One night in Bangkok…

I am pretty sure that they spent more than one night in Bangkok and at Pattaya too, my friend and her hubby, when they went over to Thailand on a “honeymoon” last week…but as soon as she got back to Sibu, she sent me an sms asking me when I would be free for breakfast. Well, I would say that I am free most of the time so we arranged to meet here the very next morning for breakfast.

Gosh!!! Look at the things she brought back for me…

…and what caught my attention was the name of the brand of this particular item…

Sacred Heart? That’s the name of the Catholic cathedral here in Sibu and also the school where I used to teach before I retired. According to her, those sweets were made by the nuns at a church in Thailand by that same name. I took one out and was not very impressed by the look of it initially but when I tried it, I found that it was so very nice with the peanut inside and the sweet part was kind of thin and crispy/crunchy like thin glass or crystal unlike our coconut candy that we used to enjoy when we were kids – those were as hard as stone, not these. I liked it so much that I had to have another…and another…and another!

And if you think that was all she gave me, I’m afraid you’re sadly mistaken. She also passed me these that she said her husband bought on a recent trip to Sarikei…

Ooooo….those straight udang kering (dried prawns) must have cost a bomb! They’re so expensive these days. Thank you so much, my friend, for all the goodies – that is really so very nice of you, I must say.

Now if you’re wondering what we had for breakfast, she had the Sarawak laksa (RM5.00)…

I heard somebody say that the one here was very nice and while she was in Thailand, she saw on Facebook the photos of the one I cooked last week and she was drooling away. According to her, one can have just so much of tom yam and in comparison, our Sarawak laksa is still the best…and true enough, the one here was good or according to her, it  was as good as the good ones in town and better than the one that she had here….as soon as they got home as having been away for so many days, her hubby, who was already suffering from the withdrawal symptoms, simply had to go for his fix of kampua noodles.

And talking about kampua noodles, that was exactly what I had that morning (RM2.70)…

I did not intend to have that initially but when I got to the shop, I noticed that they had a new stall there, not the same people as the one that was there before…

The moment I arrived, a familiar face (extreme left) greeted me. Hey!!! They used to have a kampua noodle stall at one of the better known coffee shops (Kok Cheng, at the corner opposite the Cathay Cinema in Sibu – now the Star Cineplex) in town in the early 70’s! He could still remember me despite the fact that we had not seen each other all these years. I can clearly recall that at one time, I had a bet with a friend that if I could eat FIVE plates of the kampua noodles, he would pay for them. Of course I could and he paid for them but after eating, I felt so heavy and just had to lie down and sleep. Hehehehehe!!!!!

I was delighted that the noodles I had were very good, as nice as I remember them to be. I also ordered a small bowl of their pian sip to try (RM1.80)…

…and I would say that I loved the soup. It was very clear and absolutely tasty. The skin was thin, very nice, but I did wish that they had a little bit more meat in the dumplings…

All things considered, this is definitely one of the better ones that I’ve tried around town and I sure would not mind going there for these again.

Incidentally, while waiting for my friend, I noticed this…

…at the rojak telur stall. Obviously, the girl had cut everything ready and put it all in plates and what I liked about it was how she did not stack up all the plates one on top of the contents in the other. I have seen that done in a Chinese restaurant where they arranged the tomato and orange slices and the lettuce leaves on the plates before hand so they could just put everything on each plate after cooking and serve and that got me wondering as to whether they made sure that the bottom of each plate was clean or not. Another plus point in this girl’s favour was the fact that she took the trouble to cover those plates at the top as well…and I felt the effort on her part was indeed most commendable.

All in all, breakfast was good and I had a great time chatting with my friend about her trip to Thailand and everything else. Thanks once again to her for all the stuff she gave me – it is indeed very much appreciated.