This was my 3rd visit to the place…and this time around, with my daughter and my ex-student, Judy who is studying in NZ right now, not too far from where my daughter is…and another ex-student, Andrew plus Alfie. Well, I’m talking about this very nice place called Payung or translation – Umbrella…
My daughter saw my earlier posts on it and even before she came back, she had already stated that THAT would be one place she would want to go. Now, what did we have this time?
We had the belimbing prawns (RM15.00 with rice)…
…which was really nice but a bit too spicy for Judy. Normally, when we say belimbing, we mean starfruit…but these are the belimbing buluh/asam – the small oval ones that are very sour and some people claim that they have all kinds of health benefits.
We also had the Bangladeshi curry beef (RM15.00 with rice)…
…which is a dry curry, cooked without any santan (coconut milk). I was just ok with it…but my daughter said she liked it.
The aromatic chicken (RM15.00 with rice) was quite ordinary…
When it was served, Alfie remarked that it looked like “kay bak char kio see” or chicken cooked with sliced ginger but actually, it did not taste quite the same – just that, it wasn’t anything that was so very nice that I would want to go back for more.
The pomelo salad (RM7.00)…
had a peculiar taste, probably from the supposedly-fragrant leaves that they added to it and I did not quite fancy it at all. I still prefer the mixed vegetable salad (RM7.00)…
…which I also ordered on my previous visit.
The first time I was there, I had the mushroom roll (RM7.00) and my daughter being a mushroom lover, I ordered one for her to try…
…and she thought it was good.
And needless to say, I had to order the otak-otak (RM12.00 with rice)
…which is simply the best – much nicer than what I had at the Muar Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur.
I guess some of you will say that it is not a cheap place to go and dine…and you’re absolutely right. It is in no way cheap in every sense of the word but I like the ambience and the decor of the place and the food is good or some of the items on the menu, at least.
I would be dropping by again sometime…..but at those prices, probably not that soon.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 