I like it…

I like beef noodles. Long ago, I used to find very nice ones at one of the hawker stalls above the wet market at Cuppage Centre in Singapore which, I’m afraid, is no longer there…and in Kuala Lumpur at a stall at a coffee shop in Jalan Petaling but I have not been to that part of the city for donkey’s years. Then, there was this shop at Ampang Point and I really enjoyed the Taiwan beef noodles there – a huge bowl at RM8.00. I have not been back there since either…

On my last trip to KL in August, one evening, I went looking for it along Jalan Alor and I spotted a stall with a sign that said “beef noodles”. It looked as if it had closed down for the day but when I asked, they told me that they had what I wanted and invited me to take a seat. So I did…and I waited…and waited. When it finally came, it was such a disappointment. I think somebody just cooked some beef with ginger soup and put some noodles in it and I was charged RM8.00 for that. I would not have minded one bit if it had been good…but I just had a few mouthfuls and then I left.

I did not know about this place before…and judging from the photos, they certainly look good. I think when I go to KL next month, I will try and drop by to enjoy that. I wonder how much a bowl costs. So far, the best that I have had would be the ones at Kota Kinabalu. The ones we have here in Sibu are pretty all right but would pale in comparison, I’m afraid…like these beef noodles from Loke Ming Yuen Cafe (opposite Mitsu Shabu-Shabu @ Fortune Commercial Centre – behind Rejang Medical Centre)…

…which are relatively expensive compared to the other nice stuff we have in the town – RM4.50 for the special…

But, as they say, beggars can’t be choosers and since we can’t get the best here, anything less will have to do.

P.S.:
These are photographs from my previous post – since deleted due to complications arising. I managed to snap this one of a GIANT grasshopper. I think it must have been at least three to four inches long but with my digicam, even with the zoom, the gigantic size is not obvious in the photograph that came out.

And I took this one in Sungai Petani, Kedah when I was there in November. Some kindergartens were having their “graduation” ceremony/convocation at the Village Mall…and I was attracted by the sight of the sweet and innocent-looking kids in their robes and mortar boards, so I took a photograph of one of them…

Well, whoever you are, congratulations and all the best to you in the years ahead.