I’ve had a post on this food stall along Bandong Road here that sells very nice Malay delicacies at very reasonable prices. For one thing, it is along the way when I come home from my parents’ house around noontime after spending the morning there keeping my mother company. So, on the way, I can conveniently stop by to get a few things for dinner and because of that, I have not been cooking for quite sometime now.
The other day, I bought RM3.00 of their chicken kurma. I did not check to see and when I got home, I discovered that there were only two pieces of chicken…
That means it was RM1.50 a piece. My missus said that at the hospital canteen, they sell their chicken dishes at RM1.00 per piece but then they only use breast meat there…and the food is not as nice. The kurma I bought from the stall was absolutely delicious – full of flavour and definitely the best I have ever eaten, so much so that I was actually scraping the bottom of the bowl for the gravy to mix with my rice! I wonder how much they will charge if I order by the chicken; if it is not too expensive, perhaps I can get them to cook for me for Chinese New Year.
I also bought RM3.00 of this – cempedak muda masak lemak (Young cempedak cooked with santan/coconut milk)…
…and RM3.00 worth of this pineapple dish…
Other than that, the generous proprietor insisted on giving me a bit of this variation of the pineapple dish to try…
The gravy was thicker and sweeter. Very nice…and the best part, of course, was – it was free of charge!
Imagine RM9.00 for dinner for two persons, and there was enough of the cempedak and pineapple left to be kept for dinner the following evening. With such affordable food selections easily available, you can be sure that you will not find me slaving over the kitchen stove for a long while – until I get sick and tired of it all, at least.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 