Bukit Kembara is a mini hill with both easy and steep tracks. It is a pretty popular hiking spot during the weekend, as you may find many cars parking along the side of the road. Other than the hiking trails, visitors often come here for the view at Empangan Tasik Hijau. Empangan Tasik Hijau is an old reservoir called Ampang Impounding Reservoir.
Popular among trail runners and mountain bikers, hardcore hikers will know Lubuk Tedung as a stop on the punishing 15 kilometre trudge to Bukit Repin on the Pahang border. From pictures I knew it as somewhere I needed to be.
Taking the Bukit Kembara trailhead into the Ampang reservoir to Taman Tar is a one-way journey. If you choose to continue through this most difficult and least traversed section of the hiking trail, you may find that you literally cannot turn back if you change your mind. There might be points in your path where the slope is too steep or the drop too high for you to climb back up.
The Ampang reservoir is the second major milestone along the Bukit Kembara trail and follows a somewhat tough expedition down the hill. See my previous post on the Bukit Kembara Summit Hike for a guide on the first part of this journey. If you make your way up to the summit then continue to the reservoir, the whole trek should take you around two and a half hours, round trip.
Short but steep with an elevation of roughly 240 metres, the Bukit Kembara trail is an easy to moderate hike up the namesake hill.
The soup was light and tasty, it added a good amount of flavours to the toppings in the steamboat wok. The Beef, Lamb and Chicken we had were lacking in marination so that the meat would be able to absorb flavours from the soup. Same goes to the seafood, tofu and vegetables, all tasted as “real” as possible.
Although Medini’s Barbecue Restaurant calls itself a halal Korean style BBQ buffet restaurant, you should set your expectations straight before coming here. There’s actually nothing Korean about their food except the kimchi which they serve as the appetizer. The marinade they use for the meat is a local recipe and even the dipping sauces are sambal and kicap manis. The price is RM49.90 nett/pax (RM23.90 for children below 12) and contrary to most buffet restaurants in town, there’s no time limit imposed for the buffet so you can take your to enjoy your meal