Not sure…

I am not sure if this was the one my friend, Philip, home from the US at the time in December last year, was telling me about…

…but he insisted that the kampua noodles at a certain coffee shop in Rejang Park here was very good. The problem was he did not know the name of the place and I could not make out exactly where the place was based on the directions that he gave.

I’ve tried the one at the coffee shop right next to the post office. It used to be very good a long time ago but since then, they’ve changed hands a few times and what I had from the lady currently running the stall was all right – not the best, that’s for sure but it was o.k.

The kampua stall at this particular shop is also run by a lady…

…and I would say that her kampua was good – I liked it better than the one next to the post office…

…but I must say that I was quite put off by the excessive red colouring used for the boiled meat.

The pian sip was not all that great though…

…as the dumplings were served in a bit of soup. They do that at some places here probably to cut down the amount of oil needed but I do not really enjoy it that way as they would come across a bit bland as far as the taste is concerned. If I had wanted something along those lines, I would have ordered the soup version of piansip and not something that is neither here nor there like this one.

So far, among all the kampua places in the vicinity, my favourite would be this one here which, I would think, is among the best in town but I’ve yet to try all so I guess I can’t be all that sure and I will have to reserve my verdict for the time being…