Still time…

There are only a few days left to the New Year and right after that, school will reopen which means that my girl will have to go back to her work station once more. Of course she is not looking forward to that but what to do? Duty calls.

There is still some time left so we have been going around town, eating the things that she loves. The other day, we wanted to go for the nasi kerabu here but it was closed. Perhaps the people there had taken sometime off and gone on a holiday or something but thankfully, when we tried again a week or so later, it was business as usual and of course, we had what we wanted…

…and yes, it was as good as ever and we really enjoyed it to the max.

It did cross my mind once to try and cook my own but when I saw the recipe and all the things I would need to prepare, I changed my mind right away. We only get it here once a week, Saturdays only, and if I remember correctly, it is only RM5.50 for chicken…

…and RM5.00 for fish unless the prices have gone up lately but still, considering the work that would go into it, I would much sooner fork out the money. After all, I must say it is really very inexpensive…and the one here is very much to our liking.

To eat it, one would have to mix everything together…

…and if it had been with fish by the side, I would also shred the meat and mix with the rice. This prompted my missus to remark that this is the Malaysian/Kelantanese version of the bibimbap and of course, this is best eaten the traditional way, using one’s hand!

We had already finished and were about to leave when I saw some people at the next table having their bubur (porridge) durian, obviously a dessert, served with slices of baguette but we were already too full so we did not order that to try. Perhaps we would do so the next time around if they still have that or maybe we would have to wait till the next durian season – the current one is more or less over by now.

I did get to buy this home for dinner though – their chicken rendang (RM2.00 per piece)…

…which was very nice but no, it did not quite taste like rendang. My girl said it came across something like satay chicken to her but it was all right – at least, it was pretty good and went very well with rice.

Moving on from the above, we also managed to drop by here for her favourite sweet and sour fish fillet…

…in town and the sweet potato leaves…

…that she has grown to love ever since the first time she tried those here.

The tofu dish…

…that we also ordered was very nice as well and the kiam sor (salty & crusty) pork…

…too even though it did not look quite the same as how they would serve it elsewhere, tossed with a lot of chopped Bombay onion, garlic and chili, other than the spring onion.

The total for the four dishes plus rice and drinks for the three of us came up to RM51.00 which was quite reasonable, I guess…and at least, we enjoyed all that we had and my girl got to eat what she loved before making her way back to her school for another gruelling year. Sigh!!!