So this year, we did something a little different. We still visited - but we went a lot further than normal. We went to visit the Soup family at Sungei Siput - Woh Foong in Cantonese (or Snails River if you translate that literally).
And I call them the Soup family because the name Thong in Cantonese means soup!.
And I call them the Soup family because the name Thong in Cantonese means soup!.Woke up no earlier than usual and set off North towards Ipoh. Took us 2 1/2 hours to get to Woh Foong. Oi Chan was in. Oi Yin, the younger soup sister was in Cameron Highlands doing a bit of bird watching in the jungles. She called back and said she could make it back for lunch. So we waited.
Lunch was another 45 minutes drive to a place called Sauk (turn off from the highway to Kuala Kangsar, in the direction of Lenggong). The place is supposedly famous for seafood (mainly freshwater fish and prawns). As you turn off into Sauk new village, you will see a restaurant located at the corner named the NEW Lau Kai. That is NOT the original. 
Turn left and go another 20m and you will come to the original - Lau Kai Restaurant.
Turn left and go another 20m and you will come to the original - Lau Kai Restaurant.We started off with a fish paste prepared in 2 styles. 
Then the soup sisters ordered a prawn in claypot that came with a spicy tasty soup. 
The soup is NOT made of coconut extract (santan). Instead, fresh milk was used, which made it light and tasty. We also had fish belly in spicy sauce. 
We noticed the other tables had steamed fish (the whole fish), but there was only 5 of us and Oi Chan reckons we cannot finish a whole fish and eat other dishes at the same time.
Then the soup sisters ordered a prawn in claypot that came with a spicy tasty soup. The soup is NOT made of coconut extract (santan). Instead, fresh milk was used, which made it light and tasty. We also had fish belly in spicy sauce. We noticed the other tables had steamed fish (the whole fish), but there was only 5 of us and Oi Chan reckons we cannot finish a whole fish and eat other dishes at the same time.She then ordered a claypot farm chicken - actually that's what the Cantonese name translates as (teen kai). 
It is really FROG (not toad).Must be because it taste like chicken.
It is really FROG (not toad).Must be because it taste like chicken.And there was also free range fried chicken, 
a green veg dish to make sure we get enough fibre
and a cuttle fish dish in satay sauce. That was the only dish I did not photographed.
a green veg dish to make sure we get enough fibre and a cuttle fish dish in satay sauce. That was the only dish I did not photographed.And after all that, what else can we say except BUUUUURRRRRRPPPPPP!!!
Next year, maybe we will plan for a trip to the South - Malacca?? Batu Pahat?? Muar?? Kluang?? Any offers?
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