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I’ve been to Taman Botani in Shah Alam several times, mostly for cycling. The huge park located at Shah Alam offers many kilometers of roads that is closed from traffic for cycling, jogging, and has a host of other nature driven attractions like mini zoo, paddy field, and even a 4-season house.
The most exciting activity at this place though, has got to be Skytrex Adventure.
three adventures to choose from at Skytrex
Several weeks ago when the kids came over during school holidays, we decided to bring them for a little bit of good old fashion obstacle challenge/adventure.
The challenge is split into 3 categories:
- little adventure
- big thrill
- extreme challenge
registration and “training”
The little adventure has a maximum height of 5m and comes with 23 challenges, big thrill with 17 m highest platform and 26 challenges, while the ultimate extreme challenge goes even higher – at 22m and with 34 individual challenges.
They cost RM 35, 45, and 55 each, you can go as a group, a couple, or even just individual, I believe.
yep, it gets pretty high on top of the forest
Since we were all newbies who only has a little bit of ego, we chose Big Thrill. Now 17 meter may not sound very tall, but once you get on the highest platform and start to look down, it does get pretty scary.
After all, 17 meter is equivalent to about 5 story high.
hang on to dear life!
To start off, we were fitted with the safety harness, you’re also encouraged to bring your own gloves as the activity does require protection of your palms.
We then proceeded to the training ground and was taught how to use the equipment properly. There are two carabineer/clicky thingy and they are designed to have one hanged onto the cable at all time, you literally cannot detach yourself from the safety cable throughout the whole challenge.
The obstacles include climbing vertical ladders, flying fox, hopping through planks way high on the tree line, and more. It was very exciting and also physically exhausting.
we completed it!
There are instructors in many of the stations coordinating and helping you, and if you feel that you can’t complete due to fear/exhaustion or whatever reasons, there are also exit points to get off the challenge.
If you’re looking for a few hours of thrill in the greens and being able to do it safely, check this place out. After all, it’s only half an hour’s drive from KL.
I’m quite sure we’ll be back for the Extreme Challenge next time.
Address:
Skytrex Adventure
Taman Pertanian
Jalan Liku 8/1, Seksyen 8,
40000 Shah Alam, Selangor
GPS: 3.095400, 101.511013
Tel: 013-276 9841
After last year’s haitus on Xmas Eve Party, we hosted another one to greet the end of 2015, this time at our new place at Shah Alam.
Xmas eve party 2015 at Shah Alam
This year we decided to cook a few dishes since we now actually have a kitchen capable of doing so. Haze prepared some meatballs, both Swedish & with tomato sauce, while I prepared some baked potato wedges, chicken wings, and beef stew. We also had some spaghetti to go around, and Kelly also brought some otak otak from Muar as supplement. Plenty of food
The party’s a bit smaller scale this time, we purposely kept it so, plus we didn’t send out the invitation until a week or so before the event. Still, it was nice to be able to spend this occasion with a bunch of friends.
The attendees include Zess, Michael, Liling & Iris, Ken & Mom, Lance & Melissa, Yee Hou, Kelly, Latha, Sheng, Huey Fang & Chan, Haze & yours truly. 16 in all, or 16.5 if you count the one in the oven (Mel). Less rowdy, more chilled, and definitely no need for police/security guard to end the session.
As usual, we had a good time doing the “gift grab” method of exchanging x’mas gift. There were photo frame, whisky, wine, personal hygiene product, portable lamp (damn I wanted it!), star wars memorabilia, and even a fake silver bison skull up for grabs.
Instead of loud rock music, we had x’mas songs on Spotify, and instead of smoking and over drinking, we sipped and ate, guess that’s part of the growing up process? For those who missed it this time, we’ll try to organize this better next year!
Happy 2016!
Now that we moved to Shah Alam, it’s time to explore the neighbouring places for food a bit, and there’s no better way to do this than starting out with some of the names that we’ve already familiar with – which is what brought us to Serai Thai Restaurant at Seksyen 3.
Serai Thai at Seksyen 3, Shah Alam
Serai has been quite successful since it first started out several years ago, we went to the Subang Empire branch and came away pretty impressed, so it was no surprise that we had some high hopes for their more Thai oriented version when we discovered it by typing “thai” on google map in search for dinner option nearby.
The restaurant is hidden in a quiet residential area, parking is plentiful, and interior is simple yet comfortable.
brinjal with belacan, tomyam, squid with salted egg
The menu is typical Southern Thai with influence of some Malaysian element. We tried three dishes for the two of us over dinner.
The tomyam seafood (RM 14 small)had quite a decent kick and while it wasn’t the most flavourful tomyam I’ve tried, it was more than decent and had the necessary ingredient to carry its own.
Brinjal with belacan (RM 10 small) was my favorite dish of the night, beautifully executed with the perfect balance of sweetness from brinjal complemented by the pungent belacan taste, bits of chopped dried shrimp completes this dish.
Squid with salted egg (RM 12 small) was another dish worth trying as well, they definitely didn’t skimp on the salted egg part at all.
dinner for two at Serai Thai, Shah Alam
We came away more than satisfied with our experience at Serai Thai, good food at fair price with a comfortable setting. If you’re hunting for decent halal food at Shah Alam, this is definitely a good option.
