Have Perut Will Travel...: TGG Day 5 │ KT Joyride Part 2: My Old Home • Adnan Keropok • Gerai Kuih Gong Kapas

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Friday, 7 June 2024

TGG Day 5 │ KT Joyride Part 2: My Old Home • Adnan Keropok • Gerai Kuih Gong Kapas

Joyride, Part 2

We met you again right after lunch at Nasi Minyak Wan Sebanun. Since it was Friday and many businesses were closed for prayers, we found ourselves with time to spare. We planned a small shopping run later—keropok first, sweet cakes after—but for now, we decided to take a leisurely drive to a place filled with memories.

Back to an Old Home

We drove southwest along Jalan Kuala Berang for about twenty minutes and arrived at the small town of Bukit Payung. This was where one of my old homes used to be, tucked along Lorong Haji Sidek. I got out, took photos, and recorded some footage.

To be honest, we only lived here briefly. Still, in that short time, many good memories were formed. I was thirteen then. I clearly remembered getting chicken pox here and being quarantined for a whole week—time moved very slowly back then.

Eventually, my parents moved us away because the daily commute to and from Kuala Terengganu was simply too long. Standing there now, years later, it felt strange yet comforting. I tried to picture the house as it once was, before time quietly changed everything.

Another Memory Stop

We turned back toward Kuala Terengganu and made a short detour to a housing estate where another late aunty once lived. We drove along Lorong Taman Tasek 2, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not remember which house was hers.

Some memories stayed clear. Others faded softly. We accepted that and moved on.

Going a Little Overboard

Next stop: Adnan Keropok at Losong. This was a place we had missed dearly. Maybe because of that, we got a little carried away and ended up buying quite a haul:

5 packets of Keropok Keping
10 packets of Keropok Lekor
10 bottles of Lada (Dipping Sauce)
10 packets of Keropok Sira Berlada (Sweet & Spicy Fish Crackers)

Our keropok stash came to RM180.00 (approximately USD38 / EUR35), and we had zero regrets.

Sweet Things to Finish the Day

We then drove to Gong Kapas in search of sweet cakes and arrived at Gerai Kuih Gong Kapas just as it was reopening after Friday prayers. If temptation had no limits, we would have bought everything on display. Instead, we showed a little restraint and chose: