Here we are again…

…at this place, the favourite of many, for lunch that day when my friends, Simon and Helen, from Kuching were in town.

For reasons known only to them, they were having a special offer on their lime juice…

– just 80 sen a glass.

We had the butter scotch pork that day…

Normally, we would have prawns but the lady boss said that they did not have any pek hay (white prawns), the relatively cheaper seawater variety and she did not encourage us to order the freshwater udang galah either as they are presently pretty expensive. I bought some several weeks ago at RM50 a kilo and I can imagine what the price is like now with the horrible stormy and wet weather that we’ve been experiencing lately.

For this same reason, we had their cereal fish fillet…

– I would usually order prawns done this way as well. Fortunately, both dishes turned out to be nice and were enjoyed by all and sundry.

The own-made tofu was good – very fine and smooth…

…and I thought the smell of the salted fish in the midst of the minced meat was very nice. However, I did not really enjoy the taste – it probably would be much nicer with just minced meat and dried chilies.

Other than these three, I also ordered the usual favourites – the cangkuk manis fried with egg, the sea cucumber soup and the midin (wild fern) fried with belacan (dried fermented prawn paste)…

I certainly hope everybody enjoyed the food…

*Simon & Helen’s photo on Facebook*

Well, we did manage to finish most of everything so I guess it wasn’t too bad.

The bill came up to RM80 for 6 dishes for 7 persons altogether and I must say that the servings were rather generous that day. All in all, I would consider that as being pretty reasonable, not too expensive. What do you all think?