My cousins, one from Kuching and the other from Bintulu, were in town for their high school reunion and they flew here a day earlier. The night of their arrival, they wanted me to take them here for all the dishes that they had had and enjoyed so much before and that, of course, would mean that in the post, you’ll be seeing all the dishes that I have featured before.
They have some new stuff in their decor – no, not these…
…but this collection of the old charcoal irons and other antiques…
…and this lighted display of the luminous green palm leaves…
…on the wall.
Of course we had their otak-otak fish (RM13.00 with rice)…
…and their mushroom roll (RM8.00)…
My girl would not want to miss the Bangladshi lamb curry (RM19.00 with rice)…
…one of her favourites here and she also asked for the Payung fish (RM15.00 with rice)…
…their very delightful ikan keli (cat fish) dish with lots of ginger and what not.
We also had their pomelo salad (RM8.00)…
…and I mentioned to the boss that there would only be three prawns in their belimbing prawn dish and there were five of us so we would end up fighting over who would get the coveted crustaceans and he told me not to worry as he would see to it that there would be enough to go round. In the end, we got this HUGE bowl…
…and it was exceptionally nice that night – the boss took over personally to cook it himself. The gravy went so well with the rice, good to the very last drop….and the best part was that he did not charge us extra, RM17 with rice as stated in the menu! I am sure there was enough there for two or three of their regular servings, at least!
We were all so full after that most delightful meal so we just did not have much room left for dessert but the two ladies insisted on ordering one jelly pisang to share, something that they enjoyed so much at a coffee shop here during their teenage years.
My girl insisted on picking up the tab that evening and giving her visiting aunties a treat – she’s such a sweet girl, don’t you think?
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 