SWISS FAMILY EXPLORES THE CHINESE KAMPUNG IN TERANGGANU AND TRIES SOME FOOD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- So, we did explore the Chinese kampung (village) of Dungun and we were very surprised to find an old Chinese settlement. Not all of Dungun is Chinese but this village is fully Chinese and trasports us into another time. Of course we did eat some Chinese food, let's see if we liked it.
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Ian, there were Chinese in Dungun because at one time it has the largest opencast iron ore mine in the world in Bukit Besi
Dont worry. Chinese restaurant or not, Malaysians will support it regardless of race or religion as they are all Malaysian stuff. Peace ✌️
Yes, neve worried about that
I prefer these kinds of places than touristy places, these kinds of places has a lot of nostalgia and nice chill atmosphere you can't get from touristy places. I also love that you walk off the beaten path and go to back allies, abandon houses etc. I like doing these things too to soak in the vibe and not many travelers do these, very interesting to see these back alleys, abandon houses etc. I love these kinds of weird places that not many people go to. Love what you do ❤️❤️❤️.
I love those places too, it is like time stood still
Long time ago, Kuala Dungun is the busiest town in Dungun. But nowadays a lot of shop move to sura gate and Bandar baru Pak Sabah. That river name is Sungai Dungun.
I read with Aang introduction voice over
I live in sur jaya
In Kuala dungun
lots things happen like your mention Covid19 but even before covid the demographics changed due to the mortality rate which decline of the population due to youth population or working population migration to the city, natural death or ageing/retired of senior citizens, international migration, smaller family unit due to high quality of living, and so all. Just like most smaller places around Malaysia like this or older townships experience a similar problem, the only way to revitalize this township to be living again is to promote de-urbanization meaning going back to smaller towns due to the similar/non-existence gap between urban and rural populations nowadays in Malaysia. In fact, a lot of high-income people prefer living in rural because of retirement, investment or changing to simpler lifestyles.
that is interesting
You're really good in exploring.. Enjoying new things, see more in positive way... Take care brother
thanks
Was working on a project in Bukit Besi and stayed in the corner 3 storey building which was a hotel back in 2000. Was much livelier back then. Nice memories!
I am sure
For them friday is equal sunday dude. Sunday they work.
yes
Awesome video. My family moved from rural Scotland to Dungun in the early 80s when I was 7 whilst my Dad worked for Petronas.
We rented a new house from the then (and possibly still) owner of the shop on the corner (Mr Leu, though my spelling may be off there).
At the time that shop was alcohol and some foodstuffs (I don't recall jewellery) and it was a big draw for the expat community. I cant think why.............
How, what a move, from rual Scottland to Dungun
Mr Moon,,6:27,,, that is what you call a Kopitiam,/coffee shop, l use to accompany my late father to drink coffee at Chinese coffee shop at Alor Setar having kaya toast and half boil eggs,,,
But now days youngster prefer hipster cafe,,,
Cheers mate,,,three jars of ice cold draft beer for you,,,,,
Stay safe and stay happy 🇲🇾😁
I prefer much more these old kopitiam indeed, hate hipster cafes
Kuala Dungun was a happening place in the 1950s as it was the end point of the railway transporting iron ore from Bukit Besi. From Kuala Dungun, the iron ore was barged out to be loaded on to ships to Japan. The mine stopped by the end of 2960s.
chinatown kuala Dungun near Dungun market and bus station there....along the beach road u can see more view and stall......
I luv videos of small Malaysian towns. Alot of character, atmospheric in their own way. I feel the placid mood of the place.
Further down to south of Dungun, there’s a town called Paka and there’s also chinese community like this here including fishermen. Actually the shops are not really closed due to pandemic. Over the years, youngsters moved over the west coast especially Kuala Lumpur for better jobs. Some even brought their parents to live with them in bigger cities. The chinese were known to be traders and the shoplots are usually their homes as well. That’s why there are usually two floors on those shops; 1st floor being the shop and the 2nd floor is where they lived. But when the family moved out, the building doesn’t really being abandoned. Instead, they used it for bird nests business. For the past decade, this has been the norms for shop owners in the east coast. Less and less small shops like these being opened as more big shopping malls being built here.
Once awhile vegetarian is good for health
Well, that is true, but it can be more than once in a while....
I believe many of the young people leave to find work in the big cities like KL. So many of these smaller towns are turning into 'ghost town' like what is happening in Italy and Japan
,yes that is what is happening
Simple but healthy and yummy meal at that Chinese shop. Yeah, we, Chinese called it economic rice. Haha... Even though spoons and forks are provided, Vincent and Olive still prefer to eat with hand. Good that you like that soup noodles. Wow, you are a pro when using chopsticks. Well done, Mr Moonshine. You are right, those offerings are meant for the hungry ghosts who are let off from the Gate of Hell for one month....known as The Hungry Ghost Month/Festival.
