Another time, another place…

I just had bubur cacar or what they call momocacar at another place not too long ago but I was in the vicinity of Rejang Park here in Sibu that day and there is one very popular place in the area…

– one of the shops on the ground floor of the now-closed-down cinema complex. I would usually see a lot of people there mid-afternoon enjoying their cendol, kompia and what not…

I remember I had the ang tao peng (listed as ice kacang merah on the menu) before but was not exactly thrilled by it so this time around, I decided to try the momo-zaza…

Gosh!!! As far as the name is concerned, it does not seem to be getting any better but I thought this version had a South American Latino ring to it and is kind of sexy, what do you think? Momo-zaza… LOL!!! As for the taste, I thought it was kurang manis, kurang lemak – not sweet enough and not enough santan (coconut milk). The momocacar at the other place is definitely a lot better.

I also tried the stuffed kompia…

I asked for the ones stuffed with pork belly and served with the stew gravy but I guess the boy did not hear me and I got these baked/oven-toasted ones stuffed with minced meat. They were pretty good though not as nice as the deep-fried ones here…but at 80 sen each, these are a whole lot cheaper so I’m not complaining.

Another time, on a different day, my missus, Melissa and I stopped by this hotel in town for their set lunch at their cafe. For RM9.00++, you get a free drink…

Nothing much – just orange cordial and not something that people would get excited about these days. When I was young, there would be a bottle in the fridge – Sun Valley orange or grenadine…or sometimes, we had Cascade blackberry BUT we were specifically told not to touch it! It was meant to be for guests dropping by just so they would get served some drinks while at the house. Unfortunately, kids being kids, many a time I succumbed to the temptation and when my mum noticed the level getting lower and lower, I was promptly accorded my due reward – THE CANE! LOL!!!

Anyway, back to the lunch set, we also got this very nice complimentary bowl of soup…

I think they had Chinese cabbage and tomato in it.

Melissa opted for their creamy fish fillet…

…while my missus had the beef with black pepper sauce…

…and I had the lamb…

All of them were really good and came with a bit of very nicely-fried ladies’ fingers by the side together with a slice of cucumber and some nasi lemak sambal on top…and rice.

Of course I would not think that it was cheap but at least, there was none of that problem of an msg overload that we would find at some other places…and we all enjoyed our orders very much. I guess that was all that mattered.