Caught in the act…

Ooops!!! Obviously  the boss at this place…

…to the right of the Paramount Hotel here in Sibu reads my blog. I certainly was caught by surprise when he told me that next time, I could make a special request for my egg to be fried the conventional way and they would not use the metal ring. I guess he must have read this post and was responding to my remarks in it.

Well, I dropped by again the other day with my missus as I saw from a banner hanging there that they have nasi bryani…

…and I wanted to give it a try. The rice was good and we loved the very thin and crispy papadums a lot.

My missus wanted hers with mutton curry (RM7.00)…

…and she loved it very much. I tried a bit and I must say that it wasn’t too bad at all – I wouldn’t mind having that myself but since she already had lamb and curry, I opted for something different, the chicken (RM6.00)…

I was given a choice of curry, fried, sambal and I chose this one – their honey chicken. It turned out somewhat watery and different from what I had here in KL when I went out for dinner with Annie-Q and the rest but it was nice. I found it to my liking, sweet and not spicy at all but I think I would rather have that with plain rice – perhaps I am more accustomed to pairing bryani rice with curry.

While talking to the boss, I found that he actually comes from Taiping, Perak and as one can see from the meat counter…

…what he has to offer would be something like those Indian mamaks’ nasi kandar shops over in the peninsula. If I’m not mistaken, he is one himself. Of course, the range of selections available is not as wide but one would have to remember that Sibu is a small town and if he prepares so much, there would be a lot left over by the end of the day.

For one thing, I must compliment the chef for the vegetables…

…for they actually look so very nice which is one thing that I would not say about some of the nasi kandar shops that I have patronised in the past. Just look at the fried paku (wild fern) and ladies’ fingers on the left – I would say that I was impressed, very impressed. I did not get to taste them though so I will reserve my comments on that.

The deep-fried bitter gourd is also different from what we had in KL…

My missus tried a bit and said that it was different but would have been all right if not for the fact that the vegetable was very bitter – unlike what I fried myself the other day and featured in yesterday’s post.

It did not cross my mind at that point in time but I should have tapaoed the tandoori chicken…

…and taken it home for dinner. I have always loved the very nice exotic flavours but usually, those cooked in the tandoori or the stone oven, or at least those that I had before, have the tendency to be somewhat dry. I wonder if I would like these deep-fried ones more but I guess that will have to wait till the next opportunity to drop by the shop again…