Waiting near Pangkor Laut resort “lobby” on jeti’s side for our free speed boat transfer

Leaving from Pangkor Marina jetty

Almost reaching the island exclusively for Pangkor Laut YTL resort

Docking

Map of whole island

One of the restaurant in the resident package, each person can order one main+1 appetizer or one main+1 dessert

Nice view from our table

The tiramisu texture is horrible, it is basically clacky soft mushy underneath, I think too much coffee or it has been made for awhile that water seep to bottom

Our seaview room

One downside is there is no bidet next to toilet bowl

The bathtub opens up to the sea, not that we feel safe opening it up

From bathtub

Uncle Lim restaurant which is also part of resident package. For us 2 pax, we can order 3 dishes, and there will be soup of the day + dessert is fixed to be fruit platter

Soup looks simpe but surprisingly very nice, peppery and nice

Beef rendang, popular dish, taste ok

Loves this fresh crunch asparagus with yummy fresh prawn

View from our dining table

Walking back to our seaview room on stilts

From our seaview hotel area, we can walk on wooden pathway to Fisherman Cove, the restaurant looks nice but this is not included in resident package

We went super early like 7am to breakfast, lots of choices

Always love a fresh juice

Nasi lemak is so so, it is not piping hot and has some spice used which I don’t really like

Porridge is really nice

View from breakfast area

Nasi lemak looks nice but I not fond of the sambal taste which has unusual spice used

Yumm

Nice juggle walk exercise

The hike starts from library area, and ends at Emerald Bay beach, quite a good workout

Reached Emerald Bay, the beach is not clean, rubbish all over with 2 workers busy sweeping up the branches and rubbish. And there is many jellyfish small-ish plankton(was told it is not jellyfish) in the area that nobody is playing in the water. I swam a little and felt like the plankton is making my skin feels itchy so I chicken out and quickly swam back

The banana leaf served in cafe next to Emerald Bay is yummy!

Fish and chip is big portion and not bad

View from the cafe

Cendol is so so

Back to our seaview room, wave washing over lots of rubbish including a big rice bag

The jellyfish like plankton which fills the beach of whole island during the time of our visit, making the water un-swimmable

At night we went to dinner buffet, selection is not great but we didn’t want to go to Uncle Lim restaurant again (which is too filling as the dishes are very big portion and can order only limited items)

The dinner buffet is surprisingly cheap which makes us think the resident package is not really a bargain. If we go again, will try to negotiate only 1 day resident package and 2nd night room only

Breakfast roti jala, too crispy

Rubbishes washed up from overnight tide

Water is clear but lots of corals, only Emerald Bay’s beach on the other side of the island is swimmable, but too bad plankton filled it while we visited

Covered parking for 3 night is jeti at RM35/day!

Jia Fatt meesua, a landed house in Setaiwan, their mee SUA is nice

They sells different noodle. Start from RM 6 per pack, j bought Mee SUA and dried pan mee. Mee sua is nice, dried pan mee is usual. Be sure to drop by when going back to KL cos it just add 2km to the total journey back to KL.

We also went First Ocean trading to buy pangkor ikan bilis, they have 2 shop nearby, aanother must visit to get ikan bilis, adding just 3km to total journey.

Bought Mokla keropok lekor on the way back, just okay

Dined in random restaurant in Sekinchan

Okay small-ish prawn

Very fresh seafood from Hai Seng Huat, sekinchan, RM70 for big prawn(20pc per kg)

This fish is must order, very fresh and tasty

This is bentong taufu pork stuffed with minced pork, not bad but the soup based tasted funny, like some chlorine smell

Tofu is nice, but the gravy is so so, can skip this egg tofu dish

Queing to go inside Genting premium outlets(GPO), just around 15-20 drive from bukit tinggi, quite happening with loads of people, also the place to take cable car

Overall, the steamed talapia with lala is must order, and can skip the egg tofu dishes, generally quite tasty, though some of us think the dishes is slightly not strong enough taste, which is fine by me, hope to visit Fantasy restaurant nearly.

