Posts tagged hulu langat

Yes ~ it really was a jungle.  Those following me via Twitter would have noticed me saying that I was having dinner in the middle of a jungle. I tried to use geotagging but my Twitter client just couldn’t locate my location even when my Google Map & GPS was working fine. hmm…

In fact, when we first spotted the signboard, it reminded me of those eerie movies whereby you bump into a rundown motel beside some highway.  The location is off the Hulu Langat highway, somewhere about 1km away from the famous Ampang Look Out Point.  The best part of it all is that it has no proper signboard and just a dingy looking “Open” signage lighted dimly which was clearly visible in the darkness of the jungle.

As our car went past the “Open” signage through a gate, it was entire darkness and we felt not-so-right because there was no lights, and nothing was visible in front.  The road is not tarred and bumpy all the way.  Its a village road by passing some private lands (according to the signage) and you are charged RM2 upon arrival at the carpark.  If not for the advertisement that said that there is a restaurant inside, you would have to literally kill me to drive into such place for dinner.  To illustrate what I meant by how scary I felt, refer to the location map I plotted using Google Map below.  Its really thick jungle and its something like one kilometer into the jungle before you can see some lights.  *phew*

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As we approached the restaurant, there was something like 40 cars parked in the darkness and the restaurant was full house!  Unbelievable!!  We ordered 6 dishes in total excluding the desserts.  The food is good, I took a pic of four of the dishes and forgot about taking the remaining two when I got into eating.  Its always like that ~ once I start to get into the mood of eating, I forget the pics.  Hahaha… One thing to note, as soon as we ordered, the food arrived in 5 minutes which was timely since we were already starving.

I snapped some photos but it was really too cold to even have non-shaky hands.  Because it was really really dark (it was close to 9:00PM when we arrived), so you can’t really see much from the pics.  The restaurant is built around a fish pond and is really breezy and cooling.

Its a unique experience ~ having dinner in the middle of the jungle.  This restaurant has a nice ambiance & “feel” but would be almost impossible to locate if you have no proper directions.