My missus and I were invited to where-else-but-here for dinner on the occasion of my brother-in-law’s birthday…
Don’t ask me why there is no writing on the cake – the daughter got this very nice chocolate blueberry cake for him from the very popular Marcus who runs his own home-based cake business here.
There was, of course, the longevity noodles – the fried mee sua…
…which was very well done that night. I certainly liked it a lot.
Then, we had the sweet and sour fish…
…which was also good. It is my brother-in-law’s favourite and everytime we go out for dinner, he simply must order this dish.
He also ordered the pork belly fried with salted fish and dried chilies…
…which would normally be served in a claypot but came out on a plate here. Never mind, for at least, it was very well done with the strong fragrance from the generous use of salted fish. I’ve had this at some other places before and more often than not, it was not really satisfactory and came across as something like pork in soy sauce.
The kiam sor hay (salted crusty prawns)…
…was extraordinarily good that night as well. I think it must be due to the fact that the prawns were very fresh so they were really firm and tasty.
We had the sea cucumber soup, no photo of that, and the fried midin (jungle fern) in belacan…
…and my sister-in-law made this pickled jellyfish salad…
…for her daughter who is working in Singapore and was home that day for the birthday celebration. She wanted this but unfortunately, they do not serve it at this restaurant so the mum had to do it for her instead.
I must say that we really enjoyed the dinner but if anybody is thinking of dropping by these few days, don’t. They’re closed for the whole week since Monday, 23rd April, 2012 and will only resume business of 1st May, 2012. Gee! This must be the 2nd or 3rd time that they’ve closed shop to go on a holiday within this year alone – they must be making tonnes of money, don’t you think? After all, it is pretty obvious that they have been enjoying very brisk business all this while…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 