It's good to be back

Our first day back has been great. There is no place like Kuantan home!

The East Coast Mall is in full Christmas mode: decorations, songs, festive atmosphere. Even Eric’s girlfriend at BR is in the holiday spirit.

Eric was excited to see her again. She still has a smile when she sees him.

For our first meal in Kuantan, we chose the #1 ranked AIK restaurant, Hyperbole.  It wasn’t disappointing.  The food, the mango lassi and the atmosphere was still awesome.  There was some personnel changes though.

Fuzzy’s contract ended and he chose not to renew it, so we now have Actif as our point of contact. His English leaves some to be desired, but low and behold, the old man that was there last year is still there. He remembered us, and his English was very good. He shaved his mustache and was wearing a baseball cap.  He looked much younger!

So, the young man formerly known as the old man took good care of us. Even introduces us to a new type of Gollum, white Gollum. The difference between the two gollums; the originally brown one is hot and the white Gollum is cold. Very good.

On the celebrity spotting in Kuantan front, we saw Colin Kaepermick (sorry no photos, he was shy) and Weird Al Yankovick at Hyperbole. 

We are hoping to be able to catch a glimpse and a picture of Forrest Whittaker when we go to the plant. We saw him several times last year, but he did not want proof that he was working undercover in Malaysia and refused a picture with Eric.

Another great update is that the Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart place has additions!  You can now get chocolate tarts and special edition Matcha Tart. We should have invested in Hokkaido when we had a chance. Business is booming!