DINNER SESSION AT YEO SEKELUARGA RESTAURANT BUT AT THE NEW SPOT

The mission of this week's gastronomic adventure was to eat seafood for dinner. The proposed eating place was Yeo Sekeluarga Restaurant in Tanjung Adang. For once, we wanted a different ambience - a restaurant "floating" on the water and the view of the river while enjoying the food. The biggest surprise of my life: the restaurant was no located on hard solid ground, by the main road.

I was told by the waiter they had to move as there was a project taking place at the old spot. These were the reports of the meals I had with my friends back in 2021 [CLICK HERE, HERE and HERE], in 2022 [CLICK HERE] and the most recent one was back in 2024 [CLICK HERE].

The food was good but I still I missed the old place. Sometimes people came to that place just because of its different surroundings. I bet this new place is less attractive compared to the old one. There is always a price to pay for development.

DINNER TIME AT A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT IN KUANTAN

   26th JANUARY 2026    ~ The second dinner gathering in Kuantan took place at a seafood restaurant called Ana Ikan Bakar Petai. This place must be popular as it was jam packed with people dining in when we arrived at about 8:30 p.m.

We found out there were two restaurants bearing the same name, and the one we went to was located right by the main road.

So we had everything seafood that evening sent to the tables.

coconut water

white rice

otak-otak and sata

butter prawn

fried squid

That was another one huge dinner happening in Kuantan for us the UPM TESL Class of 1993 gang. That was not the final gastronomic adventure though as there was one last one [for me] the next morning for breakfast.

"HAJJAH SITI HASIL LAUT" REVISITED

   11th JANUARY 2026    ~ After the wedding reception in Jitra [READ HERE], before sending me back to my hotel in Sungai Petani town, Mr. Fakhrul and Puan Suhana, made another pit stop at Tanjung Dawai. This time, it was to accomplish the mission of buying a specific seafood product product from Hajjah Siti, i.e. dried shrimps.

I was at this very place, also with two other TESL friends and their husbands, in October last year. [READ HERE]

This time, there were not many people in the shop, most probably it was already late in the afternoon on a Sunday.

I got what I wanted to bring back home and was ready to get back, but there were still two other short stops yet to be made on the way.

TANJUNG DAWAI REVISITED - THE THIRD TIME

25TH OCTOBER 2025 ~ This was my third time visiting Tanjung Dawai after a wedding reception in Kedah. The main reason: to eat Mee Udang [TRANSLATE: Prawn Noodles] and buy seafood products to bring home.

I am always thankful to have friends who really enjoy exploring places and trying local food at the same time. Puan Aunillah Hilmi and Puan Hanna Sheikh Mokhtar, with their spouses and daughter, decided to get our Mee Udang at this place called Port Lepak Pantai. Fortunately, the eating place was not full at the time when we arrived.

This was also my third time having Mee Udang in Kedah, and at another different place.

not mine

A bowl of the cuisine, which came with six big prawns, cost only RM15 - something that I could not get in Johor Bahru.

After the gastronomic adventure, we then went to Hajjah Siti Hasil Laut to buy some seafood products as well as other food items. The place was buzzing with activities and there was still a big crowd doing their shopping there.

I successfully grabbed a few things from the shelves like anchovies, dried shrimps, locally produced coffee powder and coconut sugar. That should end my gathering with my TESL friends in Kepala Batas/Kota Kuala Muda. We shall meet again during other receptions, most probably in January next year.