Between you and me…

When I shared the photograph of the lalapan ayam bakar I had here on Facebook, a friend said that the pili-pili (peri-peri) rice with grilled chicken (RM9.00)…

…here is nicer. I would say both are good but between the two of them, one certainly looks much cheaper than the other. Well, my girl wanted to have that for lunch on Saturday the previous weekend so we headed to that hawker stall in question – they had run out of the Moroccan rice with grilled chicken so all of us had the same.

This time around, we took note of everything and compared between the two. Both the grilled chicken here…

…and the ayam bakar at that other place tasted great and both are more or less the same size though the second time around, the one my girl had did seem a little bit smaller. As for the rice, one would get plain rice wrapped in banana leaf at that other place whereas the one here certainly has an edge over the other one with the special basmati rice and all the herbs and spices such as cardamon and what not that went into the cooking.

However, there  wasn’t anything else that came with the chicken and the rice other than the two types of sauces…

…whereas at the other place, there were those raw and blanched vegetables by the side that one could enjoy with the three different types of sambal that came with every order. So do these extras plus the better presentation and nicer environment merit a difference of RM3.50 between the two?

Personally, I would say that both are good and I would go for one or the other depending on what I would feel like having, never mind that one is a little bit more expensive. The most important thing is that what they serve is nice and I would enjoy myself – I guess that is what matters most. Otherwise, I can always go some place else and have something that is even cheaper like the ayam penyet (RM7.00)…

…at Janggut’s stall that I said the other day that I would go back and try.

The chicken was indeed very very nicely done, very well-marinated with whatever spices and all and I must say that I liked it a lot. The soup…

…like the other day when I had the nasi lemak, was good and there were some raw vegetables by the side including some very tiny one-inch long cucumber! On the down side, the sambal…

…was the same sambal they use for the nasi lemak. I had expected some special sambal belacan but unfortunately, there was none…and  I wasn’t all that thrilled at getting plain rice with it. Perhaps the next time I drop by here, I would order their nasi lemak biasa (RM3.50, I think)…and the ayam penyet (RM5.00) – I certainly would prefer that combo for a total of RM8.50 only.

While I was there that day, I also ordered the roti telur (RM1.80)…

…and yes, it was very nice.

Back at the hawker stalls at Simpang Tiga where they have the Moroccan or pili-pili grilled chicken with rice, there is also one roti canai stall…

…but if I’m not mistaken, their roti telur (with egg) is slightly more expensive at RM2.00 each. The roti canai kosong (plain) is cheaper here though – RM1.00 only while it is RM1.20 at that other place. I looked at the menu on the wall and curious, I asked the boy what roti canai telur jantan (male eggs) was and he replied, “Dua biji telur!” (two eggs) Chesh!!! Naughty! Naughty! I sure would think twice about ordering that! LOL!!!

I tried the roti telur bawang (with onion added), RM2.50…

…and yes, I would say it was nice and yes, the dhal dip…

…was equally good – very thick and rich just like at the other place.

I guess I may order the ones here again whenever I happen to be around and feel like having it even though between the two of them, this one is a little bit more expensive. I sure would not bother driving all the way to the other place just to pay 20 sen less for something that is pretty much the same…or I will just opt for the kosong. What about you?