Asam Pedas Parit Raja

Another makan place that we always go to during our balik kg trip is this Asam Pedas Parit Raja. This place is located right smack in the middle of Parit Raja in the Mara Complex...

Nak pegi makan, ada road block pulak. This vehicle was the stumbling block separating us and the food! Dah le lapar giler!!!

When we arrived, we started ordering the usual orders ; Ikan Asam Pedas and Fried Chicken...

But, sad to say, the quality of the food is not like how it's used to be. Not so sedap like how I imagine. Dissapointing jugak.

Even my hero is not happy with the food. Nak buat camne kan?

So, no more Asam Pedas for the next trip. At least, not from this place.

The nite after the first wedding hopping

I was so exhausted with all the weddings that we attended earlier today. With the fever, flu and cough, I get exhausted very fast. Usually, I am quite used to going from one house to another. During last Raya, I think our record was 7 houses in one day and I still have the energy to do some cleaning after that. But, since I was under the weather, by the time we were at the third house, I thought I was about to collapse anytime.

I took an hour nap after the medication and when I woke up, I noticed, my sis in-law and her baby boy were in the house. I did not want to be near the baby, takut berjangkit so just snap his photo.

That night, after Isya' prayer, we thought of bringing the cuties out for dinner. Yelah, satu hari makan nasi beriani. Thought of having something different. We also brought along my nephew and Adik.

First stop was to Ayer Hitam. We received 2 wedding invitations during Hari Wilayah and Thaipusam so we thought of getting wedding presents for the bride. Not gonna reveal what the present is, the bride reads this blog too :).

Then we went to Parit Raja for dinner. I wanted to get something hot like soup to relieve the flu, so I had this a Yong Tau Foo with soup.

The cuties had western food, pizza, mushroom soup with garlic bread.

Kalau ler they are always aman daman like this, senang skit hati Mama kan?

One more wedding to attend tomorrow before we headed home to BSP. Hope my body can take it.

Wedding hopping with the in-laws - Day One

I was warned by my better half, there's a strong possibilities we will be following my in-laws to attend weddings last weekend. So, better brings baju kurung. Not only for me, also for the cuties.

So, last Sunday was officially Day One of the wedding hopping fiesta. There were 3 weddings and one engagement that we need to attend. All were around the kampung areas.

I brought the cuties along so that they can learn to appreciate Malay wedding - kampung style as well as they can get to know the people in the kampung, I know I need to be doing the get to know part as well.

This reminded me of the 2 important frequently used or sometimes I classified this as over used statements why we have to attend weddings as per what I have been informed by my parents everytime I felt so lazy to follow them to weddings:

1. :"Nanti Liza kawin or adik beradik lain kawin, takde orang nak datang". Since they can't use this statement anymore, all me and my 2 sibblings are married, this have changed to, " Nanti anak Liza kawin takde orang nak datang". And my eldest child is only 11 years old...hhhhmmmm....

2. "Nanti kalau ada orang meninggal kat rumah nie, takde orang nak uruskan jenazah" and this never fail to give me the creep everytime this is mentioned and I have no choice but to oblige my parents order to attend weddings.

Back to the wedding hopping...

Let's look at the scenarios and the decorations of pelamin and the dining areas for all 3 weddings.

Wedding No 1

Located at Parit Sukor, about 5 minutes drive from my in-laws house. The concept chosen ; off white

Wedding No 2

Located at Parit Amil, the road leading to Yong Peng about 15 minutes drive from my in-laws house. The concept ; maroon and white

Wedding No 3

Located at Parit Lapis Sempadan, Parit Raja, 25 minutes drive from my in-laws house. Concept similar to House No 2 ; maroon and white.

By the time we reached house No 3, I can't eat, so full already and the cuties were exhausted. The third house was different for the other 2, the entertainment part. They have live band...ROCK KAPAK !!!!!

And I did not follow my in-laws to the engagement event. I was having bad flu and cough and my face was all red and need to get my nap after the medication. Only my princess still have the energy to follow.

Actually, over the past 5 years, I have developed a strong interest to attend weddings, mostly because of my dream to have my own wedding planner company. Not only restricted to organizing weddings, also to organize events. Like event management company but the forte will be organizing weddings. That explains why snapping the photos of the pelamin and stuff.

Bilakah impian ini akan menjadi kenyataan....

Macam2 Makan Raya

Raya, any Raya is the day where you eat and eat and eat, nothing else but eat. I am so thankful I did not over do it this time around. In most circumstances, memang makan macam tak hingat!

