The next day, everyone of us woke up at 10 am... blamed it on the rainy and cozy weather... we did not realise that it was already so late the moment we opened up our eyes...
Without haste, we got ready and set off at around 11.30 am, but was caught in a massive traffic jam at both the Woodlands and JB checkpoints.
By the time, we cleared the JB checkpoint, it was already 1 pm...lucky we were prepared with our breads, crackers and some foodstuff, thus, managed to tahan our hunger all the way for the 2-hour ride to Sungai Rengit.
Some background info about Sungai Rengit and why we chose this place:
1. This is a small fishing village, located in the southeastern part of Johore, with just about another 30 min ride down from Desaru, and it is within the zone of Kota Tinggi;
2. This town is still very kampong-like, which I would describe as just like our 70's in Singapore; and the central of this town is where you find majority of the seafood restaurants clustered together;
3. My father-in-law used to come here very often some more than 10 to 20 years ago, as he had friends here, whom they would always go together for fishing and wild boar hunting;
4. One of his friends owns a restaurant here, Yoou Kee Seafood Restaurant;
5. My mother-in-law also has a good friend (a friend whom she known in the temple, I called her Er-Mama), who owns a durian plantation here; and we have been invited twice to her plantation to savour the durians, rambutans, bananas, mangosteens, etc. The last trip we came in to Sungai Rengit was in 2005, I think;
6. One of our distant relatives (my husband's 大舅母's sister) is still residing in this village, and she sells the well-known laksa in Sungai Rengit;
So, whenever we come to this town, we feel very relaxed, comfortable and safe...
Okay, by 3 pm, we reached the Yoou Kee Restaurant, and were welcomed by the lady boss (I called her 'auntie'), who was also my mother-in-law's good friend. Look at her, she's only 39 years old lei, and she has 4 children, aged 15, 14, 13 and 11. Very good life liao lor...
I only knew that the Jade Garden Restaurant (next to Yoou Kee) was awarded commendation by the the Mediacorp's food programme, hosted by Michelle Chia and Adrian Pang some years back. So we were happy when we see Yoou Kee also been awarded by the recent Channel U's programme '都是大发现' and the M'sian programme '第8度空间'.
The seafood restaurants in Sungai Rengit are mostly well-known for their baby lobsters and crabs. And this is one of my favourite dish... steamed baby lobsters with egg and garnished with garlics and spring onions... juicy and sweet, yummy....
After a heavy seafood lunch, I chanced upon the mobile 客家豆花 push-cart... I bought 2 tubs, each cost RM 1.20. I queried the vendor about the uniqueness of his Hakka Dao-Huay, and he claimed that the Dao-Huay is home-made... After reaching home, I kept my Dao-Huays in the fridge, and only took out to eat last night at around 11.45 pm. Ummm...
Next, we set off to the Ostrich Farm, which was just 2-min car ride away from the town, to enquire on their activities available for the larger group. We were informed that there will be a 45-min guided tour provided, photo takings with the ostrich, tasting of ostrich-meat food such as satay, burgers, purchasing of ostrich products, etc. The entrance fee is RM10 (adult), RM6 (child between 2 - 12 years old). For kids, they will also be able to ride on the ostrich for photo taking.
After that, we left Sungei Rengit and drove for about another 20 mins to the Desaru Fruit Farm. In there, they also provide 1.5 hour guided tour to their fruit farms, and I din know that there were also a mini zoo within the farm, fish pond, agricultural gallery within the farm until I saw the brochure for the group package, which cost RM18 (adult), RM12 (child between 3 - 12 years old). This package comes with a complimentary packet of fruit platters for each and everyone.
We left Desaru Fruit Farm at about 5.20 pm, and headed for another 20-min car ride to the Crocodile World. After chatting with the boss, I found out here also got provide 30-min guided tour, and we will be able to see 1000 over crocodiles in the farm. Wow, 1000 over crocodiles leh... no wonder on the brochure, it claims to be the largest crocodile farm in the Peninsula Malaysia. The entrance fee for this farm is RM8 (adult) RM4 (child).
And at the entrance of this farm, I made my virgin attempt to hold a baby crocodile in my hands...
We left the farm at around 6.10 pm, and departed for home... Luckily the traffic condition was smooth at the both the checkpoints... phew... and we were already reached home by 8.30 pm... just in time for me to take shower and catch my ‘超级星光4’ at 9 pm....Some other photos that were taken during this recee trip:
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