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The Town Of Bidor

Welcome to the little town of Bidor, where girls are scarce. Looking for a bride in this little place is not adviseable. On the other hand, Bidor’s duck noodles soup (鴨腿麵) is pretty much the most authentic dish you could ever get in Malaysia, let alone the best.

Upon hearing the news of this highly-satisfying bowl of noodles soup, we took the Bidor exit, while enroute to Ipoh. Along the main road of this rather deserted town, motorcycles and lorries ruled the streets. Clusters of people only began to appear as we approached the only coffee shop visible in this entire town.

“Pun Chun Chicken Biscuits and Restaurant” proudly displayed their business sign on their two-shoplot restaurant. Car parking was a little bit difficult to find initially, but a few rounds of search-and-drive and a little luck you will find a parking spot a few feet away from the crowded shop.

Pun Chun Chicken Biscits and Restaurant.
Yes, bicycles are still very much used in Bidor.

Pun Chun, as expected, was very packed on a Saturday morning. The breakfast crowd was at its peak in the unearthly hour of 8am. You would wonder, “who on earth would wake up that early for their breakfast?”. Well, be surprised. The crowd were mainly from nearby cities like Ipoh (30 minutes drive). And perhaps a few from KL.

Besides their infamous chicken biscuits (雞仔餅) which were sold nationwide, their duck noodles soup was the encore for the morning. Won Ton Mee (雲吞麵) and Yam Pastry (芋角) were also available; but they weren’t Pun Chun’s signature dishes.

Our long awaited duck noodles soup finally arrived after a 20-minute wait. It was still fast considering the huge crowd thronging the restaurant, where first-come-first-serve attitudes were never heard of.

The Deliciously Tasting Duck Noodles Soup

The type of noodles used were the same ones used for your usual everyday Won Ton Mee. Pun Chun was very generous with their duck meat. The soup was made with a variety of Chinese herbs. At Pun Chun, the soup was steamed along with the duck meat and herbs; not conventionally boiled as one would usually do. This helped further develop the available herbs to create a very complex but well-flavored soup; and as expected, the tasteless overtenderness of its duck meat was due to the very long steaming hours. A slice of ginger was also present to not only enhance its flavorings but for Chinese medicinal purposes. The Chinese believe that certain foods (e.g. duck meat) release excessive “air”, which could upset the human body balance of the ying and yang. Ginger is traditionally used to reduce the “air” (推風) in daily food intake.

Overall I have to agree that this is the best duck noodles soup I have tasted in Malaysia. I made sure my bowl was completely dry before I left my seat to pay the bill. If you by any chance keep a dog at home, save the bones. They will love you for it.

Here’s the important bit:
Pun Chun Chicken Biscuits and Restaurant
38-40 Jalan Besar
Bidor
35500 Perak

Phone: +605 434 1554

Another year has gone. Another winner has been chosen.

It is not easy to be a celebrity. Hong Kong movie stars were known to have slept with authorative figureheads in the entertainment industry. Some would believe marriages in Hollywood remains in Hollywood. Like the America’s Sweethearts. Who could ever thought that Mr. Smith enjoyed the good sex with his wife that he wouldn’t wanna leave her for hottie Rachel Green; or how about the pop princess Britney and her junkie-like Kevin? There’s a conspiracy that baby Spears was actually mine.

Chill y’all, it’s all 90210.

But not in Sydney 2000.

Australian Idol has a track record of producing Big-Momma-sized artistes since its beginning in 2003. But then again, nobody could blame the creators and its three judges of this seriously hyped reality TV series in Australia. After all, the Australian viewers were the ones who casted their votes to 19 10 10.

So do we point the fingers at the Australians for their Big Mommas fetishes or perhaps there’s more to that?

Gay Sebastian vs. Shannon Noll (2003)
 

Seriously? The Big Momma dude with the afro? You Malaysians didn’t fly a one nighter to Australia to vote for ma’ brother here, yo?

Will you guys just quit with the afro? I’m sure my beloved Queer Eye boyfriends would agree that afro should be kept where it belong: In the 1970s.

Casey Donovan vs. Anthony Callea (2004)
 

The result of the Australian Idol 2004 was a definite shocker. Did you people who voted for Big Momma Donovan took stupid pills in the morning with your breakfast?

Generally Australian dudes prefers man-man. They don’t take no advice from faggies like Carson Kressley. In fact Kressley was dissed pretty badly when he came down to give fashion advice to straight dudes who attended the Melbourne Cup 2004. Broadcaster John Laws of Southern Cross Radios was remembered calling Kressley a “pillow biter” and a “pompous little pansy prig” on his popular morning shows.

An alleged rumor that Anthony Callea was in fact crooked came to the limelight; which apparently affected his vote-count to give Miss B.I.G. the crown for Australian Idol 2004. Some say she got the votes for being a native indigenious race, while Callea, well… was part-Italiano. But still…?!

At the moment, we are happy for Callea as he has the final laugh in his music career. He shines now as the true Australian Idol with record sales soaring way higher than his once-competitor.

Hah! Well done, Australians! You finally opened your eyes!

INTRODUCING THIS YEAR’S AUSTRALIAN IDOL:
Kate DeAraugo vs. Emily Williams
 

November 21, 2005. The date we will all remember for weeks. The day the Australian Idol 2005 is announced. The shocking defeat of the 21-year old mother, Emily Williams (right) secured the crown to Kate DeAraugo (left).

The reincarnation of the Notorious B.I.G. has finally happened. In a shape of a woman. This time, white.

Australian Idol 2005 this year was a good hunt for great voices. But it was indeed a difficult year for the voters. Once again the voters flawed another time when they agreed to let the infamous cry-baby Laura Gissara stay on for four weeks before actually throwing her off-stage when she constipated endless pieces of disgraceful performances. It wouldn’t be surprising if Daniel Johns had a tough time shitting when he heard his group’s hit single “The Greatest View” being distastefully-splattered all over Channel Ten.

We have to give the two Australian finalist-divas the credit for having the best voices in the Australian Idol series. Emily Williams won many hearts with her weekly victory dedication to her two-year old daughter, Asia. Her three highly acclaimed “Touchdowns” by Mark Holden (one of the judges) made her the top favorites to win. I secretly wished for Natalie Zahra’s victory; but she blabbed too much with her overconfidence.

But it’s still perplexing as to the odds of every Australian Idol being the reincarnation of the Notorious B.I.G. Perhaps talent speaks louder than physical assets in Australia? Or maybe the young mother was New Zealand-born? There are endless possibilities.

I therefore, demand a reason as to why I’m not voted Mr. Peaceful Blogger (International Category).