Closing time…

I don’t know if it is the same people running this place, the one-time Thai restaurant under a different name, or whether it has changed hands again but they have done up the place so it now looks a little different from the last time I was there. Other than that, they are very active on Facebook lately, sharing photographs of some of the things they have on their menu though I must say they should invest in a decently good camera or a smartphone with a very good one as their shots sure leave a lot to be desired…but anyway, they were good enough to make me want to go back there and try to see if there would be anything to my liking.

However, they seemed to be closed everytime I dropped by or drove past so I posted a comment on their Facebook page to ask and was duly informed that they would only open at 3 and close at 11 but they would be opening for lunch sometime in the very near future. I went and asked again the other day and they said they would open from 10.00 a.m. till 2.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. till 5.00 p.m. and from 6.00 p.m. till 11.00 p.m. They are not alone – many have their own Facebook pages but their opening hours are not stated and I really do not understand why they cannot do that in their ABOUT pages – it really is such a nuisance having to go and ask…or look at their updates to see if one can find the relevant information one wants.

Well, I dropped by for lunch eventually and right in front, they state very clearly that they close on Wednesdays and are open from 10 to 2 for breakfast and lunch, 6 to 11 for dinner but 2 to SIX for tea, slightly different from what they told me and from their post on Facebook…

…but never mind! At least, they were not closed and I would be able to do what I was there for – eat!

Well, we went in and placed our orders and we asked for iced water to go with the food. Service was very good and we were promptly served…

…a BIG glass of ice cold water each…and a while later, a glass of iced tea each! Puzzled, I told the very nice Indian waiter that we did not order the tea but he said it came free with lunch. Oh? I did not see any sign telling us that and there was nothing in the menu either plus he did not tell us when we were ordering but it was all right! The sky juice was free too, no charge which would be a point in their favour unlike at some places where they would charge you even for plain water, anywhere from 50 sen to as much as RM2.00. Tsk! Tsk!

My missus had their curry chicken rice (RM15.50)…

…which was so-so…and those looked like fish balls to me. Fish balls in chicken curry – I rest my case. She did come once with my girl and had their green curry and she said it was very nice – very much nicer than this but it is not on their lunch menu, available only for dinner.

I tried their roasted duck noodles (RM16.80)…

…which was also ok – it sure did not get me all excited with delight and I did wish they had de-boned the bird and cut it into very very thin slices like what they do at one roast meat place here. As it was, the meat was way too tough and I had a hard time trying to get it off the bone so I did not have much choice and just left most of it by the side.

Thankfully, I did order a plate of their fish cakes  (RM8.50)…

…to share so I could have those to go with the noodles…

…and again, we thought the fish cakes were all right but they were definitely a lot nicer than those that we had here when it was a full-fledged Thai restaurant.

For dessert, I ordered my favourite – the mango sticky rice (RM5.50)…

Ok! Go ahead! Tembak (shoot)!!! I don’t think I can say anything much in its defence.

This place has been around for a while now. There were only us, it seemed, who were there for lunch that day and I would not know if their business is any better, come dinnertime but I guess this is a popular watering hole for those people thus inclined…

…and I did like how they cut away the bottom of the bottle and use it as a funnel for the candle…

Nice, eh?