Another country…

I went back to this place again because I saw a friend’s photograph of the ikan keli (catfish) that he had here and it was huge!!! He also mentioned that the people were from our neighbouring country, Indonesia…

…so I guessed that would make whatever they served as authentic as it could get. This stall was already there that previous time I went and though I did not order anything from it, I did notice that what they served to the other tables looked rather enticing indeed. There was just this stall and the roti canai stall…

…and the one at the back…

*Can you spot the spelling error?*

…then but there are two more halal stalls now…

…which would be a good thing as there would be a lot more choices for certain quarters – usually at other coffee shops, there would be a solitary stall or at the most two, selling stuff that they are permitted to eat…unless it is one of those shops of their own.

I love ayam penyet and pecel lele and I have had some very good ones (and some not so good ones as well) at various places around town so I just could not wait to come back here and sample theirs (RM7.00)…

– the asli (original) version. Yes, the fish was really big but no, I did not think I enjoyed it very much, definitely not more than what we would usually have here. The sambal dip…

…was good, very spicy and went absolutely well with the raw cucumber slices. They blanched the cabbage and kangkong and I did not like how they were somewhat overdone.

I also ordered their mee bakso (RM5.00)…

…to try and though it was nice, I would not say it was anything that would get me rushing back for more but honestly, I have yet to come across a really good one in town that would sweep me off my feet. Perhaps this is basically what it is like and this is all I can ever hope to get.

My missus had their seafood kway teow (RM5.00)…

…and she loved it! I tried a bit and I thought it tasted something like what I had here – fried with chili sauce…except that it was much cheaper there but this one had more ingredients, whatever seafood there was in it.

Ah yes! They also set up a counter in front selling nasi lemak bungkus and a number of selections of Malay kuihs such as these…

…and I did buy some of these cucur udang (prawn fritters) at 3 for RM1.00…

…and though I would say they were very nice, I found the edges a bit hard – yes, hard, not crispy so I just peeled away the not-so-nice parts and only ate the rest of each of them.

I did speak to one of the guys and yes, according to him, most of them came from Pulau Jawa but they have been living in our country for a long time now. Well, I did not probe for any further details so that would be just about all that I know…about these people from another country.