Did you know that Karak highway isn’t the only route going from KL to Genting Highland? Long before the shiny toll way was built, there was an older road from just behind Batu Caves going to Genting via a little town called Ulu Yam. That road is still there, and remain my favorite way to go up to the highland retreat if time is on my side.
There are a few reasons:
- The scenery is beautiful, especially when you drive by Batu Dam lake.
- the winding road makes driving a pleasure
- coconut shrimps at ulu yam!
Okay, maybe mostly about the coconut shrimps..
Sammy liked it!
The first time I went there was on the new year eve of 2006 with the MR2 club. Wait, I just realized that’s more than 2.5 years ago… Anyway, I went there again a few months ago with Sammy (her account) and of course, we ordered the coconut shrimps, and a plate vegetable to go with rice.
We had actually ordered the lala as well but I must applaud the honesty of the shop keeper in informing us that lala wasn’t very fresh that day and advised us against ordering it.
prawns, slurps slurps
Coconut Shrimps is basically a curry dish where by they stuff a lot of prawns cooked much like the asam prawn style into a fresh coconut. The curry mixed with coconut creates a unique taste that is both spicy, sour, and slightly sweet of coconut taste; very unique and rather tasty. Onion, garlic and chili padi makes up part of the ingredients too.
Ulu Yam is some 27 kilometers from batu caves
There was plenty of prawns in that one single coconut and we thoroughly it. The ingredients were fresh and curry flavorful. Even the simple fried vegetable dish was rather delightful too.
If I remember correctly, that meal was less than RM 35 for the two of us. Value for money, and great tasting too. Give it a try if you’re up for an alternate way to Genting. GPS coordinate might not be spot on, but it won’t be far off.
Address:
14, Kampung Baru,
Ulu Yam Baru, 44300
Ulu Selangor, Selangor
GPS: 3.427212, 101.659948
Tel: 03-6075 1826, 012-228 2546
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By eiling on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
wah…you got my saliva dripping liao.
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By Josephine on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
Ya. The food there is nice. But I stopped going there as I was being “Cut Throat”.
I know the road that you were referring too. But drive carefully especially at night. There was once I saw “something” there…..
Scary……
By suanie on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
@ josephine : what did you see?
By David Chew on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
For that price of two person that is consider to be cheap.
By Precious Pea on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
I remember i took this route before long long ago. The ulu dam lake is such a beautiful sight.
By KY on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
eiling,
Eat!
Josephine,
OoO “cut throat”, lucky I never kena that.
suanie,
I’d be interested to know too!
David Chew,
Very true, very true.
Precious Pea,
Yeah, there are people who phak thor there ok.
By cumi&ciki on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
hi KY! cool place… food looks good. I rmbr ulu yam being real affordable too … btw, good to have ur food blog posts back… ! more please .. lol
By w on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
“Cut Throat” ?? o_O
By Foong on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
Wah…looks good. We sometimes take that road to Genting too after visiting KL briefly..now I know where to makan before going up.
By vialentino on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
yum yum….shrimp in the coconut shell….this is super delicious…how much did your meal cost you?
By steph on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
this looks really good! gosh, you really go out of your way for food, yeah? that’s dedication, man.
By KY on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
cumi&ciki,
Thanks thanks, will have more, of course.
w,
@.@
Foong,
Yes yes, very good place to try out.
vialentino,
Less than RM 40 for 2 person.
steph,
Hehehe, not all the time. Petrol expensive now ok..
By JL on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
you should thry the steam frog with garlic. absolutely fantastic.
By Paul Tan on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
Where’s your extra bowl of soup?
By jaded on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply
*adds Hock Lay to makan list* btw, great map, esp the Batu Caves drawing ;p
By aeroplane1234 on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
not bad ei, shrimp looked quite decent sized too. RM35…. really sounds good. prawn typically these fuka charge RM30/100g. so really value for money. maybe its homegrown backyard shrimp fed by the owner’s “organic” *ahem* feed.
By KY on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
JL,
OooO, will do that next time!
Paul Tan,
Who moved my soup?
jaded,
Hahhaha, thanks.
By xin on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
i wanna go ulu yam for loh mee!!!
By lalabeng on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
+2 steam frog with garlic and their loh meen is worth my night drives there….
By KY on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
xin,
Yes, me too! I just need to find out which restaurant.
lalabeng,
Night drives some more, nice!
By ahlost on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
prawnie… I want to go Buntal eat Black pepper crab !!
By foodcrazee on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
nice place to eat but better place exist nearby dude . .
By Paul Tan on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply
What else does Sammy like?
By KY on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply
ahlost,
@.@, crab!
foodcrazee,
I have one stomach only, will ask for your recommendation next time.
Paul Tan,
Desserts!
By Lb on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply
hmm.. shopkeeper’s honesty is always questionable..
they made it sounds good by saying the lala wasn’t fresh; the truth might be he’s running out of stock, or he wanted to get rid of other leftover..
By Sammy on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
Omg, feels so long ago… One of the happiest days of my life!
Luckily we didn’t see ‘anything’ on the road. *Gulp*
By KY on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply
Lb,
Hahaha, I don’t know, but the meal was good.
Sammy,
Yah, was quite a while ago.
By maylee on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply
Ya, i try it before….vary nice and the price also ok…
By KY on Oct 16, 2009 | Reply
maylee,
Yahh, very nice right?