On a Sunday afternoon…

It was on the Sunday, the eve of Hari Raya, when we went for the service at the cathedral here in town and after that, Melissa went with her ex-classmates to spend the afternoon together and go watch a movie.

Left to our own devices, my missus and I stopped by here on the way home for brunch, the one along Oya Road, opposite Sacred Heart Secondary School. We had not been to this place for quite a while now and both of us wanted the Sarawak laksa (RM4.80)…

It was, as always, really good and all this time, the one here has always been my favourite in town even though there are many who would sing praises of others elsewhere.

I also had their ang tao peng (iced red bean)…

…and yes, that was consistently good too.

After the movie had ended at around 6 in the evening, we went to pick Melissa to go for dinner – we had decided that we would do that and not do any cooking that day. Seeing how she loved the roast lamb the previous time we were here for dinner, I decided to take her back to that same place again for more as I did promise her then that I would do just that and yes, we were given the keropok (prawns crackers) again as starters (RM2.00)…

I asked for iced water and the nice guy there was thoughtful enough to give me two glasses…

…at one go. Sky juice is F.O.C. here.

We ordered the roast lamb (RM57.00)…

…and we were served three HUGE slabs, easily twice the thickness of what we had before. It was done medium rare and was very tender and juicy, absolutely perfect. I loved the skin, so very crusty/crispy and fragrant. I would not say that was cheap but considering that it worked out to RM19.00 for one chunky steak, that would be more or less the same as what one would need to fork out for a plate of lamb chop at a western restaurant, I reckon.

We also had the kiam sor hu phee (salty crispy fish fillet), RM10.00…

…and I thought that the way they cooked it was much nicer than any other place in town but I was not too fond of the fish they used – Dory.

I wanted midin (wild fern) in santan (coconut milk) but we got paku (another variety of jungle fern) instead, RM10.00…

…but it did not matter as this was just as good and as always, we enjoyed that a lot…and we also had sweet corn soup (RM8.00) as well.

That certainly was a delightful dinner and we enjoyed it a lot. Some people say that the things here are expensive but hey, good things don’t come cheap and if you want cheap, you can go ahead and eat elsewhere – that’s your prerogative. I do think, however, that it depends on what you order and I really feel that what they serve here is getting to be much nicer than before.

If anyone hasn’t a clue as to where it is, the restaurant is located at No. 4, Chew Geok Lin Road and I do advise that you call first to book a table (Tel. No. 084-316888) as the place is not very big and at times, it may be packed and you may end up having to leave and go elsewhere.