Brother & sister…

My ex-colleague dropped by here…

…and shared some photographs of what he had on Facebook. He said it was good, nicer than here and reasonably-priced and when I asked, he told me vaguely the location of the place. I drove round the area a few times but I did not see it until one day when I went there for the sole purpose of looking for it, and yes, I found it. However, parking there was such a pain and we tried going there once but there was nowhere to park and we ended up here instead – it’s pretty close by, just round the corner.

This time around, we were there early, 5 something, just so we could find a place to park and luck was on our side – there was a vacant spot almost right in front. Of course, at the time, there were no other customers around…

I looked at the menu and I knew right away that this place would have some connection with that other one – they were identical. I spoke to the very nice and handsome proprietor…

…and yes, he said that the lady there was his sister and he used to be there too for the past few years and now he has started out on his own for some four or five months now…

As soon as we sat down, we were served these appetisers…

– they were all ok, nothing to shout about and I do prefer the braised peanuts at some of the Chinese restaurants here.

We did not want any of the sets – we were persuaded to have one when we went to the sister’s place – as we wanted to order the Korean items on their menu but they do have a whole lot of other local favourites as well, I noticed. Of course, we wanted to try their bibimbap…

…and it was all right. My girl liked it…

…but the general consensus was that it was not as nice as what we had here.

We also felt the same about their haemul pajeon or seafood pancake…

Perhaps they should add some chives or leek or spring onions, for the colour, at least, if nothing else.

Likewise, the jab chae… 

…was nice but I would say it tasted like one of those fried glass noodle dish at the Chinese restaurants.

I don’t know if the Koreans have this pickled jellyfish dish or if this is a Thai exclusive but the one we had here…

…was pretty well done.

All in all, I would say it was a nice dinner, not as nice as what we had here and maybe, not as authentic as well, but a whole lot cheaper and definitely nicer and cheaper than here. All in all, inclusive of drinks, the bill came up to a little over RM43.00 only, believe it or not!

I did ask the guy what the name meant, whether it was a transcription of  a Korean word but he said no and from what I gathered, it was supposed to be “local“,  something completely different from the name in Chinese…and somewhere along the line, it became “loco“…and if anyone is interested in checking this place out, it is along Lanang Road Lane 2 where this popular kampua noodle coffee shop is. Drive straight ahead – it is in the next block of shops, on your left…opposite the Teck Huat mini-supermarket there where this over-30-year-old bird is something of an icon in this town…

…and according to the boss, many know his shop as kedai burung (bird shop) and not by its actual name. If you look across the road from here, you will see it…

…in the block opposite.