Nice guy…

This Eric, the brain behind The Kitchen instant kampua noodles business venture here in Sibu, is really such a very nice guy. He left some money here and asked me to take my family there for a very nice dinner on him which we did and there was some money left so I even got to keep the change. He must have read my post on there being only one place in town that serves Egg Benedict for breakfast so that day, when he was here (2.328374,111.855488)…

…enjoying their Egg Benedict, he PM-ed me on Facebook asking me to drop by again with my family for that and also their Afternoon Tea Set (RM29.90)…

…and he said that he would leave instructions with the people there to the effect that he would pay for whatever we would have but of course, I said no…no…no, thank you very much! I would feel so bad if he were to treat me a second time seeing that he had done that once before and he actually forked out quite a lot of money on that previous occasion. After all, I did not do much other than the few times that I blogged about his instant kampua and buying some to give or send to family and friends here, there and everywhere. After all, good things are to be shared, right?

I did drop by this place a long long time ago when it was at another location and went under a different name but at that time, all they had was coffee and maybe some homemade pies and quiches and I was here once when they have moved to this present place and was still using the old name but we did not really have much from their own menu and sampled a whole lot of things from the restaurants in the vicinity instead.

No, they did not have fresh natural flowers but at least what they had looked quite nice and presentable…

They open at 11.30 a.m. and we were there around that time so probably, they had just switched on the air-conditioning so it was kind of hot and stuffy. We wanted to sit outside on their balcony but they said that section was closed as it was due for maintenance so in the end, we had to sit inside. They have a very nice place…

…I must say…

…and we chose a seat by the window…

…so that I would have the advantage of the natural sunlight coming through to enable me to take nicer photographs but it was very hot so we moved in to some place cooler and more comfortable but it was slightly dimmer, unfortunately.

My missus and I picked what we liked from the lunch sets – there was a list of things that we could choose and we would get either a glass of iced lemon or peach tea…

…with our orders while my girl stuck faithfully to her 100 Plus (RM3.90) as she wanted their bacon bagel (RM11.90)…

…which was not in the aforementioned list. She loved the bagels she had in her two years in Wellington, New Zealand but she said that this freshly own-made one here was nicer as it was not as hard – probably over there, they toast them a little longer in the oven prior to serving and that is generally how they like it.

My missus was not all that impressed by the calamari wrap (RM14.90)…

…that she had, insisting that it was not anything special and she could easily come out with the same at home. Hmmmm…knowing what’s good for me, I shall refrain from making any further comment on that. We men always know when to remain silent and forever hold our piss…ummm…I mean, peace. Hehehehehe!!!!

Of course, I had none other than their Egg Benedict (RM14.90)…

…with smoked bacon underneath the two poached eggs and a waffle down below. The latter was not sweet at all, bringing to mind the American one that I had blogged about not too long ago but it went well with the bacon and the eggs and the hollandaise sauce. There wasn’t much else…

…that came with it but that was perfectly all right by me. All in all, I would say that I enjoyed it very much and I sure would not mind having that again though I wish they would open for business earlier so I could have that for breakfast instead of for lunch.

My girl wanted their cake of the day – the Nutella cheese cake (RM8.00)…

…and we did enjoy that very much even though I had been off cheese cakes for sometime now having had my fair share of those at one time. It was not so sweet and not overly rich like some cheese cakes that would put me off after a bite or two. Besides, there were three of us sharing that one slice so probably that was one possible reason why there wasn’t an overkill.

I paid for everything myself, RM53.60 altogether and having done that, I sms-ed Eric to tell him that I had gone to try the Egg Benedict and it was good…but I had settled the bill already, thanks so very much for the generous offer…but if he would be keen, we could drop by one day together to share the afternoon tea set and he said o.k. but I doubt it very much knowing how very busy he is with his instant kampua business…not so free like me. Hehehehe!!!