Ain’t nothing like the real thing…

Well, that’s what people always say – ain’t nothing like the real thing! For instance, Kuching kolo mee and Sibu kampua noodles may be available elsewhere, even overseas, but many will claim that they are not the same and definitely not as nice. Here in our country, each state may have its own delicacy but pretty often, it is available in the other regions. For instance, when I was in Kuching recently, I had the Penang prawn mee at a stall run by some guy from the island state and I thought it was not too bad.

Well, last Saturday, in KL, peteformation took me and the others to this O & S Restaurant at Paramount Garden in Petaling Jaya. According to him, this place has the best Penang food around and one thing of interest that I noted was that there were so many stalls selling all kinds of stuff and the place was so very crowded compared to the one right behind it which was pathetically empty.

I had the Penang char kway teow (fried rice noodles), the special at RM4.50 a plate…

Pete said that it was kind of pale because that was the Penang style as opposed to the KL ones which would be darker as they would add a lot more soy sauce. It was very tasty and to me, it didn’t matter whether it was black or white. (Oops! That’s Wacko Jacko! LOL!!!) As I’ve always said, they have nicer kway teow or rice noodles over there compared to what we have in Sibu that is thicker, white (not translucent) and not as smooth.

Pete had the Penang prawn mee…

It looked all right to me but I did not get to sample, so I can’t say anything about the taste. Daniel had the Penang assam laksa…

I took a piece of the fish – it was sardine. It tasted fine to me and I thought it was a lot stronger than what we can get at the roadside/kampung foodstalls here in Sibu.

I’m kind of mixed up with the photos that I took, so I’m not really sure whether this was the same prawn mee that Pete had or whether it was the Penang Hokkien noodles that Drumsticks had…

Cibol had the beef noodles…

…but unfortunately, I can’t recall what coolku had, probably the same thing that Pete had. We did share the po piah (spring rolls) though…

…which were fine but not as yummy as the ones KNB bought for me when I was in Kuching. Coming to Sibu anytime soon, KNB? Hint! Hint! LOL!!!

Pete also ordered this plate of chee cheong fan – Penang style for us to try…

 
…with the prawn otak-otak/paste that people use to make rojak. He did warn us that we might not like it as we could find the otak-otak paste sort of offensive. Personally, I felt it was pretty okay but I think I would prefer the one I had in Kuching.

All in all, it was a delightful brunch, considering that we got there towards the later part of the morning and thanks a lot, Pete, for going through all the trouble of taking us there and sending us all the way back. I owe you one…