Much better…

Judging from the comments that I’ve seen on Facebook, this brand-new place in town certainly isn’t doing too well. One complained that he ordered sweet & sour chicken with rice and it took 45 minutes to be served even though there weren’t many customers at the time and looking at the photos somebody shared in that social network, I have to say that we can find similar stuff that is very much better elsewhere. There was one of a plate of noodles with some horrendous-looking pink sausages and the nasi lemak did not look anything like the very impressive giant photograph of it that they put up on the wall above their open kitchen.

The sizzling New Zealand beef kampua noodles here definitely looks more enticing and I’m pretty sure that it tastes a whole lot better too…and even though the nasi lemak at that same place wasn’t all that great as it was not spicy at all, it would win hands down based on presentation alone. Well, if it’s taste that we’re looking for, I would go back to the old Malay lady’s stall at this coffee shop in Sungai Antu here for her nasi lemak…

For RM3.00 only, I would get the usual sambal ikan bilis (dried anchovies) with the rice…

…and peanuts, as well as a bit of her masak hitam beef…

…and for one ringgit more, I would get the special, that is, there would be that extra fried egg…

…done the traditional way – fried in hot oil inside a wok so that there would be the golden fibrous fringe all around it unlike those pathetic-looking ones done in a pan or on a hot metal plate using those metal rings. For one thing, I was a bit disappointed that day as the egg was overcooked – I would prefer the yolk still soft and runny and it wasn’t.

There may be much better ones around that I do not know of but this is good enough for me to consider as being reasonably acceptable nasi lemak and with the endless grouses from left, right and centre, unless they pull up their socks quickly, I’m afraid it looks like that West Malaysian franchise isn’t going to be around for long…