It’s me again…

Well, my daughter’s not home so we did not actually go all out to celebrate Mother’s Day that Sunday over a week ago. My missus and I went to the evening service in church and after that, we dropped by here for dinner…

Ah!!! I noticed that they had put back the missing E – that’s good…and I must say that the place seemed very much more cosy in the evening – a great place for couples to go on a romantic date, I would think. Wink! Wink! LOL!!!

It was very crowded that night but we were there a bit early, before 7, so getting a table for two in the cafe wasn’t a problem. We were served by a very nice waitress, a young and Mandarin-speaking one, of course…but when she heard my missus and I speaking Hokkien, she switched to the dialect instantly. Glory be!!! With the dominant Mandarin-speaking culture in this town, many can no longer speak Foochow and Hokkien is quite extinct by now. These days, only the older folks (like me) and maybe a sprinkling of the younger ones, depending on their home background, are conversant in these Chinese dialects, I’m afraid.

Well, she said to us very nicely that the crowd had not come in so we would not have to wait very long. Of course, there being just the two of us, we could not have the Mother’s Day special set dinner…

…which was supposed to be for 3-4 persons.  Honestly, I loved her enthusiasm – the way she was able to sound so eager to serve and to please and make it sound as if everything on the menu would be good. If only all the waiters and waitresses in some of the cafes and restaurants in town were like that too.

In the end, my missus settled for their honey-grilled fish fillet rice (RM9.90)…

…and I tried a bit of it. It was very nice and I especially loved the fragrance of the curry leaves that they used in cooking that.

I decided to try the Siam-style chicken rice…

…and I expected something sourish and spicy like tom yam but unfortunately, it turned out to be just steamed chicken with some oyster sauce and ginger gravy. It tasted quite nice though, just that it wasn’t what I had expected. Unfortunately, it was a bit expensive – RM13.90, and looking at the two scoops of chicken rice, I guess that was meant to be shared by two but if that was the case, I would not think the chicken was enough to go round. Between the two, should I drop by the place again, I certainly would opt for what my missus had which was cheaper and also nicer.

I had the belimbing (starfruit) juice (RM6.90)…

…which I found to be very nice and refreshing (or maybe I was very thirsty after the church service that very hot evening) and at places like this, the price was expected, being quite usual for fresh fruit juices but I thought the iced lemon tea that my missus had was very much over-priced at RM5.90 a glass.

All in all, it was a pleasant dinner. The piped-in music, all the romantic songs of the 90’s, was definitely better than what they would usually play elsewhere and we did not have to wait very long. Just when it was getting a bit crowded and noisy, we had finished our dinner and were out of the place and on our way home.