The other day, I spotted yet another new coffee shop in town…
…located here…
…back to back with this one facing my regular car workshop and right next to the supermarket (green building) with the St Teresa Catholic and SIB Churches right across the road…
I don’t know what the name means but it sure has some very interesting stuff on display such as the rattan food covers and the plates and I like their use of the kerosene pressure lamps for their lighting…
…and there were also the kompangs (Malaysian drums) and the old-school enamel trays…
…on another section of the wall, plus this old-fashioned telephone, another kompang and a miniature bicycle and a miniature trishaw…
…on the counter, with more drums beside it…
…and I sure do remember the old-time kerosene stove…
– I used one like that to cook in the late 70’s right through into the early 80’s, those five years when I was teaching in Kanowit and I do remember the pump kind of thing on the right too. People used that to pump kerosene out of a big tin…and yes, we had a yellow enamel tiffin carrier like that once. In my younger days, when my mum had something to do or was busy with something, my dad would take it to town in a rattan basket to buy some dishes from this restaurant for us to eat at home that day. It sure was a whole lot more environment-friendly then, those days before plastic and polystyrene.
I ordered the roti canai kosong/plain (RM1.40) from the lady at this stall in front…
I don’t know if the prices have gone up but I don’t recall it being this expensive elsewhere. I did see a lot of the other customers eating that…
…though and yes, it was very good, crispy and not tough and rubbery – best eaten when hot.
The dip did not look promising but upon tasting it, I found that it was very nice…
– not quite dhal nor curry, probably something in between.
I also ordered the mee mamak (RM3.50) and it came with this little bowl of complimentary soup…
…and one thing I must say about these Malay eateries, their plain clear soup is so very nice, good till the very last drop which is more than what I would say about their coffee (RM1.50)…
…which is always so diluted and has hardly any coffee fragrance. Thankfully, the one I had that day was not sweet which usually is the case, so very sweet too!
The mee was all right, quite nice and loaded with ingredients – prawns, sotong (squid), tofu puffs, taugeh (bean sprouts)…
…and even peanuts…
…all for R3.50 unlike at most Chinese stalls where you will get a plate of almost nothing else other than the noodles, and maybe some barely visible bits of meat and green veg, for RM3.80-4.00 or more…but having said that, I thought what I had that morning was nice enough…
…just that it was not something I would go out of my way to have. I may drop by again though and try something else – perhaps they may have something else to offer that is a whole lot nicer.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 