One of ex-students, Xavier, is back from the UK, currently home for his summer holidays and we managed to meet for tea one afternoon.
We went to this hotel‘s cafe and he wanted the laksa (RM10.00)…
He liked it very much except that the serving was too huge for him to finish it all up. I tried a bit and thought that it was o.k. but definitely not like laksa as I would know it…and it wasn’t anything like curry laksa as well. Well, to be fair, they actually name it after the hotel on the menu so they may insist it’s their own original recipe and is not supposed to be like any others elsewhere.
They’re certainly very generous with the calamansi lime though…
Most places would just give you one.
I decided to give their fried mee sua (RM10.00)…
…a try. It tasted good – not the best that I have had in town, but good enough. However, it was really too oily and I found it hard to really appreciate it. I wouldn’t think it was something I would want to order again.
And look at what Xavier got me all the way from London!
Chocolates from the UK…
…and an official London Olympics 2012 mug…
Yaaaaa!!!!
Thanks so much, Xavier, for the gifts – so sweet and thoughtful of you. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get together again sometime before you go back to “the land full of rainy skies and gales“. LOL!!!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 