I was thinking that Sungai Petani was a miserable small town that could not even compare to Sibu in Sarawak…until I went to another part of the town that changed my perspective of the place right away. I do not know what they call that area but that is where Tesco is located…
The Tesco premises look like one of those marts in Auckland (The Warehouse, for instance ) and other than the hypermart and the food court, there are a number of other shops housed in that same building including a small MPH outlet…
No, the Nissan Sylphy isn’t mine, not even in my dreams; it was on display there that day. LOL!! I bought a copy of Anita Desai’s “Fasting, Feasting” (Nothing personal! It is one of the prescribed texts in the present SPM English Literature cycle) and also Quachee’s 50+1 Malaysia book, just to give a fellow-blogger a little bit of support (It’s much smaller than I expected, just pocket size only, more or less!).
There is also an outlet of Penang’s Nasi Kandar Kayu there…but we just had nasi kandar the other day, so we decided to go to the Village Mall on the other side, right across Tesco’s parking area…
There is a laksa shop there, the branch of the one I’ve seen at 1 Utama but I just can’t remember the name…and there’s Pizza Hut, Secret Recipe and between Uncle John’s kopitiam and this one, we decided to go here for lunch…
This is another Malaysian franchise and I think they have an outlet in Kuching. I’ve tried the set lunch for two at Berjaya Times Square sometime ago and I quite liked it, and since my daughter’s friend was joining us, we opted for the set lunch for 3-4 persons. We were served 4 plates of chicken rice + soup…
…and roasted chicken to go with it…
and honey barbecue chicken…
and we had a plate of kuih pai tee (top hats)…
and kerabu mango, a Thai-style salad dish…
and a bowl of fish ball soup…
and a plate of tofu…and a plate of fried bean sprouts (taugeh)…
All that plus one jug of drink (Pepsi, 7Up or orange) cost around RM50 only…but that was too much for the 3 of us, so we could not finish it all even though every dish was satisfactorily delicious. In addition to that, my daughter wanted some spring rolls (She did not expect SO much from the set lunch package!), so we also had a side order of what they call “fortune rolls”…
They’re very nice too…and maybe I shouldn’t have taken the photograph from this angle as they certainly conjure some unwarranted images in the head (e.g. Clare taking a big bite at her giant popiah)!!! Don’t let your imagination run wild now, ya! LOL!!!
All in all, it was value for money but considering how little young people today eat, I think that should be enough for at least 6 people if they share the 4 plates of rice among them. I certainly wouldn’t mind going back there again to try the other dishes that I saw in the menu and besides, we have yet to scout around the numerous other shops in the vicinity. I even spotted a hotel there – The Casa Lagenda! I must make it a point to go there before I leave to get the rates and the contact number…for if I am coming to Sungai Petani again, you know where I’ll be staying – right where all the food is! Hahahahahaha!!!!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 