A day trip to Pulau Ketam

We love food and of course seafood is always in our mind we talk about gatherings and family celebrations. We do not mind travelling a little further to taste a good food, thus we planned a day trip to Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) on Wesak Day holiday.

 

The main transportation to this island is through the waters of Klang River. We took a speedboat from South Port Passenger Terminal to the island which costs RM10.00 per person and it took approximately 20 minutes journey. The details of the transportation can be found here at Ferry Schedule for reference. There were mangroves all the way where fishermen normally catch crabs at the area.

Speedboat ticket (RM10.00)

 

 It was low tide at the mid-afternoon hours when we reach the island where we could see a lots crabs running around the shore and I also saw the belacan fish for the very first time. I was eating sambal belacan all the while without knowing how that fish looked like. We had a short tour around the village before we can have our seafood.

 

This fishermen village’s population is majority Chinese. Some hawkers can speak good English and some do not even understand our Bahasa Melayu because the way the converse is so differently. There were many seafood restaurants, fruit juice stalls and grocery shops around. The famous food we noticed the entire pathway is fried oyster and clams but we did not get a chance to have it. Many shops sell seafood products like dried squids and anchovies.

There are no big roads in this village but only narrow pathway for people to walk and cycle. Bicycle is the main transportation that is being used around this village. They have normal bicycles and also battery operated bicycles for rent. Families also can put up a night at this place as they have hotel facilities here and it is very affordable in price wise. I find this place is suitable for friends to get together away from the pollutions and noisy city. Those who love fishing will enjoy this place because they have fishing facilities too.

One of the pathway in the village

The shops

Wall mural



Chinese Temple

 

We dined at Restoran Kuai Lok Hian which was highly recommended by a friend. So we did not take a second to think of other choices. The seafood was very delicious, the cooking style and flavor was extraordinary then what we usually have.

We chose the golden pomfret fish (bawal emas) to be made as soya sauce steamed. The soya sauce was very tasty and the fish was so fresh.

 

The mantis prawns was so yummilicious by the looks itself once served on our table. It tasted so fleshy and creamy as it looks and of course the portion is big.

 

The kam heong stir fried clams (lala) made me so surprised once I eaten it. There were no sand in any of the clams, thus it was very clean. All the clams were so big than what we usually get which is a tiny piece found inside the clam shells that make us always regret ordering clams in a restaurant. The kam heong gravy tasted so good and I cannot explain in words but I can recommend people to taste it.

We had hot plate prawns which had some unique flavoring in it. It was mixture of kam heong, spicy and curry flavor. It was simple awesome! I personally will highly recommend this dish to anyone.

 

 

Dry chili crab was the major highlight! We ate the crabs the last because we already planned to eat it using our fingers. The red crab’s shell is obviously very hard and we needed our fingers to assist us. The flesh of the crabs was so juicy and filled inside the shells and no empty shells found.

 

I have always heard that Pulau Ketam is a seafood paradise and indeed it is a place to enjoy the fresh seafood. No regrets and worth the price paid.

We took Alibaba Cruise back to Port Klang. This cruise was a little high-end looking but it also cost RM10.00 and its journey is 30 minutes. The journey to Pulau Ketam was indeed worth the time spent away from the city. 

 

 

“People who love to eat are always the best people. - Julia Child”

A simple smile

A simple smile

 

 

I just barged into the bus door entrance all of a sudden and the door hits me while it was almost closing. Ouch..! The bus driver got panicked but he smiled wide and asked "pintu kena you ke?" (Did the door hit you?) I said "tak apa bang, saya pun tiba-tiba masuk. Abang tak nampak" (it's ok bro, I suddenly barged in, you didn't see me). Instead of saying sorry, he said "terima kasih" (thank you) with a wider smile. In my heart, thank you? I gave him back my sweetest smile, paid my bus fare and went to the back to my seat. Then I was wondering, why thank you? May be others would have reacted angrily towards him but I didn't? The thank you and smile he has been very sincere which we hardly get from other bus drivers. I travel using the public transport everyday to work and it has been 10 years now. I have seen angry bus drivers, reckless ones, irritating ones and sometimes crazy ones. I know everyone is tired working but being a driver is even harder than working in office and those tired drivers unintentionally show their tiredness and frustration to their passengers "like me" and scold them for entering when the doors is almost closing. But this abang was so nice towards the passengers. He gave nice smile to everyone and I adore this kind of people being around me.

Smile, it shows the friendliness in you, also shows that you are not a small-minded person in the community. But nowadays, we cannot see many people smiling to each other as everyone is busy looking at their mobile phone, ipad or tabs, so all heads down. puffff… A simple smile from a stranger makes a lot of difference to me and of course it even made my rainy days better. We are in the era with bombastic gadgets which you get connected with people around the world but forget to smile to people in front of you.

Stop being so introvert. It is time to be nice to people!

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

~ Mother Teresa ~