I was so happy to receive news that my very very good friend, Mandy, would be coming to town. I have not seen her since we went over for my girl’s convocation in 2013 and it did not matter that she would be arriving late at night, I just had to go and see her to say hello!
She was on a working trip and she told me that the company would arrange a rented car for her and her colleague so I would not need to go to the airport to meet them upon arrival. That was why I waited at the hotel instead. They finally got there at around 9.30 p.m. and after checking in and after dropping off their stuff in their rooms, we went to this place which was right behind the hotel, not because of the convenience but Mandy had been here before in 2012 with Yee Ling and her girls and she would want to go back there again for this…
…that she remembered only too well and also this…
I also asked her to try the green curry…
…that my family and I had before and loved a lot. Being relatively new on the menu, they did not have it that time when she came and yes, she liked it very much. Not really a fan of the ones with the thick and rich gravy she had had at some Thai restaurants, she thought this one was quite different and tasted really great.
They also had this…
…and her colleague loved it, saying that it was very different from the Muar ones and he was not a fan of the Penang version of the same.
We were already very full after all these (and I had dinner…and supper before this) so we just shared one durian ice cream between the three of us for dessert. The place closes at 11 usually but it was way past the time already when we called it a day…
…and they did not mind it one bit. Mandy picked up the tab…like what she would insist upon everytime – there’s no arguing with that lady, I tell you…so I did not even bother to try. LOL!!!
It certainly was nice to see her again after all this time. Too bad my girl was at her school in Selangau so she could not get to meet her dear Kak Mandy – she would have loved that so much. I was not able to see her again myself as the next day, she and her colleague were tied up with their work at some job site and did not get back to town till late and they left on the very early flight the next morning to go back to KL. I must say that I sure was glad I made an effort to go and see her that night even though it was way past my bedtime – like they say, old people go to bed early and wake very very early before the break of dawn. That’s me all right!
Thanks for dinner, Mandy. We’ll meet again soon, I hope…if not here in Sibu, then there in KL.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 