One for all…

Here, one can get halal Chinese food at the restaurants of most major hotels in town…or here or its main outlet in the town (the back portion of that one, non-airconditioned, is non-halal though) and I’ve noticed that there are a lot of Muslim diners patronising this one as well, plus I saw one in the vicinity of the Sungai Merah area – to the left hand side of the road before the traffic lights junction where the RHB Bank branch is (near Mega Store) though I have yet to go and try that one. But if it is nasi campur that you want, you can find lots of those at most every coffee shop in town just that if you would like a break from the usual Malay fare, then you will not have a lot of choices.

I did stumble upon one though just the other day when I dropped by this coffee shop but even though it was only around 11 in the morning, it looked like most of the stalls were already closed for the day except for the Chinese chap fan (mixed rice) one which seemed to enjoy a lot of business and one that did not look quite Chinese nor Malay. I asked the girl if the food was halal and she said yes and they would give nasi lemak instead of the usual plain rice. Hearing that, I decided to give it a try and this was what I had…

– the rice with a bit of fried bits of fish fillet, chicken luncheon meat, ladies fingers and an egg…for RM5.50.

My missus had these…

– a piece of fried chicken and some tofu plus cuttlefish in soy sauce for RM4.50.

The food was all right, nothing to get excited about and if it is halal food that I am looking for, I’d much sooner head to the stalls where they serve authentic Malay dishes. They did have curry here too – chicken and beef but I did not try those so I wouldn’t know whether they were any good or not.

No, this was not a stray dog – it probably belonged to someone in the neighbourhood…

…but while I was there eating, it came strolling down the lane beside the shop and it just stopped and stood there and watched me eat. I wonder what it found so interesting…