Better choice…

This place…

…has been around for a while now and though I did drive past a number of times, I never stopped by to give it a try.

Well, if you’re wondering what the name means, warung, according to wikipedia, is a type of small family-owned business — often a casual shop, a modest small restaurant or café in Indonesia so I guess it means more or less the same thing here as well. As for the BM, to teachers and students, that would be the Malay Language or Bahasa Malaysia and to the people up north in the country, they would think it is Bukit Mertajam. Well, actually, it refers to the name of the farm where they rear organic chickens…

…no hormones, no antibiotics which I guess, would make it the better choice when it comes to chicken.

This used to be here but it did not last very long and they closed down the place after a while. It sure looked like the new owners not only took over the place but the furniture as well, so those chairs sure do look familiar…

They’ve torn down the walls in front and by the side, therefore, it is quite open now and very airy, non-airconditioned which is to my liking. I do prefer that and as long as there are ceiling fans above my head, I am fine with it.

I ordered the smoked chicken (drumstick) rice (RM5.00)…

…and I thought the chicken was very good and I particularly loved the skin. The rice was good too, better than a lot of other places in town but no, it was not as good as Mary’s. I liked the chili dip as well and also the complimentary soup…

…that came with it. I did think I could do with a bit more chicken…

…though and since they had chicken curry with rice on their menu, I was contemplating on ordering a bowl of that without the rice to try but unfortunately, it was not in their list of side orders…

…so I just made do with what was on my plate.

My missus had their teriyaki chicken with rice (RM8.50)…

…which is more expensive and came with plain white rice instead of the chicken rice that I had but they certainly were more generous with the meat…

…and it sure looked like that was more than what I got and yes, I would say it was pretty good too.

Drinks were a little bit pricey here – my kopi-o-peng that would cost RM2.00 or less at the regular coffee shops was RM2.50 here and my missus’ iced lemon drink was RM2.70. However, considering that we did enjoy our orders, we would want to come back here again and try what other stuff they may have to offer, including their western dishes.

Service is good – the sweet little Malay girl that waited on our table was friendly and efficient and if you are thinking of dropping by, they open every day from 10.00 a.m. in the morning onwards right through till 9.00 p.m. at night.