#1 DISCOVERS BATU PAHAT - RESTORAN HIGH KING SEAFOOD KUKUP

Hi! Kaksyaa tak tau nak start dari mana. Sejak PKP ni-- kita kan semua locked in dalam rumah tak boleh keluar and mulalah start craving macam macam, and sebagai anak jati Batu Pahat, of course I do missed my hometown food. From the breakfast, lunch and dinner place. Batu Pahat really do has so much to offer, despite of it's little town yang beli ko pergi sana-- you'll meet the same people at the other side of Batu Pahat. Really small-- to me. 

One of the food yang kaksyaa nak highlight kan sangat is our trip to Kukup. Anyway, semuanya memang favorite. From Tandoori restaurant to legend chinese food to warung breakfast tepi kampung pokok kelapa hinggalah ke warong dari zaman kanak kanak. Semua to favorite. My favorite! but let's share about this High King Seafood, Jeti Kukup first. Rasanya mungkin ada yang dah kenal-- kaksyaa sendiri dah kesana for few times. Asalnya kaksya kenal pun sebab pakcik kaksyaa pak imigresen bertugas area sana yang kenalkan. Ye lah-- dekat sana boleh juga utk jeti ke Indonesia. So pakcik kaksyaa ni memang familiar sangat with this place. 

Kukup, 1 hour away from Batu Pahat. Journey kalau ikut jalan dalam akan lalu Rengit/Rengit Laut/Pekan Nenas but if you guys lalu highway boleh jerr terus exit any nearest. Senang citer korang waze jer Jeti Kukup ok? hehe. Kedai makan ni memang right in the center of Jeti, on the right side of the road. 

Siapa peminat seafood? Kita geng! Kalau dapat makan sotong goreng tepung tu ngam terok dah perasaannya. Dengan nasi panas, sup hailam/kungfu panas panas. alahai! favorite sgt. Udang kalau kaksyaa makan memang takkan meninggalkan kesan. Semua kaksyaa telan, hee tak elok kan membazir? Anywy! High King memang terkenal dengan Seafood Galore. Ikut nasib-- boleh dapat lobster (around RM150/ekor for 700-800g), tapi time ni kaksyaa tak try pun. InsyaAllah next time memang kena repeat.

SOP dijalankan seperti biasa waktu waktu Covid ni. Nak masuk, temperature di ambil, nama & no telefon di record. Meja juga dikawal tak boleh ramai sangat. Masa ni kaksyaa datang dalam 7 pax adult and 3 kids. Kami duduk meja bulat besar x 2 table.

Nama pun dekat dengan laut, jadi macam macam jenis makanan laut yang diorang ada. Kaksyaa order Mantis Prawn, udang yang kulit lembut. At first kitorang takut tesalah, sebab apa ke hal dah macam rupa sotong-- but fret not. It is udang. Mantis Prawn ni rupanya memang sejenis udang keci dan berkulit lembut. Masa ni, aroud RM25+/kg. Kitorang amik 2 set, each for Udang Nestum (left) abd Udang Salted Egg (right). Antara dua ni, kaksyaa favorite Nestum sebab salted egg dia tak berapa nak kaww. hehe. I was expecting creamy taste tapi nampak nya dia goreng kilas dengan salted egg semata gitu jer. Tak umphh but still worth it, rasa fresh giler! Kalau udang yang besar, kulit keras, otak udang penuh tu around RM55/1kg. Kitorg bajet tak berapa besar so Mantis is just good enough! Puas. 

The flying Kerabu is the bomb! Kaksyaa tak ingat last makan Kerapu bila. Tapi kali ni baru rasa nikmatnya. Dah bercita cita nak repeat utk Kerapu semata. Yang kaksyaa order ni, Kerapu Masak Asam Manis. fyi, harga seafood ni macam biasalah-- berubah ubah. Masa ni Kerapu RM8/100g. Ikan diorg time ni paling kecik 1kg ++ so we did expecting for RM80++ per ekor but girl! it's so worth it! aaaa cryy terngiang ngiang kerapu dah ni. ahahha

kaksyaa datang 7 pax adult, 3 kids. Udang Nestum x 2 hidang. yang lain as per photo. All total for RM368.70 // Murahkann?

