Dondurma, the Turkish Ice Cream

When we were in Bukit Bintang, one of the city's shopping districts in KL  where many tourists from various countries visited in, we saw A La Tuka outlets, the place where the  Turkish ice cream called Dondurma is sold. This ice cream is not easy to melt because the material for making this ice cream is not the same as an ordinary ice cream.   It is made from milk, sugar, an ointment made from orchid tubers mascula (a type of orchid tubers) and fragrant resins.

The price of this ice cream is Rm 5 for one cone. The seller is the man from Turky who cant speak Malay at all. I think he is able to speak English although it is  not fluently.

While he serves the people who buys the ice cream, he keeps singing and dancing to attract many people. He scoops an ice cream to put on the cone by using a long spoon and then  he bangs it to the cow bells which are hung so that the sound is lively.
  
Then it's time to give an  ice cream as it is accidentally reversed it turned out to be spilled but it is not made from the material of an ordinary ice cream, so the ice cream  do not spill because it is inherent in the cone.

Snow World in Genting Highlands

A few months ago my niece who lives in Jakarta visited me. Then we went to Genting Highland which is nestled on a mountain peak. There are package tours by bus from Melaka where I live and we spent the night in Genting Higland. For some reason this package is  no longer exists lately.

Unfortunately at that time the Cable Car called Genting Skyway which at its opening used to be the world's fastest and South East Asia's Longest Gondola is on a renovation. So we didnt ride the Cable Car this time.

Many years ago Genting  was only  famous for  its  Casino.  But recently  It is not only famous for its Casino but also for many other interesting tourist attractions. There are the location for kids, teens, adult entertainment,  and   places for shopping the  fashionable goods and there are many  fancy restaurants as well.

For me, one of the most interesting spot  is the location where we were as if in the country which have four seasons.  In this location we get an experience to feel snow conditions and snowfall. And there are   the snowmen and the animal sculpture so we feel  we are not in the tropical country.

Colmar Tropical in Bukit Tinggi Pahang Malaysia

the castle in Colmar Tropical (pic from Internet)

Colmar Tropical in Bukit Tinggi Pahang (pic:Lily)

street singer from Phillipine (pic:lily)

Colmar in France (pic from my friend in Paris)

Collmar Tropical in Bukit Tinggi Pahang (pic:Lily)

 There are many replicas of the architecture in many countries, for example the Eiffel tower replica in Las Vegas and the Statue of Liberty replica in Japan.

In Malaysia, Colmar Tropical which is located in  Bukit Tinggi Pahang has an   architecture which is  as similar as the Old Town of Colmar in Alsace in France. My friend who lives in France sent me a photograph when she had visited the  resorts. This resort is located in  adjacent to Germany. And  it used to be the part of the German Empire.

Colmar Tropical, The unique French-themed attraction,  has an  architecture which  is like a castle and it is equipped with  a bridge. It is just like the castle of the 16th century. it  reminds me of the fairy  tales  that I read when i was a child from the book which is written by  HC Andersen.

a few month ago   I saw the black swan in the park when I visited  Colmar Tropical in Bukit Tinggi Pahang. Many people assume that all swans are white.  Because of this assumption,  there  is a Black swan theory which is said that  something that initially could not be there but finally became a reality. Actually the existence of black swans is already in the 18th century. For me  that was the first time to see a black swan in real.

In the lunch time,  my husband and I  had Tom Yam n rice in a restaurant in Colmar Tropical. The price is more expensive than the price in food court in shopping complexs in KL.  While we  were  having lunch, the street singers from the Philipines  came. The song which we requested were singing, then we paid for their performance.

In this area there is a Japanese Tea House where we can attend a Japanese tea ceremony and we can rent a kimono that may be used for half an hour.

I rent a kimono and take a photograph in this area which the landscape is like in Japan. So I feel i were in Japan....lol

unfortunately  i didnt do the Japanese tea ceremony which would  be held at least two people in participants. At that time there is no visitors interested in doing this ceremony.