Well, because of Mac, I had to brave the vicious storm to take him out for dinner the other night. After all, when I was in Penang, he was there and he took me out for lunch and when I went to KL, we went for dinner and drinks as well. This is just a little gesture to reciprocate…and another ex-student – his classmate, Raymond aka Acey, was in town and so I asked him to join us as well. Mac was back in Sibu for the 2nd anniversary of his mum’s untimely demise…and would be going back to KL a day or two later.
We went to the Sweet Family Restaurant at the Li Hua Commercial Centre where the Sibu Bus Terminal is…and had this huge Philippine pork leg…
…which was nice, tender and juicy on the inside. Robbie, my Filipino ex-student/friend, says it is called “Crispy pata”…
We also had this deep-fried snow fish…
…or whatever fish it was that had been imported from “the cold regions”. I did not like it very much as I could distinctively taste the oil that they used to fry it. Give me the cheaper fish from my kampong stall done kampong-style anytime! But Mac enjoyed it, so it did not really matter.
As usual, we had midin (wild jungle fern) for the veg…
…and I really thought the sea cucumber that night was very nice…
That certainly was a huge meal for three and we could not finish everything. The bill for the food plus rice for three persons came up to less than RM65.00. Real cheap, especially when we consider what we had – including that huge slab of imported fish!
It certainly was nice to see you again, Mac…and I hope to bump into you again sometime, Acey!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 