Strays…

That day, my girl said she would like some nasi kerabu for lunch so we made our way to the sole place in town that would have it once a week only on Saturdays, but it was closed. It being the school holidays right now, they probably have gone off some place for a well-earned break.

In the end, we went back to this place…

…to try the ayam madu (honey chicken) – RM12.50…

…that I had heard people saying was very nice, not hard and dry like the ayam bakar. Yes, you can now request for the sambals to be extra spicy so they will give you some added pounded chili…

…like this so if you are into such stuff a lot spicier, you would definitely prefer it this way.

As for the chicken, we did not really enjoy it all that much as the meat was a little too tender for our liking, not as bad as the chicken here but we would prefer a lot more bite to the meat. I asked the young guy doing the grilling…

…at the back and he told me the ayam madu was not grilled like the bakar but direbus (stewed or something like that). Hey! I noticed that the slab on the far left was smaller than the rest. Hmmm…if I were to get a small one like that, I most certainly would ask them to take it back and give me one of the bigger ones.

This time around, it seemed that there were some stray cats loitering around like this one…

…for instance and if you are having fish (RM16.50)…

…like my girl that day, they would gather all around and make a whole lot of noise and no amount of shooing would get them to go away. That got kind of irritating and there was always the worry that at anytime, they might jump up onto one’s lap…or worse, onto the table. I wish the people there would take it upon themselves to make sure that those stray cats keep their distance and do not spoil the customers’ enjoyment of their meals.

My girl loved the fish and said it was good. I did not try it that day but I had that before and yes, I thought it was really nice albeit the fact that it was rather expensive. It was bigger than the one we had here…and very much nicer.

The kerabu midin (RM10.00)…

…was all right, even with the heads and insides of the ikan bilis not removed. At the prices they charge and considering that they do not open till noon, they should be able to do that.

I had their fried kway teow (RM5.00)…

…which was quite nice but I do know of a few places that do it a lot better. I must say that the price was o.k. though as there was that fried egg on top and yes, they did it very well…

– just the way I would like it!

Together with the two glasses of kopi-o-peng (RM2.00 each) and sirap Bandung (RM3.00), the total came up to RM51.00 which would be around those same prices that I would pay at places such as this one here…or here. Which one, do you think, gives more value for money?