Reality…

I had to see Philip again to return the draft of his mother’s 8th book that I had helped edit for him/her…but it being a Friday, my no-meat day, we decided to meet him at Kopitiam Fantasy.

If you may recall, when I last had a post on the place, I said that the coffee/kopi-o-peng was the best in Sibu. I think I would like to retract the statement now as it seems there is obviously no quality control and what I had this second time around was no better than that at any other coffee shop in town. It was quite a disappointment, to say the least, as I was looking forward to enjoying the coffee that morning. Sigh!!! It certainly looked like the first impression was a mere fantasy and THIS was the reality and a sad one at that.

I enjoyed the char kway teow (fried flat rice noodles) there but this time around, I decided to try the one with sambal that my missus had on that previous visit and she praised it to the skies but without meat, of course…

It was very nice, with the spiciness and the fragrance of the sambal but I think I prefer what I had before.

Philip ordered the kueh chap from the next stall which seemed quite good…

…but he was somewhat disappointed when it came as he was expecting something in clear soup like the kway teow th’ng in Penang and furthermore, he does not eat all those innards. Ooooo!!! If it had not been a Friday, guess who would sapu habis (sweep clean) all of that! Unfortunately, I had to resist the temptation… Sobs!

The sambal that came with the kueh chap looked nice too…

…but I don’t think I’ll ever to get to try that as whenever I drop by the shop, I would have to eat the kway teow since the lady, Kim Eng, is an old-time acquaintance and friends should always stick together, don’t you all agree?