I miss the clear blue sky, the balding tress and strolling on the street in July’s chilly winter weather.

I miss the bestest Vietnamese Pho at Pho Dzung in Richmond

I miss browsing the liquor stores.. and having difficult time to decide what to drink…

I miss taking pictures with Victorian-era architecture buildings as backdrop

I miss the mega huge Southern Cross Station

I miss the all-so-wonderful bakeries…

where I had yummylicious pastries for breakfast..

I miss the to-die-for Flat White

I miss the scenic Albert Park

I miss Luna Park.. although it’s just for pictures

I miss St Kilda weekend art market…

with lots of special handmade crafts to buy!

I miss Mornington Peninsula…

Lunching with friends by the sea..

I miss the vineyards..

I miss taking pictures like this..

and random pictures like this on our way home…

I miss dinning in cafes along Degraves Lane..

I miss taking trams..

I miss visiting picturesque farm

I miss playing with kangaroos…

I miss finding koalas along the trees.. (can you spot it?)

I miss the penguins in Phillip Island

I miss the Melbourne night scene along Yarra River

I miss the magnificent Great Ocean Road

I miss the so cheap yet yummy strawberries!

I miss the Snow (!), Lifts & Ski at Mount Buller…

I miss the beautiful churches..

I miss some of the best Hot Chocolate in the world

I miss taking pictures with Parliament of Victoria

and the Victoria Library.. so beautiful right!

I miss shopping at Melbourne Central

I miss Queen Victoria Market!

Cherries!!!!!!!!!

and fresh Oysters from the market..

I miss the best Egg Benedict with Vege Beans I’ve ever tried – MART 130 <3

I miss Death by Chocolate at Chapel Street…

I miss Domain Chandon..

Loving the stunning view of the vineyard

I miss wine tasting!

I miss the equally marvellous Yerring Station

I miss more wine tasting (and buying)!

I miss fine dining with class

Having desserts to-nice-to-be-eaten

I miss eating Ice Cream (!) in winter…

I miss Melbourne..

Things to do in Kuantan & Kemaman during school holidays:

1. Stumbled upon this road side durian stall before our accommodation is ready for check in. Have super nice durian though I’m not big fan of durian.

  2. Drove 15 mins to Teluk Cempedak (the nearest beach to Kuantan town), soak under sun, dip your feet in the clear water, camwhore & doing the compulsory jump-shot thingy

   

3. After a tiring playtime by the beach, it’s time to continue makan. 5 mins walk from the beach, there’s this awesome curry laksa recommended by wikitravel. (Sorry lar, forgot what name)

Oh, excuse me – allow me to add, THEY SERVED THE BESTEST TEH-O-AIS I’VE EVER TRIED!!! we had like – 8 glasses of them??

4.   Checked into a private run hotel, it’s a double story house converted to a place to stay. Privacy of a house, comfort and facilities of a hotel. wahlau, damn nice!

5. In the evening, continue the makan marathon by driving 1 hour to Kemaman. Have the famous Hai Peng coffee. How good it is? Hah! It is bloody-extremely-freaking-super duper-damn-f***king good!! I can’t describe how good it is in word, you just gotta go try it yourself. The coffee is damn good, the nasi dagang is awesome, the rotibakar is excellent, damn, even the french fries is freaking tasty!

Exterior & signage
Interior -   the authentic kopitiam feel!

Kopi Ais Ahhhh….
Classic kopi & kopi O. Ahhhhh….
Ice Blended Lime
Ice Blended Mocha + Chocolate Ice Cream, yum yum!

   Nasi Dagang – yums to the max! Eh, i think we had 7 packets of them!

Roti/ bun bakar with kaya and butter. Omg!

Even the french fries is damn good!

See.. even mommy says GOOD!

6. On the way back from Kemaman to Kuantan, you’ll pass by some pasar malam. Do stop over and have some durians, keropok lekor, fried chicken drumstick @ RM 1 per pc, cheap!

7. Just 15 mins after the pasar malam stop, you’ll see Pak Su Seafood Restaurant at the left of Jalan Berserah. Yeah, by this time, we were so full already but we just gotta try since they are famous for Stuffed Crab.

Dine by the seaside, lovely atmosphere

Fried sotong
Chili crabs
Stuffed crabs.
I dont like this. It’s like those frozen crab meat u get in super market and stuffed them back into to the “cover”. Yucks.   

8. The plan was to have Satay Zul as supper but we could barely walk after dinner so off we go and sleep.

9. Then next morning, had breakfast, we went to the beach (again) the next morning, built sand castle but got destroyed by the waves shortly after that

10. Suppose to have begger’s chicken but they dont open for lunch. Then back to KL .