Places to Eat that I Wanna Go Again – Bukit Malut, Langkawi

The last time I went to Langkawi was when I had to work at Langkawi International Dialogue (LID). Almost the entire office had flown to the island and worked our butts off to keep those Africans happy. Anyway, when we were there my friend had suggested that we go for some great local seafood because it has been a long since he last made a pig outta himself with cuttlefishes and clams. If you have been reading this website I am sure by now you would know who that friend of mine, who else but Bani!!

So about 7 or 8 of us drove in the middle of the darkness (yes it got dark really early over there for people like us who stayed in KL that hardly sleeps) in search for the true meaning of crabs. Bani suggested that we  go to a place called Bukit Malut. He said the seafood there were fresh and abundance, exotic and most importantly – delicious! Besides, he said, despite the delicious food, that place is not very popular so the odds of us bumping into others from our working delegations would be the same as bumping into a policeman that wouldn’t take any bribes – impossible!!

All of us were staying at the hotels in Pantai Cenang and Bukit Malut was almost half an hour away. I was 4 months pregnant and my alter ego,the ferocious eating monters was taking over. I cant remember who was driving but remember telling him/her to FREAKING STEP ON IT BEFORE IT EAT YOUR EAR UP!

We finally got there and the moment we pulled into the parking lot we saw Miss N and Mr A dining in the restaurant. They were our VICE PRESIDENTS! So much for not wanting to bump into our colleagues, Bani Smarty Pants!

I don’t know what was it with Bani and Mr A, I think he kinda hated his gut, so despite being the mastermind for our dinner trip, Bani refused to go over pass the bosses to the place where all the fresh seafood was presented for the diners to choose.

He trashed his body about, he did karate moves, he even threatened us with his singing! Bani refused to go over to the display table! And because the monster in me was too hungry to walk, our friends Rus and Noran went over to pick and choose what we were gonna feast on.

You guys have to understand, Noran in a girl half the size of my body and Rus is a quarter. Imagine their appetite – like little Tweety Bird’s! No! Like the appetite of Tweety Bird with anorexia! So when the food came, and even after having the lion’s share, Bani was complaining why the girls had ordered so little. Well if he had wanted to order a whale masak kicap and walrus goreng tepung he should have moved his butt and went to picked up the fresh seafood himself right? Lazy bum!

So we enjoyed our food, had a great chit chat, gossiped a whole lot little bit. Later when we asked for the bill, it came less than 200 bucks, so cheap and best of all, FULLY PAID!

By Miss N and Mr A.

Bani screamed with frustration! “If only I knew”, he said, “I would have gotten up and ordered the whaleeeeeee!!!!”

Siput Pinang

Ketam Nipah

These were some of what we had that day, they were marvelous. Other than these crabs and siput pinang, we also had lots of fish, prawns, calamari, crayfish etc served with white rice, vegetables and fruits.

I will definitely go there again.