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Road trip to Kulaijaya + Melaka ( Christmas edition)
*Road to local delights* introduces you another hidden gem in Kulaijaya.
Kulai town is a district of the state of Johore. A town that you would tend to overlook when other major attractions like LEGOLAND, Hello Kitty City are too overwhelming and commercialized.
However, this small town is still awaiting you to discover it's chams & authenticity. It has no fancy or modernized amusement, but there are still something worthwhile to be visited.
Nevertheless, Since JPO premium outlet has been launched, it has slightly elevated the economy in this small town and more visitors started to realizing the essence of this admirable town.
1. Putuo Village ( Temple)
This spiritual sanctuary has been established over 15 years has housing a lot of legend of Buddhism. It's a holy place of pilgrimage, and many godly event will be held here during some special occasions of showing the respect to God as well as for praying ceremony.
Beside the temple, there is a small fenced up village for housing some old folks whose without the family member or have been long lost with their loved ones.
Show your sympathy by donating funds or you can pay a visit to them for understanding the cultures and other historical footprints behind the scenes.
Walk through the temple and you would find a lot of gorgeously decorative building structure, and if you're buddisht, you may also contribute incense cost and proceed with praying procedure.
There is a wishing tree set in front of the temple, you may make wish and some said it's always fulfilling.
2. Street Arts
There is a cultural street in Kelapa Sawit. The name of this place is indeed called KELAPA SAWIT. The most eye catching is the murals here. Upon entering to the street, both sides of the backlane wall are painted with colourful and beautiful murals and arts.
I would say this could be the longest street arts that I've ever seen. It's separated into 2 sections. Front & back. They're just along the same street but split into 2 sections by a middle road.
Every painting implies certain meaning and story, I could feel the ample efforts that the artist invested to prove to the world that something is not replaceable especially ARTS !
It's worth to visit. Take a picture In front of this arts and showing your appreciation to their master piece of works. This is limited edition. You can see but not for sale.
Location : Jalan Kelapa Sawit ( Kampung Kelapa Sawit) 沙威新村壁画
Operating hours : Nil
3. Check in HOUSE OF ETERNAL LOVE
If you're spending a night in Kulai, try out this homestay. It's nicely decorated with a lot of greens. It's a very unique and adorable homestay. Besides comfort, you may find the price is super reasonable. It comes with complete facilities and the room is clean & well maintained.
In house, you would also find a lot of shooting spots to gratify your camera craves. Viewing from far, the entire home seems like covered with sprawling plants and greens.
There many open areas for chatting and coffee talk, it's an ideal place for those who love unique yet budget stay.
I'll highly recommend.
Location : 16, Jalan Susur Kulai 1, Taman Kulai Baru.
Cost : ranging from RM 80 - RM 150 per night.
FOOD TRAILS
4. Pastry ( 菜板，桃板)
Hakka pastry is one of the popular pastry in Kulai. There are 2 kind of best seller parties. One is *cai pan* and another is *tao ban*. Cai ban look like a dumpling shape and it's stuffed with turnips and dried shrimp and another flavour is Chinese leek.
Tao ban is in pink colour and shaped like a peach. He stuffed with glutinous rice and chewy in taste.
Both are nice. If you prefer sweet, then opt for tao ban, if savoury, then cai ban. Ichiban!
5. Dinner at restaurant 68 ( 回味68海鲜餐阁)
You may try out this Chinese seafood restaurant located in Jalan Manis Kulai. It's an open air restaurant with a very spacious dining area. It's suitable for a family dinner or any celebration for special occasion.
As usual, you can order some dishes from this restaurant, and the taste is really home cooked alike. Their signature is *大车米粉* in translation - big car fried beehoon. This is so delicious. You would never be able to do it at home as this requires a strong fire stove and only it will trigger the scent of wok with slight scorch, and adequate dryness.
You may order their other signature dishes like steam fish, and ginger onion chicken cube.
Price is reasonable.
6. Hakka Thunder Rice ( 火山🔥客家雷茶)
Hakka community is one of the majority ethnic in Kulai Town. Certainly, hakka delicacy becomes well known in this town. One of the most localised food is Hakka Thunder Rice. I came to know this from my mom. She's the big fans of this rice. It's a combination of assorted vegetable and served with a peppermint alike soup. It's rather different from KL, especially the ingredient that they used.
Every bite of the rice is enriched with the aroma of vegetable and peanuts, and drink a spoon of soup to further compliment the taste.
You would definitely enjoy the chewing of the vegetable, when they're being minced off in your mouth and it perfectly trigger the chlorophyll of the vegetable and crunchy peanuts. Sumptuous try out this shop.
7. JPO JOHORE PREMIUM OUTLET.
Kulai town is quite at night time, if you're looking for some night time activities, you may drive to JPO for night shopping. It's about 20 minutes from kulai town.
Trust that everyone knows about this premium outlet where you can stop for luxurious brand items with exclusive price.
