Weekend…

Well, another weekend’s here. What have you got planned?

Actually, this wasn’t last weekend but the weekend before that – when we just got back from Miri. How time flies!!! We decided to eat out that Friday and settled upon this place…

….that we used to frequent on Sunday evenings after church when my girl was younger – she loved the deep fried meat-stuffed yew char koi from a stall there and the ikan bakar (grilled fish) from another one outside the shop. I am not sure whether the stalls are still operating or not as they used to open at night only and we were there for lunch that day.

I remember taking a friend there once too and when she saw the sign, she remarked, “Are you trying to insult me?” You can jolly well guess her shape and size – not much different from mine. Hehehehehehe!!!!! It’s a very interesting shop really with all the curios and collectibles…

…here, there and everywhere…

…even on the ceiling!

We had their sweet corn soup – my girl’s favourite way back then…

…and the kiam sor hu (salty crispy/crusty fish)…

…was good as well.

We wanted their butter prawns too and when it was served…

…my heart skipped a beat! Instead of the cheaper seawater prawns, they used the freshwater udang galah which is not known for being cheap, not at all and the serving was big – I had to brace myself for a whooping bill at the end of the meal. Unfortunately, it did not taste all that great, not the dish as a whole but the prawns – they were kind of bland, not sweet so we did not really enjoy them all that much.

We had the cangkuk manis with egg for our vegetable dish…

…and when I went to pay, I was in for a pleasant surprise – the total came up to only RM40.90 inclusive of rice and drinks for three!!! My! My! That was much less that elsewhere minus the fish and prawns. Gee!!! It sure is cheap here…but if and when I do come back again, I would have to tell them to cut down on their msg – all of us thought there was a bit too much of that in their cooking.

Lunch on Saturday was nasi kerabu…

…at the usual place – available only on Saturdays and  make sure you go early as they always run out very quickly. We were there at around 11 something and there wasn’t any more fish so we had to go with the chicken. Nonetheless, it was so so so good and we all enjoyed it a lot. I googled for the recipe, thinking that perhaps I could cook my own…but at the mere sight of the list of ingredients and the work involved, I think I’d just go and eat it at this shop whenever the craving for it arises. After all, it’s only RM5.50 for a plate like this.

That night, there was my brother-in-law’s birthday dinner and the next morning, after church, we stopped by here for brunch before we sent Melissa back to her rural school. She had the rojak telur (RM4.00)…

…that I had had before and thought was pretty good. My missus had the piansip soup (RM2.70) while I decided to try something from this stall…

…where my favourite popiah used to be.

I had their meat dumpling noodles (RM5.00)…

…which were served with a little bit of black vinegar.

I saw a note indicating: “Bukan mee kuning” – translation: not yellow noodles and this was what was in the bowl…

I am not sure – I didn’t ask – but probably they made their own noodles as they did seem like it. It was nice – something that I wouldn’t mind having once in a while for a change but no, it did not bowl me over and you would not catch me rushing back for more.

So, anything special in mind for today or tomorrow? Well, whatever you’re going to have, I hope it will be good…and do have a great weekend…and to all mums, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY tomorrow! Cheers!!!