Still…

When my Singaporean friend, Alfred, was in town, he wanted to drop by this restaurant again but it was closed so we had to go elsewhere. He said that he wanted to go so as he had seen many nice dishes in my blog that I had enjoyed there at one time or another but I did not order those when we went there together the first time they came to Sibu. He sent me some photographs of those and gosh!!! Some of them went back a very very long time like the calamari salad from 2008!!!

Yes, I remember enjoying that but somehow or other, we had not had that for so long that I was wondering if they would still be serving it…still. So last Saturday afternoon, when we dropped by for lunch, I made it a point to order that and yes, they still had it on their menu…

…and yes, it was still very nice, much nicer than the squids we had here not too long ago and needless to say, my girl enjoyed the dish a lot – she’s a sotong fan, that I know!

We also asked for their very nice honey spare ribs…

…and for our vegetable dishes, my girl wanted their cangkuk manis with egg – they do seem to do it very well here, a head above the rest…

…and the bitter gourd fried with salted egg…

…which, of course, was very good too.

Since it was afternoon, I took the opportunity to enjoy their very special kopi-o-peng (iced black coffee)…

…which has never failed to disappoint me.

All in all, the bill for the food for 4 persons came up to RM37.00 and with the rice and drinks, the total came up to RM48.20. I gave the boss a 50 ringgit-note and the nice guy gave me RM4.00 change – he has kindly given me a discount again! But frankly, it is not so much the special discounts that keep me going back there – I do think that the people are very nice and friendly and service is prompt and good and the food is great…plus rice is still RM1.00 a bowl – if I’m not mistaken, they’ve jacked it up to RM1.50 or more at some places around here.

Actually Alfred is not the only one who wants to go back again after the first time – there have been others like my dear KL friend, Mandy, for instance…and there were others who went back on their own, many again and again and again!