Turn left…

If you turn a little to the left as you come out of the hotel where my friends from Singapore were staying the first time they were in town, you would see this coffee shop…

…right at the corner of that block of shops. Actually, this is the back entrance but I do think it is more convenient to park one’s car in the spacious area in front of the hotel and go in this way.

One of them, Alfred, was wondering what they were serving here as it seemed very popular as every night, he would see a lot of people there so he asked me about it. I did not know at the time but one night last week, I was in the vicinity and was feeling a little hungry as I only had a very light dinner so I decided to drop by for supper.

I saw a not-so-young lady at the back doing the cooking and there were two young guys helping her. I placed my order and proceeded to the coffee shop proper to take my seat. I ordered this glass of teh-see-peng (iced tea with evaporated milk)…

…and it was really very good – thick, fragrant and rich, so very generous with the milk and it did seem to have a lot of froth too. I would say it was very much nicer than any teh tarek that I have had anywhere. I usually drink kopi-o-peng (iced black coffee) which would be between RM1.50 and RM1.80 depending on where one goes to so I am not familiar with the usual prices of these drinks but this was RM2.20 a glass.

Yes, there were a lot of people but for some reason, they had pulled out all the tables and chairs to the pavement outside around the shop leaving the part where I was sitting (right under a fan swirling at full speed) quite bare. I noticed that most, if not all of them, were very young – it was around 8.30 p.m. at the time so my guess would be that old folks don’t stay out that late. What do you think? LOL!!! No, they were all very nice, not those that one might see at some places, loitering in the coffee shops, smoking and drinking and talking at the top of their voices. In fact, one girl accidentally knocked against my knee while she was taking a chair past my table to go outside and sit with her friends and she quickly apologised saying, “Sorry, uncle!” in English! I thought that was very sweet and nice of her.

Anyway, my order for a plate of Foochow fried noodles (RM3.50)…

…came soon after and I got down to the business of eating it.

Yes, it was very nicely done – I would most certainly say that I enjoyed it very much even though as usual, there weren’t a lot of ingredients – just a few bits of meat and green vegetables…

…but they seemed kind of generous as there was quite a lot, filling the plate almost to the brim. I certainly would not mind having that again the next time I happen to be around the area.

I could not read all that was on the wall but looking at the photographs, it did not seem that they had a lot to choose from other than these fried noodle dishes – yellow noodles, kway teow or bihun…and I saw a few rice dishes as well – a plate with one scoop of rice and something cooked by the side – meat or fish. Those would be great for a light lunch – when my girl was small, we would stop by one place and have something like this, rice with sweet and sour pork ribs by the side. That was nice!

Well, since I was happy with the drink and the noodles and I somehow felt that the people were very nice, I may drop by sometime and try something else – we’ll see…