i always hear or read that people say Kelantan is under developed. and that the rakyat is poor.. [??! did they check EVERY house in Kelantan or what?!!].. on what basis that claim was made, i'm not so sure. and how do they define a developed state, remains a question. to me, you have to come here and judge for yourself. we might not have those skyscrapers like KL here in Kota Bharu. or public transport systems like monorail,LRT et cetera, we don't have them. but imho, everything that we have here is enough. at least i can get what i want. those simple stuff that you thought you won't find in KB, is here already..
these are basically what shambie and i found during our 'weekly date' last weekend.
sushi? no problem. even though you won't have the luxury of eating in Sushi King, you still get to eat sushi. not as delicious, but the taste is acceptable. at least en par with Jusco's sushi [a must whenever i go to Maluri].. :D
and to our excitement, me and my 'girlfriend' Shambie found a stall that sells takoyaki. yahoo!! takoyaki, simply means grilled octopus is a famous Japanese street food and to find it in KB is just so satisfying. [wikipedia].
for some western food earlier that afternoon, we head for London Fish Tales.. [miss b, this is the 'closest' to London that i can get.. *lol*].. the food was simple [we only ate fish and chips and fried shrimp]..yet they are so yummy. especially the shrimp.
and for desert, there is Secret Recipe nearby for their oh-so-delicious cakes or Big Apple Donuts.. my, their donuts are fingerlickingly good! we didn't eat any cakes or donuts though, since the takoyaki made us full.
the best that day was of course, the fish massage that we get right after lunch. yeah, definitely not the same as the Fish Spa that you can find in Pavillion KL, but the fish are somewhat the same.
for rm18, our feet got massaged [or shall i say, 'EATEN' by the fish] for half an hour.. it's quite ticklish at first, but you'll get used to it in no time. felt as if you get minor electric shock whenever the fish suck the dead cells off your feet. the fish didn't actually bit our feet, but more like 'kissed' our feet. and with each 'kiss' we felt the shock. so imagine with that many fish all over your feet..how ticklish it would be.. :)
oh, that's yours truly's feet in the picture,btw. that's one helluva fish, right? shambie didn't get that much. so what did that indicates? hahahaha. my feet got a lot more dead cells than hers!! dang! an exciting experience it was that we decided to have another visit there to get our feet massaged.
after the 'date' we came to a conclusion that you don't need to go to KL or other 'more developed' cities to experience or get any interesting stuff when everything's right in front of you now. no matter how 'mundur' people say Kelantan is, at least in our point of view, it is the contrary. apart from a cinema, Kelantan has everything that we need. hehhehe.. [with a cinema, we'll have no more wish. everything is complete,then.].. lol.
lastly, if we 'developed' and be the same like KL or JB, where's the uniqueness then? people have always been flocking to Kelantan because they say we have quality stuff here yet with very reasonable price. i.e., gold jewelleries, batik sutera, batik sarung, tudung bawal et cetera.. i don't have proof of that, but according to my friends [not Kelantanese], it is the truth. so, i like Kelantan as it is now. whatever negative remarks people give, at least to me, it's special.
a patriotic entry, don't you think? *lol*
to shambie: babe,can't wait for our rendezvous this weekend!! hehe
I must say, job well done dear!
ReplyDeletePeople like to assume. Sometimes they need to hear it from the person who has experienced it.
Ah, it is ok to dream dear. Who knows one day you'll reach here? Even I didnt expect myself to be landing a job here a few years ago.
ps: i like baby octopus too! ;)
landeng pisteil tu... napok po tak dok oghe mano jah...
ReplyDeleteerr... ike kechik tu... kalu oghe sebelung tu ado nyakik... dok j'jakik ko? euuuwwww.... :P
miss b dearest,
ReplyDeleteright after i posted this entry, i came across a forum thread from someone. saying that she's TERRIFIED of coming to kelantan.
as we are governed by the opposition party,she said some terrible [and illogical] stuff about my beloved state.
things like those who doesn't wear tudung will be jailed, shootings everywhere [must've mistaken KB with mumbai] and that other races can't live peacefully here.
i was really MAD reading that at first. but as what she wrote was wayyyy to idiotic, i just ignored it. i wonder how did she 'survived' 3 days in kelantan. lol
mintak masinnnn mulut miss b! one day i'll be there, insyaAllah.
pa'chik..
ReplyDeletememe takdok oghe sokmo..
tp maso fizzy gi hr tu ado lah jugok..
sedak food dio.. keno lah..
huishhh.. nauzibillah pa'chik..
comey lotey lagih kaki nih.
hahhaahah
errr biasa la orang suka buat spekulasi.. ala, kat tempat lain pun byk je tempat yg 'hulu banat'.. huhuhu..
ReplyDeleteish, bila la daku nak ke kelantan ni.. sian tul x sampai2 sana lagi.. hehe.. ;p
err... ike kechik tu... kalu oghe sebelung tu ado nyakik... dok j'jakik ko? euuuwwww....
hahahampeh je pa'chik.. daku baru je nak try fish massage tu..
Salam
ReplyDeleteKB ado BIG APPLE
cayalah ...
mano tu ???
salaaammm... lamaa tak masuk sini.
ReplyDeleteooww what a peaceful Klate. am really gonna miss the rainbow and it's cloudy sky..
ReplyDeleteoh, it seems like one of the tiny little fish in the picture is dead. i think the smell has killed it. but err don't get me wrong here coz i'm not saying the smell of that foot. err maybe it's the smell of thatt water, hehe.. but it could be the foot also right? err hehe.. even me also getting confused with my words anyway, have a nive day kak fiz. selamat mengajar
ini baru betul!!! at last someone is talking sense about kelantan....hahaha!! I mean the cinema thing!! Bila lagi ya...
ReplyDeletefizzy darling,
ReplyDeleteWhere are you.......?
kak fiz,
ReplyDeletewah.. donut tuh nampak sodap jer..
dgr citer lagi best dr jco kan si big apple tuh...
mau!!!
:P