Termeloh-Triang - Kuala Klawang

23 Aug 2008

Fadil threw a surprise by inviting us to Triang too see his nearly completed bungalow. To add anticipation to the ride, his mom-in-law-to-be would cook her famous beef rendang. Yummy !! We later learned that the sweet lady we met would be Fadil’s 3rd wife . What a lucky man! Most would find it great difficulty to have a wive, let alone three.  Actually, we were planning the weekend ride to Port Dickson as Fadzil (not Fadil) wanted a relaxed ride to goof the Sunday off. (can't report the wrong Fadzil having 3 wives ..hehehe)

Sam surprised everyone by bringing his wife along for the ride. Zain, as usual, was the last to arrive at the double Shell station. Perhaps, another difficult morning round at the loo. Oonta came to greet us and flag us off in his Arabic garb. Guess he isn’t ready to ride yet again. 

It was nice to have Fadil leading the pack. Our fearless marshall practically shoo(ed) off traffic hogging the fast lane. The sun was blazing in full glory as we zipped along the Karak Expressway. We started the journey a little late than the usual at about 945am to catch an early lunch in Termeloh. Termeloh is famous for its fresh patin fish. Patin, or better known as silver catfish is a type of freshwater fish found in Sungai Pahang. Alas, we did not get the chance to sample the delicious fish as for some reason, Fadil's sister restaurant was not opened. We stopped to refuel and refresh at downtown Termeloh before resuming our ride to Triang, some 40 km away

Triang is one town I never been to in my life. We were cruising along the main trunk road when we realised we were riding a tad too slow as the main pack lead by Fadil was no where in sight. Phang, Fadzil, Mr GIG and myself were lost somewhere along the trunk road to Bera. Unfortunately Fadil's house is in one of the FELDA settlements and we had no clue  as in where to turn in from the main road. We decided to ride into Triang main town to wait out for Fadil to lead us back into the main group. Perhaps I didn’t get my patin fish lunch in Termeloh or I was looking forward to Fadil’s mom-in-law rendang, my stomach was literally begging ‘feed me!" I was that hungry.

When we arrived at Fadil’s new bride's house, they were already waiting for us with cool drinks. We couldn’t asked for any better hospitality. And yes, the beef rendang was way beyond superb. Dan was seen munching away non-stop with most of us having double and triple helpings.

We bade Fadil’s in-law family farewell to resume our short ride to Fadil’s new home constructed for his new bride. The new house would be ready for the big wedding next month.

We resumed our ride back to KL via the trunk roads. Triang is actually already pretty close to Kuala Klawang and we took the lesser traveled B-roads instead of turning back to Karak Highway. . We scrambled to put on our rain suits as the glorious sunny day turned 180 degrees in a flash. The follow-up 180 odd kilometers ride back to Kuala Lumpur was  littered with on-off rain. 

We stopped at the Lenggeng-Seremban-Kuala Klawang junction road side stall for drinks and light food. My 40 buckaroos china-made rain suit’s protection was totally breached as my jacket and pants were wet. Sam’s wife had a miserable maiden ride. Perhaps, she was not used to the idea of riding whole day in contrasting weather. The rest ? We wouldn't blink twice given we get that delicious beef rendang again.

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