By the river…

I think they placed an advertisement in the Chinese newspapers when they first opened for business or perhaps, there was a news feature on it but the name did not sound too alluring to me. That was why I did not bother to drop by – after all, it is located very far away on the other side of town…by the river…

Then, my friends kept telling me about it, praising  it to the skies – you can read some of it here and here. They were even invited there for food tasting but not me! Tsk! Tsk! Anyway, eventually, I decided to go there on my own for lunch, taking my daughter with me…

As you can see, it just looks so-so inside…like any other cafe/restaurant and I would think there are a number of others around that look a lot nicer. Personally, I just can’t stand the fake fireplace that they have below the cashier’s counter. Yucks!!! But as they say, one man’s meat is another man’s poison. LOL!!!

Anyway, as the English proverb says, the proof of the pudding is in the eating and I’m sure everyone would agree with me that what is most important would be the food…

*Melissa’s photo*

Unfortunately, they only serve their set lunch for the day in the afternoon, so we were not able to order what they have on their dinner menu…

They charge RM10.90 nett for their set lunch which comes with a complimentary soup – that day, we had this very nice pumpkin soup…

…with croutons…

*Melissa’s photo*

…and a free drink…

*Melissa’s photo*

My daughter had the mushroom risotto…

…which she liked a lot even though she said that it tasted like very nice porridge. I tried a bit of it but I’m afraid it did not tickle my fancy…

I decided to try the fried noodles with beef…

*Melissa’s photo*

…and it turned out to be fried spaghetti with minced beef and egg plus a sunny side up on top. Pasta with a twist?

It was quite nice but I think it would take a lot more than that to get me to drive all the way there.

The diners that day were mostly office workers from around the vicinity on their lunch break. I heard they had pretty good set American breakfast at around RM6.00 nett but they have stopped serving that as the response had not been good – the father of one of the proprietors told me that there were at best around two or three customers only everyday. He did tell me though that business is very encouraging in the evenings.

I guess I will just have to go back there again then…one of these nights to try their à la carte. Stay tuned!