"Jumpa lagi" in the next video.
Stay safe and keep healthy.
Thanks mate, jumpa lagi
Vincent & Olive getting friendlier by the day👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗Chinese food in Malay State
Yes, 98 % Malay
Great walk about in this Chinese settlement. It's very quiet and sad to see quite a number of shops are either closed or worn out/broken down. Breeding swiftlets is a lucrative business as bird nests are expensive stuff.
Yes, it is like that
This is Malaysia, not China.
@@scara.12345Of course l know this is Malaysia, not China. I mentioned Chinese settlement coz it's an area occupied mostly by Chinese. "Settlement" is a small colony or any small community of people.
If you stop at Kemaman, further south of Dungun..look for the unique Mee Ikan (Fish Noodle) sold by the chinese community there.
alright
Mukim is like county. Daerah is district. Negeri is state.
yes
The small Chinese town of Dungun is really very deserted, many old houses and even the streets look very deserted. Perhaps the Chinese once had great splendor here.In today's era of extreme reality where people can't sleep, this place is like a nest of perfect peace which is very sweet.
agréé
Some soldiers called
Dun Gun
Thank you so much .my husband has been watching your video about Dungun.so many changes.my husband is from Dungun.we shifted to Ipoh 20 years ago.my husband really enjoy watching your video about Dungun.Thanks again and God bless
That is nice, I really thought Dungun is a special place, I could easily live there some time
But you haven‘t been born in Switzerland.
Right?!
I am from Basel. (I also lived in Zurich, Seefeld)
Now I will mpve to Mersin, Turkey. (I also thought about moving to Hurghada/ El Gouna, Egypt)
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I was born and raised in Basel. I love Turkey, but I wouldn't choose Hurghada to stay to long then again, it depends on what you want to do.
Kuala Dungun is overwhelmingly malays (not surprising as around 95+ percent population in Terengganu is malay), but there are a few places that we can call it as Chinese streets in the kuala Dungun town. the chinese here (in east coast), are more assimilated with the local cultures compare to KL, Selangor etc. even their malays language are spoken in local dialect.
Interesting, I actually still am thinking about that place, I would love to live there some time. Very special and magical Chinese town there.
So cute of Oliver & Vincent, eating the vegetarian rice dish using their hands- despite fork n spoon provided at the Chinese restaurant 😅👌.
I like it 😆💯
😊 yes, they prefer the Malay way
Hometown of the current Olympic silver medalist and one-time world champion in track cycling
interesting
The town houses seem to be all crumpling but the roads appear to be in pristine condition.
yes true
That's my hometown
me too 😂☺️😂
on east coast,not many Chinese,eat pork or drink alcohol.. it's their respect to majority in the area..be careful,you might stuck with one of them,as wife 🙈
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I am loving this Chinese town.
I love it too, but I guess audience is not liking too much.... views are going down...
Have a few non Chinese family members there such as Tom Cherian, Sunni talaiyan Arthur William Abernethy, Lungi mama and Kanepran Jr
Great Video Moonshine & family. The Soup looked Amazing ☘😋🍜.
thanks 👍🙏
OMG you when there??? It is my hometown.
Yes I loved that place
Good review as always Mr Moonshine. Like a documentary exploring the chinese kampung in Dungun 😅. Enjoy your days with your lovely family 😄✌🍲🍲
Thanks! 😃
Fish ball noodles 😋
That is really good
you like food malay,vry good brother
I like all kinds of foods
you were just visited a houses/place where I was born n raise.. all my childhood memories happened on the old houses street 😅😅..it was a very very happening place years back. yellow shirt lady is my friend. what a coincidence 😂😂
This is funny, yes, a great place
Good terenganu
Rarely see wooden shophouses anymore. Like the wooden support that's holding the awning. In my hometown, the old shophouses are made of masonry.
The best youtuber I ever found!
Oh thanks so much
I used to have meals at Mayflower Chinese Restaurant in this part of Dungun town and there was a decent Chinese shop house hotel about less than 100 meters away where i stayed for 2 months. The town was much busier at that time. Now i don't see those 2 premises in your video. Just wondering what has happened to them? Anyway that was 30+ years ago.
That hotel is closed
The birds sounds were a recorded one to attract the birds into the building. Its illegal, but in a small town, the enforcement is nonexistent.
The Chinese lived in the urban areas because of the trades. Plus during emergency (communist era) , the Chinese were resettled, thus why you have some pockets of chinese area in a malay majority places. Which made them vulnerable during the race riot 1969.
It is not holy ghost but just ghost or hungery ghost festival is also celebrated.
Chinese community in the East coast speaks local dialect fluently.. Even Malays in other states cannot understand the local dialect there.
Pumpkin is a healthy food.
26:57 this scene is just like the ghost hunter people in the TV, so hilarious 😂
😀😀😀
Its purely less stress compare to kl,
I love the vibes there honestly 😂 .
