Worth the wait…

This place has been around for quite a while now – almost a year, at least…

…but I had yet to set foot on the premises until the other morning.

Well, what was holding me back, you may ask? I’ve seen friends grumbling on Facebook about having to wait for ages for the food to be served, some around 45 minutes to an hour. So far, from their reviews, they were of the opinion that the food was all right though they would or could not pinpoint anything that would get them going back for more.

Anyway, we were in the vicinity that day but the other place that was supposed to serve breakfast on Saturday mornings was not open – probably they were not doing well and finally decided to concentrate on their dinner crowd only. We went around the coffee shops but most of the stalls were not open – looks like this is a place for night birds…and the early ones would most definitely not catch any worm here. Finally, as we were walking past this place, Melissa saw somebody eating tomato kway teow and she wanted that too…and so she did…

As you can see, it’s a nice pleasant cafe’…

…nothing fancy…and yes, we were early. There was that table inside and another one opposite and there was another one outside but they were already eating when we arrived. Still, we had to wait quite long, no less than half an hour, before the food came.

The tomato kway teow with silky egg (RM7.90) was good though personally, I would prefer the gravy to be a little bit more diluted and not so strong on the tomato sauce. As it was, it would be perfect for sweet and sour fish, ikan bawal hitam (fried black pomfret) especially.

My missus had the stir-fried beef noodles (RM8.90)…

…and she said there was too much msg and not really to her liking. I tried a bit and thought it was quite nice. Yes, it did seem kind of sweet but I think that was because they used the sweet version of the dark soy sauce…or they added a bit too much sugar.

I had their seafood tom yam bihun (RM12.00)…

…which was not very spicy, just right…and I would not think it was too expensive, considering that they had udang galah (freshwater prawns) in it…

All in all, we felt that what we had were all right except that the servings were rather huge. Perhaps it would be just nice if three persons order two dishes and share…or for small eaters, one shared by two. On the way out, I saw that the man outside, the one who was having the tomato kway teow, couldn’t finish his as well and since it was quite nice, it was probably due to the size of the serving…or the guy did not have much of an appetite so early in the morning. Some people are like that, not me! Hehehehehehe!!!!

We’d probably go back there again sometime to try some of the other items on their menu but of course, we’d have to go on a day when we’re very free and have a lot of time on our hands…

STOP PRESS:
I’ve been busy these last few days sending things to friends here, there and everywhere. I don’t know exactly how many of them have received their respective mails but it does not really matter as the contents are non-perishable so it would be perfectly all right if there are any delays.

I, for one, do believe that as one gives, so shall one receive…or as the saying goes, what goes around comes around and true enough, yesterday I received this bag of goodies…

…from a cousin of mine in Brisbane, Australia, thank you so much to her for them. I must say that this is indeed very timely as the school holidays are coming up at the end of this week and Melissa loves all these. I am sure she would have a great time cooking them…and no prize for guessing who would be enjoying eating them. Wink! Wink!