I'm inlcuding here in case you can't find any activities at night.
Melaka ( Christmas Edition)
8. Melaka Portuguese settlement
Believe Melaka is not new to everyone. This episode will share with you more about the Christmas atmosphere in Melaka Portuguese settlement.
Our arrival in conjunction to the Christmas festive, we were fortunate to witness an extraordinary celebration near to Portuguese settlement.
As Melaka was once conquered by Portuguese, you would find a lot of historical sites in Melaka recording the sign of this bygone days of Portuguese.
Surrounding of this Portuguese settlement are majority the Portuguese generation, they inherited the culture & other emblems from Portuguese.
Their main festive celebration is Christmas. As our arrival coincided to their festive celebration, we managed to sight the breathtakingly wonderful celebration from this village.
The villager decorated their houses with different Christmas theme, and each house seemed so competitively beautiful.
The lighting of the houses lit up the whole street and all the visitors blended into their bustling and hustling street just to share the enjoyment.
You would be definitely impressed with their unbelievably superb decoration ! Come here during Christmas. Forget about silent night.
Location : perkampungan Portugis Melaka
Best time to visit ( Christmas) : 24 & 25 December
9. Satay celup
One of my main mission to Melaka is having stay celup. The specialty is the satay sauce and you can pick you favourite ingredients ( in stick form) in the fridge and dip into hot and smoky sauce set in the centre of your table.
Once it's cooked, served it while it's still hot and you may request for bread & cucumber cubes as your sides.
The sauce rumbling on your mouth and the fish balls absorbed with all the essence of satay sauce. Imaging you bite on it and the satay sauce squeeze into your teething gap. What a superb feeling.
Personally, I like the satay celup shop called ban lee siang as capitol is too long to queue.
Location : ban lee siang 53-C jalan ong Kim wee.
Price : RM 1.00 - RM 1.50 per stick
Operating hours : 4pm - 12.30am.
Pls follow my other #roadtolocaldelights blog for other interesting places in Malaysia.
We are proud to be Malaysian.
#cuticutimalaysia
#roadtolocaldelights
Road trip to Kulaijaya + Melaka ( Christmas edition)
*Road to local delights* introduces you another hidden gem in Kulaijaya.
Kulai town is a district of the state of Johore. A town that you would tend to overlook when other major attractions like LEGOLAND, Hello Kitty City are too overwhelming and commercialized.
However, this small town is still awaiting you to discover it's chams & authenticity. It has no fancy or modernized amusement, but there are still something worthwhile to be visited.
Nevertheless, Since JPO premium outlet has been launched, it has slightly elevated the economy in this small town and more visitors started to realizing the essence of this admirable town.
1. Putuo Village ( Temple)
This spiritual sanctuary has been established over 15 years has housing a lot of legend of Buddhism. It's a holy place of pilgrimage, and many godly event will be held here during some special occasions of showing the respect to God as well as for praying ceremony.
Beside the temple, there is a small fenced up village for housing some old folks whose without the family member or have been long lost with their loved ones.
Show your sympathy by donating funds or you can pay a visit to them for understanding the cultures and other historical footprints behind the scenes.
Walk through the temple and you would find a lot of gorgeously decorative building structure, and if you're buddisht, you may also contribute incense cost and proceed with praying procedure.
There is a wishing tree set in front of the temple, you may make wish and some said it's always fulfilling.
Location
1488, Jalan Kampung Taib Andak, Off Jalan Kota Tinggi., Felda Taib Andak, 81000 Kulai, Johor
Operating hours : 8.30am to 5.30pm
Entrance: Free
Operating hours : 8.30am to 5.30pm
Entrance: Free
2. Street Arts
There is a cultural street in Kelapa Sawit. The name of this place is indeed called KELAPA SAWIT. The most eye catching is the murals here. Upon entering to the street, both sides of the backlane wall are painted with colourful and beautiful murals and arts.
I would say this could be the longest street arts that I've ever seen. It's separated into 2 sections. Front & back. They're just along the same street but split into 2 sections by a middle road.
Every painting implies certain meaning and story, I could feel the ample efforts that the artist invested to prove to the world that something is not replaceable especially ARTS !
It's worth to visit. Take a picture In front of this arts and showing your appreciation to their master piece of works. This is limited edition. You can see but not for sale.
Location : Jalan Kelapa Sawit ( Kampung Kelapa Sawit) 沙威新村壁画
Operating hours : Nil
3. Check in HOUSE OF ETERNAL LOVE
If you're spending a night in Kulai, try out this homestay. It's nicely decorated with a lot of greens. It's a very unique and adorable homestay. Besides comfort, you may find the price is super reasonable. It comes with complete facilities and the room is clean & well maintained.
In house, you would also find a lot of shooting spots to gratify your camera craves. Viewing from far, the entire home seems like covered with sprawling plants and greens.
