Take me home, country roads…

After the week-long Chinese New Year holiday, we sent my girl back to her school and as usual, she was home again the following weekend. I always make it a point to take her to some place nice for lunch on the Saturdays when she is back and last Saturday, we dropped by here…

I was here once before and they did not have a signboard then but they do now. They had their official opening two days earlier and I saw their open invitation to a buffet lunch on that day from 11.00 a.m. till 2.00 p.m. but no, I did not bother to go for that.

This was two days before Chap Goh Meh so the Chinese New Year decor was still up…

…but it was quite minimal, nothing elaborate with just a little bit here and a little bit there…

As you can see on the notice board, they are currently serving set lunches from 10.00 a.m. till 2.00 p.m. priced at RM10.00 and above and along with it, you will get a complimentary drink, one glass of iced Ribena…

…with a slice of lemon in it.

I did not go for any of those on their menu as I had their crispy roast pork in mind. I had that in the house pasta platter that I ordered the last time I was here and I loved it so much. In fact, I was so tempted to grab some for Chinese New Year, selling at RM8.80 per 100 gm but in the end, I did not as there were simply too many things to eat in the house already. Personally, I do feel that this would be a much better buy than those RM110.00 per kg bak kua (barbecued pork slices) and it was cheaper too.

Well, this time around, I opted not to have the grilled freshwater prawns and asked for an extra serving of the lovely roast pork (RM32.00)…

…to share and yes, we all loved it! My girl and the mum agreed that the pasta…

…was different from any they had had before, chili flakes and all, and that it was very nice indeed.

My girl had their pasta Alfredo (RM29.00)…

…with bits of bacon in it and they certainly were very generous with the grated parmesan cheese…

…on top but like all pasta dishes with those rich, creamy sauces, one can only have so much of it so I had to help her out and licked the plate clean. Hehehehehehe!!!!

The mum went for one of the items on the set lunch menu, their dried chili pork rice (RM16.00)…

…and it did look like they used the very nice roast pork to cook…

…with the dried chili plus whatever sauce and other ingredients and yes, it was very nice. I did see somebody at the next table having the curry rice set and based on appearance alone, I think this one would be the much better choice.

Iced water here is free of charge, unlike a number of places in town and they were still playing the sentimental/romantic hits of the 80’s that they were playing the last time I was here. I was thinking that they could have turned it down a little bit and just when I was enjoying Miss Ross singing one of my karaoke favourites of all time, somebody turned the volume up. Tsk! Tsk!

My girl went back to her school on Monday – the school had taken the day off for Chap Goh Meh so we were able to have an early Chap Goh Meh dinner on Sunday night, nothing special – just steamboat at home for the three of us…and hey, It’s Thursday already which means that she will be making her way down those country roads to come back home again tomorrow, Friday. Now let’s see where I will be taking her this weekend…