…the name but I do remember that there was a Malay eatery here but it was closed all the time. I do not have any idea whether it was ever in business or not as I never saw the place open. Maybe it did not do too well and did last very long but the other day, as I was driving past along the main road (Jalan Teng Chin Hua), I caught a glimpse of it from the distance and noticed that it was open…
…and this is the name now.
It is located facing the Sg Merah river (2.325114, 111.840421) – a little bit to the right is the so-called Lovers’ Bridge and this coffee shop is in the very next block and this one is the first shop at the corner of that block, with the gym on the upper floor while this more upscale cafe/restaurant is in the same block somewhere in between the two coffee shops.
Upon our arrival at the place, I thought the nasi campur (mixed rice) looked good so I decided there and then that I would like to give it a try so I did not really have a good look at the menu…
…until later. They certainly have a lot of choices though everything is pretty much the same as many of the Malay coffee shops in town. I may or may not drop by to try some on the list especially if I happen to be in the vicinity and at that point in time, I was wondering why there was satay in the name but I did not see it on the menu – perhaps the name of the owner was Noor Satay, as in Wahid Satay, I thought…until my missus pointed out that they had just started the fire…
It was almost noon and when I asked the boss, he said that usually they would have it earlier in the morning but that day, the one doing it came late. According to him, the place is open every day, all day from morning till night and yes, satay is available in the evening. I sure would want to come and check it out one of these days as I have yet to find one here that is really very nice though we do have some o.k. ones around.
Yes, they had their selections for the nasi campur in a cabinet with mosquito-netting sliding doors and though there are places here where there would be a lot more choices, I thought there were enough options available. I did not want any curry…
…as I had had an overdose of that over Christmas and the fried eggs…
…were rather overdone, definitely not the way I would want it. The fish looked rather small and no, fried chicken would be the last thing I would go for.
My missus had their chicken curry with one drumstick…
…and a potato plus a generous serving of their bamboo shoot curry – she loves that – and their cangkuk manis and pumpkin.
I thought this was very unique, the soy sauce beef with petai (stink beans)…
…so I decided to give it a try. Normally, we would cook those beans with sambal udang (prawns/shrimps) but to my delight, it was very nice – I sure enjoyed it done this way too.
Other than the aforementioned, I also had the cangkuk manis and pumpkin that my missus had, some chicken and potato dish and also long beans with a whole lot of shrimps…
…and as always, when I went to pay for our food and drinks, the guy simply said RM9.00 for two, RM4.50 each – I thought that was really cheap, never mind that he never even took note of what we had helped ourselves to. The kopi-o-peng (iced black coffee) was only RM1.50, not the best in town but a lot cheaper than at many other places here…and a whole lot nicer than the awful one I had here.
Considering that what we had was pretty good…and cheap, plus parking here is a breeze and free, we most certainly would want to come back again.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 