Pulau Ketam Weekend

OH.MY. GOD!

Just found this entry which I had failed to 'post' and while this trip was ages ago, I just HAVE to share this so please bear in mind that this was about 2 years ago!! :p

 

 

 

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and we'd planned to go shopping for shoes (LOONNNGGG story there, so let's leave it at that!) but when we stopped for petrol, hubby decided to change plans and go to Pulau Ketam instead. He's been wanting to take us there for ages, and finally the time seemed right :-)

We arrived at the jetty around 11.15am, and immediately boarded the ferry. Aina was of course excited! She'd been on a boat once, a lake cruise, but she was too young to remember, so this was a new experience for her. She behaved; sat through out the journey, pointing out to boats and birds when she looked out the window. The journey took approximately 40mins.

It's only RM7.00 per adult, and you actually had a choice to go on the closed, air-conditioned boat or the open air one. We chose the air-conditioned one as the weather was just too hot!!

We walked from the jetty (there aren't any taxis, but you can rent bikes if you want to) to the 'town centre', heading for the only seafood restaurant that was 'safe' for us to eat. This restaurant was pointed out by the local police to Mr. Hubby on one of his many fishing and crab-hunting trips.

On the way to the restaurant, we stopped for these :-D

Yup! Deep fried ice cream :-)

It's actually (theoretically, since I've NEVER attempted it) easy to make ~

DEEP FRIED ICE CREAM1. make sure ALL equipment including tray, is ice-cold. line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. use an ice cream scoop to scoop enough number of ice cream servings. place on tray and immediately put back into the freezer.
3. roll out bread to flatten slightly, then cut out rounds using a simple rounded cutter; make sure you have enough pieces i.e. 2 pieces per ice cream serving.
4. have a bowl of water ready (used to seal the edges) and take out the ice cream from the freezer.
5. working VERY fast, place the ice cream in between 2 pieces of bread, seal the edges as tight as you can using the water as glue, then freeze the whole lot again.
6. heat oil (enough to completely drop the ice cream in) and make sure the oil is VERY hot. take the 'breaded' ice cream and drop into the hot oil SLOWLY, then fry till the bread has turned a light golden brown, drain and serve immediately.

Simple, right? But, I've never tried it because the weather is too hot and I'm afraid I'll end up with a pile of ice cream 'soup' :-s

Aina enjoyed her treat, but she mostly just licked the ice cream centre as she would a 'normal' ice cream, ehehhehheee :-D :-D :-D

When we reached the restaurant, we immediately ordered our favourite dishes....

Fried Baby Kailan in Oyster Sauce, Salted Egg Yolk Crab, Fried Rice with Seafood, Fishball Soup and Steamed Fish :-)

Aina was busy yelling at the cat to "Wake up!!!" and the cat finally did and winked at Aina before falling back to sleep ~ LOL

Aina wanted this fan-thingy and so I got it for her to keep her quiet and to 'bribe' her to eat lunch! At least it was something to occupy her during our wait at the jetty :-D

Aina was really cool walking on the sides of the boat :-)

And 10 mins into the journey back, Aina fell unconscious :-D :-D :-D

Cheers!