Tualang Prawn Trip

In search of fresh river prawns...

Went to Tg. Tualang the other day. Just to taste the well-known fresh river prawns available there. My friend Angie hailed from this small town and she happened to be there that day. So off we go to Tg. Tualang which is about 2 1/2 hours drive from KL.

For those who do not know where is this town, it is somewhere between Kampar and Teluk Intan. Exit at Tapah and drive towards Kampar/Ipoh. Just as you are about to reach Kampar, you will see a Petronas station on your left. Immediately after the station there's a traffic light, turn left at that traffic light. The road sign shows that's the road to Teluk Intan. Drive along this road and watch out for the road sign that says Tronoh Mines/Tg.Tualang turn right. Yes, turn right and you'll come onto this small and winding road. You have to be careful of cattle here as they roam the road freely. Keep going until you reach the end of the road, turn right and drive for another 10 minutes and you'll reach Tg. Tualang. You'll see a post office on your left, turn left at that turning and then right. Whoala! All the seafood restaurants to feast your hunger pangs! On your left is the market where they sell all sorts of homemade traditional food. But their only opened during daytime.

Of course I was lucky to have Angie guiding the way. It was drizzling the whole time but we're lucky to reach that place just before the heavy downpour. Angie took us to this restaurant that belong's to her friend's sister. 'Restaurant Thong Lok' .



Since she's more familiar with this place, we let her make the call.

And we ended up with....


medium sized, steamed...with ginger and chinese wine


(close-up)...really spongy and juicy sweet from its natural flavour!

slightly bigger than medium size, pan fried...fresh and tasty

River Patin fish, steamed...firm yet smooth...

Octopus blanched with fern and topped with satay sauce...nice

The ferns can cause numbness of the tongue or lips to some people who are allergy to its saps!

fried taufu...really tasty

vege...ok, normal

All these 6 dishes for just RM170. There are 10 of us at the table! The best part is we don't have to pay! Angie was really generous to take up the bill! What more can I say! Thank you!

It was a nice dinner but I'm not sure if it was just me, for some reason I wasn't satisfied. I was craving for more prawns! OMG! Fat...! But I was weak, I had to have mooore...!?

Yes, we walked down the street and found this restaurant. Recommended by Jason, the food guy from AFC Astro.

We didn't hesitate, we went into the restaurant and ordered these....

medium size, pan fried with salted egg...yumm

Huge size, steamed with ginger and chinese wine...heavenly!

The roe oozing out of the head! Mmmm...

Just for comparison...the huge prawn is about 4x the size of the medium prawn.

And the price...RM67 for 4 huge prawns (900gms) and medium prawns RM35 (1 Kg)

After this meal, I felt fully satisfied. Tg. Tualang fresh river prawns have lived up to its name. Worth my trip there!