Dave had left his broken Ricoh GR 3 camera in Kuala Lumpur to be looked at by a technician before we came to Seremban. Unfortunately after a few weeks the report came back that to fix it would require a whole new lens mechanism at a cost of around 400 GBP. After much debate Dave decided that he just couldn’t part with that much money to get it fixed so instead the plan was to collect it back and eventually ship it home to be sold as broken. We could have waited to pick this up when we were back in KL at the end of our time in Seremban but we fancied a change of scenery and Dave also had decided if he wasn’t going to have the Ricoh he was going to get an alternative toy for videos instead.
So we got a Grab car nice and early from the house to Seremban train station
(14 MYR). From here we figured out how to top up our Kommuter cards and waited on the platform for the train to KL. It was a long 1 hr and ½ journey but this time thankfully there was aircon and only 1 of the windows was shattered so we had a bit of a view. We didn’t need to pick up the camera for a couple of hours so when we arrived at KL Sentral we went in search of food. On one of the lower floors of NuSentral mall we found a Vietnamese restaurant- Caphe Cong. Despite being in the mall it was decorated in a fun style even complete with small chairs and tables on the small deck above the ordering station. We treated ourselves to hot Vietnamese coffee as well as chicken ham banh mi. The bread was really fresh and it was satisfying to have the flavour of pickled vegetables and herbs alongside the meat (50MYR all together). A very good lunch although our entire food budget for one day!
After a couple of attempts we eventually managed to get a grab to take us to where we needed to pick up the camera. This was about a 15 minute drive from KL sentral and last time we had no problem getting a car and it had only cost us about 15 MYR. This time it cost us 26 MYR! It only took us a few minutes to pick up the camera, pay the technician's bill and sign the invoice so then we were straight in another grab, this time to Pavillion Mall (17 MYR). This was not the cheapest way around but where the camera was was so far from other places it would have taken ages and been painful to take a bus. Pavillion Mall is one of the fancier ones with all the designers and a huge rolex installation set up in the central section. We were here for a reason though… there was a DJI shop. If Dave couldn’t have his camera for photographs he wanted to upgrade the set up for the videos by buying a drone. He had reserved a DJI mini SE- the cheapest (250 GBP) and smallest option so he could still fit it hopefully in his bag. As it was reserved it was a very quick purchase and we now had a drone!
Upstairs in the mall was Tokyo street- done in a Japanese aesthetic and full of Japanese restaurants, we explored this and some other shops in the mall and around the area before taking the MRT from Bukit Bintang to Kajang. Here we jumped back onto the Kommuter line that took us all the way back to Seremban. It felt like a really long journey. When we arrived we still had to get another Grab back to the house (17MYR). We were glad to be back, taking so many trains and taxis had totally drained us. So after taking a very excited Coco out for a walk and feeding her we ordered ourselves tandoori and naan (26 MYR) and had a beer. Dave also set the drone up and had a very small test flight at the house as it was getting dark by this point.
The following day we mainly chilled at the house sorting bits out but we went back to Bandar Sri Sendayan park so we could have a walk and so Dave could practice using the drone on the nice wide open football field. It was fun but nerve wracking watching this small object whiz about and get up into the sky. Although it is not endless money, you just don’t want it to crash straight away! Dave had a lot of fun playing with different modes though, getting it to follow him as he ran along as I sat eating snacks in the shade watching! As it was quite late in the day for lunch, we grabbed some BBQ buns and desert buns from Toast house, a local bakery that we could have back at the house whilst we were doing videos/ blogs. In the evening Dave got the woodfire oven going again for round 2 of weekend pizza making.
Whilst we were in Seremban, as it is known for its food, we wanted to record some specific videos about that just as something different. We spent the morning recording various content for this at the house that we could put with bits filmed in restaurants. Then we went back to Yee Kee Beef noodles so we could actually film these noodles, as well of course have a delicious tasting lunch! Dave had the beef noodles again- still very delicious and I tried their chicken laksa curry- this was a lot nicer than the previous one I had and the portion was huge (22 MYR altogether just a la carte dishes)! We also picked up more of the siew paw buns so we could film (and eat!) these. As we were in the vicinity we had to stop by to grab an iced Vietnamese coffee from Kee Nguyễn - Seremban 2 (10 MYR together).
To continue our filming of local foods we made our way back into Seremban city the next day. In the fresh market there is a well known beef noodle shop (same style as Yee Kee) and we wanted to compare this. Once we had made it to Seremban market (Pasar Besar Seremban) and parked we tried to figure out how to pay for parking. This ended up being a struggle as there was supposed to be an app (the only way of paying) but we had to load a minimum of 10 MYR onto it for a 0.60 MYR parking charge. We decided to risk it as the app was pretty unuseable and our last parking fine had only been 10 minutes. We also didn’t plan to be overly long. We explored the fresh market inside looking at all the produce before realising that all the food stalls were actually upstairs. Once upstairs we ordered our dry beef noodles from stall 748 (9MYR each). They had a much thicker, gloopier gravy than the Yee Kee ones but very intense beef flavour. It was surprising how different the dishes tasted for them having the same ingredients. It was still really tasty though and a very local place for a meal. Despite only being 15/ 20 minutes we returned to get a parking ticket, annoying, but at least it didn’t cost us more than it would have done to load money onto the app. We made the most of already having the parking ticket with Dave flying the drone to get some shots and a different perspective of the market.
Once back we needed a walk so went to the local park, which also meant Dave could practice getting shots with the drone in a different place. In the evening we also went to McDonalds to film and try their version of Nasi Lemak. We don’t often go to McDonalds or places like this but it is fun to see completely different dishes to what is served at home. We got boxes full of rice, delicious fried chicken, sambal and the small dried fish. Because of the fishy sambal/dried fish flavour Nasi Lemak is never my favourite but McDonalds did the dish well (15MYR for full meal and drink).
See you for more food and exploration from Seremban in the next blog.
Thanks
Alex
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