River View Dining

So much of our time in the last few weeks have gone into settling in and working around our kids' schedules.  But last Saturday, we took some time to venture out of Kuala Lumpur, to a restaurant Joe and our friend Tony had visited during the summer.

The worst part of the drive was just getting out of the traffic in KL.  Once we were out, it was a very pretty drive, with rolling hills and lot of palm trees.  But, we did see this smoke stack on the way.  Now, Joe and Tony are both former plant managers in the US.  This kind of emission would never be allowed in the US.  A little sad to see it here.

I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this mosque.  I loved all the beautiful mosques in Oman.  Even though Malaysia is a Muslim country, you don't see as many beautiful mosques here.

Our first glimpse of the river.  It took a couple of hours to get here, but a lot of that was the traffic leaving KL.

Here is our destination:  the River View Restaurant in the small fishing village just outside of Kuala Salangor.

Me and Joe

I took this picture of Tony to show his wife, Peg.  Peg is still in the US, but will join all our fun soon!

The day's gang in this open-air restaurant.  There was a nice breeze that made lunch very comfortable.  By the way, we were about the only expats here.  Very much of a locals' restaurant.

Everyone got a small dish with fresh garlic and hot chili peppers.

This is a first for me.  Our utensils came out in a bowl with very hot water. 

Kevin starts off the dish of scallops.

This was a vegetable dish, served in an edible bowl made from some root vegetable.  It was good.  Not my favorite, but good.

Prawns.  But they had their whole shells on, so a little bit of work.

Second blog post in a row with a fish head!  :)  I forget what kind of fish this was.  I want to say snapper, but not sure.  It came with a sweet and sour sauce.  May not be the prettiest dish, but it was delicious!

Crabs.  We also had spicy Thai chicken, pineapple fried rice, fried calamari, and vegetables.  All the food was very fresh and delicious!  And reasonably priced too.

Views of the river

After lunch, we strolled up and down the street.  This was a Chinese part of town.  These were some sort of fish chips.

Part of the decor in one of the grocery stores.

And these chips were being made down the street.

This was an interesting store.  Lots of fishing equipment, as might be expected.

But across the aisle, Legos!  And liquor.  So as someone said, lures, legos, and liquor, all in one stop!

This was a fun afternoon with great food, not far from KL.