Im back from the First Class Hike!!!

Theres only one word to sum it all up: EXHAUSTING.

No?
Hmm, okay. Carry a 4kg backpack and walk 19 km. =.=

My legs are screaming.... LOL.

Nothing much, we kept walking, walking, and walking, and walking..................

=.=

Before i tell you what i did before the camp, let me tell you this.
For the past 12 years of my life, i thought myself to be a 100% Chinese.
But one day my dad casually mentioned " hey, do you know you're half a baba?"
I almost choked.
Not that i was angry or ashamed, but it was still quite shocking.
Yea, so im half a baba. I cant speak baba malay, which is an interesting mix of hokkien and malay, tetapi saya belajar bahasa indonesia,ya? Jadi saya harus belajar Hokkien...!

Okay, you should close your mouth now, lest a fly go in....

So before the camp i went to eat at "Guan Ho Soon" (i think), a famous peranakan restaurant. Im a self proclaimed epicurean, and i love peranakan food. ( thinking about itek tim, otak-otak,ayam sioh, chap chye and some rice makes me drool). When i went in, i could tell it was more chinese influenced as it had lots of chinese signboards. So we ordered the usual food ( as mentioned above) to compare with the other peranakan restaurant ( Called Pernakan Inn).

Rating
Pernakan Inn: 5/5
Guan Ho Soon: 4/5

Of course my ratings are a little biased, but Peranakan Inn won. Its chap chye is more authentic than Guan Ho Soons. The otak-otak are of the same standards, so it was great. They didnt have ayam sioh, so PI (peranakan inn) won, LOL. GHS (guan ho soon)'s itek tim was more sour beacuse of the kiam chye, but PI's one was sour because of its tamarind, which i preferred. However, GHS also served chinese foods, as its chefs were chong pohs. Chong pos were hired last time as chefs for tok panjangs ( long table feast). They were Hainanese and obviously from China. So they sort of 'stole" the recipes from the nyonyas over time and they started opening their restaurants. Of course, the taste would be a little different as the dish would be more inclined to chinese methods. But it was still great. PI's dishes i think used to be cooked by authentic peranakans, but now they switch to Cheena ppl i think. :(
I still like the food though. :)