Let's go on a trip!

I took Mousie on a one-way trip to Ipoh. She will be housekeeping there. :P

Safety first: Strapped in and ready to go!

We tried out a few new eateries this trip.

First there is Wong Kee Restaurant, which we heard specializes in fried frog.

There were two frogs, each chopped into half. RM48

The frogs were huge! I have never seen such huge frogs. I wonder whether they are always this big...

The coating was very crispy, and there were slices of ginger mixed in, also coated in the same batter, which were very crispy as well! At first we didn't even notice that those were actually ginger slices.

kangkung belacan, which they recommended as their specialty, but to us it seemed normal...
RM10

lamb, RM25

the same lamb dish, except that I pushed the leaves aside to show the lamb

The sauce from the lamb dish was really good, but some pieces of the lamb were not so tender. At least they weren't hard.

We also ordered from Cottage 75 Cafe, which we had visited before, with a hefty discount from FoodPanda.

We ordered the same beef burger that we had tried before, and a chicken chop burger.

Cottage homemade beef burger, where's the beef?

the beef revealed...hiding under the egg

Hawaiian-inspired chicken chop burger

We were surprised that even the pineapple was fried in batter. The pineapple's coating was soggy by the time we reached home, so that was a pity. But the chicken chop was still crispy.

Both burgers taste good, but beside the beef burger, the chicken chop burger becomes less appealing. :P

We missed the emerald seabass that we had during our last visit, so when I saw "creamy Kenmare Bay seafood chowder" on the menu, I was very tempted to try it. We ordered it despite the fact that it costs almost as much as the main dishes. And it was indeed very very yummy!

served with garlic bread, which did not have that much garlic taste :P

Unfortunately I forgot to take another photo after our first round of dipping the bread into the chowder. The seafood would have shown up more clearly! There were two prawns and two mussels, and quite a bit of squid, clams, and fish. It was just as we expected, pretty much the same as the velouté from the emerald seabass, just less thick (which is expected since this is a soup dish, while that was a main dish!)

There were other eateries...but that will be for another post.