My name is…

After all our discussion regarding the name of this place, the new owners have decided to change it to…

…and now the question arises as to whether it is in any way connected to this one in the town centre. Well, I have not been to that part of town for a long time now so I am not sure whether the latter is still there or not.

Anyway, we decided to drop by here again on Sunday morning as that night, at our Thai fusion dinner, one of the ladies said that what she had at this stall…

…was very nice but unfortunately, when we got there, they had run out and were closing for the day even though it was just around noon. Ah well!!! I guess we would just have to try our luck again another day then.

In the meantime, my girl and the mum decided to order the beef noodles (RM6.00)…

…that we heard had moved from here and we did go a few times when the stall was there and we liked the noodles a lot. The people running the stall looked different so we asked the lady who served us and she said the stall that we used to patronise was a branch of theirs and they had some employees running the business  there but there were a lot of complaints regarding the quality control of what was served so they decided to terminate that one and stick to just this one that they are manning themselves.

Yes, the beef noodles…

…were as nice as ever and for sure, we would be coming back for more.

There were some new stalls that I did not think were there the previous time we were here. I ordered this (RM2.50)…

…to try – I can’t remember exactly but I think they named it “Happiness Toast” and I sure was happy that the egg was perfectly done and the yolk, that seemed bigger than usual, was runny…

…and oozed out beautifully once poked. However, if we deduct RM1.00 for the egg, RM1.50 for that piece of toast with a square cut out in the middle and margarine all along the sides is, in my honest opinion, a little bit pricey and I sure would think twice about having it again. It probably wouldn’t be so bad if they had used real butter (not those so-called butter spreads or lepa susu) or if they had used French toast instead.

I also ordered these (6 for RM6.00)…

…from that same stall and it turned out to be mostly chives and a little cabbage inside and it did not matter at all that there was hardly any meat inside, if at all, as the two ladies enjoyed them…

…very much and at RM1.00 each, I thought that was pretty reasonable. I wanted to order their sio bee (meat dumplings), selling for 90 sen each, but they were all sold out.

Then, I noticed another stall that was probably new as well so I went to have a look. It turned out to be the couple who used to run a kampua noodles and Sarawak laksa stall at a coffee shop right across the road from the school where I was teaching before I retired. Some said theirs were the best in town and indeed, I would say I enjoyed what they dished out a lot even though theirs were a little more expensive than elsewhere. Eventually, they moved to another coffee shop in the town centre so I did not get to enjoy anything from them again after that until I met them again, this time at a coffee shop in Sungai Merah, and now, they’re here selling rojak and a whole lot of other stuff including this jiuhu eng chai/sotong kangkong (RM8.00, medium)…

Yes, it was very nice…and I enjoyed the yam and sweet potato fritters…

…that they had in it and I so loved the sweet and a little sourish (probably from the use of calamansi lime juice) sauce that was like what we used to have in my younger days except that at that time, it was served in a little bowl and we would have to dip everything in it one by one…and without fail, we would go back to ask for more as it would always run out before we had finished eating all that was in the plate. At most places here these days, they would usually have something like the regular rojak sauce for their sotong kangkong and of course, there is a world of difference between the two. I would love it a little spicy though so the next time I have this, I would surely ask them if they could add a bit of chili to it.

Well, I did go back the very next day to tapao the laksa home…and yes, it was quite nice, more or less like the regular laksa but a little creamier (lemak) than most perhaps, though I thought they could have sieved the broth a little bit more as I could feel the powdery remnants of the sambal in it…and I did not really like the belacan used – I did not think it was the very nice Bintulu ones. Personally, I still prefer the ones here or here.

All in all, considering its convenient location plus parking around there is free, we certainly would be dropping by again for some of the things we have enjoyed around here or hopefully, we will get to try something else the next time around.