Which is your next destination ?
Wonder what you and your family would experience next.
I travel alot myself,other country, but no joke,
i a Malaysian and I dont even been on all state within Malaysia 🤣
we are going down towards Kuantan
@@yvesthesleeve kuantan, its another stepping up into tech compare to dungun.
Suggest u to try find some of this during meal ,
1- budu (sounds like boo + do)
2- cencaluk (chen char log)
3- jering - conjuring without con,just juring 🙂
4-sata , no Y , if theres Y then its satay , sata is different totally different from satay.and trust me its nice taste like heaven.
Budu is most popular in Kelantan and Terengganu,made of fish
Cencaluk, made of babyshrimps and some even use baby crabs
Jering, brothers of stinkybean i guess. But another mom 🤣
Sata - its made of fish,with unique spices
What @ kid's school
homeschooling
Surprised that as a foreigner, Moonshine knows about d Hungry Ghost month .... Good job Moonshine ....
cheers mate
Its great. China town hasn't changed much. Its already 13 years since we last visited there. Thank u And ya, half of the Chinese people there r Hokkin. lol
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Another amazing adventurous roaming around a Hokian Chinese community, curious to see what Indian community local cuisine's of a small village town would represent ?!.. 👍👍🆙
haven't really seen any Indians around here....
@@yvesthesleeve that was only 1 Indian family use to lived opposite of Chinese primary school n another Singh family lived there... since the elderly passed away.. their kids moved into city
Made me chuckled….. Chinese Ghost Houses!! Chirping birds like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds!!! Scary!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
😀😀😀😀😀
Eat fresh satar ikan ....eat less rice and gravy to stay alive😂😂😂
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what a pleasant & quaint little town. oh boy, that old school noodle soup does look yummy 😋
it really was
That's cool man go Terrangganu and walk on somebody's back yard instead of going diving sports that's special man must say
Well, I think backyards are a bit more interesting....
peranakan = chinese mixed malay blood....
baba and nyonya are peranakan....
i am myself a muslim peranakan....
that is interesting. But these people are not peranakan, they are fully Chinese
We call them Cina Kampung who adopts Malay style of living like eating rice with hands, speaking local Malay dialect but still practicing chinese folk religions. They are different from Peranakan/Baba Nyonya who have distinct cultures and language. There are many Cina Kampung from Dungun, Besut and Kelantan.
But I actually think they do speak Chinese and Malays
You must try ah hock curry mee.. The best curry mee in town
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cheers
Good family
Thank you 😊
You are really funny with your ghost theories lol. Would be interesti g to see yr expression if you do actually see a ghost for real hahahaa . Anyway, the wonderful thing that came out of this sad vlogg is finding that so tasty broth from.the mee soup👏👏👏👌
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Awesome video. Such a beautiful and peaceful place. I enjoy watching all your videos.
thanks mate
Chinese food is way more heavier than this actually, this is consider quite light meal since it is vegetarian restaurant
it is true, but it's not a vegetarian restaurant
Dungun is one of the disricts in the state of Terengganu.
Thanks for sharing this interesting video.
My pleasure
Look at that 20:05 how the kids comfortably eating mixed rice with hand..
They are very used, now they refuse to use spoon or sticks when in a Chinese place.
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Those are swiftlet farms. What you hear are primarily speakers playing the sound of swiftlets which attract these birds to live and make nests, which are harvested and sold as an expensive Chinese delicacy. It is common all over Malaysia to convert unused/abandoned houses to these swiftlet farms.
Your kids are not at all fussy. They enjoy eating the local cusine. God Bless you all
they like it
i'm not sure if you've tried pork noodles but it's better than soup noodles imo.
possibly
5 mins and Mr Moonshine finds beer. The man is the best.
It's all natural instincts, not my doing.
All the best
thanks
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I still here to support
best to share
Daerah.Mukim is the smaller version.
We may find old China town every where
you think?
Visit tanjung
bidara Beach
Like a modern cowboy town
yeah
I ❤️ Dungun
.me too
A fine video!
thanks mate
at malay nasi campur, if you want tofoo/tofu, ask them for takua or tahu.... most malay call tofu; takua or tahu....
In the east coast I didn''t find many tahu dishes, more so in the west. In Penang for example in most nasi campur buffet it has at least two of them.
I'm looking at your daughter's meals from past videos, does she ever eat anything other than rice, carbs and veges?
lots of things
@@yvesthesleeve nice, was just curious 😂
That s not Bandar Dungun, sir. There s another part of Dungun that modern n busy. The one in ur video is Kuala Dungun, the old n crumbling part of Dungun.
sorry I show our trip that is there
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Next place kuantan
yes
Really like to see u guys lazing ariund there...i would go there again....but unthinkable for me to stay overnite there !
Ohy es? We actually stayed there for a week....
good appetite there🤤🤤
cheers
@@yvesthesleeve 😊