Address:
Serai Thai
5, Jalan Cendana 3/13a,
Seksyen 3,
40000 Shah Alam, Selangor
GPS: 3.075940, 101.509329
Web: http://seraithai.com.my/
Being a Penangite in heart, I am always on a look-out for a good plate of char kuih teow, so when I saw this place popped up on my FB feed thanks to Angeltini (who blogs about booze), I just knew that I had to visit Uncle Vincent’s at Bukit Rimau soon as possible.
Uncle Vincent’s at Bukit Rimau, Selangor
Uncle Vincent’s is located at Bukit Rimau, the slightly less glamorous sister to Kota Kemuning. Parking is relatively easy as the shop lot next to AEON at this area isn’t particularly well populated.
The interior has a very simple set up, and they probably spent all of 5 minutes to figure out what they decided not to have as decorations. Which is fine by me, I’m here for the food.
Penang char kuih teow with prawns, cockles, and Chinese sausage
There are basically three main dishes here – char kuih teow, prawn mee, and pork noodle (or four if you count nasi lemak on Sundays). I’ve read that the pork noodle is not particularly impressive, so we’ve decided to skip that.
Thankfully, char kuih teow here turned out to be rather good, as Jon, another born-in-Penang friend said “80% of Penang’s version”, which I agree. The “wok hei” is there, and for RM 8, you also get pretty decent sized prawns, Chinese sausage, and fresh cockles. I like it, I’ll be back.
the prawn mee comes with a couple bigger prawns too
The prawn mee too did not disappoint, also priced at RM 8, this version of prawn mee comes with 2 bigger prawns in addition to those tiny shrimps, your choice of noodle/vermicelli, hard boiled eggs, pork slices (or more like chunks), fried shallots, kangkung, and all the prawn-shell flavored goodness in its soup.
It’s not hard to see why this is PureGlutton’s favorite.
Haze & KY at Uncle Vincent’s
Lunch came to less than RM 20 for two, and we were truly satisfied. I like that the concept is simple, and that Uncle Vincent’s did not try to overcrowd their menu with dishes they have no business providing.
I’ll be back.
Address:
Uncle Vincent’s Restaurant
21 Jalan Sungei Burung Z32/Z
Bukit Rimau, Selangor
GPS: 2.998867, 101.526406
Tel: 012-3766071; 016-9555948
Hours: Closed on Mondays, 8:30am to 3pm
Last weekend I decided that since we’re moving to Seksyen 16 in Shah Alam, it might be a good idea to scout around for some good Malay/Indonesian food around the area and see what we can find.
We drove straight into Padang Jawa without any plan or expectation, and just as we passed the flyover, a sign appears that says “Pecel Lele”, we scouted a bit some more before decided to check it out, and was pleasantly surprised that within this almost-jungle/kampung area exists a rather busy shack/restaurant/stall that’s packed with people.
Kedai Makan Pecel Lele, Padang Jawa
We then immediately got our car parked at the dedicated carpark for the restaurant just behind the building, and proceed to check out what the all fuss is about.
As it turned out, Pecel Lele is an ayam penyet stall/restaurant that operates around the clock, and a local favorite among Padang Jawa folks as well as UiTM students. Haze and I were the only two Chinese at the time, and I was absolutely delighted.
que to order, then get your unlimited rice and soup
The SOP at Pecel Lele is simple.
- jot down your table number
- line up, order, and pay for your food
- get your own rice & soup (unlimited)
- wait for your food and drinks to be served (usually within 5-10 mins)
berbola, pecal lele, ayam penyet, bergedil, and those sambal!
The prices at Pecel Lele is really one of the cheapest I’ve seen anywhere, especially in Klang Valley. Ayam penyet with rice at RM 4.50, with catfish (pecel lele) is RM 5.50, pecal berbola RM 5, pecal daging RM 5. Other extras offers great value as well – RM 0.50 bergedil, nangka, or pucuk ubi, two bebola for RM 1, and tempe for RM 1.50.
If you’re not into rice dishes, mie ayam, soto, bakso, or gado-gado are priced at RM 3.50. Drinks are RM 1.50.
we definitely enjoyed the meal, all for only RM 15.50 too
As for the taste? We absolutely loved it!
The chicken was properly seasoned, and the cat fish deep fried to a crunchy state that goes really well with those tomato salsa/sambal concoction. Berbola tasted very similar to keropok lekor with body image problem, and even the bergedil was pretty decent (could be warmer though).
The drinks? Though they’re supposed to be “mango juice” or “grape juice”, they tasted more like melted Sugus candies, which my taste bud loved, but I reckon may not be perfectly good for your health. Then again, you don’t eat there everyday kan?
I’m definitely going to make this place one of my weekly pilgrimage soon.
Address:
Pecal Lele Padang Jawa
Lot 617, Jalan Berangan
Kampung Padang Jawa, Shah Alam
Selangor
GPS: 3.050029, 101.489769
Tel: 019-206 8920
Hours: 24 hours, closes for Friday prayers
