Trying to make a living…

When I was in KL, I noticed that there were a lot of foreign workers around – Bangladeshis and a lot from Myamar including those in the housekeeping department in the hotel where I was staying. Well, it so happened that at one of the coffee shops along Jalan Alor, I stumbled upon this stall in the back portion…and I was attracted by the unfamiliar writing on the sign…

At first, I thought it was Thai but when I went to ask, it turned out to be Myamarese. I already had lunch that day, so I decided to go back there the following day to try their native cuisine.

The fish was VERY nice, sour enough and not spicy – something like our assam fish…

…and what I thought was beef rendang was not. It tasted something like the nyonya’s ayam ponteh and I reckoned it would have been nice had it not been a bit too cold for my liking.

The vegetable dish was a disappointment…

…and I did not like the complimentary soup nor the ulam either. The dip looked something like cincaluk but I guess it required an acquired taste that I did not have…

All those dishes with rice came up to only RM10.00 – cheaper than the horrible bowl of mee sua that I had at a coffee shop in the vicinity.

I went back there again a couple of days later with my missus to let her try the exotic food from our neighbouring country. We had fish again…

…and though this time it was cooked differently, it was also very nice. I liked the pork dish too…

…and the brinjal/ladies fingers…

…cooked with prawns tasted something like our masak lemak. Together with the rice for two persons, it cost only RM11.00.

It seemed that the stall catered mostly to their own people as I noticed that most of the people eating there spoke a Thai-like kind of language. All in all, I thought it was affordable and inexpensive and a welcome change from the stuff that we normally have every day.