Day Trip to Sekinchan 12.10.2013~

I'm having a good rest on Labour Day, the day where all labourers can forget about their jobs, listening to Daughtry and wondering when will my next spontaneous trip be. Being an office labourer, it's extremely hard to take off. Every single trip has to be pre-planned months in advance so that it won't clash with meetings or busy days, sigh..

2013 was quite fulfilling in terms of holidays for me. Besides Hong Kong and Siem Reap, I also made a trip down to Sekinchan in October. Nevermind that it was a local destination, for me, visiting any place that I have not been to is a new experience!

This is no normal patch of grass ok, this is a tiny chunk of the Rice Bowl of Peninsular Malaysia, no joke. It just doesn't look very green since the weather wasn't very sunny when we arrived after our drive down from Klang. We had expecially chosen October since the paddy would be growing nicely. Do refer to the chart here for the visiting schedule, you really don't want to go in the months when all there is to see is mud and dirt, haha..

  

The sky was ridiculously dark when we arrived. If I remember correctly, it even rained a little T_T The 2 pictures above were taken mere seconds apart, see how the rain clouds came rolling in?!

So where could we go next? Basically, there's nothing much to do in Sekinchan, just relax and enjoy the scenery, buy lots of local produce and have the must-try shark porridge for lunch. The portion was quite generous, so as advised by the lady who took our order, we only had 3 dishes to share.

 

 

建旗海鲜饭店 （Jiann Chyi  Restaurant） 156, Bagan Sekinchan, 45400 Sekinchan, Selangor. Tel: 03-3241 4690 / 012-234 5478 

Coincidentally we both wore red that day, matchy matchy :D

Trying very hard to enjoy the noni drink which tasted rather 'interesting' @@

  

 Thank goodness the sky cleared up after lunch and we finally got to see the awesomely green paddy fields. Really soothes the eyes!

Ok, just wanted to post this since I looked very happy =) 

The other half of 'The Four'

  

  

 Spot the auntie going to the market, heehee..

Like I said earlier, there isn't much to do except buy buy eat eat and we ended up with a car full of mangoes, sweet corn, rice, prawn crackers, etc etc etc, it really seemed like we had gone to the market. Ended the trip with cendol while on the way back to Klang. I think our day trip was quite short compared to some itineries I have seen, since we skipped the fishing village altogether but nonetheless, my main reason to go was to look at a sea of green and have fun, so I was quite satisfied~ 

 Ending this post with some funny pink stuff we saw all over the place. Really curious to know what kind of spawn it is? Frogs? Fish? Dragonflies? Hmm..

Dining In The Dark

Decided to do something special for the Boy's birthday this year. Instead of a romantic candlelit dinner, we went and dined in pitch black darkness! @@ The restaurant in question is very simply called Dining In The Dark - KL and its located at Changkat Bukit Bintang, beside Movida and opposite Radius International Hotel. Be warned though, I would recommend this experience only to open-minded people and those who are not that choosy with their food. You never know what you'll be served during the meal, hehehe..

For me, I was really impressed with the details even before reaching the restaurant. You get a reminder call as well as a very detailed email informing you of the location, what to expect and even the weather! 

When we first arrived, we were given a welcome drink at the lounge area. I would say choose the alcoholic drink since it will loosen you up before you prepare for the experience. There are games that you can play to acclimatise yourself to a world of blindness (our game was to pick the 4 paperclips from a bowl of dried foodstuff, not as easy as it sounds, I almost thought we would have to wait till midnight for us to finish the game before dinner) and then time to lock away any items that emit any light or glow, so no phones allowed during dinner.

I chose the White Russian Cocktail =)

Sneak peak at the menu, which doesn't really tell you what you'll be having @@ You can expect the final bill to be less than RM150 per person depending on the drink you choose to accompany dinner. At the end of the meal, you will be shown the actual menu with descriptions of the things eaten and we were very lucky to get a chance to try out the Christmas menu. The menu is changed every month by the way.. Very hard to describe in detail here but we were really stuffed to the brim after the appetiser (4 dishes) + soup (2 soups) + main course (3 dishes) +dessert (5 desserts)!!!

I enjoyed the experience very much since its not something you would do all the time. I'd imagined that we would at least be able to see some silhouettes of the utensils and stuff but no, I couldn't even see my own fingers much less anything else. You really have to feel your way around and I did touch several of my dishes by accident, lol. Kudos to the wait staff who are visually impaired but remain cheerful and helpful throughout!

 A great end to a fun day!

Special mention to Jo who styled my hair for me *love*

 

A very happy birthday to the boys who love us, hehe..

The almond tiramisu cake from levain patisserie which was a tad too sweet, but the amount of almonds given was awesome!

 Hint: I'll be expecting something special planned for my birthday this year too eh!