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Back in those days of the Form 5/SPM English Oral Examination, teachers who went out to the schools as examiners were somewhat tickled by how the students pronounced certain words like cucumber (chu-chum-ber) or tired (tee-red) and when they asked you to repeat, they would say, “Please rewind.” Since they were quite familiar with the words used on a cassette tape recorder/player, I guess they would not have any problem with the name of this place…

…in town and would not pronounce it as pau-os as in ikan paus (Malay name for whale).

This place is fairly new but I have not been here before as we seldom venture to that side of town at night and usually, we would be rather early in the morning, around 10 something, so it would still be closed…

…not open for business yet. I did hear from a friend though that the food was quite nice so when we happened to be around there at around 11 something the other morning, we decided to stop by to check it out.

I liked how they made their own Christmas decorations, all very nice, and even the sliding door…

…was camouflaged as Santa Claus and they had nice cushions…

…all over the place.

I had the salted egg chicken chop (RM13.90)…

…but the sauce…

…was like what one would find in those lau sar pao (salted egg custard bun) at the dim sum places and I did not think it was all that compatible with the grilled chicken, definitely not something I would want to order again.

My missus had their grilled honey chicken chop (RM9.90)…

…which she said was nice but they were so generous with the meat and it was quite a struggle for her to finish. For some reason, they saw it fitting to give two chicken nuggets by the side, breadcrumb coated, and she, like my daughter, is currently sticking to a gluten-free diet so she passed those to me, nothing really special – just one of those that are readily available at all the supermarkets in town.

My girl had their grilled chicken chop with mushroom gravy (RM9.90)…

…and she too said that her order was all right but she did not want the sausage and of course, she passed that to me as well.

The food was not bad except that I was not all that fond of the salted egg sauce and it was comparatively more expensive. Otherwise, I would say that it was rather cheap for all that meat in each plate. We may drop by again especially since the time they open is more convenient. Most places serving western meals here do not open till 12 noon, some even later…or they only open at night.