Unwinding into 34: Eat eat eat

If you are staying at the same place (Pantai Pasir Bogak), the food choices are pretty limited especially during the non-peak season. I think there were only 4 restaurants that were open and we tried 3 of them. Mind you, they don't open all the time so it really depends on your luck. But I reckon they would be during the school holiday or long public holiday weekends. 

Of course, if all else fails, there's still the resort itself to consider. Their cafe looks over the sea and you can hear the waves crashing the shore. As it's open air, feel the wind against your face and whip your hair around like you just don't care. Not sure if they serve alcoholic drinks but you can buy your own supply from the convenience store that's located 5mins walk away (thankfully).

This is the breakfast voucher. Unless you're not in the habit of eating breakfast or not an early bird, you should have it. Most of the shops aren't open in the morning. Also maybe because we didn't go explore around since we were too tired post swimming.

The hotel breakfast spread is minimal to say the least. There is the choice of both Western and local food. This is on our 2nd day there. We were there relatively early at 9am and probably the first customer of the day. The place were manned by friendly staff who looks to your needs without being overly friendly. Except when they want to sell you their dinner special 😂

I like it that they try to give you as much variety as possible. Their bread comes in white and wholemeal because we all should try to be/remain healthy even on holiday. The jam, butter margarine and marmalade were obviously not your top grade type but they complete  the toast.

Cereal is also provided with choices of coco crunch, honey stars and plain corn flakes. Is it possible to have an ultra mind blowingly good breakfast of milk and cereal? I've yet to come across that.

You know what they say, start your day right with a healthy breakfast. I think they change their breakfast menu daily. For this morning, we had the option of char kway teow, fried rice, pancake, fried fish ball, puri. The toast and cereal are the only constant.

Since it was my birthday, I opted a more satisfying breakfast. Carbs are usually off limits or at least at a minimal but hey, it's all right to indulge in some carbs on your birthday (omg cake) unless that will kill you. Surprisingly, the noodles were good that I went back for seconds. Fried rice was done in typical Malay style with fried ikan bilis. The balls were a nice touch of protein. Pancake were just so so. The strawberry jam and marmalade tasted like the cheap kind and looked a bit too bright. But on the toast, who cares?

There is an egg counter where you can order eggs cooked in scrambled, omelette or sunny side up. Unfortunately, I don't think they do it half boiled.There's also hot coffee and tea brewing away. Their coffee wasn't amazing but does give you a buzz.

On the last day, we were running late and the breakfast session was coming to an end 😞Still managed to grab some food for post swimming refuel. Today was pan fried cocktail sausages, roti jala, mee goreng, tuna sandwich, fried rice. The sandwich was good enough to go for another. I wished that we had more time without rushing through.

80-83 Taman Bogak Permai,
32300 Pangkor
Tel# +60 5-685 4642

For our first dinner on the island, we went to a nearby Chinese restaurant uncreatively called Restoran Pasir Bogak. It's quite the biggest and most popular dinner spot. Also happened to be the only one open for the night.

Seaweed soup with fish ball RM7 was quite a big bowl, a bit too much for one but good for sharin between two. I was hoping they use premium or good fish ball but these are the standard stuff you get everywhere. The soup itself was OK.

Eggplant stir fried with minced pork RM12. This had some spiciness in it, thanks to the chopped cili padi which can hit you if you're not careful. A little heavy on the salt if you're not eating it with rice.

Fried crab with salted egg RM30. Anyone who knows their crab would realize that this is flower crab, the cheaper kind when compared to mud crab, the more fleshy type. Of course, nothing can beat hairy crab. Flower crab is usually seen in Malay/Indian curries, none in Chinese which is surprising to see it here. I suppose the price would have been an indication as the usual crab that Chinese restaurants serve are way more expensive.

One whole crab halved and deep fried with salted egg yolk coating was a decent dish but certainly lacks flesh. When you get some of that, they turned out to be dry, didn't taste fresh. Disappointing overall.

21a, Jalan Pasir Bogak,
32300 Pulau Pangkor

Lunch on the second day was at Hok Cheng Seafood because the other place we wanted to go to wasn't open. This is the braised tofu which is an assortment of mass manufactured seafood product with Japanese tofu, cauliflower and carrots. It was all right. Nothing spectacular. Maybe except for their service that made us feel like they've got better things to do than to take our order despite only 2other tables around.

Deep fried squid was more batter than seafood. Or even air. Thankfully, the squid was fresh enough to hold its own. I would highly not recommend this place. Even if it's the only place that's open, you are better off buying instant noodle.

 You know what they say about the best things happen when you least expect them to? Well, that's true of this kerabu sotong. We were walking by the beach and decided to grab something light when we stumbled upon this make shift Malay restaurant. I wish there a name but there aren't that many of them around so it can't be difficult to spot.

This was our first ever meal on Pangkor and it was indeed the best. The squid was fresh and made to order as you can still feel a bit of the steaming in it. The dish itself wasn't too spicy or sweet, all in the right ratio. They were generous with the squid despite it being only RM 6.

It made such a good impression on us that we returned for dinner the following night. This is telur bistik.Not too sweet or strong with tomato flavor, this one is for the kids but we enjoyed it all the same.

Udang masak merah since I've had too much of squid for the day 😭While the prawns weren't big or very fresh, the dish itself was delicious enough. At less than RM 10, you really can't ask for more than this.

Kerabu campur. Luckily, this one still got some squid and I'll miss this very much. The clean flavors felt healthy but I'm sure it isn't.

Sup tulang because the night felt breezy with a threat of rain but it never did on both nights despite the lightning giving a spectacular show. This one came in a portion fit for one with quite some bones with meat. We decided to order some French fries which was the crinkle cut type but it was somewhat disappointing as it wasn't crunchy enough. The entire dinner cost RM 29 including drinks for two. Can you believe that? 😲I should have ordered fish.

After checking out, we took the taxi to the jetty and asked the driver to drop us off somewhere for lunch and we ended up in some kopitiam. 2 cups of coffee was about RM 3, unheard of in Klang Valley. This plate of dry noodles were just so-so but I was still quite full from breakfast.

On our drive back to PJ, we stopped by the original Pun Chun because when else could we? The noodles were still crunchy good and the duck soup is oily but sinfully yummy. If you are going up north, make a point to stop by here for quite possibly the best wantan mee.