Lodging

There are altogether 15 resorts around Tasik Kenyir, with varying levels of comfort and facilities. When I told my boss that I'd be camping at Tasik Kenyir, she thought that I'd be setting up a tent in the middle of the jungle, constructing bonfires, cooking Maggi Mee and catching our own fishes for supper with our bare hands. 

In actual fact, we were staying in a simple chalet at Musang Kenyir Resort. In the room, there was a Queen sized bed, a double decker and an outdoor bathroom. We even had a balcony, facing the lake! It was great! 

Thank God we didn't have to cook our own food. The owner of the chalet cooked really good, healthy, nutritious meals for all of us. Each meal consisted of vegetables, chicken, fish and soup.  The meals were so traditional that I had totally forgotten all about it. It was like tasting dishes back in the '80s. We had dishes like fried fish with ginger and soy-sauce, steamed fish with sambal, steamed chicken with cili-padi, ginger and salted fish, steamed tofu, ayam goreng kunyit and baby kailan.

The fishes of course, were fresh from the river. However, it didn't have any of those muddy river taste at all. It tasted really delicious. There were talapia and ikan patin. Yummy! No ikan kelah though. Probably 'coz it's a protected species. Definitely a far cry from our meals in Mulu where we had instant noodles for breakfast and fried rice with garlic for dinner.

 

 The Chalet

  

 Musang Kenyir Resort - in a secluded spot of the lake

 

View from the Verandah

The Food