Hafiz Rojak, Cooking, and Thai Seafood in Langkawi (Day 6)

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Blog: Support our videos: Day 6 on our trip to Langkawi and we got a later start than the other days. Our first stop was at Pias The Padi, which is a restaurant in the middle of the rice field that serves a variety of both Malaysian and Western styles dishes. Along with being a restaurant, the owner Jimmy, also offers cooking course. The course was more of a demonstration, where Jimmy showed us his techniques of cooking a variety of different curries, most of them very Indian influenced, yet his own unique style. Though it was more of a demonstration than a cooking class, it was interesting and he makes some pretty awesome curry pastes and sauces. After we finished eating at Pias The Padi in Langkawi, we continued on for the day. Since we werent too far away, we stopped at Temurun Waterfall, which is one of the highest waterfalls in Langkawi. The waterfall didnt have a lot of water in it at the moment since the heavy rainy season hadnt yet begun, but there was some water and it was nice to see and to spend a few minutes relaxing there. After the waterfall we drove over to Hafiz Rojak. Hafiz Rojak is a very popular set of food trucks that sets up along the beach. Though the main dish they serve is Malaysian rojak, they also have a handful of other dishes to try. To begin with, their rojak was amazing - a mixture of different fruits all mixed up with sweet prawn paste and topped with peanuts. The mixture of rojak was incredibly delicious, not too sweet, but just perfectly well balanced with a hint of a shrimp flavor and a lovely peanutty flavor as well. After the rojak I sampled a dish called mee rebus, noodles topped with all sorts of ingredients, and then covered in a shrimpy gravy sauce. The sauce was a little salty and sweet, and had a definite shrimp flavor. It was pretty good as well. Another dish Hafiz Rojak is very famous throughout Langkawi for is laksa, noodles with curry, so I wasnt going to miss their version of laksa. The laksa was of the variety with no coconut milk, so it was just pureed fish and spices covering thick udon style noodles. I thought it was incredibly good - along with the rojak, they were my two favorite dishes at Hafiz Rojak. After the laksa, I continued eating with a dish called Pasembur, a Penang style dish (the owner mentioned she was from Penang originally. The pasembur included a mixture of julienned jicama and cucumber with a bunch of toppings on top and covered in another brown gravy sauce. This time, instead of being shimpy, the sauce almost had a caramel flavor to it, but not quite as sweet, though it was a little on the sweet side for me. As we were eating at Hafiz Rojak in Langkawi, it started to rain hard, so we got a little interrupted, but luckily that didnt hinder the delicious snack foods. Continuing on for the day, since it was very rainy we canceled most of our other plans and just hung out until dinner. For dinner we went to a restaurant called Kedai Simpang, a Thai Patani restaurant serving both Malay and Thai food. We ordered a number of dishes all to share, and many of the dishes were very Thai in taste. The pla kahpong neung manao, fish steamed in lime juice sauce was outstanding, as were the other dishes. Since Thailand is so close to Langkawi (just an hour away by ferry, Thai Malay style food is extremely popular in Langkawi. Dinner at Kedai Simpang was marvelous and we then drove back to our hotel (The Andaman) and went to sleep. Thank you to everyone in this vlog: Kash Island Adventures: Naturally Langkawi: LADA: Pias The Padi Temurun Waterfall Hafiz Rojak Kedai Simpang Restaurant Note: I didnt pay for anything in this video, it was sponsored by LADA (Langkawi Development Authority. That being said, all opinions expressed in this video are my own
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Rita Ruff
Langkawi, this Louisiana woman dreams of visiting. Visiting places I never even heard of Thank you. Quick question, you are famous for your one biters. Have you ever put a big spoon of something that looks and smells delicious, only to find once in your mouth it is quite nasty? You are so polite and I know try to never hurt anyone's feelings, but have there been times? Also, in college my Speech professor told me he was gonna drag me out from under that magnolia tree. at the end even he admitted defeat. If we go to Langkawi or The country you have adopted. will I understand or be understood?
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Rusydee Izzat
If your job is to travel and eat. And getting paid as well. Meaning that even after all of tht food from morning to 5 o'clock is still processing, you still hv to force yourself to eat more for the audience and money. The last part of this video your face is dying from the inside out haha. But i like your reaction after every single bite out of everything hahaha. Superb.
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The HeartBrokenBiker
I was riding here last year. And by the time I reached the waterfall it was kinda dark. Of all the food I had there, my favorite top of the list was Somtham (green mango salad) and the worse one being 'Hyderabadi Biryani' (cos I'm from that actual place and what they presented me on the place took me by shock)May be we'll run into each other some day Mark: )
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Walaaa
Beef rendang. yes I started watching your video because i was looking for rendang recipe in youtube. i missed my favorite. I am homesick here in the US. When I saw you eating rendang at my favorite padang restaurant Surya in Bendungan Hilir, Jakarta. I was so shocked. Since then. I am your follower hahhahahah. Thanks a lot Mark. I have been enjoying your video.
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Orawan Tutor
Hello mark weins, you are just absolutely adorable. And you always doing such a good jobs in traveling to eat, that is an awesome job. I just love every bit of every tours that you go to making me feel like I am on a tour with you, and you're always making me so hungry. Good job Hope to see your next blog. Best Regards. Orawan
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ExTraX GaMer
Hi Mark and ying. The laksa you are having was origin from Perlis. The Pasembur was from Penang. I would like to suggest you to come to Northern Part and East coast of Malaysia to Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Kelantan. The best food in Malaysia origin form there. You can also go to the south to try Johor and Malacca food.
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Racking Solution
Im sorry to say this, im originally from langkawi. Thats is not truly local way to enjoy our local dish, n the spot also is typical for tourist. actually there is much better hidden gems in langkawi. mark wiens sorry to say this, u just wasting ur time with the Malaysian tourism especially in langkawi.
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info warrior
Hi Mark, I appreciate your camera work. I would suggest you put together a half hour video touring regional cuisine somewhere, and pitch it to CNN or a food and travel network. (or maybe you already have. That expression of pure ecstasy when you eat something wonderful is priceless. Thanks again.
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hotchocococo
Oh my goodness, Mark My stomach was eating itself after I watched this video I would love to try and make some rojak now: )Absolutely loved all your vlogs. Thank you SO very much for making them, I know it was a lot of work but know that I really enjoyed them Take care: ) Lots of love, Coco
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Ayriss Arissa
You're really friendly, giving positive comments on food you ate. All food tastes good to you. not even a single complaint. haha. a good way not to hurt others' feelings just because of different eating cultures. love your videos and your smile: D
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