2 mths back, when RobT asked me if my family would like to join his CG's weekend outing to Kukup in Johore, i didn't hesitate to agree, even without consulting the wife (heh heh!), because the lure of seafood was just too overwhelming.
so we headed there on saturday with 8 other families. checked into ....
...which was undergoing renovation at the moment. then made our way into town for the "main course" at the main seafood restaurant...
....where the dining area, like a jetty, overlooked the sea.
the service was a tad slow as a result of the swelling lunch crowd but the food was up to mark...
..starting with prawns & little squids. after that came the fish & veggies, before the black pepper crab made its grand entrance...
..was this succulent or what...???
...burrpp...!
after lunch, took a boat trip out to Pulau Kukup....
....said to be the largest mangrove island in the world.
i have to admit that its significance was lost on me, what's with the conservation stuff going on.
like the kids, i thought the highlight was this boardwalk winding thru the greenery..
.....& the suspension rope-bridge...
on the boat-ride back, stopped by a kelong where we were shown how fish caught out in the sea were bred in their near-natural habitat...
surprisingly Kukup, perhaps the most famous town in Johore for sea-food, wasn't even listed in Sunday Star's top 10 list for sea-food. but that certainly hasn't stopped S'poreans from flocking into this quaint coastal town...
...which even has an immigration check-point for travel to indonesia & s'pore!! on a walkabout, we realised some of the houses were built right at the water's edge.
after breakfast on sunday, i shared a message based on Nicodemus & being born again before making an early departure to JB to see the parents. (fuel price increase & killing 2 birds with 1 stone, get it?)
on the way home, on the expressway, there was a speed trap just before the tangkak exit at about 8pm - do these guys really have infra-red cameras, i wonder?? i had been cruising at about 120kmph & i thought my 3-year ticket-free streak had finally come to an end. i guessed i got away because i had been speeding on the left lane - a tip someone told me that the speed cameras were invariably trained on the fast lane because it's assumed that people will speed on that lane.
phew - i felt born again!
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*drools*
We wanted to go to Johor on Saturday as well but there was a huge jam on the second link.
May I ask for directions to this place? Sounds deliciousss...
anastasia,
according to the Star's list, the top seafood restaurant in Johore is at the Danga Bay area.
but since you asked, coming out of 2nd link, take the exit to Gelang Patah (or, exit to Scudai, if taking the NSE) & go towards Pekan Nenas, Pontian & then to Kukup. this restaurant is right at the end of the main road in Kukup, literally, because go any further & you'll plunge into the sea!!
better still, follow your GPS.
eih...i just learned ler...in my undang undang test..right lane la for speeding...left lane for slow ler...
tsk tsk...
hahahahah :P
dangerous u know? :P
I been to Kukup few years back with my secondary school mate... we did a reunion outing there... It was a nice and quiet place for getaway from the city :->
Seafood was good too with good price... Yummy! Drool drool
mich,
what i meant was that if the road is clear, ie. no cars on both lanes, better to go fast on the left lane to avoid the camera.
of course, if there are cars on the left lane, then have to overtake on the right lane.
tz,
if not for the seafood, Kukup would just be a little village by the sea.
Its strange to just train cameras on the right most lane.. of course speeds will go above 110 when overtaking right? Yeah, be careful along the whole stretch of Highway especially E3 (G Patah area). Lots of speeding SG cars to be caught there.
LM,
speed cameras function like normal cameras - to detect speed & to record the car reg plate, it has to be focussed to a point & since most cars speed on the right lane, so they are trained on that lane.
if not, the traffic police would have to keep moving the camera between left & right lanes, & we all know they always look for the easy way out, ie. do the job with the least effort!!
thanks for the tip.
Dear Blogger, I have saw ur blog thru google search. I need to organise Kukup trip for my BF's bdae. Can you email me at yollychoong@gmail.com the organiser's information? Tks
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