She’s not there…

When my daughter came back last Friday, I went to get her somewhere in town where her colleague would drop her off and whisk her off to the bank to settle some financial matters before it closed for the weekend and after that, I took her for a very very late lunch. Usually, the two would make her way back to town from the jungle school without having a bite first after school has ended for the day and they would be quite famished by the time they reach here.

I have not had the very nice popiah (spring rolls)…

…that I used to enjoy a lot, not since she moved away from the old place and set up a stall here…

…so that afternoon, my daughter and I stopped by in the hope of having that. Unfortunately, it seems that she’s only open for business in the morning and thus, I had to have something else.

This shop used to be very popular for its kueh chap but they have moved elsewhere. However, I did hear that the new one’s pretty good – much nicer than the old one…but that afternoon, I had had lunch earlier so I did not want anything particularly heavy. In the end, I opted for the rojak (RM4.00 with egg)…

…a la the celebrated Rojak Kassim here a long time ago. something along the same lines as the pasembur or what is called Indian rojak elsewhere. It wasn’t exactly the same as what I had had elsewhere but I would say it was very good, much nicer than some of the rest, and I would not mind having it again should I be dropping by this place anytime in future.

My daughter had the big mihun in fish fillet soup (RM5.50)…

…and she loved it! No, it wasn’t the very popular chao chai hung ngang that we have around here – they did not have any of those preserved vegetables in it and the chili dip that came with it looked like sambal belacan and my girl said it was very nice.

Obviously, I would have to go back there again some other day to appease my craving for the lady’s very delightful popiah… Sigh!!!