tapao PutoMayo’s seafood fried rice and Sufra aloo paratha, chapatti & chickpea curry, then dined in our seaview(treeview) balcony. The seafood(squid & prawn) in fried rice from Putomayo is not fresh, but Sufra’s one is really tasty

My French Factory(open noon-11pm) serving crepe

fresh lemon juice

must try yummy french crepe with lots of cheezy taste

Buffet in Aloft hotel in Pantai Tengah, near Chenang

my first plate

plaza premium in langkawi airport

aglio olio, nice & spicy

tomyam meehoon
Below some places to buy Choc and alcohol

above is supermarket below Teo Soon Fatt for 1L

above also from Supermarket in TSF

Below few items from Teow Soon Fatt

above items from TSF, only the alcoholic Choc is cheaper, the rest of items can get cheaper in RAMS Home Decor in Kuah Town, the branch is Cenang don’t sell choc
Below 2 items from billion supermarket, the Choc seems just average price, alcohol here is expensive as well

above RM270 is Billion, can get this for RM228 in Cenang Mall

can get this rum cheaper in Cenang Mall as well. Below few items from RAMS Home Decor in Kuah Town, a MUST GO for Choc, cos most of their Choc is cheaper than others, really good price here

below is how RAMS look like inside, one side is Choc, the other side is houseware

below from shop next to Cenang Underwater world, overall is cheaper than Kuah Billion& TSF, but none of the chocolate in underwaterworld is cheap.

below is from Cenang Mall

below is G Mart in Chenang where we found our favourite Rum Raisin Ritter’s sport and sold for less than RM6

below our chocolate loots, not as much as I imagined considering amount of shop we went. Overall, recommend to go RAMS Home Decor in Kuah for cheapest Choc, and if you want to compare price with another shop, can visit Teo Soon Fatt in Kuah as well. We would go G Mart cenang as well just to get our favourite Rum Raisin choc
For alcohol, just go to few shop in Chenang to compare price or see the different variety each shop carry(try these 3 shops which offer good price: Chenang Mall, Warisan and shop next to Underwater world), alcohol in Kuah(TSF & Billions) is more expensive. I buy them mainly for cooking(red,white wine, vodka can be used for spaghetti Bolognese) and baking(rum, bourbon, cognac, bourbon)

some other place we went:

Salihah kuah, roti canai, kuah of roti is not dhal and not nice, nasi lemak sold out before 8:30, the hygiene of the place looks a bit dirty

some place we didn’t managed to go:

1. Lunch: Red Tomato9am-5pm, farmer choice breakfast, pasta.

2. Nam restaurant 11am-11pm ginger pineapple drink, briyani, Ice cream cake, pear ginger cake.

3. Kedai makanan Asiah, morning nasi lemak

4. Mimiakashah, 8am-3pm except Sat

5. Roti canai otai,7:30-noon Fri/sat/sun.

6. Gallo nero, 6:30-10; 12:30-3:30pm sat/sun, petit gateau, Choc flan,panna Cotta, potato, lamb shank, Angus steak

7. Warung kita langkawi 6:30am-2pm breakfast nasi lemak, nasi dagang.

8. Halim GP seafood 5pm onwards 5pm onwards except Wed: curry senangin, goreng cendawan/sotong

9. Crab farmNoon-8pm except thurs

10. Cable car 9:30-7pm

11. Night market air hangat Friday.

12. Weng Fung Chinese restaurant.

13. Laksa kaw ikan sekoq, red banner, closed on Wed, noon – 7pm.

14. pulau payar taman Marin snorkelling >RM280(Thurs/sat). Ask how long you able to snorkel, they are some complains of long wait due to island crowd control policy.

15. Kuah Wed pasar Malam, in front baron hotel or near beras terbakar 5:30 – 10pm

We took 8:30pm flight, reached home 11pm+, next time better to take a slightly back

finally my favourite ice cream from my study days in Canada is found is Malaysia

i always buy their Natural vanilla ice cream with specks of vanilla bean(the lower left pictured below), very yummy when paired with fresh strawberries, which I always do.

it is cheaper than haagen daaz, and quite almost equally yummy, not too sweet, not too airy(which most cheaper ice cream are) and you can also see ingredient list of their vanilla ice cream is among those with shortest list of ingredient which is a good thing, mainly made of fresh milk & cream.

cost RM40++ for 1.4L (cheaper than Haagen Daaz), so far I can only find it in Jaya Grocers in pearl point, and not other branches of JG.

We tried also the chocolate flavor, tasted just ok, prefer the vanilla one

1. Breakfast in Berkeley fatty pan mee, Kah ping pan mee is so so, little with meat ingredient

Below is Kah Ping pan mee

2. Under Bridge bak kut teh
3. Shin Lok pau (Vege Pau and red bean pao is good, Kaya pao is so so), they also have branch in Jeram. I did try red bean,Kaya,Vege pao from another famous shop called Klang Food centre but find it so so

Below is corner shop lot of shin Lok

We bought Kaya, red bean and vegetable pao.

