CK came back for short break in between his hospital rotations.
Took opportunity to drive up to Kulai for a short day trip, together with CJ.
We drove off on Thursday morning (left our house as early as 6.30am, to avoid any untowards traffic congestion in the causeway), one day before Easter Holiday. The main aim of our trip was "feasting" on local food. If time permitted, we may consider driving all the way to Bukit Tinggi (visiting the replica of French village there).
Some mild traffic congestion at Woodlands check-point, but managed to clear the immigration counters on both end of the countries within 15 minutes - not bad at all.
We took our breakfast at 早安粥品 @ Skudai (皇后花园)。The porridge (皮蛋粥,鸳鸯粥)was delicious and economical (came in quite a big portion). Also drank 豆花水 there.
Then we drove another 15 minutes or so to a Bak Kut Teh stall (古来新世华肉骨茶)for Bak Kut Teh ... The pork-ribs were very fresh, meaty and sweat. The only minus point was the soup was rather saltish. Nevertheless, still quite worth a visit!
Parking lots right in front of the Bak Kut Teh shop-house |
We then drove to Tasik Biru (aka Blue Lake) at Kangkar Pulai, as recommended by the 粥品老板娘。But, the "blue lake" is hidden somewhere in the midst the lush vegetations. We were unsure of the exact route to follow, and gave up after a while. The road leading to the general direction of Tasik Biru has fairly grand scenery !
Searching for guidance from internet, on how to reach Tasik Biru |
We ventured a few meters into the bushes, but u-turn back after a short while |
The vegetations / coconut trees at the entrace of the walking trail to Tasik Biru.
We then drove another 1 hour + to reach Soon Huat Bak Kut Teh for our dinner. The Bak Kut Teh here was not as fresh / meaty as the one we took in the morning. But the soup was fairly good. This being an air-conditioned restaurant - the food here was slightly more expensive as well.
We drove to Johor Premium Outlet to reccee for CJ's hiking shoes. The place was rather quiet - only sporadic numbers of visitors there - mostly in shops selling running shoes (Nike, Puma, Umbro, Timberland etc). CJ could not find what he wanted. We departed after staying there for ~ 1 hour or so.
Drove back to Singapore via causeway - surprisingly no traffic jam at all!