Sleeping or Jumping.....Your Pick.

Most of us would have heard of "Monk Jump Over The Wall" dish. Some may call it Buddha instead of monk. I would prefer to label it as monk because the story goes that a Buddhist monk was meditating in a monastery and he smelled of wonderful food across the wall. The smell was so good that he forget about his abstinence from meat that he climb over the wall to indulge in the bowl of soup which contained all the ingredients that can destroy the faith of a monk!.

This Monk Jump Over The Wall dish is both popular as well as making a dent in your pocket. There are many restaurants cooking such dishes and in the course of my checking out I was introduced to this restaurant in Tanjong Malim, Perak that offer a different type of "Monk". The restaurant owner have named the dish " Sleeping Monk". When asked what is the different between Sleeping Monk and Monk Jump Over the Wall. The answer given was just as sheepish as the name. The reason given is that Sleeping Monk is the younger brother of the other dish and the prices is cheaper ( RM 280 for a bowl for 12 pax ).

The ingredients for this dish is similar to its big brother and the taste is better than all the mini Jump Over the Wall dish. This dish have to be ordered 2 days in advance and when served, you are sure to have the waft of the aroma that is famous to make a monk jump or in this case wake up a sleeping monk!

Other specialty are, Sea Cucumbers Stuff with scallops, mushroom and herbs. There is another dish which you have to call earlier to inquiry if it is available and it is dependant on the catch of the day. It is the "Water Monkey". When I ordered this dish, I have a funny look from the neighbouring tables as they literally thought I was ordering monkey meat! Actually the Water Monkey is a fish called Sebarau in Malay and water monkey in Cantonese. It is one of the best fresh water fishes you ever tasted. The dish is served steamed and the little soup that are on the dish will be scoop off onto your rice and you will be asking for another bowl of rice in no time!

This restaurant, FU MAN is on the route for those gourmet tours as you can always see bus load of people converging there for both lunch and dinner especially during weekends.

DIRECTIONS:

On the North South Highway, you exit at the Tanjong Malim toll. Once you paid the toll, you go straight and look out for the sign to UPSI ( Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris ). They are located at the end shop lot near the the university. It is by the roadside. You should have no problem finding the place as the shop lots are rolls of shops selling textile.

ADDRESS:

FU MAN Enterprise

39, Jalan U1

Taman Universiti

35900 Tanjong Malim

Perak.

Tel: 605 4597620

Mobile: 6012 6541587