Our baby made its maiden long distance trip over the weekend. Under the pretext of attending a fellow church member's wedding in Ipoh, we decided to take a road trip seeing that it has been awhile since our last one together. Must say that we're quite pleased with baby's performance.
For one, fuel consumption was pretty good. We made it there and back on less than a full tank of petrol (of course, this was before the recent price hike!) and even had enough to spare for getting around town and taking Jo to work and back the next day. Handling is also quite decent. Yes, the car feels safe at high speeds and no, we didn't feel as if we were about to be blown off the highway when a bigger vehicle passed us ;)
Okay, enough said about our transport!
Our other mission in Ipoh was to of course sample the local fare and what better way to do so than at a wedding where hawker food was served! Even the bride and groom got their strategy right. Highlighting food as the main attraction of their wedding was more than enough to entice us KL folks to take a trip up North :)
With more than enough to go around, we were treated to chicken rice with beansprouts, chee cheong fun, yong tau foo, chicken feet kerabu, mutton curry, tau foo fa, cendol, tau cheong sui and the much talked about Ipoh white coffee. Even the door gifts were unique to the locality - heong peng and individually wrapped pomelo segments!
Of course, there was always room for supper later that night and together with the Focus duo, we made our way to some road side stalls for sar hor fun, sotong kangkung and some interesting deserts and beverages. The next day, we tucked in some brunch at Woolee's and had just about enough room for a bowl of Bidor duck noodles and yam ball before heading for home. Such bliss!
Some pictures to prove that we DID go for the wedding:
Left: The groom eagerly awaiting the arrival of his bride; Right: The bride in more comfortable footwear post-wedding ;)
For one, fuel consumption was pretty good. We made it there and back on less than a full tank of petrol (of course, this was before the recent price hike!) and even had enough to spare for getting around town and taking Jo to work and back the next day. Handling is also quite decent. Yes, the car feels safe at high speeds and no, we didn't feel as if we were about to be blown off the highway when a bigger vehicle passed us ;)
Okay, enough said about our transport!
Our other mission in Ipoh was to of course sample the local fare and what better way to do so than at a wedding where hawker food was served! Even the bride and groom got their strategy right. Highlighting food as the main attraction of their wedding was more than enough to entice us KL folks to take a trip up North :)
With more than enough to go around, we were treated to chicken rice with beansprouts, chee cheong fun, yong tau foo, chicken feet kerabu, mutton curry, tau foo fa, cendol, tau cheong sui and the much talked about Ipoh white coffee. Even the door gifts were unique to the locality - heong peng and individually wrapped pomelo segments!
Of course, there was always room for supper later that night and together with the Focus duo, we made our way to some road side stalls for sar hor fun, sotong kangkung and some interesting deserts and beverages. The next day, we tucked in some brunch at Woolee's and had just about enough room for a bowl of Bidor duck noodles and yam ball before heading for home. Such bliss!
Some pictures to prove that we DID go for the wedding:
Left: The groom eagerly awaiting the arrival of his bride; Right: The bride in more comfortable footwear post-wedding ;)