I have to keep on reminding myself, I have lost about 3 kg and that took a lot of effort, let's not spoil it just because I can't overcome my temptation.

My mom in-law cooked the normal ketupat nasi impit and other food related to this. I am so thankful to have a very understanding mom in-law who loves to pamper me. Whenever I go back to Batu Pahat, she usually would ask me to rest, she keep on saying I have worked hard to earn a living at the same time maintaining the family, so bila balik kampung she insist I rest. So, she will do the cooking and serving. But, rasa bersalah gak kan, I will still be in the kitchen. Dah nama pun duduk kampung, harus ler ada yang mengata kalau menantu tak jenguk dapur.

Right after the Qurban, my mom in-law cooked sup tulang. This food suited with the weather, it was cold as it rained non stop satu hari satu malam. Memang sedap makan dgn sambal kicap. Terangkat!

The next day, when we were back at our house, we woke up early to beraya at my mom's house. No prizes for guessing, of course there's more food involved. Apa lagik, makan ler...My mom cooked ketupat, kuah kacang and rendang. Sedap!!!

But, the weird thing about our family, usually during Raya, we would want to eat something else besides the typical ketupat rendang. So, we had some food at a Mamak place at Parit Raja. The cuties wanted western food so they had chicken chop and lamb chop to be shared. Myself and my better half just had a drink. I wanted maggi soup, ada ke patut kedai mamak tak de maggi soup, very the not so mamak kan?

Raya oh Raya, nasib baik ler setahun 2 kali, if sebulan sekali, sebesar belon ler badan nie kan?

Morning with in-laws

Relaxing Monday morning...If only every Monday is like this Monday...YOU WISH!!!

We woke up early, as we wanted to follow my mom and dad in-law to the market and followed by breakfast at Parit Raja. By the way, the market has just been re-located from the main Parit Raja to Parit Daun, just outskirt of Parit Raja.

After that we had breakfast at this normal asam pedas stall in Parit Raja. The menu will also be as usual, asam pedas ikan, ayam goreng and some veges. But, this time around, not as good as our last visits. My better half explanation, " the usual tukang masak MC kot".

Every Monday, there will be Pasar Pagi at Parit Raja. You can find almost anything there, from food to clothing to even pet store. Very convinient to shop here, as you don't need to go anywhere else.

Ahhhh....my ideal Monday morning. When will I have the same Monday morning like this...Again...YOU WISH!!!!!

Shopping Raya - Part Four

This was the first Raya shopping with my better half and the cuties. The previous shopping sprees were done alone and did not buy that much thing...ye lah tu....

Every Ramadhan, in Parit Raja, there will be this Bazaar Raya and it's open 24 hours! They sell many things there, from baju raya, kuih raya, kasut raya and segala macam raya ler ada kat sana.

The price is quite reasonable and open to negotiation.

But the setback, it was so freaking hot! They covered the top and the side part of the Bazaar, my assumption they learned from previous experience where it rained almost every nite and that cause the walkway to be slightly flooded. I guess they will then improve on the heat thingy next year.

Nope, still did not get anything for myself, but it's comforting to know the cuties and my better half's Raya wardrobe is finally complete!

Batu Pahat with the cuties

Blogging from Parit Raja Batu Pahat...no pics due to the lembabness of the internet line...

After my better half came back from work and fetched the 2 cuties from school, he then fetched me and baby. We had planned to come back to Batu Pahat, haven't been there for quite sometime....

We arrived around 4pm and my mom in law was already ready with the famous banjar dishes nasi gaul which I requested 2 weeks ago, so touched that she remembered!

After that, we had durians, I had only one slice as the heat is killing me so no reason to feel any hotter. As for my better half, the heat is no hinderance for him to belasah the durians....

A quiet weekend indeed with the cuties....something that I waited for soooo long, and the cuties actuallly waited even longer :(

Tukang Besi

After we had our breakfast on Saturday, we went jalan2 around Parit Raja and we came across this very antique shop. Nama pun antik, Tukang Besi...

This shop, as per the owner, was opened back in 1940's and still in the same condition. The shop sells custom made parang, pisau, keris and sewaktu dengannyer...

We got the opportunity to watch the owner(inherited from his late father) demonstrating to us how a parang was made. He even asked my better half to try and hold the hammer. Looked light but it was 10kg in weight. I saw the shocked on my better half's face when he carried, at least tried to carry the hammer...

And we always thought kita keje berat kan?? Something to be thankful about....