En route from Pantai Kok to Pantai Cenang where I'd booked a hotel to be closer to the airport (our flight to Penang the next morning was at 9.40am!), we drove by this scenic spot where there appeared to be some sort of bridge (the dotted-looking bit) across the sea.
There were some cars parked around that spot which had this mobile food store named "Power Laksa" and most of the rickety-looking tables around the store were filled with locals enjoying the food and scenery. Being well-taught from books and painful experience that eating roadside food at developing countries could be a recipe for disaster, after snapping a couple of pics, we got right back into the car.
BUT...just after I had engaged gear and had reversed slightly to drive off, my CEB turned to me and said, somewhat wistfully "It can't be that bad if that many locals are eating there - let's try the laksa". Given that it was about 4pm and we hadn't had lunch, against my better judgment and a slave to my hunger pangs, I re-parked the car and we hurried over to an empty table. We each ordered one bowl of the Power Laksa as recommended by the friendly uncle (Encik) at the store. Although from the pic below it doesn't look like very much, the Slog Reviews: 9/10. Power indeed -1 of the most deliciously sour laksas that we've ever had! The soup/gravy seems to have a bit of canned sardines blended in. My CEB, as with most guys, typically eat the noodles and leave the soup/gravy of most noodle dishes untouched but with the power laksa, he drank up every last bit of gravy too...and, ordered another bowl which he proceeded to demolish in like fashion!
I alone ordered chendol dessert and I have to confess that it was such a milky delicious thirst-quencher that I had two bowls of the same. Instead of ground ice, there were big longish cubes of ice, and the ingredients were a curious mix of sweet corn and sweet raisins. Nothing like the chendol sold in Singapore. The Slog Reviews: 8/10. At RM2 per bowl, well worth a try for those with a sweet tooth but do mix the sugar in well and take out the big ice cubes before slurping down this unique concoction.
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