I already had my lunch at home that day when one of my ex-students contacted me to ask me if I was free to meet him and a few others from my English language tuition class a few years ago. I thought I could drop by for a drink and say hello to everybody so we promptly agreed on the venue which was actually just round the corner from my house.
It seemed that all of them had brunch earlier and were not hungry but they did order these chicken nuggets to munch…
One look at them and instantly, the thought ran through my mind that they would pale in comparison to those at the fast food joints even. I don’t think they were all that cheap so the least they could do was to serve them on a plate and garnish with some slices of tomato and cucumber and perhaps, have a bit of coleslaw by the side or something.
There were also these terayaki chicken wings…
…and that convinced me even further that for a high-end dining joint like this, they really need to work on their plating and presentation so that what they serve would look a little bit more impressive than this.
I was too full from my lunch to have anything so I did not get to sample any of the orders…and thus, I’m afraid I do not have any comments on the taste of the food. For one thing, I am glad that they have finally got rid of the tacky plastic flowers that they used to have on all the tables – they still have plastic flowers here and there but at least, they were much nicer than those miserable ones before.
I ordered this soft ice cream for myself (RM3.00)…
…so this was something like my post-lunch dessert that afternoon. Actually I’ve tried it once before and I did not think it was all that great. I prefer the ones at one small shop at Wisma Sanyan in the town centre – I think theirs would be a lot creamier and nicer probably due to a higher milk content than those here.
Anyway, the main intention was to meet one another and that we did – three of them home from the UK for their summer holidays and one from the Australian university, Miri campus…
It certainly was great to see everybody again and I certainly hope to look forward to more occasions like this in the years to come…
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 