We decided to go to Alor Setar for tea break and we spotted this funny signboard of a place called "Kota Sarang Semut"........must be lots of ants there, just like Pulau Tikus....lots of rats!! Hahaha!
As we were approaching Kedah, we saw endless rice field.......its beautiful!
We were not familliar with Alor Setar, so we just went to any food stall that was along the way. This hawker center we ate is opposite the Alor Setar Mall. There were only few stalls opened and some stalls were only opened at night.
This Tau Sar Pao was delicious. The bun was not the sticky type which superfined flour was used and when u eat, it sticks between your teeth. 
Hubby was surorised that a bowl of mee is still selling at RM2.50/RM3.00 per bowl whereas KL already selling at RM3.80/RM4.00.
It tooks us about 1 1/2 hour to reach Kaki Bukit from Alor Setar. The trunk road was narrow and difficult to overtake car and finally after 1.45hrs we have reached Kaki Bukit.
The Police Station of Kaki Bukit.
Hubby started his work immediately upon reaching Kaki Bukit but his friend's mother invited us for lunch. I didn't take picture as I think its rude thing to do being first time to people's house. But the food was delicious...Hakka Food. I was surprised Kaki Bukit consists mostly Hakka people as I thought Penang, Kedah, Perlis have lots of Hokkien.It took hubby about 2hrs to finish his work and his friend took us to this coffeshop famous for its Char Siew Pao and all sorts of Paos like Da Pao, Kaya Pao, Red Bean Pao and Lo Mai Kai. My friend's mother ordered the Pao a day ealier as its selling fast. I was surprised in this isolated place, people would drive all the way here just for Pao.....!
I tried a few types of Pao, I think the best is still the Char Siew Pao, the Pao texture was not the sticky type ( abit yellowish skin) and the meat inside was chewy and not too sweet. Best!
The Coffeeshop is located next to the MCA Kaki Bukit Branch.
Next, we went to the famous Gua Gelam, it is about 5 minutes drive from the Coffeeshop.
Inside the caves, there are light and safe walkway for tourists to explore. Good thing is there is no bat's smell and the air is cooling.
There was a small river or stream outside the cave. Water was clear and the place was shady.
Next, our friend took us to Padang Besar for shopping, it is about 15minutes drive from Kaki Bukit. According to my friend , Hatyai is about 40minutes away by car. Inside the complex there is a bazaar selling all kind of thing like clothes, kitchen pots and pans ( the famous Zebra brand), fruits , cashew nuts etc. One needs to bargain when shops here , at least 50-60% off what they offer.
After all the work and walking around in Kaki Bukit, we left there about 5.30pm and planned to go to Taiping to meet up with some friends but we were too damn tired and pull over to Bagan Luar, Butterworth to have a nice sleep. We stayed in this Butterworth Travelodge, too tired to go over to Penang. Room is ok ...RM110 per nite for double.
Next morning we went to the market behind the Bagan Luar Police station for breakfast. The Iced Black Coffee (Kopi O Ping) was still selling at RM0.90.
Mee Jawa RM2.40 sooo... cheap but taste ok only.
Nasi Lemak bungkus RM0.60 soooooooooo.......cheap and delicious, so much ikan bilis on top. Hubby loves this.
I craved for the Kueh Teow Tng (RM2.50) even before we came here I told my husband I must eat the Kueh Teow Tng in Penang, The taste in KL is different. But my Penang cousins always tease me that they only eat Kueh Teow Tng when they are sick!
This is Fried Kuah Kak again so cheap RM1.90 and so tasty, This Uncle has been frying Kueh Kak for about 20 years or more.
We left Butterworth about 10.30am and stopped over in Ipoh Old Town again for food. We reached Ipoh about 12.30pm , lunch time. We did not go the famous Old Town White Coffee because we could not get any parking so we ate at this place , sorry I forgot the shop name but I know they supply curry mee paste to Hong Kong, very famous one! I ordered the Curry Mee and Hubby ordered Har Mee.
We had a satifying meal here before continued our journey home.
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