Everything red…

I’ve been here a few times before though I have not gone there for quite a while now. I do recall that what I had there on those occasions were not too bad including the pek ting eyok mee sua. Well, the other day, I decided to stop by there with my missus for brunch as I was feeling like having some of those longevity string noodles in traditional red wine chicken soup.

If anybody is wondering where this coffee shop (2.322037,111.837046) is, you will find it in the block of shops on your left as you turn round the corner from Sing Ang Tong/Kwong Ann (or if you are coming straight ahead from the direction of RTM or SMK Kpg Nangka) – the poslaju main office is on your right – just before you turn round the corner into Sungai Merah bazaar…

*streetview screenshot from Google Maps*

Upon arrival at the place, I noticed some changes in the stalls. The mee sua stall was nowhere to be seen but I saw the photographs on the kampua stall so I placed my order for that. My missus asked for the ang chao kampua (RM5.00)…

…which had the meat cooked in ang chao…

– the lees or the residue of the red yeast rice from making the traditional Foochow red wine. I did try a bit and I thought it was pretty good just that I would prefer the noodles to be done like the regular kampua mee and served with the ang chao pork, not tossed with the ang chao gravy as I felt that was somewhat an overkill. Of course I may be biased – others may love it this way – but my missus cooks this all the time so it really is not anything that I would get excited about as I would get to eat that so very often at home.

When I wanted to pay for our orders, the waitress collected for the kampua only and said that I would have to pay for the mee sua separately when it was served. It seemed that it was from some other place, not the same one as the kampua stall, somewhere inside the shop and I did not bother to go and check so at this point in time, I do not have the slightest idea what kind of arrangement they have there.

It did come soon enough (RM5.00)…

…in this very nice bowl with a lid.

Yes, it was good with lots of the very nice red wine in the soup…

…and just the right amount of ginger, quite a lot of it but not too much – I would not like it too gingery.

There were just two small pieces of chicken…

…and one small shitake mushroom but that was perfectly all right by me as I am more into the noodles and the soup and of course, I love eggs in any form and there was a hard-boiled one in it. I sure enjoyed that and I certainly would not mind going back there again anytime I feel like having this.

There was a stall in front of the shop selling fritters and a whole lot of stuff that looked quite good. I ordered the popiah (RM1.00)…

…and it was not too bad – nothing like my own homemade ones or the ones that I love, available only on weekends (RM2.50 each) but this is only a ringgit so really, one can’t expect all that much.

I really liked this a lot though – some bihun or whatever filling…

…stuffed in tauhu pok (tofu puffs) and deep fried and it…

…was only RM1.00 each.

I was not able to take a snapshot of the stall as by the time we finished our noodles, the girl had already cleared everything.  I do not know why they do not keep on selling right through lunchtime – according to her, she would fry the things for sale in the morning till after around 10 to 11.00 a.m. and would resume at around 3.00 p.m. for those dropping by for tea and she did say that the response from the general public had been consistently good. I guess I would have to drop by again another day to try whatever else she may have to see if there is anything else that is as nice.