Thirteen…

I dropped by this coffee shop along Lane 13, Oya Road (approximate GPS: 2.29838,111.840091) the other day. When I was teaching in the secondary school a stone’s throw away, my colleagues and I used to come here for breakfast. I remember there was a stall where there was a nice-looking lady whose Foochow fried noodles and other things were very nice and we used to opt for what she had to offer. The kampua noodles stall then was pretty good too, so we had the liberty to choose what we wanted during each visit.

The lady is no longer there, I’m afraid, but I think the people in the back section of the shop do fry things…and I saw some people eating the fried noodles from there. The kampua noodles stall is still there but it is not run by the same people anymore. In fact, they do not even look Chinese…

…and when I asked the little girl helping with the serving, she told me that they were Melanaus.

I had the kampua noodles kosong (without meat)…

…and the pork liver soup…

…for RM3.50. The soup was very nice with just the right amount of traditional Foochow red wine. It was not over-powering, the way my missus likes it. The liver was just right, not overcooked and hard. As for the noodles, they were quite good but between this one and the non-Chinese kampua noodles special that I had at Sunny Cafe at this same price, I think the latter is much nicer…especially with the prawn fritters!

The kopi-o-peng (iced black coffee) was RM1.30, more expensive than a number of other places – unless they too have jacked up the price owing to the current sugar shortage…and I thought it was just so-so, and definitely not as nice as what I had at Kopitiam Fantasy.

Well, that’s my opinion…and maybe you would beg to differ?