There many open areas for chatting and coffee talk, it's an ideal place for those who love unique yet budget stay.
I'll highly recommend.
Location : 16, Jalan Susur Kulai 1, Taman Kulai Baru.
Cost : ranging from RM 80 - RM 150 per night.
FOOD TRAILS
4. Pastry ( 菜板，桃板)
Hakka pastry is one of the popular pastry in Kulai. There are 2 kind of best seller parties. One is *cai pan* and another is *tao ban*. Cai ban look like a dumpling shape and it's stuffed with turnips and dried shrimp and another flavour is Chinese leek.
Tao ban is in pink colour and shaped like a peach. He stuffed with glutinous rice and chewy in taste.
Both are nice. If you prefer sweet, then opt for tao ban, if savoury, then cai ban. Ichiban!
5. Dinner at restaurant 68 ( 回味68海鲜餐阁)
You may try out this Chinese seafood restaurant located in Jalan Manis Kulai. It's an open air restaurant with a very spacious dining area. It's suitable for a family dinner or any celebration for special occasion.
As usual, you can order some dishes from this restaurant, and the taste is really home cooked alike. Their signature is *大车米粉* in translation - big car fried beehoon. This is so delicious. You would never be able to do it at home as this requires a strong fire stove and only it will trigger the scent of wok with slight scorch, and adequate dryness.
You may order their other signature dishes like steam fish, and ginger onion chicken cube.
Price is reasonable.
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| 大车米粉 big car beehoon |
Location : Jalan manis 10, taman manis, Kelapa Sawit ( Restaurant 68)
Tel : 019-740 6868
Operating hours : dinner 6pm onwards.
6. Hakka Thunder Rice ( 火山🔥客家雷茶)
Hakka community is one of the majority ethnic in Kulai Town. Certainly, hakka delicacy becomes well known in this town. One of the most localised food is Hakka Thunder Rice. I came to know this from my mom. She's the big fans of this rice. It's a combination of assorted vegetable and served with a peppermint alike soup. It's rather different from KL, especially the ingredient that they used.
Every bite of the rice is enriched with the aroma of vegetable and peanuts, and drink a spoon of soup to further compliment the taste.
You would definitely enjoy the chewing of the vegetable, when they're being minced off in your mouth and it perfectly trigger the chlorophyll of the vegetable and crunchy peanuts. Sumptuous try out this shop.
Location : No.8091, 81030, Jalan Sri Paya 2, Kampung Sri Paya, 81000 Kulai, Johor
Operating hours : 5am - 1.30pm ( closed on Sunday)
Operating hours : 5am - 1.30pm ( closed on Sunday)
Kulai town is quite at night time, if you're looking for some night time activities, you may drive to JPO for night shopping. It's about 20 minutes from kulai town.
Trust that everyone knows about this premium outlet where you can stop for luxurious brand items with exclusive price.
I'm inlcuding here in case you can't find any activities at night.
Melaka ( Christmas Edition)
8. Melaka Portuguese settlement
Believe Melaka is not new to everyone. This episode will share with you more about the Christmas atmosphere in Melaka Portuguese settlement.
Our arrival in conjunction to the Christmas festive, we were fortunate to witness an extraordinary celebration near to Portuguese settlement.
As Melaka was once conquered by Portuguese, you would find a lot of historical sites in Melaka recording the sign of this bygone days of Portuguese.
Surrounding of this Portuguese settlement are majority the Portuguese generation, they inherited the culture & other emblems from Portuguese.
Their main festive celebration is Christmas. As our arrival coincided to their festive celebration, we managed to sight the breathtakingly wonderful celebration from this village.
The villager decorated their houses with different Christmas theme, and each house seemed so competitively beautiful.
The lighting of the houses lit up the whole street and all the visitors blended into their bustling and hustling street just to share the enjoyment.
You would be definitely impressed with their unbelievably superb decoration ! Come here during Christmas. Forget about silent night.
Best time to visit ( Christmas) : 24 & 25 December
9. Satay celup
One of my main mission to Melaka is having stay celup. The specialty is the satay sauce and you can pick you favourite ingredients ( in stick form) in the fridge and dip into hot and smoky sauce set in the centre of your table.
Once it's cooked, served it while it's still hot and you may request for bread & cucumber cubes as your sides.
The sauce rumbling on your mouth and the fish balls absorbed with all the essence of satay sauce. Imaging you bite on it and the satay sauce squeeze into your teething gap. What a superb feeling.
Personally, I like the satay celup shop called ban lee siang as capitol is too long to queue.
Location : ban lee siang 53-C jalan ong Kim wee.
Price : RM 1.00 - RM 1.50 per stick
Operating hours : 4pm - 12.30am.
Pls follow my other #roadtolocaldelights blog for other interesting places in Malaysia.
We are proud to be Malaysian.
#cuticutimalaysia
#roadtolocaldelights
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