Kampong Lanchang Travel Guide

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The restaurant doen't really have a name because it is just a cafe at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary.

It does however, serve Malaysian dishes including Nasi Goreng Ayam (chicken). The food is simple but very tasty.

Because this is a Muslim community, the food here is completely halal and there was no alcohol available.

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There are a few ways to get to Kampong Lanchang which includes buses and taxis that leave regularly from KL's Puduraya bus station.

Our transport came as a part of a package deal, departing from our accommodation in KL, with MM Adventures to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary.

Because there was only myself and my two teenage kids we travelled there in Mike's gold Mercedes. Michael is the owner of MM Adventures and will use either a mini van or his own Merc depending on the tour numbers.

Favorite thing: While searching the internet for tour operators in Malaysia to take me and my kids on day excursions I did find quite a few including MM Adventures.

I sent a number of emails to various operators to enquire about their tours and services. Some responded but most failed to adequately answer my many questions except for Michael.

After sending a lot of emails to Michael, the owner of MM Aventures, I made the decision to book three separate day trips from KL including White Water Rafting, Caving, the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary and the Fireflies at Kuala Selangor.

Michael even called me on the phone at home one Sunday morning to answer some of my many questions.

I made a wise choice in booking because Michael was generous with sharing his wealth of local knowledge and making it easy for us to experience local foods and customs of all the places we visited.

MM Adventure Services will definitely be my choice of tour operator when I return to Malaysia. Check out Michael's website, which he constructed, for the many tours available with MM Adventure Services.

Fondest memory: Michael made many impromptu stops to sample freshly cut fruits in season including the infamous king of fruits, the durian. As well as trying various roti breads with curry dipping sauces washed down with a hot teh tarik, an aerated tea sweetened with condensed milk.

We also made a stop at a roadside stall for some lemang , which is a traditional food cooked in a hollowed bamboo stick lined with banana leaf to prevent the rice from sticking to the bamboo. The bamboo is split while you wait and the moist, firm roll of rice is cut into bite sized pieces and then dipped in tasty sauces not unlike a rendang sauce.