Kluang - Part 2
Continuing from Kluang - Part 1, we woke up at 7 o’clock in the morning so that we could join Raymond to go back to his secondary school, Sekolah Menengah Taman Kluang Barat, for a forum.
The two hours forum was organized so that two of the top students, Raymond Lopez and Fadzlie Wong, would give some tips and pointers to the current students in tackling examinations questions, the proper way to study, time management and etc.. Well, that being said, everything they said was *coughs* useful and truthful *coughs*. Time table? Mind mapping? Three hours of studying per day? Ironic. Haha!
After the forum, we went to Kluang railway station for the original Kluang coffee. Yes, the original Kluang station, not the franchised and over priced one. As the name speaks for itself, it is located just next to the railway. Duh! It’s really loud and noisy whenever the train leaves the station, with the occasionally loud horn. Nostalgic, perhaps?
It was about 11am and just about the right time for brunch. Luckily, there was an empty table when we arrived and probably the best seat of all, which was right in front of the “water station”.
The guy or probably the boss is the one making all the drinks. One kettle after another kettle, he just kept making them non stop. One step to another, his movement was nothing but smooth, as if he was playing some tai chi moves. One part of hot water, two parts of coffees, nothing more nothing less. We chatted a bit, with him telling us a little bit of the shop’s history and some casual conversations with the locals (Raymond and Fadzlie).
Tea, anyone?
The price is awfully cheap. Nothing close to the franchised kopitiams.
We ordered kaya and butter toast bread with iced coffee. The bread, is not the usual squarish bread, but the soft and round bread. Slightly toasted on the outside, with a thick slice of butter and oozing out kaya, totally opposite of the stingy franchised counterparts.
Soft boiled eggs and iced coffee. Just nice for a light brunch.
We left the place and went to have chendol, the Indian style. The guy operates at some back lane facing the main road, wearing a beret, which reminded me of Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters. You can see his glowing and shinning white teeth standing out and screaming for attention.
The chendol is the watery kind, full of coconut milk and red beans. Unlike the Malacca’s, flooded with gula melaka. It was about noon when we had our chendol and the icy chendol came at the right time to wash down the heat.
Well, that’s about it. We headed back home for lunch after that and left for Malacca at 6pm. We did stop at an organic dragon fruit farm and Muar for dinner but that’s another story. Moreover, I didn’t take any pictures when we were in Muar. Plain tired.
Road trip, came just at the right time. It was tiring and rather simple / boring, but it was satisfying nonetheless.
Tags: Chendol, Coffee, Gabriel Ho, House Mates, Johor, Kluang, Kluang Coffee Station, Kluang Station, Muar, Raymond Lopez, Road Trip, SMK Taman Kluang Barat, SMKTKB, Southern Malaysia, Toasted Bread, Trip
May 9th, 2008 02:33
Looks like we’ll have to make a stop at Kluang next time.
May 9th, 2008 03:11
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May 9th, 2008 08:46
GREAT!!! You didn’t miss the ORIGINAL KLUANG RAILWAY STATION!!!! Your trip is all worth it! Hahahaha!!!
and now you soooooooooooooooo making me wanna go back home!!! Friday morning in office sux… hahaha!
May 9th, 2008 13:45
Malacca’s chendol is better !!!
May 9th, 2008 13:55
hulalala…so much good local coffee!!!! I wish im there!
May 9th, 2008 15:22
you just reminds me of my hometown, kluang it is.. :) sweet little memory
May 9th, 2008 15:27
fuyoh! raymond was a top student?? i didnt know that!
hmm…. why everybody likes to go to that dude for cendol?? i didnt even know he was famous until like a couple of months ago. -.-
p/s: there wasnt any chick cuz me and my friends are stuck in melaka. :P
May 9th, 2008 15:57
gosh!!! am salivating at the pictures of those awesome looking food items ..*drools*
May 9th, 2008 18:25
The cendol does look a bit like the one at Bukit Cina…
May 9th, 2008 21:01
haha i miss chendol, kaya and roti canai
May 10th, 2008 16:40
Vien : Yeah, just for the coffee and bread.
Mossie`Ol Chin : I told Raymond that if we didn’t get to drink coffee at the Kluang railway station, we would be going to Mersing for seafood dinner.
Robin : Different kind of chendol, can’t compare side by side.
Jackson Kah : You coffee lover?
Uner : Oh, you from Kluang too!
Rachel : Neither we until he told us. Haha. Are you even from Kluang?
Sully : Hehe. Glad that it made you salivated.
Decypher : Most Indian chendol are like that.
Patchay : Hehe. Missing Malaysia?
May 10th, 2008 18:15
LOLz. Last time I also used to attend all these kinda time wasting seminars. =P
May 10th, 2008 22:43
Boss…
Roti bakar dua,dan milo ice satu,terima kasih^^
May 11th, 2008 09:13
aw…i miss klg now! i only been to the ‘real’ railway station twice in my life, coz too loud and noisy. lucky they have a branch now in town opposite kluang parade. i just went there the other day. the long bread with butter melting in the mouth is just so….orgasmic!
May 11th, 2008 18:02
SilverIsle : Haha. It is really useless. :P
Jijitankyy : Haha. Go Pasar Borong and have then.
Xin : Where got noisy? Soon, you won’t be able to hear it anymore. :P
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