The very nice man at the hotel we stayed turned out to be an old friend of my cousin's, and he gladly took us out for dinner. Mr Pang likes this place Yu Kee, which is one of karen's recommendations.
Having tried both places, I definitely prefer Yu Kee. The soup at the Kolombong place is more herbal, and tends to get more bitter the more you have. However, the Kolombong place does draw significantly more business than the BKT place next door, so it must have its supporters. Pricewise, both are reasonable. We paid around RM30+++ for the spread above for 4 people.
Since bak kut teh is heaty, Mr Pang took us to a herbal tea stall located under the overhead bridge next to KK plaza. Everything is in chinese, so unless you know exactly what you are drinking, it's all a matter of luck whether you get the superbitter or the sweet one.
The best part is the ABC desert stall in the same row. The auntie makes her own green worms and uses real gula merlaka. ABC is the malaysian version of ice kacang and comes with everything - red bean, chin chow, corn, green worms, ice and gula merlaka.
The real worms we avoided (hopefully, since my mandarin isn't exactly hot). They sell these massive bugs in a ready-to-boil packet in the supermarket - apparently it is a tonic for babies.
And this is joe's idea of a low-carb meal, veggies, seafood and beer. But no rice.
