That’s all that matters…

My missus and I stopped by here for lunch after the church service on Sunday. I did not feel like having noodles so I did not order the usual kampua and stuff or the Sarawak laksa that day. I’ve always enjoyed liked their nasi ayam Pattaya (Pattaya chicken rice) even way back in those days when I was still teaching at the school across the road but the last time I had it, I thought they were scrimping on the chicken and that put me off somewhat.

Well, I saw that they had something new on the menu – the sambal nasi ayam Pattaya (RM6.80)…

…so I ordered that to give it a try. It was very nice…with the sambal plus the peanuts and cucumber slices but I would think that those extras would not merit the extra RM1.30, considering that ordinarily it would cost RM5.50 a plate. I noticed someone at the next table having that and I was quite sure that there was only the egg-wrapped rice and the chicken. I could not get to see any of the usual pickled cucumber by the side, if there were any.

The rice wrapped inside the egg/omelette was good as usual – fragrant with bits of chicken sausage and raisins…

…but I would think that it had been priced a bit too high. After all, it is more or less a coffee shop kind of place and not one of those classier and more impressive cafes or restaurants. The nasi lemak here costs only 10 sen more and other than being a much nicer air-conditioned place,  there are a lot more things by the side.

My missus had their nasi lemak special (RM5.00)…

– no complaints about that and I also ordered their sotong kangkong (cuttlefish with water spinach)…

– a small plate for RM4.50 but I guess cuttlefish is rather expensive these days. I would not say that it is the best in town but it is nice enough, this much I would say. Inside, other than the vegetable, they had the cuttlefish but mostly the deep-fried tau-kua (bean curd cake)…

I don’t mind having this anytime but frankly, I’m not really a fan and you would not see me going all out for it and if I’m not mistaken, I think there are better ones, maybe not in Sibu but in Kuching or in the other towns or cities in the peninsula.

But all in all, it was a good lunch that both of us quite enjoyed and I guess that’s all that matters…