By your side…

This sparkling new coffee shop…

…is right beside the one I blogged about in yesterday’s post. They just opened earlier this month so you can see some of the flowers…

…from well-wishers here and there in the shop.

It turned out that the guy, an ex-student of mine, who used to dish out the fried stuff at this since-closed-down place (where I used to enjoy my favourite kampua noodles in town) is now here…

…but what he has in store is not in the “official” menu. However, you can order the usual like fried mee, kway teow, bihun and all the rest and if what I used to have at the previous place was anything to go by, they would all be pretty good.

The son runs the kampua noodle stall…

…in that same shop but I did not order any to give it a try. Perhaps I will do that the next time I drop by.

There was a vacant stall beside this one that day, available for rent at only RM350.00 a month and according to the proprietress, a Malay tenant was there but left after a week. Hmmmm…perhaps I could take over and sell something there, you reckon? LOL!!!

Talking about the proprietress, it looked like she sells the drinks and also some delightful selections that you can pick from the menu. She has this Vietnamese coffee…

…which I tried…

…and yes, I thought it was quite good but at RM3.50 a cup and RM4.00 with ice, I think I would much sooner go for our own local coffee – RM1.80 next door…and only RM1.50 here or here. I don’t know if the one here is any good though as I did not have that that morning.

She did mention that they make their own kaya (coconut jam) for their kaya toast unlike many places in town where they just use the canned Yeo’s one which does not tickle my fancy, not even a little bit, thank you very much.

I tried their sio bee/siew mai (meat dumpling)…

…going for RM1.00 each but I must say that I would prefer their seafood ones (3 for RM3.50)…

…with real whole shrimps inside…

I asked the lady if she made them herself but she said no, a friend makes them at home and she helps sell them at her coffee shop.

So what did we have for our brunch? We did not want the chicken curry with rice…

…so I chose their stewed pork leg (RM6.50)…

…which, like the one next door (RM7.00), was very nice too but I would not say that this was cheaper as it did not come with one whole stewed egg nor did I get any complimentary  char bee lau/fragrant root (chicken) soup.

My missus had the pork belly slices with preserved vegetables (RM6.50)…

…and I would say that this one had an edge over the pork leg – I thought it tasted a little nicer.

Yes, I would say that we enjoyed what we had that morning and yes, we certainly would be back. I did give the location in my previous post, but anyway, here it is once again – it is here (2.296578, 111.826150) along Jalan Tun Abg Hj Openg among the shops to the right of Kin Orient Plaza where the old/original Sing Kwong Supermarket is – there are not that many shops there so it should not be difficult to find…plus parking is easily available and free!