River of Love…

Actually, it is not the River of Love or if it is, I haven’t got a clue about that. This is the Red River or what we call Sungai Merah here in Sibu…

If you are wondering what this is all about, well, my friend, Annie was home from KL for a few days in December and she shared some photos of some of the things she had here…

…for breakfast and when I asked her where that was, she said at the Lovers’ Bridge…

…by the river. Oh? I did not even know that is what they call the bridge. Gosh!!! I really must go out a bit more. LOL!!!

For one thing, this place seemed to enjoy a lot of business – there were quite a lot of people coming and going even though it is not actually located in some busy part of town. Parking, of course, is a breeze and it is free…and if anyone is interested in checking this place out, it is located right beside this western (or maybe fusion) restaurant…

…that I have yet to go and try and a gym.

Annie also told me that the mee sua lady from here had set up her stall at this shop (the food court where she was has since closed down) but when we dropped by that day, she was not open for business. In the end, I decided to try the char bee lau too kha (RM6.50 with rice)…

– pork leg soup cooked with the fragrant root…

…and meng ngee (dried cuttlefish)…

…from the stall further inside. It was quite nice, a little mild compared to what we would  cook ourselves at home but she doesn’t serve it with mee sua – I was contemplating on eating that with the noodles. They say that it is good for revitalising, if you have been working too hard and are feeling kind of tired…and yes, I was busy doing the spring cleaning in the house – getting rid of all the useless stuff that we had been hoarding, rearranging, dusting, cleaning to get ready for Chinese New Year which is just a month away and boy, that sure was tiring!

My missus wanted the liver soup…

…from this stall in front…

…that Annie said was very nice but we felt that the one we had here was nicer by a mile!

The kampua noodles that came with it (RM6.00 altogether)…

…according to my missus, was all right, quite nice. The slight tint of red was because my missus asked for it to be tossed with chili sauce.

So far, I would not think I would go out of my way for those things that we had that day but there are many other things that we have yet to try so we may just drop by again sometime to see if there is anything that is really good.