Staying at EFM Mini Rest House offers guests the opportunity to check out the cultivation process of oyster mushrooms, although one doesn't need to be a guest to take a study tour of the farm. During my visit, the owner's wife, Madam Chin kindly took me around to show me how oyster mushrooms are cultivated. The ... continue reading »

My neighbour, Donna, told me about this interesting lodging and said that I should make a visit, too. Well, that was NINE months ago! It was only last week that I finally managed to fit the trip into my schedule to check it out and also its mushroom farm. Known as EFM Nature Homestay or EFM ... continue reading »

Invited to participate in the three-day festival of Lord PanGu, I managed to drop by at the temple on the second day, and caught the procession of Taoist deities. The Great Lord PanGu (Pan Gu Yeh) is an ancient Taoist supreme deity. According to some Chinese mythology, PanGu was the first living being and the creator ... continue reading »

This limestone cave temple by the name of Miaw Yuan Chan Lin is a Thai Buddhist temple. It is not as well-known as, for example, Perak Cave Temple or the colourful Lin Seng Tong. It's probably because the name is difficult to pronounce, or to non-Mandarin speakers like me, difficult to remember. The development of this ... continue reading »

An opportunity took my family and I to Gunung Rapat, Ipoh, last evening, and we decided to have steamboat (hot pot) for dinner. We are not familiar with that area but what initially drawn us to Super Taste Steamboat Restaurant was its spaciousness. I must say, what an excellent choice we made to dine at Super ... continue reading »