The day after the wedding banquet, my cousin and her hubby, parents of the bride, were taking our cousins from KK and our nephew out for dinner before they left for home the following day and they invited me to tag along so there we were at this place…
…reputed for its nicest crabs in town…
…and also the most expensive.
It has been around for a long long time now but lately, the air-conditioned section in the block on the right had been taken over by somebody else so they are now confined to their own shop and half of the passageway in between the two blocks of shops along Jalan Maju.
Yes, the crabs were superb that night, big and firm and succulent and we also enjoyed the siput sudut or balitongs…
We do not cook these at home so we will only have once in a very very long while when eating out. My girl does not eat those, that’s why. I loved how they did it that night and personally, I felt theirs were very much nicer than those that I had had elsewhere.
The prawns were very good too…
…and so were the bamboo clams…
…cooked with curry powder.
I suggested ordering the midin…
…as I was pretty sure they would not have that in Kota Kinabalu. They did not seem to know of this variety of jungle fern that is mighty popular here, just the paku that is easily available all over the country. They enjoyed that but it was this plate of Foochow fried noodles, with sauce…
…that they really enjoyed a lot and had more than just a second helping…just as I had expected. I requested for a small plate of that, just RM5.00, for I was pretty sure they would like something they had had when they were kids growing up in Sibu, different from anything that they would get back home, and true enough, they did! I did not think it was the best in town though but it was pretty good, especially when I added the complimentary dark soy sauce and sliced fresh chili to it.
All in all, I must say that I certainly enjoyed the dinner that night, the very nice food and the most delightful company – thank you so much, Bened and Doreen, for the the treat!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 