The other side…

I am sure everybody can remember the nice noodles that I had at this place recently. Well, I went back to the vicinity a few days later but I did not have those noodles again. Instead I decided to try what they have at this coffee shop on the other side…

This particular one is usually very crowded – probably because it is the one nearest to the government offices right next door making it the most convenient for the officers to drop by for breakfast or brunch and besides, the stall in this particular shop serves halal food so it would be a good place to go with one’s colleagues should there be any of a different colour or creed.

I tried the kolo mee special…

…which again is nothing like the authentic stuff that we can get in Kuching but it was pretty good – except that I prefer my kampua noodles or kolo mee white – without the dark soy sauce, that is. Usually if you have the same at some other Malay stall in town, they would replace the char siew with some miserable bits of shredded (boiled) chicken but this one had stewed beef instead…

Nice! Another thing is that if you eat at the Chinese stalls, their complimentary soup is usually some tasteless ultra-diluted pork bone soup with msg and light soy sauce and a sprinkling of chopped spring onions. Here, they give you a bowl of nice beef soup…

…though I do wish they do not add those spices that they usually throw into the pot when cooking sup tulang or sup kambing. Other than that, I also appreciate the fact that they give you chopsticks – most of the other Malay stalls would just give you a fork and a spoon to eat your noodles with.

This bowl of kolo mee special costs RM3.50 and I guess the special is just that extra (somewhat overcooked) fried egg that you will get. Comparing the two, although this one is nice, I would probably go back to the old lady in the opposite block of shops as her kolo mee is 20 sen cheaper and has that special kick – the taste and fragrance of lard…but I may drop by this one again sometime as they seem to have a lot of things on their menu and I’m sure there must be something that keeps all those people coming back for more and I’ve yet to discover that yet.