Between the two…

In my previous post, I mentioned that I stayed here…

…when I went over to Kuching over a week ago.

After checking in, I had my bath…and since I was not feeling sleepy, I decided to cross over to the other side of the road and browse around the food stalls there. I wasn’t exactly hungry but when I chanced upon this stall…

…I decided there and then that I just had to eat it!

As far back as in the 70’s, we would make the beeline to The Open Air Market to eat this and it was our favourite all those years. The last time I had it there, I thought it was not good at all and I never bothered going back there again. Since they had a stall here, I thought I might as well give it a try…for old times’ sake.

I must say that I liked how the guy wore a mask while he was cooking – that certainly was very hygienic and any effort thus inclined should be given due appreciation. This was what I had…

…the mee kosong (plain noodles), RM2.50…

…and the mixed soup, RM6.50)…

Mixed? But there wasn’t much else other than the meat in that with a whole lot of taugeh (bean sprouts) underneath!

As they say, the test of the pudding is in the eating…and unfortunately, I did not think it was nice. Yes, it was edible…but I could not understand why or how we could love it so much during those long gone days. Perhaps, it was nicer then, I wouldn’t know – I can’t remember now.

A cousin of mine from Kuching was in Sibu last week and she was not a fan of those either – she thought they were grossly over-rated and I took her here to try our version of the beef noodles…

…and she liked it a lot!

The kampua wasn’t as dry as usual that morning but still, it was good and there! You can see the tendon and the tripe alongside the meat in their mixed soup here…

…and the last time I took note of the price, it was only RM5.00 for the combo. I am pretty sure it has gone up now but I don’t think it has gone up to as much as RM9.00!!! Of course, the serving here is smaller but there was more than enough (for me) and even the chili dip here was nicer.

Anyway, that night, after I had had that brief walk down memory lane, I called it a day and went back to the hotel…disappointed.