Third time lucky…

I went there the first time but it was not open so I went to another place two doors away and when I went again the second time, it was closed and there was a notice on the stall so I went again the third time after those dates mentioned in the notice and yes, it was open!

I asked my missus to go for the Penang har mee (prawn noodles) insisting that she would love it a lot (RM8.00)…

…and she did, especially when they seemed so generous with the very nice sambal dip…

…that day.

For some reason or other, the lady asked whether I only wanted noodles or noodles mixed with bihun (rice vermicelli)…

Perhaps they read my blog and they saw Ken‘s comment on my post the other day and he sort of implied that they serve it like that in his island state so I went with the suggestion. After all, I was not the one eating it and since my missus did not complain, I guess it was all right that way.

My ex-student in Kanowit, now a teacher herself in her own right, saw my post on this and dropped by to try. She was sceptical at first as she thought it was a little expensive but after enjoying it so much and seeing that they gave such big prawns with it, she was glad she did and said in her post on Facebook that it was truly worth it, value for money.

I could not remember if I had ever tried their mee sua (RM6.00)…

…before – I think I did but I had forgotten whether it was any good or not so I ordered a bowl of that to try. It was not very nice, very much lacking in the traditional Foochow red wine so I asked for some and the guy gave me half a bowl of it and I poured all of it in! Yes, it was very nice after that, as nice as the one close by at that same price and you get two chunks of chicken here…

…plus one whole shitake mushroom cut into three and an egg…and as always for mee sua, you will get the regular dip, the sliced chili in dark soy sauce…

Of course, that wasn’t my intention in going there that day – from the photographs at the stall, I saw that they had a new addition, the kway teow th’ng (flat rice noodles soup)…

…and that was my main purpose that day – to give it a try.

Again, the dip was different – for this, they gave sliced chili in light soy sauce…

…and yes, it went very well with it (RM5.00)…

…and never mind that our kway teow here is not as fine and translucent as those in the peninsula, I actually liked it very much! After all, I’ve always enjoyed anything in very nice and refreshing clear soup. Phong Hong, who doesn’t like meatballs where the meat has been slammed and pounded until they have that fishball-like texture would love the ones here – minced meat rolled into balls, no more no less.

We certainly enjoyed our brunch that morning and rest assured we would be back for more.