Kowloon, Hong Kong…

Nope, I did not go on a holiday or anything. No way! For one thing, I just can’t get away and for another, I do not have the money. Sobsss…..

Anyway, if you’re wondering about the title of this post, it’s just that I dropped by this place…

…here in Sibu with my missus last Sunday for lunch. In case anybody is wondering, it’s somewhere opposite the SIB and the St Teresa’s Catholic (Sungai Merah) churches, on the left side of the road (if you’re heading to Teku or the sports stadium)…past the Federal Complex and in the same block as the newly-opened RHB Bank branch in the vicinity (GPS: 2.327774,111.840863).

In fact, it has been around for quite a while already – I think they started their business sometime last year but there had been some massive roadworks in the area at the time and it dragged on for so long. I really dreaded going anywhere in the vicinity then but thankfully, they’ve managed to get everything done already.

I guess the fact that it has remained open in the face of such adversities would be a fair indication that the food wouldn’t be too bad.  My missus and I had the set lunch (RM6.90) which came with a free drink. We chose to have the iced Nescafe…

…and they also gave us a cup of complimentary soup each…

Yes, you read that right. It actually came in a tea cup! There were bits of lobak putih (Chinese white radish) inside and I think they threw in every part of the chicken that they did not want to make the stock, all the innards, the head, the feet and what not…and it tasted really good.

My missus had the honey pork ribs with rice…

…and it seemed that they served it with fried rice, not plain white rice.

I had the pork chop with rice…

…and that too came with fried rice.

Both were to our satisfaction though I would think that they could be a little bit more generous with the green veg…especially when it is really not that expensive.

There was quite a good crowd with only one waitress, the poor thing, trying desperately to cope…but I must say that she did pretty well – service was prompt and good but the food seemed to take a long time to come out of the kitchen. I would think that being a set lunch, the things would have been pre-cooked and would be served almost instantly…or in a couple of minutes after reheating.

All in all, I quite liked what we had and probably we would go back there again sometime to try the things on their a la carte menu – they do seem to have some interesting items in their list…