Don’t miss it…

This is one place not be be missed if ever you come to Sibu. For one thing, where else can you get to see this…

Payung Cafe banana flower

…or this…

Payung Cafe flower 1

…or this…

Payung Cafe flower 2

…all around? These beautiful natural beauties along with all the herbs and green leafy plants plus the unique decor of the place would not fail to make the place stand out above all the rest, that’s for sure…and then, of course, there is the food!

My friend from Singapore who was here that day over one weekend was singing praises of everything that they had and enjoyed so much and was so delighted at being able to come here for dinner the night before they left town.

Well, we dropped by again that day during the school holidays last week and my girl wanted the herbs salad (RM8.00)…

Payung Cafe herbs salad

I quite like it too though I would not say it is my favourite. Those into healthy stuff would definitely love it, all the raw herbs and vegetables tossed with some very nice sourish dressing.

She also wanted their Bangladeshi lamb curry (RM19.00, with rice)…

Payung Cafe Bangladeshi lamb curry

– one of her favourites here and as their green chicken curry was sold out and they had not had the chance to cook some more, we settled for the lamb masala (RM19.00, with rice)…

Payung Cafe lamb masala 1

…instead, something that was not really on our favoured list, but she loved it a lot! The flavours are not as strong as the former and if I am not wrong, there is yogurt in it and it is not spicy…

Payung Cafe lamb masala 2

…and she seemed to eat a lot more of this dish than the other one that day.

I also ordered the Payung fish (RM15, with rice)…

Payung Cafe Payung fish 1

…which is catfish (ikan keli) cooked with a whole lot of ginger and lemon grass and chili and soy sauce…

Payung Cafe Payung fish

…and my girl kept saying it was so very good, probably dropping broad hints to the mum who can cook this dish very very well too but hardly ever does so as for some reason, she would not eat keli.

For dessert, we shared the durian ice cream (RM10.00)…

Payung Cafe durian ice cream 1

…with a special request for extra fresh durian cream…

Payung Cafe durian ice cream 2

…and never mind that lunch was not all that cheap, it certainly was value for money…compared to our dinner that same day but that would be in the next post.

There was a group at the next table, Mandarin-speaking and obviously from out of town, here for the international dance festival, and they kept saying, “好吃! 好吃!” (delicious/tasty) the whole time they were enjoying what was served to them. I don’t know about you but many who came and ate…would always leave, looking forward to the next time they could come back for more!