Had it all…

My (Facebook) friend living in Perth, Australia was home obviously and one fine day, he shared the photograph of the char kway teow (and another one of the church across the road) he had here, proclaiming it to be so very good and thanking me for blogging about it. He even added that he would go back the next day for more – dunno if he did. I did meet him once before here when he approached me and asked me if he could have his photograph taken with me – who could forget that and oh my goodness!!! He was on my same flight to Kuching, he said, and when he boarded and was walking past my seat, he asked me if I was going to Kuching…and added that thinking back, he thought that was a silly question. Why else would I be sitting in the plane, eh? Hehehehehe!!!!!

Yes, the char kway teow at this place is indeed very nice, along with a number of the other things available. I would say I’ve had it all, all that is available on the daytime menu, except for the bitter gourd bihun. This being a pork-free place, the guy uses chicken and for that dish, I would prefer pork – minced pork so that is why I have never given it a try. There are some western dishes available on the dinner menu though and I had yet to sample those until that night when we dropped by for dinner.

My girl had their lamb chop (RM13.50, the same as the beef steak)…

…with black pepper sauce and she loved it! Very juicy and tender, very nicely done. In her own words, this was the nicest she had had anywhere for a long time.

The mum had the chicken chop (RM8.50)…

…with the whole drumstick/thigh deboned and grilled to perfection, served with the very nice mushroom gravy. We all felt that it was the best of the lot – I had that too in the mixed grill platter (RM22.50)…

…that I had – with a choice of 3 out of 4 – lamb, beef, chicken and fish. I was not sure what fish he would use and I would not be keen on those frozen fish fillet available at the supermarkets so I opted not to have that. The beef was not all that great – I can’t say I am all that fond of beef, anyway, plus I am not a fan of black pepper sauce. I think if we ever drop by for dinner again, I would just have the chicken chop.

My girl and I had the mushroom soup (RM1.50)…

…which did not thrill us all that much. We would prefer it thicker and richer but I guess for RM1.50, there was no cause for complaint.

It appeared that many of the things available in the morning and for lunch were also served come dinnertime except perhaps, the nasi lemak and chicken rice. I saw people having the Sarawak laksa and the char kway teow and the kampua noodles as well and I also saw somebody who had fried rice with the very nice masak hitam beef by the side.

We were so full already but I saw somebody having the waffle and I could not resist asking for one (RM3.50)…

…to try. They were out of honey so I settled for strawberry instead and yes, it was so very nice. In the meantime, I spotted somebody else ordering that – it certainly looked like it was quite popular and according to my girl, this one here was nicer than the more expensive one with ice cream and all at one of those pricey classy coffee places in town that she went to once with her mum – her verdict: expensive and nothing really nice.

Well, now that we’ve tried and liked what we had, we probably would go back there time and time again…and perhaps, I should find out a bit more about the fish and try the fish and chips (RM9.50) sometime.