There no more…

The first time I had their ang tao peng was at the shop along Jalan Hj Taha (1.556393,110.338506) and the second time when I went back for more, I decided to try the one at the stall beside/in front of a house around 100 metres away. That day, after my arrival in Kuching, I was delighted to see that they now have a new outlet here (1.552234,110.336967)…

…Chang Swee Kang, directly opposite that Peterson Corner that I went to for the lovely hay peah.

I shared the photograph on Facebook…

…and I gathered from the comments that they have moved from the stall at the house – it seems that the city council has disallowed them from operating their business at the residential premises and the general opinion is that what they serve at this place, like when they were at the stall…

…is better than what one would get at the other shop, the first one I tried. I would agree with that as I had mentioned in my earlier blogpost and of course, I wasted no time at all in crossing over from the hay peah place to have one delightful bowl of ang tao peng…

…here.

I don’t know what red beans they use here but they do not seem as red…

…as the ones I am more accustomed with but thankfully, they taste exactly the same and they are able to cook it perfectly here – soft and mushy and the beans are still whole. Personally, I am not all that fond of the type of red beans used for this in the peninsula especially those bigger ones that are not mushy, those that I had had, at least, and are a little bit salty so even the taste is not quite the same.

After the delightful lunch and the very satisfying cold dessert, I went to the hotel – the 360 Xpress Citycenter to check in. The previous time I was here, there was something wrong with the power – it would not come on when I slipped the key card into the slot. That was why they upgraded me to a bigger and nicer room but this time around, it was all right so there I was in their single room (RM49.90)…

There is free wifi in the rooms though I gathered that the connection is not so good. Well, I am not dependent on that as I have data on my mobile plus I did not bring along my laptop. Anyway, I prefer doing all those things that I usually do on PCs and they have two in the lobby, for in-house guests to use absolutely free of charge – just get the password from the receptionist or concierge on duty. At many bigger and classier hotels where I’ve stayed, one would have to pay to use their “Business Centre” or pay for internet connection in the rooms – RM100 for 12 hours or something like that which I feel, is absolutely ridiculous, especially when you are already paying so much for the room.

There was some water below the mini bar (small fridge) in the room – it seemed somebody had left the door ajar so there was some defrosting going on in it and the water flowed out. I got somebody to come and deal with it and they did so right away. Other than that, everything else was fine…

I sure would not mind staying here again should I hop over to the state capital anytime again…

…soon since it is nice and clean and comfortable enough and especially considering the location (1.554897,110.352832) and above all, the very affordable room rates payable.

Next stop, dinner!