Roundabout…

This used to be Simpang Tiga…

…a triangular-shaped junction where Race Course Road, Kpg Nangka Road and Kpg Hilir Road converged, where I used to live when I was growing up. Now, it’s a roundabout and there is an additional road, Jalan Ria, as well. Do take a closer look at the photograph. Noticed anything that is uniquely Sibu, not found at places in the peninsula?

Located at the side where this photograph was taken from is a brand new supermarket. I dropped by to have a look and I quite liked what I saw – everything looked neat and new but my missus insisted that things there were more expensive than elsewhere. Don’t ask me – I wouldn’t know. If I happen to be at some place and I see something that I want, I would just buy, never mind if it’s 10 or 20 sen cheaper elsewhere…or worse, 5 sen only! The petrol to drive over to that particular shop alone would cost more than that. I guess they describe that as being “penny wise, pound foolish“?

Now, this hawker centre…

…is located right opposite the entrance of the supermarket. If I’m not mistaken, it’s an SEDC project and hence, people here would refer to them as the Simpang Tiga SEDC (hawker) stalls.

Ever since they started sometime ago, the stalls here have enjoyed brisk business. This was taken at around 11.00 a.m., past the morning tea break and a little too early for lunch and yet, there were quite a lot of people around. I’ve tried a number of things available here but even though all of them were quite good except for the Sarawak laksa which I did not like but it certainly seemed very popular – at any one time, one would see a lot of people eating it.

When we were there the other morning, my missus had the mee goreng (fried noodles)…

…at RM3.00 a plate and she said it was nice. Personally, I do prefer the Malay fried noodles compared to the Chinese ones here, the dry ones, that is. I think they are tastier…and not all solely soy sauce and msg.

I had the nasi bryani, ayam (chicken)…

…for RM6.00. They only have kambing (mutton) on Sundays.

Everything was nice about it…

…except that the meat was a little too overdone, a bit too fall-off-the-bone for my liking. It was good though I would not say it’s the best in town – I think I would prefer those at a couple of other places here.

Incidentally, for your information, the stall selling this rojak cucur (fritters rojak) with satay here…

…is closing down at the end of the month and will be moving to a block of shops (2.311322,111.826352), where Umi Bakery is, along the road linking Bandong to Jalan Ria/Delta Estate starting 1st March, citing high rental charges as the reason.

As for the rest here, I guess it will be business as usual…