Pekan Fishing, Seafood & Durian Makan Trip - July 7th 2012

I have been planning to take my old friends out fishing for many years and eventually got that trip done on July 7th 2012. It was supposed to be a 2 days trip but got it shorten to 1 as guys on board could not take the heat.

Ordered curry wild boar, fried sweet potatoes vege, dear meat fried with black pepper and chinese wine-with-clamp soup. The curry wild boar was soft, with good and not overly curry aroma. The other dish worth remarking was the soup; clamps were fresh, with chinese rice wine and blended brilliantly well along with cooling mountain breeze around; overall I scored the meal at 7/10.

With a large guiness stout added, the total price came up to RM 100+, not too expensive but can't say it was cheap either.

We left Puchong at approximately 6pm and jammed our way through for 2 and a half hours via Middle Ring Road 2. Reached Bukit Tinggi around 8 30pm and opt for the usual restaurant I normally stop by for dinner on my way to east coast for fishing.

Late dinner but guys were happy and in complete chatting mood.

Pekan jetty in 8am-ish of sun light. The sky was quite cloudy that time and I got my worries on choppy sea. After we got out to open sea I realised that wave was like 1m or so, calmed down pretty much after noon time.

Typical tourist-anglers behaviour when they are out on a fishing trip, particularly when they just got boarded is, to snap photo; on people on water on whathaveyou along the riverside at the sky, and guys were not exceptional.

When camera pointed at the skipper, he shied away from it; that he is, the skipper Ah Boy, pretending busy looking at GPS that was not switched on.

Kuala Pahang fisherman Jetty at riverside.

A happy angler with sotong jarum, some call it rocket, some call it bullet squid.

Squids were aplenty at unjam area; in total we hauled over 60 of them in 1 day fishing. We focused on squids and coral fishes and did not try tusky or mackerel at all.

Steam Flower Crab with egg and chinese rice wine, yummy!!

Opt for the usual Sri Pekan Restaurant to have our dinner. Other than the flower crab, the rest were our catch.

The speciality of Sri Pekan Restaurant; deep fried squid.

Crunchy, sweetness-from-the-sea and aroma from dunnowat spices are what you feel when you chew these. The restaurant served special sauce meant to compliment the fried squid too. Basically a spicy and sour sauce, you taste bud will be overwhelmed with tastes of all then.

This is what uncles do when they are contented; taking photos, beer and chat about everything and anything.

Our dinner before the plain steam fish served; assam steam leather jacket (or trigger fish as some likes to call it) and white tail grouper, chili padi + chinese rice wine steam squid, deep fried squid, steam flower crab & vege.

Plain steam kerisi (Threadfin Bream)

First time trying kerisi cooked this way. I like it cooked in deep fried or stew in bean paste better I guess.

Gutting and cleaning fish

Our big task on the second day was to clean our catch. Spent some an hour and half cleaning fish and clear the mess we created in boatman house. Left Pekan on 12 30 noon and heading West for home. Half way during the journey I remembered 1 restaurant in Karak that serve good sui yu (fresh water turtle) stew with Chinese herbs and decided we shall have our lunch there.

We finally found the restaurant (阿水饭店）and had our lunch there, however not too happy with the steam red tail asian cat fish that the owner claimed was from river, as the flesh is soft and come with heavy soil taste, so bad so that I had asked for additional chinese hua diao wine and poured on the fish, trying to subdue the soil taste.

Paid RM64 for that fish, hmmmm .... not impressed with it.

Durian displayed in stall in Karak.

We have some serious durian lovers with us; eaten durian in Pekan before our departure, follow by another round in Karak.

A close up photo on Mao San Wong (Raja Musang)

Stalls at Karak selling this at RM 28 per kg, and it was much expensive than price in Petaling Jaya area of RM 23. However, mood was good and we bought 2 of these at RM 99. Very strong and dominant taste.

See also you know it is nice already!