Lenggong, 玲珑

西刀鱼丸(fish ball)

Fish Belly

You guy will ask where the hell is Lenggong situated anyway, I do not blame you all because this indeed a remote place. In general this place is situated in perak and is a small town that sits in the middle of Kuala Kangsar and Gerik. Anyone will pass this small town if one is travelling to the east coast via the Gerik. There are 2 ways to reach east coast, one is travel through Gua Musang way pass kuantan and all the way up to east coase. The other way is Gerik way that pass through Gerik and enter the east coast from Jeli Kelantan.

This remote small town is actually a birth place of 西刀鱼丸 (a type of fish ball), I do not know what they call in english but this fish is destined to become raw material for fish ball. This fash have many small and big bone and it is hard to eat ordinary way and no one will want to try to eat a fish that need hour to remove all the bone. The meat is tender when making it into fish ball. Besides the meat for fish ball the belly of the fish is also a delicacy with smooth and tender taste. I am lucky because that place near my hometown and so every year I can have a taste on those delicious fish ball and fish belly.

Besides 西刀鱼丸, Lenggong is also famous for its home made super spicy shrimp belacan. It is made from fresh shrimp and this sauce is the perfect match for the fish ball and the fish belly.