Better than…

I first went to this café…

…when it initially opened along Kampong Nyabor Road in the same block as the Academy Book Centre. They said that the mee mamak was very nice but I was not impressed and I did not like the place as when the lunch crowd came in, it was as noisy as in a coffee shop.

I went there again in 2008 on my birthday when my godsons, Elias and Kelvin, and their family invited me there for dinner. By then, it had moved to its present location at Old Street, now called Chew Geok Lin Road. I liked the place and the food that we had that evening but I still did not like the mee mamak. And not too long ago, I went there when a student, now studying in Concord College, UK, held his farewell party there and asked me to join them. Again, the food was good and the place seemed pleasant and cosy.

Last Saturday, my missus took my daughter there for lunch and she had their grilled chicken chop while my daughter chose the fish and chips. When they came home, she was praising what the mother had and regretted that she did not order that. So, I told her we would go again before she would leave for New Zealand…and she could have that.

And so we did…

…the other day for lunch. We were early, so the place was nicely quiet and at least, they had some decent cutlery…

…and my daughter’s freshly-squeezed orange juice (RM8.00) was not that translucent…

I ordered the pasta with creamy sauce and turkey ham (RM15.50)…

…which was very nice and had generous chunks of the ham. However, it did not exactly taste western and I thought it had hints of Asian – but then again, they never said it was a western restaurant and fusion, being in style, you can find all kinds of dishes on the menu.

My daughter got the grilled chicken (RM18.00) that she wanted…

…and enjoyed it thoroughly.

Of course the prices were higher that the cheap stuff that I would usually be more accustomed to…but when you go to places like these, you should expect to fork out a little more. What’s most important is the food and ambience must be good enough and worth that kind of money.

Well, that was most certainly true about the food here and the service was very great though the lunchtime crowd that came in later did get a bit rowdy. The waitress said that grilled chicken was actually on the dinner and weekend menu only but since we wanted it, they would do it just for us. One thumb up for them! And they even gave us complimentary clear soup like when eating kampua noodles in the coffee shop but I would think it would take more than that for them to get another thumb up! LOL!!!

Anyway, my daughter said that she and her mother did not get the soup at all when they were there and besides, they also gave me copies of their Chinese New Year Reunion 8-course set dinner menu (RM350)…and also the various menus available for couples for Valentine’s Day (RM199.99 per couple here and RM299.99 at The Queen next door). I did not see them giving that to anybody else…and my missus and daughter were not given that either that day.

Good grief! Do I look like someone who will go for a candlelight dinner for two on Valentine’s Day…at those prices? ROTFLMAO!!!