Dry…

We dropped by here again for brunch one morning last week and my missus had their curry mee special (RM8.00)…

I’ve tried it before and yes, it was nice but with all that santan (coconut milk), I found it a little too lemak (rich) for me so it has never really been my favourite here, there or anywhere. Given a choice, I would much sooner go for our own Sarawak or Kuching laksa.

Well, my intention of dropping by was to give their pan mee a try. I’ve had the soupy version here before but though I thought it was quite nice, I have never been a fan of pan mee in soup so I never ordered that ever again. Somehow, the idea of fried ikan bilis (dried anchovies) in soup does not quite appeal to me. However, the last time we were here, I saw somebody having it dry and I made up my mind there and then that I would come back to give it a try…and so I did.

I loved the one here but they closed down the place and carried out some renovation works. Sadly, when it reopened, the lady who was running the stall and selling that did not come back. I don’t know if she had called it a day or moved elsewhere.

Luckily, the wife was around…

…and she had her daughter to lend a hand. Usually, around the end of the month when the hubby is away doing his own business, the stall would not be open…and there she was rolling the handmade noodles for my pan mee order (RM5.00)…

…which came in no time at all.

I got a huge plate of the noodles…

…and they sure were very generous with the ikan bilis (fried anchovies). It doesn’t come cheap these days, not at all.

The very nice soup came in a little bowl…

…with the cangkuk manis and two fish balls and two meat balls. I sure enjoyed that though I would have liked the bowl a little bigger. Hehehehe!!! The noodles, tossed with the fried ikan bilis and whatever other ingredients…

…tasted great and went especially well with the cili padi in light soy sauce dip that came with it.

 Yes, it was good and I wouldn’t mind dropping by here again for this.