He was here a long long time ago – even that particular coffee shop has since been relocated to another place right round the corner. I remember hearing that the sambal for his nasi lemak was extra spicy so I just had to go and try. I don’t recall being all that thrilled about what I had and from my post on it way back in 2009, I did not really like the rice plus I thought that it was expensive – only RM4.00 at the time.
After sometime there, Janggut – that’s the name that we use to refer to the guy by virtue of his beard – moved away. I heard that he was somewhere at a coffee shop in the vicinity of Sg Merah here but I never dropped by his stall there. Then I was told that now he is here…
…at this coffee shop (2.293179,111.820821) at the corner at the back to the left of Paramount Hotel, Jalan Kampung Datu.
The moment he saw me, he asked, “Makan apa, cikgu?” (What would you like to eat, teacher?) Good grief!!! The guy actually knows me! *face palm* I could not remember anything about his nasi lemak way back then so I just ordered the special (RM5.00)…
…to see if it was any good and indeed, it was! The rice was, I would say, quite lemak…and lemak enough for my liking unlike the one I had here, for instance and as good as this classier and pricier one. He certainly was very generous with the sambal but I wished he had not buried the cucumber slices underneath it – the touch of green would have helped make the presentation a little bit nicer. No, it was not spicy at all but yes, it was nice and he certainly was quite generous with it.
The fried chicken wing…
…that came with the special was nicely done and I quite liked the complimentary sup tulang (bone soup) that came with my order.
Unfortunately, if I was grumbling about the price way back in 2009, it is even worse now – by RM1.00 but I guess that is to be expected after all these years considering that the prices of everything have been shooting up and up and up. We’ll just have to learn to live with it, I guess. Sighhhhhh!!!!!
I also remember how I used to love the roti canai at this shop, especially the very rich and thick dhal dip but the guys at the stall appeared different from the ones before so I decided to order a piece (RM1.20)…
…to see if it was any good and indeed, it was. The dhal dip did seem a bit diluted compared to previously but thankfully, it was still very nice and I am not sure whether it was because I ordered roti telur that last time around and I was given the dip and one or two other types of sambal whereas this time around, I got the one and the same thing…
…but since it was nice, a lot nicer than what I would get at many other places, and I enjoyed it, it was perfectly all right by me. I never found out whether those guys were new or still the same ones though – I did not ask…but I did notice that the stall from which we ordered the noodles then had closed down. No big loss, I guess, considering that we did not really like what we had at the time.
My missus ordered the wat tan hor kway teow (RM4.00)…
…from the chu-char place at the back of the coffee shop. We had had some pretty nice stuff from this place before and it certainly did not disappoint my missus this time around. She said it was good…
…and she loved its wok hei fragrance.
After having had our fill, I went over to chat with Janggut for a bit and that was when my attention was drawn to these plates of ayam penyet…
…about to be served. Ooooo….it does look good, doesn’t it? Hmmmm…I certainly would be back there soon to give this a try!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 