Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 26th August, 2010

Today's weather;

A very blue sky has showed up this morning over Samui, it looks like a hot day today! Current temp at 7am is 26C

Yesterday saw a nice day with regular bouts of sunshine turn into heavy thunder and rain just after dark around 7pm for a while. Max temp reached 31.5C

Camille

2nd visit to Riverside Seafood Restaurant at Kota Tinggi, Johor.

After let the kids having their fun at the resort on the next day morning and some 'jungle monkey disguise' around the area...we say bye-bye to Pulai Desaru Resort and follow by our lunch at this Riverside Seafood Restaurant (N01 43.547 E103 54.733) along Kota Tinggi road. (The restaurant was moved to the opposite since my last visit)
It's a very simple setup for this seafood restaurant.

The Riverside Seafood Restaurant of Kota Tinggi

There were only 2 tables occupied that time maybe because lunch time was over...so we placed our order immediately.

The order :-
1)  Fish Head steamboat (Signature dish)
2)  Claypot chicken
3)  Sambal Squid (sotong) (my favorite)
4)  Ginger duck
5)  Vegetables

Fish Head steamboat (Signature dish)


Claypot chicken

Sambal Squid (sotong)

Ginger duck

Vegetables

Our purpose here was to taste the Fish Head Steamboat. It might not the Best in Johor, but I like the herbal soup with chili. The soup was yummy and spicy mixed with the fish head! The Ginger duck was really special, it cooked well and the taste quite similar with the wild boar. The chickens and the sambal squids were delicious too! We had a great lunch in the restaurant!

The Damage was MYR120.00 included drinks for 8 adults and 2 children. It was really reasonable!

You can enjoy the Firefly tour package after having dinner in the restaurant at night, wasn't it sound good? Drop by if you pass by.

Related post :-
*  Riverside Restaurant, Kota Tinggi, Johor (1st visit)

The location map of Riverside Seafood Restaurant at Kota Tinggi, Johor.


A morning without Sunrise at Desaru Beach, Johor

Suddenly I had a urge to snap the Sunrise of Desaru beach on the next morning of our short vacation. So I woke up around 6am, and strolled around the Pulai Desaru Resort, breath in the morning fresh air...it was totally dark at the pool side...(around 6.15am)

When I walked to the beach area, surprised! There were few resort guests waiting for the Sunrise too! I found one of the comfort corner and started to get my tripod ready for it. (I was lucky enough by not attack from any sand fly that morning!)

It was a misty morning, and I started to have bad feeling...I might not see the Red Ball! Yes! I was right, when the sky started to bright up, I can't find the Red Ball! Even I'm facing the right direction (East)...OH! Not again...
End up, I have to snap the surrounding of the beach without a choice...

The Rocks in front of me...Desaru Beach (about 6.50am)

Couple ramble romantically at the beach...

I only be able to caught this around 7.15am...(below)

And the weather was still misty on my left...So I walked back with disappointment and had my breakfast at the Windows Cafe from the resort...

A Misty morning at Desaru Beach

I went back to the room for sleep again after the nice and simple breakfast provided from the resort...
Why the Red Ball is so shy to show it's face?!


Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 25th August, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui is cloudy, although earlier on there was sunshine. Current temp at 7am is 29.1C

Yesterday saw plenty of sunshine and it was hot. Max temp reached 31C

Camille

Monday, August 23, 2010

Food on Wheels; Soup from a car

Food on Wheels; Soup from a car

During my recent visit to the Fishermans Village Walking Street night, held every Friday night, I stumbled over this prime sample of Food on Wheels, Thai Style!

It's a pick up car where in the pick up part of the car a complete little restaurant is mounted or installed and they sell soup or kaitiao (ก๋วยเตี๋ยว). This one advertises in pork and chicken with mushroom noodles soup but most likely they have more variations on offer.

It really is almost a small restaurant on wheels, next to the car were tables and chairs placed so their guests, mainly Thais, could sit down and enjoy their soup.

These kuaitiao stands/shops are all over the country and a local fave which I enjoy a lot as well but in a mobile version like this they're rather rare.

It remains amazing how creative Thai people are in coming up with ideas for making money and this ranks high on my scale of being inventive!

On to next weeks post, it will be hard to top this one!

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 24th August, 2010

Today's weather;

The sun is just about to break through the cloud cover that was covering Samui. Current temp at 7am is 27.3C

Yesterday saw a nice and sunny day with some overcast as well, although the sun prevailed, especially the afternoon it was hot. Max temp reached 31.3C

Camille

2nd Visit to Jade Garden Corner Seafood Restaurant at Sungai Rengit, Johor.

We had our dinner at Jade Garden Corner Seafood Restaurant again at Sungai Rengit, Johor (This was our second visit, you can read our first visit here). The distance from The Pulai Desaru Resort to this seafood restaurant is about 32KM, the journey took about 30 minutes relax drive from the resort. (I would like to correct the restaurant is actually located at Jalan Kerisi of Sungai Rengit. Not Jalan Hee Seng in my first post, apologies.)

There was only 2 tables occupied when we arrived, the time was around 6.30pm. This restaurant will be really crowded when dinner time around 8pm during weekend, so if you wanna visit it, it's advise to come early.

The Jade Garden Corner Seafood Restaurant at Sungai Rengit, Johor.

I snapped some photos of the Lobsters in the tanks...before they....


This one wanna Escape! It asked me to help, but I said...'It's too late!' :)

Lobsters is the dish you Must try if you happen to be here, it's also because of this small village nickname - Lobster Village.

Our foods ordered :-
1)  Mixed vegetables
2)  Omelette
3)  Butter Prawns
4)  Jade Special Lobster (Signature dish)

Mixed vegetables

Omelette

Butter Prawns

The Jade Special Lobster


There were total of 3 baby lobsters and each of them cut it became 2. All foods were satisfied! Seems like better than our previous visit! The lobsters still as Delicious as we had it before, the omelette was nice, the vegetable was tasty and the prawns were really fresh! We had a memorable dinner at this restaurant!

The Damage was MYR217.00 include 4 bottles of Tiger Beer and others drinks. (For 4 adults and 1 child)

BUT...we might not visit next time because of :
1)  We wanna try out others Seafood Restaurant at Sungai Rengit.
2)  I noticed the Lobsters was charges extra after I saw the bill while back to resort.

Anyway, it's worth if you haven't taste the Lobster of Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant.

Related post :
*  Jade Garden Seafood Corner at Sungai Rengit, Johor

Location map of Jade Garden Corner Seafood Restaurant at Sungai Rengit, Johor.