That’s how you like it…

I always qualify my food reviews saying that I may like something but somebody may think otherwise. On the other hand, you may praise something to the skies but I may not be that impressed by it.

Well, I am sure all of you would remember my post a couple of days ago on the mee goreng special that I had. As a matter of fact, that morning, I wanted a plate of fried mihun (rice vermicelli) but it slipped the old lady’s mind and she  cooked me a plate of noodles instead. I did not say a word when it was served but she came back after a while to apologise. I just told her that it was perfectly all right and I would go back there for the mihun some other day.

However, I have not been back there since but I was at another coffee shop when I overheard some people at the next table talking. One of them had ordered the fried mihun at the Malay stall there and the others tried a bit of it. All of them loved it so much that they ordered their own…and seeing their very encouraging response,I also followed suit…

For one thing, the portion was a bit small and serving it on such a big plate certainly was not a very good idea as it only accentuated how little there actually was…

…and as for the taste, I did not think it was all that great. To be frank, I thought it was a disappointment especially when I had such high hopes that it was going to be so very good.

Then, on another day, I went to yet another coffee shop and I wanted the fried mihun from the Chinese chu-char at the back. At least, I was given some complimentary cut chillies with soy sauce…

…to go with the mihun. I specially asked for seafood in place of the meat in the dish and this was what I got…

It was very nice with the wok hei fragrance that many would love and I honestly did not know whether the cook had over-estimated the amount or whether they would usually give that much for one plate of mihun. In fact, there was enough for two…

…and in the end, I was not able to finish all of it.

Now, the former was cheaper – at  only RM3.00 a plate while I had to pay RM5.00 for the latter but considering the amount plus the seafood in it, I thought it was very reasonable and it would be pretty obvious which one I would opt for should I feel like having some fried mihun again.