Friday, May 18, 2007

Teluk Bahang

Teluk Bahang Town
updated 12/06/07


All of us miss the Aunty's homecooked food. Only open during lunch time



Picture 1 and 2. Approaching Teluk Bahang roundabout





Picture 3 and 4. Entering the "End of the World"

Approaching this town, you can see on your left a few food stores ( Photo 1 & 2). An old coffee shop is normally called Kopitiam in Hokkien. It existed since my younger days and also on the left is a Nasi Kandar food stall . Upon reaching the roundabout, we turn into a road on the right and travel into a small lane which lead us to a place normally people call the End of the World. Here you will find alot of seafood restaurants which open only in the night. Our favourite stop for lunch is a small coffee stall operated by a mother (Auntie)and her daughter. All the dishes are home cooked . Well, when I was a small boy , my mum would cook all these dishes ranging from Tao You Ba, Asam prawns, Fried fish, Fried Sotong (small),
etc. Beside it is a fishmonger who sells the fresh local fish. Well ,one of my contractors who was with us at that time would buy pomfret, and tau teh in order to keep them fresh. He would also buy a polyester box and pack it with ice.
After our lunch we proceeded to our job site in Batu Ferringhi
. Sad to say both of us, Jarvin (our Architect) and I had an unfavourable reply from the church beside our project. We had to keep our fingers crossed. When we resolved the hoarding problem at Moonlight Bay, it was almost 12.00 noon and we called in the rest of the staff and ask them where they would like to go for lunch.We agreed on Teluk Bahang's auntie's place.... Good lunch for all of us for we ordered deep fried fresh fish called "Kambong" (the name of a type of fish)and also fried sambal prawns. Very delicious . That was what our Taste Buds told us>

Obeiliao's comments

1.Choose saltwater ocean fish over freshwater fish from streams,river and lakes for they are less polluted.
2. Choose smaller fish over larger fish for smaller fish has lesser years of pollutants.
3. Eat a variety of fish instead of a particular type.
4. Don't eat fish skin for they are prone to deposits of toxic chemical.
5. Farmed fish are less contaminated but they have less Omega 3 than the wild ones.
6. Finally, most studies suggest that eating fish 3 times a weekscan make a tremendous dent in heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases.
7. Some fishes have more cholesterol than others

Can somebody out there tell my good friend "Ong Kia" to take fish for the sake of his heart?


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