Had a friend back from Dubai for a month holiday and we decided to take a drive to Teluk Gong for some sea food. I always heard of a place where you can get toddy with seafood in Klang. SInce I had never tried toddy in my lfe before off we went to this place in Klang for dinner. For those who don't know what is toddy, it a coconut juice extracted from the flower of the coconut and left to ferment. Normally its harvest from the coconut tree in the morning and left by itself and it will self ferment without any yeast. It seems it is nice and sweet if immediately drunk straight after extracting it from the tree.
So we ordered a small bottle to try. My friend insisted on ordering a bottle of guiness stout to mix with the today. And since we were having dinner, I was against the idea of mixing the two concoctions. A poured a little bit into the glass and had a sip. This is how it taste like in sequence and I kid you not, the initial sip tasted sweet like coconut water, slowly when it goes down the throat it tasted sour and as it goes all the way down the throat it leaves a bad tasting burnt taste. For me it was the bad burnt after taste that I could take. I had to mix the toddy with guiness. I wonder how people can drink toddy neat. I didn't get high or anything like that, maybe because the toddy was kept in the fridge cold and that slowed down the fermentation process. I don;t mind having more next time.
As for the food, nothing really great. All above average. My favourite was the chilly squid or sotong. That was memorable. the rest was just ordinary tasting. I recommend that. Next comes the fried egg with oyster. The rest I think I can get better quality in P.J or K.L. It must be the location and atmosphere that bring people all the way to Klang for seafood.
Surprising for a weekday, there were lots of customers there. The restaurant is large. I think its situated in at least an acre land area with a wooden house (must be the owner of the restaurant) in the entrance. There are numerous restaurant in the surrounding area selling seafood but this place has the most people. I be back for the toddy next time.
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