Familiar place…

If you think the name of this place (2.313204, 111.846992)…

…at Jalan Gambir here sounds familiar, I am not surprised as I have blogged about it many times before.

We like, in particular, the stall selling the roast meat and stuff and that morning, I noticed that they had ngor hiang (meat rolls) but they did not come cheap, RM4.00 each, if I remember correctly and I bought two to take home and try. Yes, they were very nice unlike those sold at other places which may be cheaper but you would not catch me buying those a second time.

The kampua mee from the stall here used to be very good a long time ago but it has since been taken over by some other people from this chain of stalls around town. I am not sure but it seems that some elsewhere have closed down but this one is doing o.k. and I did get to see the man himself there once.

The people from one of my favourite restaurants around town sometime ago took over the place at the back and they are still here…

We had lunch here once and it was nice and cheap and the food came out very fast! I wonder whose artwork that is but I would say that it was indeed very well done – you can see it hanging in front of the kitchen right above the window.

My missus had their Foochow fried mee (RM4.00)…

…that day and she said it was nice.

I do frequent this stall…

…right in front of the right section of the coffee shop quite regularly and I’ve enjoyed most, if not all, that I have had here. though there was one occasion when we did not really like what we had. It is very obvious from how faded the photos are, except for the hung ngang (big bihun) in traditional Foochow red wine chicken soup, that this stall has been around for  a very long time.

I do not recall ever trying their Sarawak laksa though and I think it was because a friend of mine had that when it first opened and she cursed and swore at how horrible it was. I don’t know what got into me that day but I decided to order that, the special at RM7.00 a bowl and this was what I got…

For one thing, I was thinking that they should sieve the broth a lot more to get rid of all the flotsam and jetsam so at least, it would look a lot cleaner and more presentable.

It tasted all right, perhaps a little milder than the better ones around town and other than the usual prawns, shredded chicken and sliced omelette (which I thought could have been cut into strips a little finer than this)…

…there was some minced meat (balls) and I loved that poached egg on top! I don’t know what belacan (dried prawn paste) they used but for sure, it wasn’t our Bintulu ones so I did not like the sambal dip given at all. I did try a bit and left the rest untouched.

Well, despite my being not too impressed by the laksa I had that day, we would still be coming back here again for all the nice things available…and of course, one point in its favour is the fact that it is round the corner from my house, very near and parking is easy though not free, except on weekends.