So it’s that same time of the year again… Ching Ming festival where we visit our ancestors… from KL to Kampar, Perak… It was a HOT HOT HOT weekend… since there was no shade and this was my mum’s side of the ancestors, there’s a rule that only my mum’s side of the relatives could do the setting up of the prayer area etc… Stella and I decided to bring a chair, a blue mickey mouse umbrella, sat down and looked on – happily… 
Hint hint… get darker colour umbrellas!
Oh by the way, just for the record – always buy a darker colour umbrella… I had a white one but it didn’t shield us as much from the heat compared to the blue one…
Prawns galore!
Every time we visit my mum’s side of the family, we’d have a feast… this time, it was Tanjung Tualang… in between Kampar and Ipoh, Perak – its a really really small town dotted with restaurants showing sign boards filled with prawns – prawns here are FAMOUS!
We had all sorts of prawns… steamed with egg and potent chinese white wine, savory black sauce and loads more! Here’s how I’d describe the prawns – firm, succulent, large, meaty, juicy, prawny… OOOHHH mama mia… the French would go “FANTASTIC!” – okay fine, that was English.
Banana Jelly
So while we were having our prawny lunch meal, one of my cousin asked if I’d like to try out this Banana Jelly drink… they had 2 variations – one with santan and the other with lime. Being the health conscious freak, I went for the latter option. Tada!
I’m not sure if it’s Banana Jelly because firstly, there was no HINT of Banana in the jelly… and it really tasted like something I could get from the Pasar Malam (night market) in KL… Nevertheless, I enjoyed it 
It’s my favourite pasar malam drink
Jalan Ampang that’s not in Ampang
Then there’s this… after dropping off one of my cousins in Kampar, we saw this sign…
A Jalan Ampang in Kampar! Albeit of a small one though… it’s nothing like the one in KL… maybe 5 shoplots long and 3 cars wide…
What are your discoveries lately? Send me a mail to me@benjern.com with those photos and I’ll post them up!