Cost ~RM400 for 9 adults+2 kids

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

During MCO, i did quite a few online grocery/food shopping, below are my thoughts on them

1. Mydin: Difficult to get delivery slot, need to keep on checking their site. Cons: Can’t amend shopping list before delivery date, you have to cancel and re-checkout, but then risk losing your original delivery slot. Refund amount will go to e-credit, long time to get e-credit, haven’t receive it although it is more than 2 week now. Encounter delivery delayed till next day for both my deliveries, thus not ordering from them now, until they refund me back e-credit.
2. Tesco: Slightly easier to get delivery slot (as they release the slot 3 weeks at at a time unlike Mydin is only 1 week at a time), however still need to keep on checking their site. Pro: shopping list can be amended up till 11pm before day of delivery. Generally won’t delay delivery till next time, only encounter 1 delivery delayed till next day.
3. HappyFresh: Same as Mydin, very difficult to get delivery slot, need to keep on checking their site. Also, shopping list can’t be amended. So far no delayed till next day issue. Not bad, can try, but it is really difficult to get delivery slot.
4. BakeWithYen: Delivery is very fast. Order same day, delivery on same day. Must try! Good to buy bread flour, yeast, butter, chickpeas, raisin etc. Time to brush up your bread baking skills if you always run out of bread.
5. KampungChicken: I use my apartment’s community Facebook Group to find contacts to chicken seller in morning market. And also i actually whatsapp business/kopitiam around morning market (contacts found from googlemap). During MCO, i can find fresh kampung chicken delivery service selling for RM18/kg (Kepong) & RM17/kg (Puchong). Some is free delivery, whereas some require you to arrange your own grab delivery. Some of these chicken seller sells pork etc as well.
6. Grab Delivery (GD): Found a vege shop’s hp contact near by place (via Google Map/Google Street View whereby the shop’s next door has handphone number listed in Google, and this person gave me the vege seller hp)… This vege seller don’t do delivery, but ok if i arrange Grab Delivery myself. Grab delivery is very convenient, you can arrange a car/bike to deliver from a shop to your house, provided the shop owner ok to pack everything and hand it to the grab delivery person. Do try to arrange delivery before 11am or 2pm-6pm, as they is surchange from 11-2pm and 6pm onwards. I ordered GD once around lunch time, though it was listed as RM10, i was charged RM15 in the end 🙁 due to peak time surcharge.
7. Lazada/Shopee: We ordered some ikan bilis, nuts etc. Cons is the delivery time is not guarantee or predictable, they may say it is 2-5 days, and end up delivering on the 5th day with many items not avail (especially fresh vege/fruits which is hard to sourced at this time)
8. Other shops via Facebook group: We bought a chicken at RM26/kg! from a shop specialising in frozen seafood. So expensive, and also bought some onion etc from them, with the onion is half rotten, regular potato (not Russett) being charged premium price… I think it is best to buy chicken from chicken seller, and vege from vege seller/supermarket, and not some shops specialising in frozen food…
9. Tanjong Karang Bagan Pasir seafood: live auction in Facebook, price looks reasonable, but have to buy in bulk, like 3 or 4 kg of same type of fish etc.
10. Cakes: Celebrating birthday during MCO, i would recommend getting tart / cakes from Delectable by Su. Free delivery during MCO when you checkout using code: DONTPANICEATCAKE Such a deal not to be missed, we had their strawberry tart & lemon meringue tart.
11. AgroBazaar: Site is difficult to “Search”/navigate, we bought their Kombo Sayur 1 (RM30), however you need to pay RM10 to the delivery guy. Delivery is fast: 1to2 days. The combo is huge, i think we contributed to the shortage of vege. it contains below, as you can imagine, what are we going to do with 1kg of red chilli

KUBIS	1.2kg-1.3kg	RM3.00
TOMATO	1 kg	RM3.30
CILI MERAH	1 kg	RM9.00
BAWANG BESAR	1kg	RM6.20
LABU MANIS	1 biji (1 – 1.1 kg)	RM1.20
LOBAK MERAH	1 kg	RM2.50
KENTANG	1 kg	RM2.50
HALIA TUA	500 gm	RM3.20

Fatt Kee is 1 of the 2 chinese restaurant in Raub, famous among the locals for celebration/wedding dinner, this meal was a treat from my brother. Yummy food, other than the chicken salad, which i am not found of, it is a cold dish with gelatinized chicken, and covered in thousand island sauce.

This is Sultan fish, nice without any muddy or fishy smell

Address: Ah Fatt

No. 12, Jalan Tun Razak, 27600 Raub, Pahang

Telephone: 09-355 1669

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