Start of something new (2)…

I went to town yesterday and saw the construction going on at the former SMC (Sibu Municipal Council) building. I hear that they are converting it into a food court…

It looks like it’s going to be a nice, big one…and I certainly hope they will have some nice food to offer at reasonable prices. I went down Wong Nai Siong Road and this was the glimpse of Wisma Sanyan, the tallest building in Sibu, from the vicinity of the Sarawak Hotel…

I stopped at a corner coffee shop at the junction of Cross Road and Central Road, next to the Playboy Departmental Store (where the Rex Cinema and later, Dua Puluh Sen Store formerly were) and opposite the Standard Chartered Bank…

This Mamak (Indian Muslim) guy came from Selangor. According to him, he was in the scrap metal business but the price nosedived…so he decided to set up some food stalls instead at the open piece of land near Sg Antu, opposite the army camy (the former naval base) that he had originally rented for his scrap metal business. He even managed to get a license from the municipal council but after spending some RM25,000 constructing the nice stalls, he was informed that he was not allowed to operate the business there. I wonder why all those other people concerned are allowed to run their food stalls full swing all along the kampung roads – sprouting all over like mushrooms after the rain, but not him.  Anyway, in view of the situation, he had to find a place in the town…and ended up here.

I already had lunch, so I thought I would try something that was not too heavy. In the end, I thought I would just give his rojak mamak a try and got this…

Gosh! The serving was HUGE and there was one whole hard-boiled egg. The cucur (fried fritters) was not as nice as Rojak Udin/Kassim’s and I prefer the satay dip-like gravy that Udin or Kassim uses. I don’t know about Kassim in Kuching but for RM3.00, Udin does not give you an egg and the serving is probably half of this one only. Yes, this plate of rojak mamak is only RM3.00 and it is quite nice really, not bad at all.  Should I be in the area again anytime, I wouldn’t mind stopping by for that again.

The guy did say that he sells nasi bryani too – chicken, and mutton only on Fridays. I certainly would love to go there and try one day. Anybody interested in tagging along with me?