Genting Highlands - Marrybrown and Hou Mei

My two school going children had 10 days Raya holiday last month and I took them to Genting Highlands for a day trip. Actually it was a last minute plan and that's why we could not get any hotel room even though we wanted to spend a night there.

It was Thursday, we reached there about 11.30am and the place was quite crowded. After paying the entrance fees, we went in for our fun rides. There were such a long queue everywhere. My sons' gotta wait for about 30minutes - 45minutes for a ride. Lucky it was cooling, otherwise it would be very unpleasant.



Kevin got down from his seat after the ride, looking happy!

Waited about an hour for this one!!

I could hear people screamed their hearts out up there!

More scream...... more fun!

I had a cup of Nescafe (RM4.00) while waiting for my children.

We had lunch at the Marrybrown, located near the entrance. I had a Chicken A-delicious with Mushroom Sauce (RM15.50). The chicken was crispy but quite salty. Normal fast food. nothing special. 10% discount for Genting card holder.

The Genting Indoor Themed Park was packed like sardine too. My sons did not play any game as they were quite impatience with the long queue. But they wanted to go the Snow House where they will let people go in session by session. So after buying the tickets for the 7.30pm session, we went for dinner.

This was my first time eating at Hou Mei, located at the First World Hotel indoor themed park, next to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

I had Hou Mei Special Noodles Soup (RM14.00), tasteless and bland. I only ate the ham, egg and some shredded chicken and little noodles with some cut chilies in soy sauce. I almost leave the noodles untouched. The soup base was like tap water.

Kevin had Kai See Hor Fun Soup (RM14.00), he told me it was tasteless too and he kept adding soy sauce.

Sean had Roasted Chicken Rice (RM13.50) which he said it was good. Maybe because of the chilies sauce provided.

Kevin had a Mango Pudding (RM5.00) and he said it was yummy.

The total bill was RM68.15 inclusive of one hot Chinese Tea(RM2.00), one Iced Mocha RM5.80) and one Iced Lemon Tea (RM4.95). Will I come back to this place again?? Definitely NO. The menu is limited and the food is so lousy. I should have gone to Hai Nan Cafe just a few doors away (in front of Coffee Bean), where the food taste much better and have more selection of food. Otherwise the buffet at The Garden Terrace in Genting Hotel is also a very good choice.

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!

Mid Autumn Festival 中秋节

Tomorrow is Mid Autumn Festival and I have received about 7 boxes of mooncakes from my husband's clients.

2 boxes of this Shanghai Mooncakes from client and friend from Kluang, Johor claimed to be very popular there. You are not able to eat the yolk unless you take the centre part of the mooncake. The pastry is thick and buttery and it is filled with lotus paste.


This is the name of the shop and hopefully you could see the address printed on it.


2 boxes of Tai Thong Mooncakes of various flavours from clients.


1 box of Agar-Agar Mooncake from the same client that gave us the Tai Thong Mooncake. It is homemade but look at the artificial colouring.


2 boxes of homemade Mooncakes from my sister in law. The green one is made of Avacado and the brown one of course is from chocolate.


The other box is Agar-Agar Mooncakes, less attractive without artificial colouring but safe to eat.


It was her first attempt to make these mooncakes. Thumb up Ann, it is very tasty.


It has lotus paste mixed with black sesame seed inside.


This is from my beloved Auntie Susie from Butterworth, we called this 'Kong Cai Pheng' . The one with melon seed is plain one and the other one is with coconut filling.



Actually I have a box of Snow Skin （冰皮）Mooncakes from another client. I think she bought from someone who made them at home because the packing was not attractive but they were very yummy. The mooncakes were quite small and filled with red bean paste and lotus paste, the yummy part was these mooncakes were filled with a lot of melon seeds. We finished before I could take any picture of it.

There are many type of mooncakes of various flavours in the market but being an old fashion and traditional person, I still like traditional mooncakes , that is baked Lotus Mooncakes with just single yolk (double yolk if I am younger!). The only shop I will buy my mooncakes every year is called Tong Wah Confectionery located at 92, Jalan Tuba Off Jalan Kampong Attap, 50460 Kuala Lumpur. Tel : 03-22736278.



This is Nut with Melon Seeds Mooncakes, one of my favourite too!


This is baked Lotus Paste Mooncake with single yolk. Ahem.....I took the piece with the most yolk!
I don't know what is this called in English but we call them ' Ling Kok' (菱角）. Just boil them like hard boiled egg but add some salt in the water to make them tastier.

These small tiny yams are also part of the food we serve during Mid Autumn Festival. I remember my grandmother used to clean the yam and dried it under the hot sun. She said this will make the yam creamier. To cook these is like cooking the 'Ling Kok'. Just boil them or you can steam them. Both these yam and 'ling kok' are seasonal and only available during the Mid Autumn.

Lastly, the fruit that is common during this time is Tambun Pomelo, hubby has gone to Ipoh today for business and he will be back on the same day and I have asked him to buy from there.

So with the Mooncakes, 'Ling Kok', Yam, Pomelo, Groundnut and a pot of Chinese Tea, sitting outside of our house watching the stars and the Moon above us (hopefully no rain).......I am going to let my children experience the Mid Autumn I used to have with my parents and siblings during the good old days. Oops, not forgetting the lanterns (the traditional one, folded type) and lots of candles too!

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!