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Fried catfish treat

Zalina Mohd Som

“DRIVE all the way to Perlis from Kuala Lumpur for ikan keli goreng, just because you say it is so-out-of-this-world?” cried my friend when I suggested having the Pokok Sawa specialty.

“With the cost of petrol and the long drive, I hope the catfish is worth it,” said another.

Six crispy deepfried catfish later, both agreed that this was by far the best they had ever tasted.

The restaurant, located at Mata Air, serves around 40-50kg of ikan keli on weekdays and 100kg or more on weekends and public holidays.

Besides ikan keli goreng, the five of us had three plates of other grilled fish and chicken, two types of sayur, a big plate of fresh fruit and two jugs of cincau bandung — all for RM50!

Earlier in Kuala Perlis, we were pleasantly surprised to pay only RM120 for a truly lavish seafood dinner at Restoran Hai Thien Seafood.

It was a dinner for six and we had steamed siakap, prawn fritters, deepfried sotong, chilli crab, kangkung belacan, mayonnaise tofu and two jugs of kedondong juice.

All said and done, the best part of the two-night trip was the surprise we got from PETRONAS PRIMAX 3.

We were expecting to pay a lot for petrol as we drove a sporty, high-revving Proton Gen2 1.6H-Line. But with PETRONAS PRIMAX 3, not only did we not use that much petrol but it also gave our automatic Proton Gen2 more pick-up and acceleration for a real smooth drive.



Petronas service stations along the way

* PETRONAS Service Station Jalan Raja Syed Alwi, Kangar, Perlis

* PETRONAS Service Station Bohor Temak, Kangar, Perlis

* PETRONAS Service Station Mata Air, Mata Air, Perlis

* PETRONAS Service Station Mergong, Alor Setar, Kedah

* PETRONAS Service Station Air Hitam, Kerpan, Kedah

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