4. Cendol Bukit tinggi
5. Regent Pandan layer cake
6.Tasty Kuih Nyonya, Jalan Rengas
7. Warung Pak Din Palm grove karipap

Above is Pak din road side stall which is situated in back lanes between some big bungalows, odd place for a shop

8. Yankee pineapple

Lalaport free parking till end of October! Their usual parking rate is very expensive, can’t remember but I think is around RM15

Matcha Eight ice cream, had no 5 and 8, will stick with green tea flavour next time, and skip hojicha. 5 is cleaner taste and less sweet than 8

Yum

Looks to be a steal, only on weekday though

Martha Kitchen menu





Yummy enough

Tender squid

Freshly cooked Valencia Paella with homemade mayo

Hubs birthday cake slice 🎂it has a caramel-y sweet taste which I don’t particular like, Tokyo restaurant one’s is still unbeatable

Bill

Currently my top bakery choice. Donq (pronounce: Donq) is from Japan, their bread is chewy and not too soft, a unique texture

Mentaiko bread



The sea salt bread is our must buy, will definitely get it when we are there

tomato basil, not bad

Check out also my post on best food in Kuchai Lama & best food in Sri Petaling

1. Restoran Hoi Sum

I prefer this fishball noodle in Hoi Sum over Weng Huat’s as this fishball is the type which I like, will ask them not to put celery vege(which I already removed from above bowl)

Below is same fish ball noodle from 2nd visit(without celery vege this time)

Wantan morsel is so so, so don’t really fancy this wantan mee

2. Restoran Weng Huat Kopitiam

Find this wantan Mee just so so, a bit too oily and the wantan taste so so

Fish ball is the spong-ey type, not the saito/parang type, so fishball is just so so although the portion is generous(4 big balls)

Above is kampung chicken rice, RM10, not meaty as it is mostly bone, slightly more expensive from kuchai lama’s

3. Restoran Joo Hing, next to BHP petrol station

Above is wantan Mee is so so only, wantan not nice(not much taste). On the other hand, the night session wantan Mee in this restaurant is very good, the night wantan mee is another stall and according to them, open sinced 1970.

Below fishball noodle is not bad, taste is comparable with the one in Hoi Sum kopitiam, and portion here is more generous

Although is has mushroom which is rarity nowadays, pan Mee in Joo Hing is so so only

4. Hoong Beng / Hoong Pin coffee shop

The fishball noodle is not bad, taste on par with other fishball noodle in OUG. I remembered the curry is just ok, prefer Kuchai Lama Leong Wei or Girl & Mummy. In this coffee shop, the chee cheong fun is very popular and long line of ppl. The wantan Mee here is also one of my top favourite, the noodle is curly (a bit different from others and wantan very flavourful

Above is one of my favourite wantan mee from this coffee shop(their noodle is a bit unique curly, a bit like maggi shape), but it tasted better when I takeaway previously lol, they are not stingy with green cili when asked which is always a big plus

This curry mee is quite tasty as well(stall in shown in previous pic-Lou Ma). Overall my favourite curry mee in oug is the backlane curry mee next to OUG Lucky restaurant(no. 8 in this list) because they have nice fragrant lemongrass aroma, only downside is no siham there

5. OUG morning market

Won2 Chai2 Gou1 stall,a small push cart in Saturday and Sunday morning market, also in OUG Thursday night market(pictured below), very nice, RM3.80 for 2 pc

nice soft steamed tapioca sago kuih (the kuih is in green and yellow layer) sold in kuih stall below(around middle of the morning market)

6. Restoran Sun Sea

Famed pork noodle, I find the crowd is less now, they no longer default have small squid and prawn in the noodle, so less tasty now

Check out also my post on best food in Kuchai Lama & best food in Sri Petaling

7. Corner Coffee shop next to Top Catch Fisheries
They have torn pan Mee, not bad but prefer pan Mee with fresh pork rather than fried minced pork etc, overall don’t think I will go back for it. Their wantan Mee is from popular chicken rice stall, didn’t taste this roast pork+chicken noodle RM10.50 so can’t really comment

8. Pork noodle in OUG Lucky restaurant

this pork noodle is very popular as well, but we prefer the more famed one in Sun Sea which we find is more flavourful. This shop cook the pork noodle in batches, not individually. the portion for this is bigger than Sun Sea Curry Mee on side lane next to the coffee shop, quite satisfying and yummy where I requested for no chicken meat, but with chicken feet which tasted gelatinous yum. And the seller did also eat their own curry (seen in the previous pic, lady with pink headwrap), always a good sign that their food preparation is hygenic. This stall is quite popular as well, always full of customer this is their konlou style curry mee