Kukup Local Customs

Different asian countries have different ways of partaking their coconuts. When in Vietnam, coconuts were not carved open. This means that you are not able to eat the coconut "meat". Whereas in Singapore and Malaysia, the meat is something that we go for other than the cool coconut juice.

The best time to enjoy your coconut is when it is still green. The "meat" is much softer and also, it presents more coconut juice than a brown-husked coconut. You definitely have to try this special Asian fruit.

What you see here are fried fritters (In Malay: Pisang Goreng), and fried tapioca. Not too sure what's that on the furthest right tray. These are local delights that you'd get to see quite often in both Malaysia and Singapore.

However, I did not buy any from this roadside stall as you can see from the wok, the oil seemed to be unchanged after many use. Cancer causing? It's your bet. But if you're interested, this roadside stall is located quite close to the Immigration building along the road to the jetty.

If haven't noticed by now, Kukup is largely populated by Hokkien Chinese folks. Quite a number of these folks look tanned and hardy since they are mostly fishermen and tour operators. On top of that, they speak a rather strange dialect called `Jinmen’ , their forefathers' lingo. Needless to say, I don't understand a single word of it so I spoke in "Pu Tong Hua" or Mandarin the whole time I was there.