This used to be my playground…

Well, not mine actually…but my daughter’s. I remember when she was still small, we stayed at the Shah’s Village Motel in Petaling Jaya and nearby was an A&W outlet…

…with a children’s playground right beside it. We had to eat there every day and take her to the playground to play until one day when she lost hold of one of those rings and had a fall. That was it! She never wanted to go near the place ever again.

As a matter of fact, I can still recall the first time I set foot at an A&W Restaurant myself. That was in 1969, I think…in Singapore and I had their “chicken in a basket” which incidentally is no longer on their menu. And if I’m not mistaken, they had an outlet at the old KL airport in Subang and I ate there a couple of times.

Well, they have a new outlet now at Jalan Bukit Bintang – just opened last week. My daughter and I dropped by on the morning of the 14th which was the day it opened….or perhaps it was the following day as when we walked past on the 12th, the place was still blockaded and renovation works were still going on.

Of course when you stop by an A&W, you must have its signature root beer…

…and my daughter wanted the curly fries with her fish burger. I opted for the double fortune burger (beef – I don’t know why they ticked chicken instead)…

…hoping that it would bring me double the good luck…

…in the year ahead.

For one thing, the place was somewhat orange in colour and that certainly did not help one bit as far as some of the photos I took were concerned.

Another problem that I had was with the high stools that they provided for people eating there. It was fine for my daughter…

…but imagine me perched precariously on that thing and trying to keep my balance. Should I happen to tip over, it would definitely cause an earthquake of no small measure on the Richter scale. However, they have another level upstairs…

…so they probably have better seating up there. I would not know as I did not go up to check.

So, there you are! If ever any of you should happen to drop by the place, remember…

…I was there first! LOL!!!