Fresh, sedap & best environment; memang betul tepi laut.

Alhamdullillah ala kulli haal.

Sedap teruk! Even TMJ and family of Royale pun pernah makan sini tauu.

So camne? Tertarik nak pergi? Waze shj nama kedai ok?

MCO TO VIRTUAL TOK KADI

It's been a while since I last post here. Life has been tougher but percayalah-- somehow it's getting better. Menampakkan segala yang impossible ke possible. Rezeki Allah itu luas, cari berkah dan baiknya. Dia benar Yang Maha Memberi, dengan segala kepayahan yang kita kena hadap, He is kind enough to guided me a way I never thought I would took. Allahuakhbar. 

Now, kaksyaa busy with Coklup.hq ; doakan this baby grow up as big as gigantic and a smooth sailing.  InsyaAllah. Anywy! Kaksyaa bukan nak citer pasal Coklup. Tu nanti je ok, another post? I just wanted to share one of our (maybe you too) experiences during these difficulties and unexpected time of Movement Control Order."Seumur hidup maa, takpernah mama jumpa situasi macam ni.. takut.." This is the reaction i got from my mama when MCO- things hit at the first place. She can't barely understand whats going around. We had to explain briefly why this and that and sadly had to face things that get even worse; to my in law's family.

I knew our's as not as tougher as those who had to dealt directly with covid19. Moga Allah swt membantu dan merahmati semua keluarga yang affected with covid19. Aminn Ya Rabb

To cut this short,
My sil's wedding was one of the many pengantins yang affected. Kena postponed wedding in a very short noticed, dewan dah bayar full, preparation 90% done and suddenly it has to put at stop/paused. All these happened due to this  MCO crisis. 18th March probably the date to remembered kan? To be tell to our grandchild. How'd everything dropped, traffics, economies, most-business and everyone daily rhythm yang kena paused tiba tiba. Wedding got postponed/cancel to other date, increasing traffic to hospital admission sebab Covid-19, most of supermarkets somehow flooded with some citizens stocks up for the supply which later announced by the government that we should not  panic in buying. Allahuakhbar. It was unreal. Things that we imagine flying cars in 2020 has happened the other way around. Back to the story..

Syahirah, my sil was/is a one tough girl. Truly amazing how she adapt with such ujian. Kalau kaksyaa, mungkin moody, tergolek tertonggeng menongeng haha, idk but alhamdullillah she took it in a snap away and look at these dugaans in a brighter vision, finding a better hikmah and rahmah. Power! Then later, a month after MCO period started, JAIS slowly la announce cara-cara baru untuk majlis akad and for sure lah no big reception is allowed kemungkinan up till the end of the year. Virtual Tok Kadi, Virtual Akad, Virtual Husband/Wife to-be was one of the SOP to make the akad possible, but Eya chose not too that moment and finally after raya, new SOP from JAIS diorang annouced.

Virtual Tok Kadi
Both pengantin and family boleh in the same house.
There you go.

Virtual Tok Kadi = in a lappy!

Definitely a new way of Akad right? I love the fact that the ambiance is still as harmony and pure as a normal akad. Everyone were quite respecting the pure ceremony. The feeling of nervous and excitement were the same. Eya put every details of the akad in a nice set up, and she only did that few days before the akad. See, means benda ni possible-- dengan izinNya kan? Yang penting niat. Anyway. this virtual akad fyi had to daftar in a JAIS list dulu. Means, kena daftar utk ikut urutan and my sil got her slot at noon. So this akad start around 12pm and both family had to in a ready-mode satu jam before the slot time given. 11:20am-- pengantin lelaki & family sampai. Setting Skype, microphone to ensure every bits of the speech/akad can be hear. Tok Kadi pun 'sampai' through a virtual meet at 12am and there we go, experiencing a new way of akad at the year of 2020. MasyaAllah tabarakallah. 

Betullah-- that at the end of every tunnel, there will be a light waiting to brighten our ways.
And this pure akad is a real winning moment for Eya i guess?

To tied a knot with her loved ones.
To have everyone in the same room to witness the akad.
To see everyone smiles as bright as a sunshine and enjoys the akad.

Barakallahu laka wa baraka ‘alaika wa jama’a bainakuma fiil Khairin

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