Malaysian a Holiday day 14 Cheekyricho

Today is our last day. We have seen many things, eaten more sizzle plates than I can count. Somebody from our last hotel helped themselves to my iPad charger so I have had to shuffle charging between a 5w charger and my iPad and iPhone. Had to buy another one tonight. Very disappointed, it's the first time I've had something knocked off from inside a locked hotel room.

We caught the shuttle bus to a shopping plaza and wandered about in the aircon after a swim.

Richo had a go on this wobble board excercise machine. Apparently you stand on it and lose weight. After a few minutes he had worked up a sweat just standing on it. Reckons it would be good to use while he watched TV, I would agree with him if I didn't know he likes to snack  watching TV. Yep he's a sneaky snacker, waits til I'm out of the room and goes hunting and gathering.

We almost went to this Japanese restaurant for lunch these tables have heated bowls which are filled with stock and you dunk things into the boiling liquid until they are cooked to your liking. I thought it was a grand plan but we actually weren't hungry after a recent full breakfast.

No prizes for guessing what Richo had for lunch. Another sizzle plate believe it or not. 

I went Bento and it actually looked a lot better than it tasted.

Richo subscribes to the fat cooks are good cooks theory so when deciding where to eat he considers the size of the chef in the equation. Works for him.

The Pavillion Mall has a display board showing which restaurants prepare what food and where. It is a bad thing giving Richo  too many choices regarding food because he procrastinates a bit too much and then settles for the same ole same ole.

We did end up at a Japanese tea room and had these delicious little things. A milk bun, cherry brioche and a Hakkaido something or other. They forgot our coffee or didn't understand our order, we eventually got served. A quick overpriced taxi ride back to our hotel for a swim before we hit Jalan Alor for another Vietnamese Crepe. We took lots of video of food being prepared. Ice cream made using a painter scraper on a plate. Satays being grilled, Mongolian BBQs the sugar Cane juice being pressed, chestnuts being roasted, spicy sweet bacon being cooked. There were frogs, snails, eels, fish, oysters, cockles, clams,  prawns and crabs either swimming around live in tanks or just huddled awaiting their fate. A while lamb on a spit.

There were ducks heads, tongues, feet, wings and whole ducks ready for the table alongside coconut drink makers and fruit and vegetable stores. The smells and smoke, the bustling throng of diners and the constant steady stream of cars weaving in and out of people and little cats, spruikers trying their darnedest to get you to come to their stall and eat. There were massage people encouraging you in for a massage or relax little stalls selling everything fr mobile phone accessories to bags, groceries and shoes. It is impossible to describe how crowded and diverse the experience was. Selfie takers, selfie stick sellers, beggars, street performers, tourists young, old, well dressed or backpacker types. Every nationality of diners or dinners were represented. The video is going to take some editing to try and represent the vibe of this crazy atmosphere but I will do my best and hopefully you will understand what an interesting experience Jalan Alore is.