One of many…

This is one of the many all over town…

…located near Sungai Merah (2.327275,111.840791), somewhere opposite the Catholic and SIB churches there. I’ve been to one of their spin-off, the Xpress outlet here and here and enjoyed what we had on those two occasions though I wish I could say the same about the third time we went there.

For one thing, where these franchise places are concerned, much may depend on the resident chefs. We may be cooking the exact same thing but what I dish out may be a whole lot nicer than yours…and other than that, the food may be really good for a while but once the chef has left, it would all go downhill all the way.

Anyway, we were passing by here that day…

…and we thought we would just stop by to give this one…

…a try.

One thing that is consistent across the board is their chili dip…

– you can drop by any one of their outlets and there would surely be a lot for you to help yourself to and one is as good as the other…but the chicken rice we had that day (RM2.10 per plate)…

…was so so good. The moment the plates were placed in front of us, we could detect the very delightful fragrance, something we had not experienced before at any of their other outlets that we had been to in the past.

We ordered their sweet and sour fish (RM10.20)…

…and yes, it was very nice though I would not say it is the best in town. For one thing, the serving is a little too big for the three of us and there is no option – whether one would like it small, medium or large.

Of course, I could not resist their stewed eggs (RM1.25 each)…

…and yes, I did enjoy that.

My girl enjoyed this snack platter (RM10.40)…

– she likes anything deep-fried…but the fish ball soup (RM7.00)…

…that I enjoyed very much at the other place was not as great here – I thought there was a little bit too much pepper in it for my liking.

The paku (jungle fern) with belacan (dried prawn paste), RM7.75…

…was fine, not as nice as the midin we had, but it was all right though I did wish they had put in a little effort to make it a bit more presentable.

The bill came up to RM44.15 for the food and rice alone (excluding GST) which I would think is very reasonable considering the amount that we had ordered but on the whole, I think I prefer the other place more.