Chinese New Year in Kampung Lubok Katak, Tapah.

Kampung Lubuk Katak located in Tapah is a predominantly Malay kampung with a 10% Chinese population-here everybody knows each other.

Here (my sil house) is where we spent most of our time on CNY - the children get to go online with free WIFI-gambling- was the meeting point for all friends and relatives to exchange angpows - eating homegrown vegetables, organic chicken and freshly picked fruits like papaya, coconuts, sugar cane and tapioca root....etc

As most of the Chinese kopi tiam are closed on the first and second day of the Chinese New Year festival.

Early morning breakfast are usually Massimo bread with butter either with meat floss or Bak Kwa, at the friendly Chapati stall near the Tapah toll plaza and wantan mee with roast chicken/BBQ pork

Nasi Lemak.

Well marinated fried chicken with curry powder.

Roast chicken and BBQ pork to go with the dry kon lo wantan mee.

Gambling. 

Home cooked Fried bee hoon and braised yee mee for lunch.

 A trip to Sungai Klah hot spring in Sungkai for some fun and later to Restoran Choy Kee for a quick lunch.

Top-Bottom-braised pig' trotter, pork roll and steamed fresh river prawns.

 Releasing of paper lanterns up into the starry night sky.

 It was a fun filled and happy CNY and to all friends and relatives till we meet again !

 

RESTORAN SUN KEE -SALT BAKED CHICKEN.

After a sumptuous lunch at Restoran Choy Kee in Sungkai, Perak, we drove a few streets down the road to Restoran Sun Kee and bought four salt baked Chicken for takeaway.

Restoran Sun Kee is a typical Chinese new village house converted into a restaurant, they also served various types of noodles and "Tai Chow" food, too!

Their famous and delicious salt baked chicken are very popular with KLites ( their top customers!) after frolicking in the nearby hot spring resort.

They must thanks the Felda's Sungai Klah Hot Spring Resort, for such good business!

The front of the shop.

A pot of blended old Ginger juice with traces of fragrant Chinese wine.

A bowl of good grade Sesame oil.

I spied:
1.The freshly cleaned free range Chicken was rubbed down with some salt.
2. Then the belly was stuffed with blended old ginger.
3. Drizzled with a spoonful of Sesame oil on the body and massaged it again.
4. Wrapped it in 3 layers of grease proof paper.
5. Covered it with coarse salt and baked it in a special wok for 30 minutes.

This is the self made contraption/wok for baking the chicken-fired with chopped Rubber wood (for it's high intensity flame and flavor)

The almost burnt up wrapped chicken after 30 minutes of baking.

The naked salt baked Chicken was fragrant, tender, sweet and juicy with a tiny hint of saltiness-(best eaten eith bare hands !)-Rm27/.

Location:C 45, Kampung Baru, (beside a school)
Sungkai, Perak.
TEL:012-582-1844/ 016-599-9222.