Changlun Chinese Food

I've been wanting to blog about Chinese food restaurants in Kedah for quite sometime just to show my readers that there's really a difference eating Chinese food in a state dominated by Muslim. ( This is not a racist statement)



White Rice


Instead of the usual bowl, all the Chinese restaurants here serve rice in a plate.

Japanese Egg Tofu Hot plate


Somehow, each of my meal outside in a Chinese restaurant, there's always a dish of tofu. But i must say, the restaurants here serve really good tofu dish. ;p

Sambal Kangkung


I don't usually eat kang kung outside but since orderings are done in mandarin so each time my friend ask me if it's ok, i'll say " ok, sure" without knowing what they ordered. The sambal is really nice and the kangkung is not over-cooked.

Ginger Pork


I've been wanting to show all of you the pork here! Man, don't you think IT LOOKS LIKE CHICKEN? But seriously, it's pork. It tasted nothing like pork and nothing like chicken. I'm stressing again that this is REALLY PORK!

Liang Cha


The northern states is a lot hotter and much more humid compared to other states in Malaysia so it's nice to wash down with a cold Liang cha ;p

The total price : RM 18 (including three plates of rice). Cheap right ?

Changlun is a very small town, you won't miss this place ;p

EDC - Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

The perks of being active in the university is that you are constantly invited to attend dinners.

Most of the times it is like this.


Sometimes it could be like this.


Yesterday, it was taken to another level. I was invited to EDC, a hotel located just outside UUM and is fully owned by UUM.

Because UUM is rather secluded from the city, the VIPs would stay here during their official visits. So students don't really get to visit this place. Unless of course, your parents is here and they wanted to stay there.


I had a low expectation right after i knew that the menu would be western. Because seriously, the last place to serve good western food, is Kedah though I must say they serve the best Malay cuisine.


I didn't like the table settings. C'mon, take away the plastic mat!


We booked the place before hand and mentioned that we will come at 9pm. We arrived at 8.45pm and had to wait for an hour before our food is finally served.


After having to wait for an hour, all i get is a piece of tiny chicken chop. Taste wise, it was below average and portion was just too little.


The black pepper gravy that are supposed to be poured on the chicken chop.


Ice creams for deserts.


We were still hungry so our felo ordered sandwiches for us. Normal tuna sandwich.


When the bill came, we had the shock of our life when the "normal tuna sandwich" costed us RM 56 per plate, that's RM 7 for a tiny piece of sandwich! I wouldn't mind to pay such amount if i was dining in Hilton but this is in UUM! (Technically still in UUM!)

Thank God though, everything was fully sponsored. So, those in universities can start thinking of what activities to join. Trust, there's a lot of benefits you could enjoy ;p

Changlun

Most of you would have already know that i'm currently studying in UUM and the nearest town to us is Changlun. Changlun is something like Serian back in Kuching.



There is relatively a lot of home-based coffee shops here. They live in the house and the car porch is the coffee shop. The hygiene of the place is not trustable that most of the time while i am waiting for my food, i sit and wonder if i should put the food in my mouth.. albeit, they charged the lowest price in Malaysia, hands down!

On my recent visit, i had :

Ying Yong


It's called Ying Yong because they mixed the bee hoon and the kueh tiau together. It's very popular in Peninsular especially up north. Taste wise , it's just so-so. Couldn't expect much from shops like this. ;p

Liang teh


It tasted alright ;p

Altogether, this only cost me RM 3.60! Told ya, it's cheap.. but you can't expect much la! hehe.