Truly, I am so very amazed by the number of friends that I have made over the years through blogging, people from all walks of life here, there and everywhere, young and old. As it turned out, Azura is, in fact, the daughter of an old friend of mine from some 40 years ago. Isn’t that nice?
Well, over the weekend, another friend came to town for a 1-night/2-day visit. When I found out that Melissa was going to study in Wellington, I went all out to look for bloggers in New Zealand and make friends with them…and she was one of the few who responded. She is Malaysian, pursuing her post-graduate studies in Christchurch at the time but she has since come back and is currently based in Kuantan, Pahang, with her hubby. She’s no longer blogging though but like many of the rest, we still keep in touch via Facebook.
Of course, after all this time, I was delighted when she contacted me and told me she would be coming to town and hoped we get to meet for lunch – she and her hubby and me with Melissa and the mum. So there we were that day, the five of us getting acquainted in person finally, progressing from mere virtual contacts to being actual friends.
They had had our Sibu kampua noodles already earlier so I suggested that they could have the Foochow long life noodles served in chicken soup cooked with the traditional red wine (RM9.80)…
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…and they did, both of them…and they loved it, of course!
I also ordered the fried kompia, the ones stuffed with slices of pork belly (RM4.80)…
…and the ones with minced meat (RM3.80)…
– a must-try for anyone dropping by this little ol’ town.
Melissa had their sizzling chicken chop with creamy mushroom sauce (RM18.80)…
…that she had had more than once before and she loved it a lot those previous times when she had it but unfortunately, this time around, she found it a little too salty to her liking and it did not help one bit that the batter that they coated the chicken with was all soggy and not that palatable.
To go with it, she had the Mandarin lychee soda (RM6.90)…
…and it certainly looked much nicer than when my friend had it on one of my previous visits.
My missus had their kway chap special (RM7.90)…
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– something that she would always order everytime we drop by this place.
I loved their sizzling black pepper beef kampua but that day, I decided to try their daging masak hitam Sarawak instead (RM12.90)…
The noodles were perfectly done…
…not overcooked and soggy and the beef was nice…
…though I would say that I had had very much nicer masak hitam beef elsewhere in more places than one. I think I will try the beef rendang the next time I drop by there to see if it is any better.
Well, it certainly was nice meeting you, Ing Chia, and your hubby, Chee Seong – we had a great time chatting and getting to know the two of you better…
…and thank you so much for the goodies that you had brought for me all the way from Pahang…
Do come again…and you really must stay longer next time.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 